Conservatism, the Right Wing, and the Far Right: A Guide to Archives. Archie Henderson
[0007] William Aberhart fonds, 1928-1971 (bulk 1935-1966), GLEN glen-1 [partly digital collection]
Location: Glenbow Archives, 130 - 9 Avenue S.E., Calgary, Alberta, T2G 0P3, Canada
Description: William "Bible Bill" Aberhart (1878-1943), a radio broadcaster, became interested in the monetary ideas of Major C.H. Douglas in 1932. Douglas espoused state supervision of credit and dividend payments to citizens. Aberhart founded the Social Credit League, and in 1935 became the premier of Alberta when Social Credit swept the United Farmers of Alberta (UFA) government from power. The government was unable to implement Aberhart's proposed reforms because the legislation was disallowed by the federal government. Aberhart died in office. Series 1. Memorabilia related to Aberhart.—1928-1971, contains a lecture on Social Credit, given by Aberhart in Edmonton on May 23, 1935. Series 3. Radio broadcasts.—1936-1952, contains recorded radio broadcasts (1936-1940). Series 4. Scanned Document Other records related to Aberhart at Glenbow. --1935-1940, contains transcripts of William Aberhart's radio broadcasts, March-July 1935, made from the Calgary Prophetic Bible Institute under the auspices of the Alberta Social Credit League.
Websites with information:
http://www.albertaonrecord.ca/william-aberhart-fonds
http://glenbow.org/collections/search/findingAids/index.cfm
http://www.glenbow.org/collections/search/findingAids/index.cfm
Finding aid:
http://www.glenbow.org/collections/search/findingAids/archhtm/aberhart.cfm
[0008] Thomas G. Abernethy Collection, 1924-1975 (1943-1972 bulk), MUM00001 [partly digital collection]
Location: Modern Political Archives, The Department of Archives and Special Collections, J.D. Williams Library, The University of Mississippi, P.O. Box 1848, University, MS 38677-1848
Description: Thomas G. Abernethy (1903-1998) represented Mississippi in the U.S. House of Representatives between 1943 and 1973. The collection contains copies of ACA Index (Americans for Constitutional Action), Liberty Ledger (Liberty Lobby), and Dan Smoot Report, all of which contain voting records ratings. Also, letters from Rep. John M. Ashbrook, Theo G. Bilbo, J. P. Coleman, Rep. William M. Colmer, Rep. William Jennings Bryan Dorn, Sen. James O. Eastland, J. Edgar Hoover, Lieutenant Governor Lester Maddox, John E. Rankin, Senator John Stennis, Rep. Jamie L. Whitten, and Rep. John Bell Williams. Files on Anti-Lynch, 1946-1956; Association of Citizens' Councils of Mississippi; Ezra Taft Benson; John Birch Society; Brannan Farm Bill; Bricker Amendment—Judiciary Committee, 1954-1955; Catholic Freedoms Foundation; Citizens' Council, 1964-1967; The Committee of One Million; Communism, including "The Coming Red Dictatorship" broadside; Integration in Mississippi Schools, 1965; Integration—University of Mississippi; Ku Klux Klan (copy of Robert M. Shelton letter to President Nixon, 29 January 1969); Ku Klux Klan Investigation, Un-American Activities Committee; Fulton Lewis Questionnaire; Little Rock, Arkansas—Civil Rights; MacArthur Incident; Dr. Carl McIntire—Federal Communications Commission; James Meredith; Poll Tax, 1943-1952; Poll Tax—Anti-Lynch & Cloture; Segregation—Mr. Hodding Carter; States Rights; and Taft-Hartley Act. Copy of newspaper clipping, "The Motes and the Beams: In Defense of Mississippi," by James J. Kilpatrick, The Roanoke Times, January 8, 1965. Copies of Behind Communism, by Frank L. Britton; "Full Text of MacArthur Hearings," U.S. News and World Report (on the firing of Douglas MacArthur); and "How Red Is The Federal (National) Council of Churches?" (American Council of Christian Laymen, 1959).
Websites with information:
http://www.library.olemiss.edu/guides/archives-subject-guide/journalism-and-mass-media-manuscript-collections?page=show
Finding aid:
http://www.olemiss.edu/depts/general_library/archives/finding_aids/MUM00001.html
Finding aids to digital collection:
http://clio.lib.olemiss.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/abernethy
http://clio.lib.olemiss.edu/cdm/search/collection/abernethy
[0008a] Abernethy manuscript miscellany collection, 1835-2000, ABER MS MISC
Location: Special Collections & Archives, Davis Family Library 101, 110 Storrs Avenue, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT 05753
Description: This collection includes original manuscript and typescript letters and writings from American authors throughout the 19th and 20th centuries. Files on Louis Agassiz, Henry Louis Mencken, Richard Nixon, Ezra Loomis Pound, Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt, George Santayana, and Oswald Garrison Villard.
Finding aid:
http://archivesspace.middlebury.edu/repositories/2/resources/128
[0009] Abortion Action Coalition records, 1970-1982, M21 [partly digital collection]
Location: Archives and Special Collections, 92 Snell Library, Northeastern University, 360 Huntington Ave., Boston, MA 02115
Description: The Abortion Action Coalition (AAC), a project of the Women's Educational Center (Cambridge, MA), was founded in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1977 to oppose the Doyle-Flynn anti-abortion amendment, which proposed cutting state funding for abortions, following the national adoption of the Hyde Amendment, which allowed states to restrict Medicaid payments for abortions. The Abortion Action Coalition disbanded in 1980. Records include Abortion Action Coalition brochures, articles on abortion and women's health issues, clippings, contact and membership lists, correspondence, flyers, "how to" media packets, information on clinics, minutes, organizing materials, pamphlets, data about abortion and women's health legislation during the 1970s, and speeches. Series 3. Subject Files, 1970-1980, contains files on the Anti-Abortion Movement, including "Arguments in Opposition to the Public Funding of Abortion" (ca. 1970); Financing the Anti-Abortion Movement: Excerpts (ca. 1970); "Massachusetts Citizens for Life" (2 folders) (ca. 1977); "The Monstrosity of Planned Parenthood" (ca. 1970); "National Right to Life News" for April and September 1978; Notes on Articles and Conferences (ca. 1970); Pamphlets (1978-1981); Price List from Phyllis Schlafly Report (ca. 1970); "The Right-Wing Attack on Women" (1979); Rockford College Institute: Brochures (1978); "Testimony on Proposed Abortion Amendment Excerpted" (1974); "Voice for the Unconceived": Newsletter (1970); and "Who Are the Right-to-Lifers' and What Do They Want?": Draft (ca. 1970).
Websites with information:
http://www.library.neu.edu/archives/collections/manuscript_collections/
http://library.northeastern.edu/archives-special-collections/find-collections/by-subject-0
http://library.northeastern.edu/archives-special-collections/find-collections/boston-history/a-z-index-of-boston-history-collections
https://beta.worldcat.org/archivegrid/collection/data/70940012
http://www.worldcat.org/title/records-1977-1980/oclc/70940012
Finding aids:
http://www.library.neu.edu/archives/collect/findaids/m21find.htm
http://www.library.neu.edu/archives/collect/findaids/m21findseries.htm
http://www.library.neu.edu/archives/collect/findaids/m21findprint.htm
Finding aid to microfilm edition of Grassroots Feminist Organizations. Part 1: Boston Area Second Wave Organizations, 1968-1998 (Woodbridge, CT, Primary Source Media, 2008):
http://microformguides.gale.com/Data/Download/3312000C.pdf
Finding aid to digital exhibit We Raise Our Voices...Reproductive Rights:
http://www.lib.neu.edu/archives/voices/w-reproductive-intro.htm
[0010] Abortion Collection, 1936-1995, MS 428
Location: Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College, Northampton, MA 01063
Description: Primarily printed materials, plus legislative records, memorabilia, and audiovisual materials documenting the efforts of both the pro-life and pro-choice movements. Series V. Opposition, contains a file on Black Americans