Conservatism, the Right Wing, and the Far Right: A Guide to Archives. Archie Henderson

General MacArthur, Senator McCarthy, Raymond Moley, Wright Patman, Poll Tax, Putnam Letter, January 29, 1959, School Segregation, Share-The-Wealth - 1935 (Huey Long's proposal), States' Rights, Senator Stennis, Senator Talmadge, and Senator Thurmond; and Four-page letter to President Eisenhower re Civil Rights Bill - July 12, 1957 - mimeographed [online at http://lcdl.library.cofc.edu/­lcdl/catalog/lcdl:87102].

      Reference:

      Alan Brinkley, "Huey Long, The Share Our Wealth Movement, and the Limits of Depression Dissidence," Louisiana History 22.2 (Spring 1981), pp. 117-134, http://vi.uh.edu/pages/buzzmat/Radhistory/radical%20­history%20articles/Huey%20Long%20and%20Limits%20of%20US%20Dissent.pdf.

      Websites with information:

      http://www.lib.usm.edu/spcol/collections/manuscripts/lists-of-collections/alphabetical.html

      Finding aids:

      http://www.lib.usm.edu/legacy/archives/m024.htm

      http://www.lib.usm.edu/legacy/archives/m024bfl.htm

      http://www.lib.usm.edu/legacy/archives/m024bfltext.htm

      http://www.lib.usm.edu/legacy/archives/m024.htm?m024text.htm~mainFrame

      http://www.lib.usm.edu/legacy/archives/m024bfl.htm?m024bfltext.htm~mainFrame

      http://lib.usm.edu/spcol/collections/manuscripts/finding_aids/m024

      [0625a] Harry W. Colmery Collection, ca. 1911-ca. 1979 (bulk ca. 1925-ca. 1965), Ms. Collection no. 795

      Location: Kansas Historical Society, 6425 SW 6th Avenue, Topeka, KS 66615-1099

      Description: Harry Walter Colmery (1890-1979) was a lawyer, insurance agent, and politician of Topeka, Kan., Washington, D.C. Colmery was elected National Commander of the American Legion in 1936. During the 1940 presidential campaign, Harry was the National Chairman of the Willkie War Veterans National Committee, and in 1964 he chaired the Veterans Task Force for Goldwater-Miller. Series 3. Political. [Subseries 2]. 1940 Wilkie Presidential Campaign: Folder Index, contains files on Republican National Committee Publicity Releases and Other Statements; Willkie; and Willkie War Veterans National Committee. [Subseries 4]. 1964 Goldwater Presidential Campaign, contains files on Citizens for Goldwater Committee; Barry Goldwater; Republican National Convention – 1964; and Veterans for Goldwater Committee. [Subseries 5]. Political Matters, 1935-1936, contains files on Frank Knox for Vice-President and Alf F. Landon for President. [Subseries 6]. Republican Party, contains files on National Republican Congressional Committee Pamphlets; Veterans Advisory Committee, Republication National Committee; and Republican War Veterans. [Subseries 7]. Miscellaneous, contains a file on The Dan Smoot Report. [Subseries 8]. Books and Publications, contains copies of A Great Constructive Contribution to the First of the Sciences by the President of the United States: Letter to the President on Foreign Trade, by George N. Peek (New York: Chemical Foundation, Inc., June 1934); and A Primer: Comment on the Great Constructive Work of the President of the United States in Making Arithmetic the Basic Science of Government, by Samuel Crowther (New York: Chemical Foundation, Inc., November 1934).

      Finding aids:

      http://www.kshs.org/archives/45598

      http://www.kshs.org/research/collections/documents/personalpapers/findingaids/colmery_harry_collection.pdf

      [0626] Nikki Colodny papers, 1978-1995, Coll. 2188

      Location: Department of Special Collections, Manuscripts Division, Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575

      Description: Dr. Nikki Colodny (1948- ) was a pro-choice activist, abortion provider, and women's health advocate operating in Toronto, Ontario, throughout the 1980s and 1990s. Most prominently, she worked with Dr. Henry Morgentaler, providing medical care and abortion services which at the time were illegal. Their arrests and repeated harassment brought publicity to their cause, eventually precipitating the 1988 overturn of abortion law by the Supreme Court of Canada. This collection contains records from several clinics and advocacy organizations with which she was active, in addition to press coverage of her activities and research materials. Files on Campaign Life Coalition News (December 1987, March 1988), Dr. Morgentaler and Dr. Colodny arrests. 1987, Protests/ Harassment outside of abortion clinics, Homophobia, Abortion shooting media coverage, and anti-choice materials.

      Websites with information:

      http://www.csw.ucla.edu/publications/MakingInvisibleHistoriesVisiblePartII.pdf

      Finding aid:

      http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8sn0c7w/entire_text/

      [0626a] Colorado for Family Values Collection, 1992-1997, MSS #1699

      Location: Stephen H. Hart Research Center, History Colorado, 1200 Broadway, Denver, Colorado 80203

      Description: Collection consists of editorials and other printed material, as well as videos, detailing Colorado for Family Values' advocacy of the anti-gay legislation Amendment Two.

      Websites with information:

      http://c70003.eos-intl.net/C70003/OPAC/Details/Record.aspx?BibCode=3492206

      http://www.historycolorado.org/sites/default/files/files/Researchers/GLBTResourceGuide.pdf

      [0627] [Colorado Right-to-Work battle of 1958].

      Location: Denver Area Labor Federation, AFL-CIO, 140 Sheridan Boulevard, Suite 303, Denver, CO 80226

      Description: In 1958, right to work was on the Colorado ballot but went down to defeat at the polls. The Denver Area Labor Federation archives contain material on the 1958 Colorado Right-to-Work battle.

      Reference:

      Labor Archives in the United States and Canada: A Directory Prepared by the Labor Archives Roundtable of the Society of American Archivists (2011), https://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcollections/laws/­copy_of_labor-archives-in-the-united-states-canada-a-directory, http://www2.­archivists.org/sites/all/files/Directory%20of%20Labor%20Archives

      %20(2011).pdf, http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcollections/laws/copy_of_labor-archives-in-the-united-states

      -canada-a-directory.

      Website:

      http://www.denverlabor.org/

      [0627a] Colorado Subject Collection CSC.BIO Biographical files, 1829-2011

      Location: Stephen H. Hart Research Center, History Colorado, 1200 Broadway, Denver, Colorado 80203

      Description: The Biographical files contain information on numerous individuals, either residents of Colorado or important figures in Colorado history. They are part of a larger collection of material, the Colorado Subject Collection, which is composed of Biographical files, Geographical files, and Subject files. Materials include birth certificates, marriage certificates, deeds, correspondence, certificates of military service, biographical sketches, newspaper clippings, obituaries, and genealogical information. Files on Gov. William H. Adams [Brochure titled Adams and the Ku Klux Klan, by Carrol Joe Carter (1980)]; Charles F. Brannan; Gov. Ralph L. Carr; Sen. Peter H. Dominick; Kenneth Goff; Herbert Hoover; Dr. John Galen Locke; Gifford Pinchot; and Philip S. Van Cise [Philip S. Van Cise, by Edwin P. Van Cise (n.d.)].

      Finding aid:

      http://www.historycolorado.org/sites/default/files/files/Researchers/CSC%20Biographical.pdf

      [0628] Papers of Charles Wendell Colson, 1960-1990; n.d., Collection 275

      Location: Archives, Billy Graham Center, Wheaton College, 500 College Ave., 3rd floor, Wheaton, IL 60187-5593

      Description: Colson (1931-2012) was a Special Counsel to President Richard Nixon from 1969 to 1973, and later a noted Evangelical Christian leader and cultural commentator. Memos; correspondence; book, article and editorial manuscripts; text of speeches; legal papers; newspaper clippings; testimony transcripts; magazine articles; audio tapes; and photographs that document many of the major phases of Colson's life, including his work as a political advisor to President Richard Nixon, his involvement in