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

Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries, 222 Waverly Avenue, Syracuse, NY 13244-2010

      Description: Paul Conrad (1924-2010) was an American Pulitzer Prize winning editorial cartoonist. The Paul Conrad Cartoons contain approximately 1,089 original editorial cartoons from 1963 to 1969. The cartoons from 1963 as well as several from 1964 date to Conrad's time at the Denver Post. The remaining the cartoons (the bulk of the collection) were published by the Los Angeles Times. People and subjects appearing in the editorial cartoons in this collection include abortion, American Independent Party, anti-Semitism, Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, Ezra Taft Benson, civil rights, Everett Dirksen, Dwight Eisenhower, Amintore Fanfani, fascism, Barry Goldwater, Adolph Hitler, HUAC, integration, John Birch Society, Ku Klux Klan, Mark Lane, Curtis LeMay, Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., Clare Boothe Luce, Douglas MacArthur, Lester Maddox, Joseph McCarthy, National States Rights Party, National Rifle Association, Nazism, Richard M. Nixon, prayer in schools, racism, Max Rafferty, Ronald Reagan, right to work law, right-wing extremists, George Lincoln Rockwell, Jack Ruby, segregation, Taft Hartley Act, Strom Thurmond, voting rights, George Wallace, Lurleen Wallace, John Wayne, and Young Republicans.

      Websites with information:

      http://findingaids.syr.edu/xtf/search?brand=ead;collection=ead;sort=title;titleAlpha=PP;

      Finding aids:

      http://library.syr.edu/digital/guides/c/conrad_p.htm

      http://library.syr.edu/digital/guides/print/conrad_p_prt.htm

      [0653] Conservative and Unionist Associations and Clubs, 1892-1985, MS152

      Location: Perth & Kinross Council Archive, AK Bell Library, York Place, Perth PH2 8EP, UK

      Description: Includes account books, cash books, committee minutes, cuttings books, election information folders, letter books, minutes, and registers of members.

      Websites with information:

      http://www.pkc.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=14002&p=0

      http://www.pkc.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=796&p=0

      Finding aid:

      http://www.pkc.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=797&p=0

      [0654] Conservative and Unionist Party of Great Britain leaflet collection, 1929-1953

      Location: The William Ready Division of Archives and Research Collections, Mills Memorial Library, Lower Level, McMaster University, 1280 Main St. W., Hamilton, ON, L8S 4L6, Canada

      Description: The Conservative and Unionist Party of Great Britain was formed in 1886 when the Liberal Unionists allied with the Conservative Party although the name was not formally adopted until 1909. The leaflets and other publications in this collection were published by the National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations, the administrative and propaganda arm of the party.

      Finding aids:

      http://library.mcmaster.ca/archives/findaids/fonds/c/conparty.htm

      http://library.mcmaster.ca/archives/findaids/findaids/c/conparty.htm

      [0654a] Conservative catalogs and promotional literature collection, approximately 1960-approximately 1990, P-008 114:33

      Location: Department of Special Collections, General Library, University of California, Davis, 100 NW Quad, Davis, California 95616-5292

      Description: The collection consists of catalogs and promotional materials primarily for anti-Communist books and other media. Other materials cover a wide spectrum of conservative and evangelical Christian topics.

      Websites with information:

      https://beta.worldcat.org/archivegrid/collection/data/870465632

      http://www.worldcat.org/title/conservative-catalogs-and-promotional-literature-collection/oclc/870465632

      [0654b] Records of the Conservative Caucus

      Location: Liberty University Archive, Jerry Falwell Library - 1971 University Blvd MSC Box 710170, Lynchburg, VA 24515

      Description: The Conservative Caucus was founded by Howard Phillips in 1974 for the purpose of advocating conservative causes at the State and Congressional district level. The Conservative Caucus has campaigned against the Equal Rights Amendment, the surrender of the Panama Canal, the SALT II Treaty, and socialized medicine. The Caucus has advocated tax cuts and missile defense systems for America. Howard Phillips also helped to found Concerned Women for America (CWA) and the Council for National Policy. In 2014 the Conservative Caucus changed its name to Americans for Constitutional Liberty (ACL). Record Group 1: Correspondence of Howard Phillips, 1978-1983, contains the business and personal correspondence of Conservative Caucus founder Howard Phillips, including letters, memos, newspaper articles, journal articles, brochures, newsletters, reports and miscellaneous materials.

      Finding aid:

      http://www.liberty.edu/media/1420/documents/archivefindingaids/CC_RG-01.pdf

      [0655] Conservative Collection, 1952-1982 (bulk 1960s), SPEC.004

      Location: Ball State University Archives and Special Collections, Alexander M. Bracken Library, Room 210, 2000 W. University Avenue, Muncie, Indiana 47306

      Description: The Conservative collection documents the history, policies, and activities of organizations perceived as conservative or the right wing of the political spectrum. This collection includes monographs, newsletters, flyers, brochures, pamphlets, and other ephemera, often with limited distribution. Subjects include anti-Semitism, civil rights, disarmament, foreign aid, immigration, integration, law enforcement, pornography, public welfare, race, religion, state rights, taxation, voting rights, and world government. Monographs, 1960-1964, includes The Secret Government of the United States, by Mary M. Davison (1962); The Biology of the Race Problem, by Wesley Critz George (1962) [online at http://www.pdfarchive.info/pdf/G/Ge/George_Wesley_Critz_-_The_biology_of_the_race_problem.pdf]; The Fearful Master: A Second Look at the United Nations, by G. Edward Griffin (1964); Disarmament: Weapon of Conquest, by Robert Morris (1963); Pass the Poverty Please, by Patty Newman (1966); America's Promise, by Dan Smoot (1960); and It's Very Simple: The True Story of Civil Rights, by Alan Stang (1965) [online at https://sites.google.com/site/heavenlybanner/its-very-simple-the-true-story-of-civil-rights]. Newsletters, 1957-1977, includes AIMS Newsletter; Between the Lines; Christian Crusade; Church and State; Common Sense; Counterattack; Cross and the Flag; Dan Smoot Report; Economic Council Letter; Focus/Midwest; Freedom Club Bulletin; Freedom Magazine; Freedom & Union; Heads Up; Human Events; Independent American; Individualist; Intercollegiate Review; Intercollegiate Society of Individualists, Inc., Essay Series; John Birch Society, Bulletin; Liberty; Liberty Letter; Life Lines; Manion Forum Newsletter; National Program Letter; New Guard; News from the Free Society; Notes from FEE; Oklahoma Christian College Letter; Petitioner; Pink Sheet on the Left; POLIS; Reason: A Review of Politics; Report on Freedom; Review of the News; Right Guard; Task Force; Washington Report; Washington Observer Newsletter; and Weekly Crusader. Organizational Flyers and Brochures, 1955-1976, includes Alabama Committee to Support Your Local Police; America's Future, Inc.; American Committee for Liberation; American Economic Foundation; American Opinion; American Eagle Publishing Company; American Bar Association; American Education Council; American Conservative Union; Arkansas Committee to Support Your Local Police; Bookmailer, Inc.; Chamber of Commerce, Fort Lauderdale, Florida; China Policy Study Group; Christian Nationalist Crusade; Christian Educational Association; Christian Information Bureau; Christian Anti-Communism Crusade; Christian Crusader; Churchman Associates, Churchman; Cinema Educational Guild; Citizen's Committee; Citizen's Councils of America; Cleanamation, Inc.; Committee of One Million Against the Admission of Communist China into the U.N.; Committee of Christian Laymen Inc. of Woodland Hills; Committee to Free the Korean War Prisoners; Conservative Viewpoint; Conservative Book Club; Constitutional Alliance, Inc.; Constructive Action, Inc.; Council of 1776; Council for Statehood; Council on American Relations; Crestwood Books; Defender of the American Constitution; Delaware County Christian Laymen's Association; Delmarva to Restore American Independence Now Committee; Earlham College Conservative Club; Factual Reports, Inc.; Free Society Association;