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

information:

      http://reuther.wayne.edu/guides.html

      http://reuther.wayne.edu/abstracts?page=3

      http://reuther.wayne.edu/pdf/fall10.pdf

      Finding aids:

      http://reuther.wayne.edu/node/6557

      http://reuther.wayne.edu/files/UP001842.pdf

      https://web.archive.org/web/20120902060222/https://www.reuther.wayne.edu/files/UP001842.pdf

      [0696b] Charles Edward Coughlin fonds, 1911-1979

      Location: University of St Michael's College Archives, 81 St. Mary Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1J4, Canada

      Description: Charles Edward Coughlin (1891-1979), alumnus of St. Michael's College (1911) was ordained a priest of the Congregation of St. Basil and later transferred to the Archdiocese of Detroit. This fonds contains memorabilia, photos, and audio visual (broadcast discourse April 4, 1937).

      Websites with information:

      http://www.archeion.ca/charles-edward-coughlin-fonds

      [0696c] Charles E. Coughlin Sermons and Sunday Evening Radio Addresses, 1930-1940, DA 2; C854; S486; Box

      Location: Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan, 1150 Beal Ave., Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2113

      Description: Father Charles E. Coughlin was Roman Catholic priest, renowned as founder and pastor of the Shrine of the Little Flower in Royal Oak, Michigan. Father Coughlin gained a wide following for his Sunday afternoon radio addresses on political and economic subjects. Coughlin was a vocal opponent of Franklin Roosevelt and the New Deal. The collection consists of 112 published sermons and Sunday evening radio addresses given by Father Coughlin in the period 1930-1940.

      Websites with information:

      http://bentley.umich.edu/EAD/ead_cd.htm

      Finding aids:

      http://quod.lib.umich.edu/b/bhlead/umich-bhl-02156?rgn=main;view=text

      http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/f/findaid/findaid-idx?c=bhlead;id=navbarbrowselink;cginame=findaid-idx;cc=bhlead;view=reslist;subview=standard;didno=umich-bhl-02156

      [0697] E. Merton Coulter pamphlet collection, 1830s-1980s, ms2334

      Location: Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Russell Special Collections Building, University of Georgia, 300 S. Hull Street, Athens, GA 30602

      Description: Ellis Merton Coulter (1890-1981) began teaching at the University of Georgia in 1919. He became head of the history department in 1941 and retired as professor emeritus in 1958. Contains examples of Populist literature, 1873-1910; Horace Greeley speeches on Virginia and the KKK, 1872; campaign bulletins, brochures, articles and speeches by and about Herbert Hoover, 1925-1936; Georgia political ephemera, circa 1915-1938, including Eugene Talmadge; and pamphlets by Garet Garrett, Peter Viereck, and James P. Warburg. Also contains copies of Tom P. Brady, "A Review of Black Monday," Association of Citizen's Councils of Mississippi, Winona, Miss., 1954 [online at http://digilib.usm.edu/­cdm/ref/collection/­manu/id/1778]; Edith Essig, "Ghosts of A Dead Era Live Again" and "Long Shadows on The New Year," Keeping The Record Straight, Glendale, Ariz., January and February 1970; and W.H. Harvey, Financial School, Coin Pub. Co., Chicago, Ill., Vol. 1, No.3, June, 1894.

      Finding aid:

      http://hmfa.libs.uga.edu/hmfa/view?docId=ead/ms2334-ead.xml

      [0698] Kent Courtney Collection, 1800s-1990s (bulk 1960s)

      Location: Northwestern State University Libraries, Northwestern State University, Watson Memorial Library, Natchitoches, LA 71497

      Description: The bulk of the materials include correspondence, audiotapes, newspapers and pamphlets pertaining to Kent Courtney's conservative, anti-Communist political agenda. The bulk of the items date from the 1960s. The majority of the audiotapes document Courtney's weekly radio broadcasts and are reel-to-reel format (see separate index). Information on Bruce Alger, American Coalition of Patriotic Societies, American Flag Committee, The American Volunteer Group, Americans for Freedom, Tom Anderson, Ezra Taft Benson, Hilaire du Berrier, John Birch Society, Brainwashing, Sen. Styles Bridges, Major Edgar Bundy, Canadian Intelligence Service, Citizens Councils, Communism, Communism on the Map, Richard Cotton, Counter Attack, Dan Smoot Report, Representative William Jennings Bryan Dorn, Dr. Medford Evans, Facts Forum News, Governor Orval Faubus, fluoridation, Foundation For Economic Education, Devin Garrity, Kenneth Goff, Barry Goldwater, Frank Hanighen, Billy James Hargis, Congressman Edgar Hiestand, Independent American, Sen. William E. Jenner, J. Bracken Lee, Let Freedom Ring, Liberty Amendment, Lester Maddox, Clarence Manion, Manion Forum, Sen. Joseph McCarthy, North Carolina Defenders of States' Rights, Revilo Oliver, Panama Canal, Herbert Philbrick, Eddie Rickenbacker, Right To Work Committee, John Rousselot, Dan Smoot, State Rights Convention, State Rights Party, Willis E. Stone, Task Force, General Edwin A. Walker, Governor George Wallace, Albert Wedemeyer, Robert Welch, and Felix Wittmer.

      Reference:

      Jeffrey H. Caufield, General Walker and the Murder of President Kennedy: The Extensive New Evidence of a Radical-Right Conspiracy (Moreland Press, 2015).

      Finding aids:

      http://library.nsula.edu/assets/CGHRC_Finding/courtneykent.htm

      http://web.archive.org/web/20070927234833/http://www.nsula.edu/watson_library/cghrc_core/courtney_kent.htm

      [0699] Helen Courtois Collection, 1950s, RH WL MS 12

      Location: Kansas Collection, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas Libraries, 1450 Poplar Lane, Lawrence, KS 66045

      Description: Helen Courtois was the secretary and founder of the Keep America Committee, an anti-Communist organization based in Los Angeles which was active in the 1950s. The Committee acted as a reprint service, reproducing and disseminating articles from far-right publications. Courtois was also involved in Mankind United, a religious cult active during the World War II era. This collection of her papers reflects her participation in these organizations, as well as a collection of newspapers, newsletters, and other sociopolitical pamphlets and documents. The collection also contains correspondence to Courtois from several of these organizations. Files on Beacon Light Herald, Canadian Intelligence, Christian Veterans of America, Destiny Magazine, National Economic Council, Educational Reviewer, Georgia Tribune, Human Events, John Birch Society, Alfred Kohlberg, Mankind United, Patriotic Research Bureau, Wesley Swift, Task Force, Strom Thurmond, W. Henry MacFarland, Jr., and Women's Voice.

      Websites with information:

      http://etext.ku.edu/search?browse-creator=cc;sort=creator;route=ksrlead;brand=ksrlead

      https://beta.worldcat.org/archivegrid/collection/data/181100148

      http://www.worldcat.org/title/helen-courtois-papers/oclc/181100148

      Finding aids:

      http://hdl.handle.net/10407/5358361803

      http://etext.ku.edu/view?docId=ksrlead/ksrl.kc.courtoishelen.xml

      [0700] Carl Alford Cowan Papers, 1950-1971

      Location: East Tennessee History Center (on loan from the College Archives, Knoxville College Library), 601 S Gay St, Knoxville, TN 37902

      Description: Carl Alford Cowan (1902-1985) was an attorney who handled litigation to desegregate several school systems in East Tennessee and other places. The papers contain every issue of The Knoxville Journal and News Sentinel that mentioned the school desegregation issue in Knoxville between 1954 and 1972; transcripts of segregationist speeches made by Asa Carter and John Kasper on Sept. 30, 1956, when the White Citizens Council was organized at the Diehl farm on Callahan Road in Knox County; and files that refer to Clinton, Tenn.

      References:

      Robert Booker, "Booker: Carl Alford Cowan's treasured collection," Knoxville News Sentinel, Oct 28, 2008, http://www.knoxnews.com/opinion/columnists/booker-carl-alford-cowans-treasured-collection; Rachel L. Martin, "Riding the research high," May 13, 2009, http://rachelmartin.wordpress.com/2009/05/13/riding-out-the-research-high/.