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

murder in February 1983. In 1987, Morris Dees, founding partner of the Southern Poverty Law Center, sued the United Klans of America on behalf of Michael Donald's mother. Beulah Mae Donald v. United Klans of America resulted in a $7 million verdict for the Donald family and bankrupted the UKA and its founder, Robert Shelton. The papers of contain selected Hays and Knowles court proceedings, the bulk of which is related to Hays. Also included are FBI investigation files, coroner's report, and several articles relating to the cases and the Ku Klux Klan.

      Websites with information:

      http://www.southalabama.edu/mccallarchives/guides_to_collections/manuscripts1.shtml

      https://www.southalabama.edu/libraries/mccallarchives/manuscripts.html

      https://www.southalabama.edu/libraries/mccallarchives/manuscript_sub_african.html

      https://beta.worldcat.org/archivegrid/collection/data/162154119

      http://www.worldcat.org/title/papers-1981-2004/oclc/162154119

      Finding aid:

      http://www.southalabama.edu/mccallarchives/pdf/donald.pdf

      https://www.southalabama.edu/libraries/mccallarchives/donald.pdf

      [0824b] Correspondence and papers of George A. Dondero, 1960-1969 (bulk 1957-1968)

      Location: Burton Historical Collection Manuscripts Collection, Detroit Public Library, 5201 Woodward Ave., Detroit, MI 48202

      Description: George A. Dondero (1883-1968) was a U.S. congressman from Michigan's 17th district, Royal Oak, Mich. (1933-1957). An anti-Communist, Dondero was famous for his attacks on modern art as a Communist plot to undermine the principle of eternal beauty. Biography, letters, speeches, certificates, scrapbooks, phonograph records of speeches, photographs of family and public figures, medals, and memorabilia.

      References:

      Guide to the manuscripts in the Burton Historical Collection, compiled by Bernice Cox Sprenger (Detroit, Mich.: the Burton Historical Collection, Detroit Public Library, 1985); "Anticommunism and Modern Art," http://www.writing.upenn.edu/~afilreis/50s/dondero-art.html.

      Websites with information:

      http://dplopac.detroitpubliclibrary.org/uhtbin/cgisirsi/?ps=9kAIYsSYo8/MAIN/115900018/9

      https://beta.worldcat.org/archivegrid/collection/data/56036484

      [0824c] George Dondero Papers, Microfilm reel 722 [microfilm]

      Location: Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Headquarters and Research Center, 750 9th Street, NW, Victor Building, Suite 2200, Washington, DC 20001

      Description: George A. Dondero (1883-1968) was a Republican Congressman from Michigan. Papers relating to Dondero's efforts to alert the Congress and the public to the alleged dangers of Communism in the arts. Included are correspondence, 1950-1965; two addresses on art and Communism, 1957; two photos of Dondero and twelve of a mural which he criticized; bibliographic notes by Dondero; selections from the Congressional Record and from the American Legion Firing Line; a copy of a memorandum from the House Un-American Activities Committee, 1956; and a few clippings.

      Finding aid:

      https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/george-anthony-dondero-papers-7581

      [0825] James Doneghy Papers, 1954-1980, 1954-1972 (bulk)

      Location: Special Collections, Christoph Keller, Jr. Library, General Theological Seminary, 440 West 21st Street, New York, NY 10011

      Description: Right-wing Episcopal lay activist. Circulars, pamphlets, and leaflets reflecting his interest in segregationist, anti-Communist, fundamentalist, and anti-National Council of Churches causes.

      Websites with information:

      http://www.loc.gov/coll/nucmc/oclcsearch.html

      [0826] Elaine Chenevert Donnelly Papers, 1973-2003 (bulk 1985-2001), 86998 Aa 2

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

      Description: Elaine Donnelly, an anti-ERA activist from Livonia, Michigan, was National Media Chair of Phyllis Schlafly's Eagle Forum and founder of the Michigan Stop-ERA Committee, 1974-1983. The series Topical consists of clippings, correspondence, articles, press releases, newsletters, brochures, and schedules. Subjects include anti-ERA materials (1973-1986), FCC Fairness Doctrine, and material concerning her endorsement of political candidates, including Ronald Reagan (1980, 1984), Jack Kemp (1986-1988), and Richard Chrysler (1986).

      Reference:

      William Gillis, "Say No to the Liberal Media: Conservatives and Criticism of the News Media in the 1970s" (Ph.D., Indiana University, 2013), https://scholarworks.iu.edu/dspace/bitstream/handle/2022/17960/­Gillis_indiana_0093A_12

      373.pdf.

      Websites with information:

      http://bentley.umich.edu/research/topics/femini2.php

      Finding aids:

      http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/f/findaid/findaid-idx?c=bhlead&idno=umich-bhl-86998

      http://quod.lib.umich.edu/b/bhlead/umich-bhl-86998?rgn=main

      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-86998

      [0827] Ignatius Donnelly and family papers, 1812-1973 (bulk 1855-1901), File no. 00782 [partly digital collection]

      Location: Minnesota Historical Society, 345 W. Kellogg Blvd., St. Paul, MN 55102-1906

      Description: Correspondence, literary materials, pamphlets, speeches, diaries, scrapbooks, financial records, and other materials documenting Donnelly's long and active career as townsite speculator at Nininger (Dakota County, Minn.), politician, author, editor and publisher of three newspapers, lieutenant governor of Minnesota (1860-1863), member of Congress (1863-1869), member of the Minnesota Senate (1874-1878, 1891-1893) and House (1887, 1897), and a national leader in third-party movements. Correspondents include Carter Glass and Thomas E. Watson. Subjects include the American Protective Association [anti-Catholic and anti-foreign nativist organization]; Anti-Monopoly Party, Minnesota; anti-Semitism; currency question; Farmers' Alliance; Greenback Labor Party; Greenbackism and currency reform; nativism; and People's Party of the United States.

      Reference:

      Helen McCann White, Guide to a Microfilm Edition of The Ignatius Donnelly Papers (St. Paul, Minnesota Historical Society, 1968), http://www2.mnhs.org/library/findaids/m0138.pdf.

      Websites with information:

      http://www2.mnhs.org/library/findaids/index_D.htm

      Finding aid:

      http://www2.mnhs.org/library/findaids/00782.xml

      [0828] Frank J. Donner papers, 1897-1992 (inclusive), MS 1706

      Location: Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library, Sterling Memorial Library, 128 Wall Street, P.O. Box 208240, New Haven, CT 06520

      Description: Frank Donner (1911-1993) was a lawyer, journalist, historian, and civil libertarian who was best known for his research and writings on government surveillance and the use of informers. From 1971 until his death in 1993, he was director of the ACLU Project on Political Surveillance, which was housed at the Yale Law School. The papers consist of clippings, court documents, correspondence, publications, interview transcripts, writings, and other materials documenting the research, writing, and activism of Frank Donner. The collection includes extensive documentation on every major political informer from the anti-Communist wave of the 1950s to the social protest movements of the 1960s and 1970s. The informer files include biographical information, court documents and testimonies, and interview transcripts with and about individual informers. The collection also holds files on a significant cross-section of the social and political protest groups of the 1960s through the 1980s. Series II. Informers and Surveillance Files 1897-1983,