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

who believed in the superiority of the white race and was firmly dedicated to the continuance of strict racial purity. He was opposed to the New Deal programs of Franklin Roosevelt, federal aid to public schools, the Tennessee Valley Authority, the League of Nations, woman's suffrage, Northern behavior toward the South, the proposed repeal of the poll tax, and the deterioration of society in general. The papers consist of articles, correspondence, a diary, memoirs, accounts, genealogical data, legal documents, pictures, court records, land records, newspaper contributions, and notes on various subjects. Correspondents include Theodore G. Bilbo. Also included are newsletters from the Economic Council and the Pennsylvania Sons of the American Revolution. Contains a copy of Anderson's article "Abraham Lincoln and White Supremacy" (1945).

      Finding aids:

      http://www.tn.gov/tsla/history/manuscripts/findingaids/ths379.pdf

      http://www.tennessee.gov/tsla/history/manuscripts/findingaids/ths379.pdf

      http://state.tn.us/tsla/history/manuscripts/findingaids/ths379.pdf

      [0137] Mary Anderson papers, 1918-1960

      Location: Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University, 3 James St, Cambridge, MA 02138

      Description: Mary Anderson (1872-1964) was director of the Women's Bureau of the U.S. Department of Labor from 1920 to 1944. This collection consists mainly of correspondence with labor leaders and others on such topics as equal rights, protective legislation, organization of women workers, and Women's Bureau activities; also correspondence and printed material concerning right-wing accusations of Communist infiltration of women's organizations, and blacklisting of Anderson and others by the Daughters of the American Revolution. Section 2. Accusations of Radicalism (frames 188-395 of the microfilm edition), consists of correspondence, plus some clippings and pamphlets, relating mainly to two episodes: the publication of a pair of articles in Henry Ford's Dearborn Independent in March 1924 [Ford, "Are Women's Clubs 'Used' by Bolshevists?" Dearborn Independent, March 15, 1924, p. 2 [reprinted in Antifeminism in America: a reader: a collection of readings from the literature of the opponents to U.S. feminism, 1848 to the present, edited with introductions by Angela Howard and Sasha Ranaé Adams Tarrant (New York, Garland Pub., 2000)]; "Why Don't Women Investigate Propaganda?" Dearborn Independent, March 22, 1924, p. 1] alleging vast radical influence upon American women's organizations and including the statement that Anderson had had the federal government print a "program of Women's and Children's Work" that was "identical with" one proposed by "the director of welfare in Soviet Russia"; and the circulation within the Daughters of the American Revolution of a "blacklist" of alleged radicals in which Anderson was listed as a "socialist."

      Reference:

      Directory of Manuscript Collections Related to Federal Judges, 1789-1997. Compiled by Peter A. Wonders (Federal Judicial History Office, Federal Judicial Center, 1998), p. 6, http://www.fjc.gov/public/pdf.nsf/lookup/judms

      dir.pdf/$file/judmsdir.pdf and http://www.fjc.gov/public/pdf.nsf/f385048e0431aa3c8525679e0055d35c/2

      aca63df6e927c7485256a870045907f/$FILE/JudMsDir.pdf

      Websites with information:

      http://www.worldcat.org/title/papers-1918-1960-inclusive/oclc/122470953

      Finding aids for microfilm of Women's Trade Union League and Its Leaders (Research Publications, 1981):

      http://microformguides.gale.com/Data/Introductions/30430FM.htm

      http://microformguides.gale.com/Data/Download/3043000R.pdf

      http://microformguides.gale.com/BrowseGuide.asp?colldocid=3043000&Page=1

      [0137a] Sherwood Anderson Papers, 1872-1992, Midwest.MS.Anderson

      Location: The Newberry Library - Modern Manuscripts, 60 West Walton Street, Chicago, Illinois 60610

      Description: Sherwood Anderson (1876-1941) was an American novelist. Correspondence, scrapbooks, clippings, photographs, audiovisual material, royalty statements, personal financial records, artifacts, miscellaneous ephemera, autographed works, and literary manuscripts (many unpublished; also fragments, notes, and tentative sketches for short stories). The series Outgoing Correspondence, 1915-1941, contains correspondence to American Committee for Protection of Foreign Born, Harry E. Barnes (Scripps-Howard Newspapers), Cyril Clemens, Jonathan and Josephus Daniels, John Dos Passos, Euthanasia Society of America, Inc., Carter Glass, Granville Hicks, Rush Holt, Paul U. Kellogg (The Survey), H. L. Mencken, Raymond Moley (Today), Burton Rascoe (New York Tribune), Reader's Digest, A. Willis Robertson, Porter Sargent, and George Sylvester Viereck. The series Incoming Correspondence, 1913-1941, contains correspondence from American Committee Against Fascist Oppression in Germany; American Committee for Protection of Foreign Born (Carey McWilliams); American Council Against Nazi Propaganda; American Writers Committee Against Lynching (Lewis Gannett, Benjamin Stolberg, Walter White, Helen Woodward); Harry F. Byrd; Cyril Clemens (International Mark Twain Society); Josephus Daniels; John Dos Passos; Max Eastman; T.S. Eliot; Euthanasia Society of America Inc.; Granville Hicks; Rush Holt; Sidney Hook (Committee for Cultural Freedom); Eugene Lyons (The American Mercury); H.L. Mencken; Raymond Moley (Today Magazine); Fulton Oursler (Liberty); Burton Rascoe; Readers Digest (DeWitt Wallace, Robert Littell); Porter Sargent; and George Sylvester Viereck (The American Monthly).

      Websites with information:

      http://mms.newberry.org/results.asp?subjectid=4580

      http://mms.newberry.org/detail.asp?recordid=87

      Finding aid:

      http://mms.newberry.org/xml/xml_files/anderson.xml

      [0138] Tom Anderson Papers, 1924-1994 (bulk 1943-1994), Coll. 7120

      Location: American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming, 1000 E. University Avenue, Laramie, WY 82071

      Description: Tom Anderson (1910-2002) was owner of a farm magazine publishing company, Southern Farm Publications, from 1947 to 1971. A political conservative, his views were disseminated through his weekly column "Straight Talk," American Way Features, a national newspaper syndicate which he owned, and through radio commentaries and lectures. Anderson was a member of the council of the John Birch Society from 1959 to 1976 and was the American Party candidate for vice-president in 1972 and president in 1976. Collection contains correspondence chiefly related to his publishing and political activities and involving numerous conservative activists; files of publications, correspondence, notes, manuscripts, and research files on various subjects including anti-Communism, the United Nations, civil rights, conservative Christianity, the John Birch Society, and limited government; scripts of his radio broadcasts; and audiotapes of broadcasts and speeches. Also contains biographical materials, periodicals published by Anderson or carrying articles by him, reprints and pamphlets, newspaper clippings, and phonograph records of political speeches. American Party materials include national committee minutes, correspondence, party constitution, political platforms, and campaign materials. Series I. Correspondence, contains files on American Opinion Speaker's Bureau, John Birch Society, John Birch Society - Robert Welch Correspondence, KKK, and Liberty Amendment Letters. Series II. Research Files, contains files on Abortion; Spiro Agnew; American Nazis; American Council for World Freedom; American Council of Christian Churches; Americans for Constitutional Action; Anarchy; Anti-Semitism; Appeasement; Back to Africa; Peter D. Beter; Big Government; Bigotry; Bilderbergers; Brainwashing (Psychopolitics); Bretton Woods; Bricker Amendment; British Israel; William F. Buckley, Jr.; Campus Crusade for Christ; Capitalism; Captive Nations; Willis A. Carto; Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions; Central Intelligence Agency; Christian View on Communism; Christian Network; Church and State; Cold War; Collectivism; Colonialism; Common Market; Communism in the Church; Communism; Communism on Campuses; Communist Party USA; Conspiracy; Constitution; Constitutional Amendments; Council on Foreign Relations; Bob DePugh; Disarmament; Discrimination; Drugs; Eisenhower; Equal Rights Amendment; Espionage; Eurocommunism; Euthanasia; Evolution; Extremists; Fabianism; Fact Finders Forum; Fanaticism; Farm Bureau; Federal Land Control; Federal Bureau of Investigation; Federal Reserve; Federal Communications Commission; Federal Aid; Fluoridation; Food for Freedom; Gerald Ford; Foreign Aid; Foreign Policy; Foreign Trade; Foundations; Fourteenth Amendment;