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| Title: | American Reactionary Political Ephemera. Collection |
|---|---|
| Dates: | 1939-1950 |
| Size: | 0.5 linear feet (1 box) |
| Repository: |
Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center |
| Abstract: | This collection contains ephemera pertaining to American reactionary politics from 1939 to 1950. Included are newspaper clippings, flyers, pamphlets, postcards, newsletters, notes, and other similar pieces of ephemera covering topics such as anti-Semitism, communism, isolationism, nationalism, racism, fascism, and other issues related to ultraconservative social, religious, and economic movements. |
The collection is open for research.
When quoting material from this collection, the preferred citation is: American Reactionary Political Ephemera. Collection, [Box #, Folder #], Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library.
This collection contains ephemera pertaining to American reactionary politics from 1939 to 1950. The bulk of the collection dates from 1944 to 1946. Included are newspaper clippings, flyers, pamphlets, postcards, newsletters, notes, and other similar pieces of ephemera covering topics such as anti-Semitism, communism, isolationism, nationalism, racism, fascism, and other issues related to ultraconservative social, religious, and economic movements. The collection contains ephemera produced by conservative and liberal individuals or groups. Materials are arranged alphabetically by subject or name.
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Political Pamphlets. Collection
| Box 1 Folder 1 | America Preferred, Carl H. Mote, 1944 |
| Box 1 Folder 2 | Anderson, Charles J., Jr., 1944 |
| Box 1 Folder 3 | Anti-Semitism - Council for Democracy, 1945 |
| Box 1 Folder 4 | Anti-Semitism - "The Fourth Book of Ike," undated |
| Box 1 Folder 5 | Anti-Semitism - Gentile Co-operative Association, 1944-1945 |
| Box 1 Folder 6 | Anti-Semitism - National Committee Against Persecution of the Jews - Pamphlets, undated |
| Box 1 Folder 7 | Anti-Semitism - Newspaper clipping, 1945 |
| Box 1 Folder 8 | Anti-Semitism - "The Protestant," 1944 |
| Box 1 Folder 9 | Business Men's Committee, 1944 |
| Box 1 Folder 10 | Catholicism, 1944-1946 |
| Box 1 Folder 11 | Chicago Committee to Defend America, undated |
| Box 1 Folder 12 | Chicago Council Against Racial and Religious Discrimination - Postcard, undated |
| Box 1 Folder 13 | Chicago Tribune - Criticism, 1944-1945 |
| Box 1 Folder 14 | Clippings - General, 1944 and undated |
| Box 1 Folder 15 | Communism - American Women Against Communism, 1942-1943 and undated |
| Box 1 Folder 16 | Communism - Rep. Fred E. Busbey, mailing, 1944 |
| Box 1 Folder 17 | Communism - Constitutional Educational League, Inc., 1940 |
| Box 1 Folder 18 | Communism - James J. Cusack, Alderman - Handbill, 1939 |
| Box 1 Folder 19 | Communism - Spiritual Mobilization, Inc., 1949 and undated |
| Box 1 Folder 20 | Constitutional Americans - Postcard, 1944 |
| Box 1 Folder 21 | Evangelism, 1944-1948 |
| Box 1 Folder 22 | Executives' Club of Chicago - Executives' Club News, 1939-1946 |
| Box 1 Folder 23 | Fascism, 1944-1945 |
| Box 1 Folder 24 | Friends of Democracy, Inc. 1944-1949 |
| Box 1 Folder 25 | General election, 1944 |
| Box 1 Folder 26 | Government form, satirical, undated |
| Box 1 Folder 27 | Isolationism - American Action, 1946 |
| Box 1 Folder 28 | Isolationism - America First Committee, undated |
| Box 1 Folder 29 | Isolationism - American First Party, 1944 and undated |
| Box 1 Folder 30 | Isolationism - American Nationalist Party, 1945 |
| Box 1 Folder 31 | Isolationism - American Nationalists Committee of Independent Voters, 1944 |
| Box 1 Folder 32 | Isolationism - Citizens USA Committee, 1944 |
| Box 1 Folder 33 | Isolationism - Committee of Veterans, undated |
| Box 1 Folder 34 | Isolationism - "Last Plea for Europe," Oswald Garrison Villard, undated |
| Box 1 Folder 35 | Isolationism - Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Company, Upton Close broadcasts, 1944 |
| Box 1 Folder 36 | Isolationism - Peace Now, 1944 |
| Box 1 Folder 37 | Isolationism - Smith, Gerald L. K., 1944-1945 |
| Box 1 Folder 38 | Women's League for Political Education, undated |
| Box 1 Folder 39 | Labor, 1945 |
| Box 1 Folder 40 | Miles, Captain Edward, undated |
| Box 1 Folder 41 | "Money," 1946 |
| Box 1 Folder 42 | Notes, General, undated |
| Box 1 Folder 43 | Racism - "An Appeal to Negro Womanhood," Eddene G. Graham, undated |
| Box 1 Folder 44 | Racism - Clippings, 1943-1944 |
| Box 1 Folder 45 | Racism - "The Struggle Against 'Christian' Hatred in Detroit," Merrill Otis Bates, undated |
| Box 1 Folder 46 | Racism - White Circle League, 1950 |
| Box 1 Folder 47 | Racism - Woodlawn Property Owners' League, 1944 |
| Box 1 Folder 48 | "We, the Mothers" - Clippings, undated |
| Box 1 Folder 49 | World Government - American United for World Organization, 1945 |
| Box 1 Folder 50 | World Government - Dumbarton Oaks Conference, 1944 |
| Box 1 Folder 51 | World Government - Rep. Clare E. Hoffman speech, 1943 |
| Box 1 Folder 52 | World Government - Newspaper clippings, 1945 and undated |