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SNAC: Social Networks and Archival Context
VIAFrevised2015-09-18machineCPF merge programMerge v2.0revised2016-08-13T12:18:46machineSNAC EAC-CPF ParserBulk ingest into SNAC Databaserevised2016-08-13T12:18:46humanSystem Service (system@localhost)created2024-03-29machineSNAC EAC-CPF SerializerSNAC Identity Constellation serialized to EAC-CPFcorporateBodyAmerican Committee to Keep Biafra AlivepresumedAmerican Committee to Keep Biafra Alive, Inc.presumedactive approximately 1966active 1970Cohen, Maxwell T., 1908-2000,Matthews, J. B. (Joseph Brown), 1894-1966American Committee to Keep Biafra AliveJ. B. Matthews Papers, 1862-1986 and undatedMatthews, J. B. (Joseph Brown), 1894-1966.J. B. Matthews Papers, 1862-1986 and undated479 Linear Feet; 307,000 ItemsJ. B. Matthews (1894-1966) was a Methodist missionary, college professor, author, lecturer, and prominent conservative spokesman. Collection consists of correspondence, memoranda, statements, speeches, reprints, clippings, broadsides, newsletters, press releases, petitions, and other printed material, chiefly 1930-1969. The principal focus of the collection relates to the work and research of Matthews and his associates in the area of anti-communism, particularly in connection with Matthews' role as Director of Research for the Special Committee on Un-American Activities of the U.S. House of Representatives (1938-1945), Executive Director of the Permanent Subcommittee on Government Operations of the U.S. Senate (1953), and a consultant for John A. Clements Associates. Many of the organizations, newspapers, periodicals, and persons represented in the collection have various leftist, socialist, communist, radical, or pacifist (especially anti-Vietnam War) connections.Individuals represented in the files include Ralph Abernathy, Bella Abzug, Roy Cohn, John Foster Dulles, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Michael Harrington, Alger Hiss, J. Edgar Hoover, Jesse Jackson, John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Coretta Scott King, Joseph Lash, Joseph McCarthy, Carl McIntire, Benjamin Mandel, Richard Nixon, Aristotle Onassis, Lee Harvey Oswald, Linus Pauling, Drew Pearson, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Louis Untermeyer.EnglishEnglishDavid M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript LibraryAmerican Committee to Keep Biafra Alive. American Committee to Keep Biafra Alive collection, 1967-1970.American Committee to Keep Biafra Alive.American Committee to Keep Biafra Alive collection, 1967-1970.4 ms. boxes, 1 envelope, 2 motion picture film reels, 2 phonorecords.Ephemeral publications of private governmental organizations, including the United States Agency for International Development, the Government of the Republic of Biafra, and the Government of Nigeria; press releases from the United States Department of State, American congressmen, and Markpress, Biafran Overseas Press Division; clippings; periodical literature; and audio-visual materials, relating to the Nigerian Civil War of 1967-1970. Collected by the St. Louis chapter of the American Committee to Keep Biafra Alive. Stanford University, Hoover Institution LibraryCohen, Maxwell T., 1908-2000,. Biafra War collection, c. 1966-1970.Cohen, Maxwell T., 1908-2000,American Committee to Keep Biafra Alive.Biafra War collection, c. 1966-1970.1.0 linear ft. (3 a.b.)The Biafra War Collection, 1966-1970 primarily contains printed material - press releases, government propaganda, personal narratives, white papers, newspaper articles, etc. - produced by the various stakeholders involved in the Nigerian Civil War. The series Republic of Biafra Propaganda includes pro-independence booklets and press releases printed by the Biafran Ministry of Information. The United Kingdom Parliament series contains official reports of parliamentary debates held in both houses of parliament concerning Biafra in 1968. The series Aid and Food Relief consists of several first person accounts written by international aid workers, doctors, clergymen, etc. during the conflict. One of the more intriguing first person accounts can be found in the unpublished memoirs of human rights attorney Maxwell T. Cohen (1908-2000) in the series of the same name. The collection concludes with the series First International Conference on Biafra and contains printed material given to participants at a Biafra conference held at Columbia University in New York City, December 1968. New York Public Library System, NYPLAmerican Committee to Keep Biafra Alive collection, 1967-1970American Committee to Keep Biafra Alive collection 1967-19704 manuscript boxes, 1 envelope, 2 motion picture film reels; (1.5 linear feet)Ephemeral publications of private governmental organizations, including the United States Agency for International Development, the Government of the Republic of Biafra, and the Government of Nigeria; press releases from the United States Department of State, American congressmen, and Markpress, Biafran Overseas Press Division; clippings; periodical literature; and audio-visual materials, relating to the Nigerian Civil War of 1967-1970. Collected by the St. Louis chapter of the American Committee to Keep Biafra Alive.EnglishHoover Institution Archives