Smith, Gerald L. K. (Gerald Lyman Kenneth), 1898-1976

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Founder of the America First Party, head of the Christian Nationalist Crusade, and outspoken antisemite.

From the description of Gerald L.K. Smith papers, 1922-1976. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34418952

Minister and political agitator; d. 1976.

From the description of Gerald L.K. Smith publications, 1950s-1977. (Arkansas History Commission). WorldCat record id: 234380142

Smith (1898-1976) was a minister, publisher, and political crusader with a message of hate and bigotry. He founded the America First party and the Christain Nationalist Crusade. Smith published The Cross and the flag from 1942 to 1976, as well as many tracts, short books, and newsletters and was known nationally for his radio addresses. He ran unsuccessfully for a number of political positions. In 1964 Smith built the seven-story high Christ of the Ozarks statue and began a Christian museum, art gallery, and staged passion plays in Eureka Sprints (Ark.). (Information from American National Biography Online.).

From the description of Solicitation letters, 1942-1976. (Clarke Historical Library). WorldCat record id: 47066882

Born in Pardeeville, Wis., Gerald L.K. Smith grew up in Viroqua, Wis., and was ordained as a minister in the Disciples of Christ denomination in 1916. Following a move to Louisiana in 1928 to seek treatment for his wife's tuberculosis, Smith became a friend of Huey Long and with him established the Share Our Wealth Society, a group that proposed minimum and maximum limits on household wealth and income. Smith was present at the assassination of Long in 1935 and delivered the eulogy at Long's funeral. After Long's death, Smith became active in white supremacist politics, founding the America First Party and running for president in the 1944 and 1948 elections. He later moved to Arkansas in order to found a religious theme park that was never completed.

From the description of Gerald L.K. Smith broadside, circa 1935. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 301989495
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creatorOf Christian Nationalist Crusade. [Antisemitica] Hebrew Union College-JIR, Cincinnati, Klau Library
referencedIn University of Michigan. Dept. of Political Science. Dept. of Political Science (University of Michigan) student papers, 1939-1962. Bentley Historical Library
referencedIn Walter Winchell miscellaneous papers, 1936-1968 Hoover Institution Archives
referencedIn Jewish Community Relations Council of Minnesota. Council records, 1922-1974 (bulk 1945-1970). Minnesota Historical Society Library
referencedIn American Council of Christian Laymen. Records, 1949-1963. Wisconsin historical society
referencedIn Papers, 1941-1944. New York State Historical Documents Inventory
referencedIn Glen A. Chandler collection 1937-1971 Hoover Institution Archives
referencedIn Jewish Federation Council of Greater Los Angeles' Community Relations Committee collection 1933-1980. California State University, Northridge
referencedIn Long, Huey Pierce, 1893-1935. Papers, 1929-1940. Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library
referencedIn Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Pittsburgh. Records of the Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Pittsburgh, 1928-1959 (bulk 1935-1950) University of Pittsburgh
referencedIn Christenberry, Earle J. Speech on Gerald Lyman Smith, circa 1936. Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries
referencedIn Charles Parsons papers, 1880-1965 Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
referencedIn Winchell, Walter, 1897-1972. Walter Winchell miscellaneous papers, 1936-1968. Stanford University, Hoover Institution Library
creatorOf Miklethun, John L., 1873-1955. John L. Miklethun papers, 1899, 1909-1954. Minnesota Historical Society Library
referencedIn Anticommunist movement collection, 1951-1965. University of West Florida, John C. Pace Library
referencedIn Meier, Margaret,. Margaret Meier collection of extreme right wing American political ephemera, 1930-1980. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
creatorOf Smith, Gerald L. K. (Gerald Lyman Kenneth), 1898-1976. [A collection of printed material issued by or pertaining to Gerald L.K. Smith and the Committee of 1,000,000]. New-York Historical Society
referencedIn Chester, Robert, 1912-1975. Papers, ca. 1944-1976. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
creatorOf Smith, Gerald L. K. (Gerald Lyman Kenneth), 1898-1976. Gerald L.K. Smith broadside, circa 1935. Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries
creatorOf Norris, J. Frank (John Frank), 1877-1952. Papers, 1928-1952. Southern Baptist Historical Library & Archives
creatorOf Smith, Gerald L. Dexter Smith and Jesse Sprague family group sheets. Mid-Continent Public Library, Administrative Headquarters
referencedIn Merwin K. Hart papers, 1929-1962 University of Oregon Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives
creatorOf Taber, Marcius Erwin, 1903-. Marcius Erwin Taber papers, 1953-1968. Bentley Historical Library
creatorOf Hart, Merwin K. (Merwin Kimball), 1881-. Papers, 1929-1962. University of Oregon Libraries
referencedIn Socialist Workers Party records, 1914-1980 Minnesota Historical Society
creatorOf MacDonald, Bert. Papers of Bert MacDonald, 1935-1950. Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens
creatorOf Wells, Carlton F. (Carlton Frank), 1898-. Carlton F. Wells papers, 1910-1993. Bentley Historical Library
referencedIn American Council of Christian Laymen. Records, 1949-1964. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
referencedIn Stace, Arthur W. (Arthur William), 1875-1950. Arthur W. Stace papers, 1927-1950. Bentley Historical Library
referencedIn Parsons, Charles, 1889-. Charles Parsons papers, 1880-1965 (inclusive). Yale University Library
creatorOf Norris, J. Frank (John Frank), 1877-1952. Papers [microform], 1928-1952. Southern Baptist Historical Library & Archives
creatorOf Smith, Gerald L. K. (Gerald Lyman Kenneth), 1898-. Gerald L.K. Smith publications, 1950s-1977. Arkansas History Commission, Department of Archives and History
referencedIn Anticommunist Movement Collection 1951-1965 University of West Florida Libraries
referencedIn Chandler, Glen A.,. Glen A. Chandler collection, 1937-1971. Stanford University, Hoover Institution Library
creatorOf Smith, Gerald L. K. (Gerald Lyman Kenneth), 1898-1976. Gerald L.K. Smith papers, 1922-1976. Bentley Historical Library
referencedIn Papers of Drew Pearson. Files from the Merry-Go-Round Farm, 1919-1969 Lyndon Baines Johnson Library
referencedIn Wick, Grace, 1888-1958. Grace Wick papers, 1888-1962 (bulk, 1928-1951). Oregon Historical Society Research Library
referencedIn Florence Mendheim Collection of Anti-Semitic Propaganda, 1917-1994, bulk 1922-1948 Leo Baeck Institute.
referencedIn Terminiello, A. W. (Arthur W.). Papers, 1939-1962. University of Notre Dame, Hesburgh Library
referencedIn Arthur H. Vandenberg papers, 1884-1974, 1915-1951 Bentley Historical Library
referencedIn Anti-Semitism collection, [ca. 1930]-1961. Yeshiva University
creatorOf Taber, Marcius Erwin, 1903-. Marcius Erwin Taber papers, 1953-1968. Bentley Historical Library
creatorOf Smith, Gerald L. K. (Gerald Lyman Kenneth), 1898-1976. Solicitation letters, 1942-1976. Clarke Historical Library
referencedIn Parsons, Charles, 1889-. Charles Parsons papers, 1880-1965 (inclusive). Yale University Library
referencedIn Earl Browder Papers, 1879-1990 Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center
referencedIn Inventory of the John R. Anthony Papers TAMU MSS 00042., 1912-1977 Cushing Memorial Library,
referencedIn George Murphy papers, 1911-1961 Bentley Historical Library
referencedIn Meier, Margaret, collector. Margaret Meier Collection of Extreme Right Ephemeral Materials, 1930-1980 Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Grace Wick Papers, 1888-1962, 1928-1951 Oregon Historical Society Research Library
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associatedWith Allen, Marilyn R. person
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associatedWith Asher, Court. person
associatedWith Bealle, Morris A. person
associatedWith Beaty, John Owen, 1890-1961. person
associatedWith Blake, Aldrich. person
associatedWith Bricker, John W. (John William), 1893-1986. person
associatedWith Britton, Frank. person
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associatedWith Brown, Catherine. person
associatedWith Buckley, William F. (William Frank), 1925-2008. person
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Birth 1898-02-27

Death 1976-04-15

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