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BIOGHIST REQUIRED Wesley McCune founded Group Research Inc. in 1962 after a successful career as a journalist for such magazines as "Newsweek", "Time", "Life", and "Changing Times". In addition, McCune worked as well as a staff member of several government agencies and government-related organizations. Based in Washington DC until ceasing operations in the mid-1990s Group Research Inc. collected materials that focus on the right-wing and span four decades. The resulting Group Research archive includes information about and by right-wing organizations and a ctivists in the form of publications correspondence pamphlets reports newspaper "Congressional Record" and magazine clippings and other ephemera. The collection is thoroughly cross-referenced and contains the Group Research Directory which, dating mostly from the 1960s, provides brief histories of prominent people organizations and publications associated with the right wing. McCune and his small staff also published an initially bi-monthly but in later years monthly newsletter Group Research Report which kept its subscribers abreast of the latest views and actions of right-wingers.

From the guide to the Group Research, Inc. Records, 1955-1996, (Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library.)

Wesley McCune founded Group Research Inc. in 1962 after a successful career as a journalist for such magazines as "Newsweek", "Time", "Life", and "Changing Times". In addition, McCune worked as well as a staff member of several government agencies and government-related organizations. Based in Washington DC until ceasing operations in the mid-1990s Group Research Inc. collected materials that focus on the right-wing and span four decades. The resulting Group Research archive includes information about and by right-wing organizations and a ctivists in the form of publications correspondence pamphlets reports newspaper "Congressional Record" and magazine clippings and other ephemera. The collection is thoroughly cross-referenced and contains the Group Research Directory which, dating mostly from the 1960s, provides brief histories of prominent people organizations and publications associated with the right wing. McCune and his small staff also published an initially bi-monthly but in later years monthly newsletter Group Research Report which kept its subscribers abreast of the latest views and actions of right-wingers.

From the description of Group Research, Inc. records, 1955-1996. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 645664739

Archival Resources
Role Title Holding Repository
referencedIn O'Hara, George, 1908-. Papers, 1940,1947,1950,1953-1973 (bulk 1953-1973). Iowa State Historical Society
referencedIn Harry L. and Gretchen Billings Papers, 1940-1984 MSU-Bozeman Library, Merrill G Burlingame Special Collections
creatorOf Group Research, Inc. Records, 1955-1996 Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn Colorado State Chamber of Commerce. Printed materials 1963. Boulder Public Library
creatorOf Group Research, Inc. Group Research, Inc. records, 1955-1996. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
referencedIn University of Connecticut, Labor Education Center Records., undated, 1948-1970. Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Center.
referencedIn McCune, Wesley, 1918-. Papers of Wesley McCune, 1942-1989. Harry S. Truman Library
creatorOf Billings, Harry L., 1913-1990. Harry L. and Gretchen Billings papers, 1940-1984. Montana State University (Bozeman, Mont.). Library
referencedIn J. B. Matthews Papers, 1862-1986 and undated David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library
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associatedWith Colorado State Chamber of Commerce. corporateBody
associatedWith Group Research Collection (Columbia University Libraries) corporateBody
associatedWith John Birch Society. corporateBody
associatedWith John Birch Society. corporateBody
associatedWith Matthews, J. B. (Joseph Brown), 1894-1966 person
associatedWith McCune, Wesley, 1918- person
associatedWith O'Hara, George, 1908- person
associatedWith University of Connecticut. Labor Education Center. corporateBody
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United States
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Christian conservatism
Conservatism
Conservatism
Political culture
Political movements
Political movements
Political parties
Pressure groups
Radicalism
Radicalism
Religious right
Republicanism
Right and left (Political science)
Right-wing extremists
Right-wing extremists
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Active 1940

Active 1984

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