Karl Hess Papers 1937-1996

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Karl Hess Papers 1937-1996

Although the personal materials in these papers are fragmentary, news clippings documenting Hess's political journey are fairly comprehensive. Hess's early writings and his later works for hire for Senator Goldwater are often difficult to locate. Although not complete, many of those articles can be found here. Correspondence documents Hess's business with editors, military and government officials, and pursuits relating to various journalist endeavors.

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Hess, Karl, 1923-1994

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Editor and journalist. Was at one time a speechwriter for Barry Goldwater, but later became involved in various libertarian and anarchist organizations in the seventies and eighties. In the nineties he participated in local politics in rural West Virginia. From the description of Neighborhood self-sufficiency / Karl Hess, 1976. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 301485817 Author. Libertarian. Welder. Survivalist. Philosopher. Folk hero. Born May 25, 1...