Margaret Meier collection of extreme right wing American political ephemera, 1930-1980.

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Margaret Meier collection of extreme right wing American political ephemera, 1930-1980.

Materials documenting the activities of extreme right wing political groups in California and at the national level. The bulk of the material dates from the 1960s and early 1970s. The collection contains both political ephemera and periodicals.

28 linear feet.

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Arcadia Public Library

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John Birch Society.

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American radical right-wing political advocacy group that supports anti-communism, limited government, a Constitutional Republic and personal freedom. From the description of John Birch Society records, 1966. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 696628690 ...

Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994

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Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994) was the 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. A member of the Republican Party, Nixon previously served as the 36th vice president from 1953 to 1961, having risen to national prominence as a representative and senator from California. After five years in the White House that saw the conclusion to the U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War, détente with the Soviet Union and China, and the establishment of the Environm...

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities (1934-1975)

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From 1934 to 1937 The U.S. House Committee on Un-American Activities began as the Special Committee on Un-American Activities and was also known as the McCormack-Dickstein Committee. The Dies Committee, was created on May 26, 1938, with the approval of House Resolution 282, which authorized the Speaker of the House to appoint a special committee of seven members to investigate un-American activities in the United States, domestic diffusion of propaganda, and all other questions relating thereto...

Wallace, George C. (George Corley), 1919-1998

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George Corley Wallace Jr. (August 25, 1919 – September 13, 1998) was an American politician who served as the 45th Governor of Alabama for four terms. He is best remembered for his staunch segregationist and populist views. During his tenure, he promoted "low-grade industrial development, low taxes, and trade schools". He sought the United States presidency as a Democrat three times, and once as an American Independent Party candidate, unsuccessfully each time. Wallace notoriously opposed deseg...

Goldwater, Barry M. (Barry Morris), 1909-1998

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Barry Morris Goldwater (January 2, 1909 – May 29, 1998) was an American politician, businessman, and author who was a five-term Senator from Arizona (1953–1965, 1969–1987) and the Republican Party nominee for president of the United States in 1964. Despite his loss of the 1964 presidential election in a landslide, Goldwater is the politician most often credited with having sparked the resurgence of the American conservative political movement in the 1960s. He also had a substantial impact on the...

Republican Party (Los Angeles County, Calif.). Central Committee

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Oliver, Revilo P. (Revilo Pendleton), 1910-

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Republican Party (Los Angeles County, Calif.)

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Reagan, Ronald, 1911-2004

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Ronald Wilson Reagan (1911-2004) was the 40th President of the United States and served two terms in office from 1981 to 1989. He was born on February 6, 1911, in Tampico, Illinois, the second son of Nelle Wilson and John Edward ("Jack") Reagan. His father nicknamed him "Dutch" as a baby. In 1920 the family resettled in Dixon, Illinois. In 1928 Reagan graduated from Dixon High School, where he had been student body president, an actor in school plays, and a student athlete. He partici...

Ku Klux Klan 1915-....

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The Ku Klux Klan was formally incorporated under the laws of the state of Georgia on Dec. 4, 1915. The incorporated organization is a continuance of the earlier post Civil War Reconstruction Era unincorporated Ku Klux Klan and of the Knights of the White Camellia. Women of the Ku Klux Klan was incorporated at a late date as a separate entity. The stated purpose of the KKK was to promote an all White, Protestant United States, excluding all other races and religions. From the descript...

Rousselot, John H.

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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 crusade...

Meier, Margaret (Margaret E.)

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Margaret Meier and her husband, Herbert Meier, of Arcadia, Calif., were active in Republican political groups during the 1960s and early 1970s. The Meiers were moderate Republicans who were concerned about the rise of the extreme right wing of the Republican party, particularly in Southern California, where they lived. From the description of Margaret Meier collection of extreme right wing American political ephemera, 1930-1980. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122384498 ...

Flournoy, Houston I. (Houston Irvine), 1929-

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Houston Irving Flournoy, better known as Hugh, was born on October 7, 1929 in New York City, New York. He spent most of his childhood on Long Island with brief stints in New Hampshire and Massachusetts. Flournoy was an excellent student and attended Garden City High School where he played in the band and managed the soccer team. In 1946, at the age of 16, Flournoy enrolled at Cornell University where he studied under Clinton Rossiter, a Cornell faculty member who was an authority on The Federali...

Kuchel, Thomas H.

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Thomas H. Kuchel served as a member of the California Assembly, 1937-1940; in the California Senate, 1940-1946; and as controller for the State of California, 1953-1969. He served as a United States Senator from California from 1953-1969. He was assistant Republican leader in 1959 and 1960, and his committee service included Appropriations and Interior and Insular affairs. From the description of Thomas H. Kuchel papers, 1952-1968. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat recor...

Republican Party (Calif.)

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Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )

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The Republican Party is a national political party in the United States, and was founded in 1854. In the 1864 election, the party took the name National Union Party to allow the participation of Democrats. From the description of Republican Party tickets, 1864. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 496362231 From the guide to the Republican Party tickets, 1864, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) ...

Richardson, William S.

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William Richardson was born in Lanark, Scotland, on June 18, 1829. He worked in the mines from the age of ten, and after his mother's death moved often, living with his grandmother, father and stepmother, and aunt. In 1849 Richardson was baptized into the Mormon Church by Andrew Farguson (Ferguson). In 1851 he married Ann Walker (also called Joan Fatheringham) in Glasgow, and in 1856 the family left Scotland for the United States, settling in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Richardson worked at various ...

Young Republican National Federation (U.S.)

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Goff, Kenneth

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