Tom Anderson papers, 1924-1994 (bulk 1943-1994).

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Tom Anderson papers, 1924-1994 (bulk 1943-1994).

The Tom Anderson papers contain materials relating to Anderson's publishing and political activities. Materials of interest in the collection include correspondence files; American Party political files and Anderson campaign materials; and Anderson's editorial writings, newsletters, and recordings. Also included in the collection are a large quantity of research files on a wide variety of topics, including anti-communism, civil rights, conservative Christianity, and limited-government.

61.35 cubic ft. (68 boxes)

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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 ...

American Party

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One of the most famous incidents of anti-Catholic sentiment expression occurred August 11, 1834; non-Catholic rioters looted and burned the Ursuline Convent of Mount Benedict in Charlestown, MA. Anti-Catholic violence also erupted in Philadelphia when 13 people were killed in riots in 1835. Activities by the American Nativist Party in Kensington, Pennsylvania, in 1844 also sparked anti-Catholic riots. In the 1850s, the American Party, also known as the Know-Nothing Party, was partly founded on a...

Anderson, Tom, 1910-1991

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Tom Anderson, editor, publisher, and conservative political activist was born in Nashville, Tenn. in 1910. Graduated from Vanderbilt University in 1934, with a major in economics, Anderson was equally interested in political science and English. During the Great Depression, he worked briefly for the Nashville Banner newspaper. Later, as publisher and editor of Farm and Ranch magazine, a monthly, then weekly, publication based in Dallas, Tex., which had absorbed the Southern Agriculturist in 1950...