Guide to the Jay Feldman Papers D-587

Liz Phillips

University of California, Davis Library, Dept. of Special Collections

2015

1st Floor, Shields Library, University of California

100 North West Quad

Davis, CA 95616-5292

speccoll@ucdavis.edu

URL: https://www.library.ucdavis.edu/archives-and-special-collections

Language of Material: English

Contributing Institution: University of California, Davis Library, Dept. of Special Collections

Title: Jay Feldman Papers

Creator: Feldman, Jay, 1943-

Identifier/Call Number: D-587

Physical Description: 13 linear feet

Date (inclusive): 1755-2013

Date (bulk): circa 1980-2013

Abstract: Research materials for author Jay Feldman's books Manufacturing Hysteria and When the Mississippi Ran Backwards. The collection also includes audio tapes of oral histories of Japanese Americans.

Physical Location: Researchers should contact Archives and Special Collections to request collections, as many are stored offsite.

Biography

Jay Feldman is the author of When the Mississippi Ran Backwards: Empire, Intrigue, Murder, and the New Madrid Earthquakes (2005), Suitcase Sefton and the American Dream (2006), Manufacturing Hysteria: A History of Scapegoating, Surveillance, and Secrecy in Modern America (2011), and Hitting: An Official Major League Baseball Book (1991).

Scope and Contents

Research materials for Feldman's books Manufacturing Hysteria and When the Mississippi Ran Backwards. The collection also includes audio tapes of oral histories of Japanese Americans.

Access

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Processing Information

Collection is largely unprocessed. Four boxes have been inventoried and given temporary letter designations (A-D).

Acquisition

Gift of Jay Feldman, 2015.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Jay Feldman Papers, D-587, Archives and Special Collections, UC Davis Library, University of California, Davis.

Publication Rights

All applicable copyrights for the collection are protected under chapter 17 of the U.S. Copyright Code. Requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Regents of the University of California as the owner of the physical items. It is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Civil Rights -- United States -- History

Mississippi River Valley -- History -- 19th century

New Madrid Earthquakes, 1811-1812

Japanese Americans -- Interviews

Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945

Feldman, Jay, 1943- -- Archives

Box A

Box A, Folder 1

Misc. 2002-2004

Box A, Folder 2

Photos/Halftones 2003-2006

Box A, Folder 3

Chapter 4 - 5 1938-2003

Box A, Folder 4

Chapter 7 1871-2002

Box A, Folder 5

Chapter 10 1812-1839

Box A, Folder 6

Steamboat 1811-2002

Box A, Folder 7

Chapter 6 1819-2002

Box A, Folder 8

Lewis Bros 1853-2004

Box A, Folder 9

Burr Conspiracy 1807-2003

Box A, Folder 10

Library of Congress 2002

Box A, Folder 11

Dec. 16 - Land 1812-2003

Box A, Folder 12

General Accounts 1815-2003

Box A, Folder 13-14

Toni Stone 1811-2003

Box A, Folder 15

Dec. 16 - River 1813-2002

Box A, Folder 16

Land Fraud Scandal 1890-2002

Box A, Folder 17

Animals 1910-2001

Box A, Folder 18

Religious Revival 1755-2002

Box A, Folder 19

Later Accounts 1823-2003

Box A, Folder 20

Feb. 7 1912-1930

Box A, Folder 21

Jan. 23 1812-2001

Box A, Folder 22

Other Places 1823-2004

Box A, Folder 23-24

N.M. Earthquakes 1979-2003

Box A, Folder 25

Chronology & References 1811-1812

Box A, Folder 26

John C. Edwards Letters 1812-2003

Box B

Box B, Folder 1

FBI - HUAC - McC 1954-1973

Box B, Folder 2

Loyalty Program 1947-1988

Box B, Folder 3

HUAC 1942-1961

Box B, Folder 4

Lavender Scare 1950-1977

Box B, Folder 5

Detentions - 50's 1958-2009

Box B, Folder 6

African American - 50s 1950-1983

Box B, Folder 7

CIA Mail Opening 1975

Box B, Folder 8

Eisenhower 1956-1977

Box B, Folder 9

FBI/Hoover/WWII 1919-1977

Box B, Folder 10

McCarran Act 1950

Box B, Folder 11

McCarthy 1950-1954

Box B, Folder 12

1950s Red Scare 1946-2009

Box B, Folder 13

Teachers 1949-1969

Box B, Folder 14

1948 Spy Hearings 1948-1950

Box B, Folder 15

Truman 1947-2007

Box B, Folder 16-17

Current 1995-2010

Box B, Folder 18

Woodrow Wilson and the antimilitarists 1914-1917 1970

Box B, Folder 19

Glidden: Causalities of Caution: Alien Enemies in America, 1917-1919 1962

Box B, Folder 20-21

Manufacturing Hysteria: Scapegoating, Surveillance, and Secrecy in Modern America undated

Box B, Folder 22

SWP 1917-2010

Box B, Folder 23

Prager Lynching 1918-2003

Box B, Folder 24-26

Bibliography 2006-2010

Box C

Box C, Folder 1

Annus Mirabilis/Misc. 1909-2002

Box C, Folder 2

New Madrid 1808-2002

Box C, Folder 3-4

George Morgan 1887-2002

Box C, Folder 5-6

Wilkwson 1812-2002

Box C, Folder 7

Mississippi & Louisiana 1820-2005

Box C, Folder 8

Battle of New Orleans 1845-2004

Box C, Folder 9

Tecumseh 1807-1972

Box C, Folder 10

Creek War 1813-1969

Box C, Folder 11-12

Tecumseh II/War of 1812 1812-2002

Box C, Folder 13

Tippecanoe 1811-2002

Box C, Folder 14

Harrison's 1812-1922

Box C, Folder 15

National Archives II - post quake 1812

Box C, Folder 16

Shawnee 1962-1998

Box C, Folder 17

Before Tecumseh 1832-2004

Box C, Folder 18

Descriptions of Tecumseh 1872-1976

Box C, Folder 19

Speeches & Treaties 1795-2002

Box C, Folder 20

National Archives I - pre-earthquake 2007-2013

Box D

Box D, Folder 1

Alien Enemy Control Limit 1944

Box D, Folder 2

Alien Property 1942

Box D, Folder 3

Camps 1941-2006

Box D, Folder 4

Church Committee - WWII 1976

Box D, Folder 5

CWRIC 1984-2009

Box D, Folder 6

General L.A. 1942-1982

Box D, Folder 7

German Americans 1955-2006

Box D, Folder 8

German VAS 2000-2006

Box D, Folder 9

GIAs 1st Person 1997-2006

Box D, Folder 10

Hearing Boards 1942-2005

Box D, Folder 11-12

Japanese Americans 1941-1991

Box D, Folder 13

General U.S. 1940-2006

Box D, Folder 14

Italian Americans 1945-2006

Box D, Folder 15

Italian LAS 1988

Box D, Folder 16

Japanese LAS 1944-2006

Box D, Folder 17

Jews 1990-2006

Box D, Folder 18

Mail Censorship 1942-2001

Box D, Folder 19

Misc. Articles 1941-2007

Box D, Folder 20

Seized Records 1962

Box D, Folder 21

Mexican Repatriation 1928-2000

Box D, Folder 22

Bibliography 2002-2004

Box D, Folder 23-26

Catalog Search 2002-2004