Finding aid for the Adolphe Menjou papers 2463
Diann Benti
USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library
2022 March
Doheny Memorial Library G4
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles, California 90089-0185
ctlibarc@usc.edu
Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library
Title: Adolphe Menjou papers
Creator:
Menjou, Adolphe, 1890-1963
Identifier/Call Number: 2463
Physical Description:
1.79 Linear Feet
2 boxes
Date (inclusive): 1915-1967
Abstract: This collection contains papers of American actor Adolphe Menjou (1890-1963) chiefly related to his involvement in the anti-communist
movement. Materials include clippings, magazines, pamphlets, and reprints dealing with the anti-communist movement in Hollywood
and America from the late 1940s to early 1960s.
Language of Material:
English.
Conditions Governing Access
Advance notice required for access.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Adolphe Menjou, August 12, 1963.
Preferred Citation
[Box/folder no. or item name], Adolphe Menjou papers, Collection no. 2463, Cinematic Arts Library, USC Libraries, University
of Southern California.
Scope and Contents
This collection contains papers of American actor Adolphe Menjou (1890-1963) chiefly related to his involvement in the anti-communist
movement. Materials consist of magazines, pamphlets, and reprints dealing with the anti-communist movement (1948-1961) and
two scrapbooks of clippings and related materials detailing the "Red Menace" in Hollywood and America (1947-1955) and Menjou's
involvement with anti-communism. Among the printed material are three issues of the "Hartnett Report" dealing with anti-communists
and the television series "Brenner." While most of the collection relates to anti-communism, there are also three miscellaneous
stills from the silent film Hearts in Exile (1915); a program and ship's passenger list related to Menjou's trip to the 1936
Olympics in Berlin, Germany; and an empty presentation box labeled: "Adolphe Menjou / Your six appearances on our Screen Guild
Players radio program helped to make this possible."
Rights Statement for Archival Description
Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.
Conditions Governing Use
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Cinematic Arts Library
at cin@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Cinematic Arts Library as the owner of the physical items
and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Anti-communist movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Archival resources
Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States -- Archival resources
Pamphlets
Scrapbooks
Menjou, Adolphe, 1890-1963 -- Archives
Box 1, Folder 1
The Fifth Column in Washington! Un-Americans on the Government Payroll
1940
Scope and Contents
By Joseph P. Kamp
Box 1, Folder 2
The Communist Fifth Column
1946
Scope and Contents
Reprint of articles from the Chicago Journal of Commerce
Box 1, Folder 2
Communist Infiltration in the United States
1946
Scope and Contents
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
Box 1, Folder 2
The Democracy of Socialism
1946-02
Scope and Contents
Photostat copy
Box 1, Folder 2
Listen Closely
1946
Scope and Contents
Reprint from the Memphis Commercial Appeal
Box 1, Folder 2
National Republic
1946-11
Scope and Contents
November 1946 issue
Box 1, Folder 2
New Leader
1946-10-12
Scope and Contents
Section 2
Box 1, Folder 2
[Reprinted text from The New Leader]
1946
Box 1, Folder 3
Political Affairs
1947-09
Box 1, Folder 3
The Red Package
1947
Scope and Contents
By Harry T. Everingham (2 copies)
Box 1, Folder 3
Why Wait? Outlaw Communism Now!
1947
Scope and Contents
By Jack Gleason
Box 1, Folder 3
Orphans of Tyranny
1948
Scope and Contents
By Eugene Lyons; reprint from Plain Talk
Box 1, Folder 4
Know Your Enemy
1950
Scope and Contents
By Robert H. Williams.
Box 1, Folder 4
Our Best Hope for Permanent World Peace
1950
Scope and Contents
By Roy R. Whittenburg
Box 1, Folder 4
Ten "Don'ts" by J. Edgar Hoover
1950
Scope and Contents
Printed card; The American Legion
Box 1, Folder 5
Cahiers Critiques du Communisme
1951
Box 1, Folder 5
Communism--What YOU Can Do About It!
1951
Scope and Contents
By T. C. Kirkpatrick and F. J. McNamara; reprint from The Elks Magazine (July 1951)
Box 1, Folder 5
National Wage Earner
1951-10
Box 1, Folder 5
Our Own Communists Can Cripple Us
1951
Scope and Contents
Reprinted from Changing Times (February 1951) by General Motors Men and Women.
Box 1, Folder 5
Speech Delivered by Hon. Martin Dies, Municipal Auditorium, Thursday Night, May 17, 1951, San Antonio, Texas
1951
Scope and Contents
Reprinted by the American Heritage Protective Committee
Box 1, Folder 6
[Typescript excerpt about Harvard Divinity School from Newsweek and list of faculty with reported communist connections]
1952-03
Box 1, Folder 6
Congressional Record: "The New Immigration Law"
1953
Scope and Contents
Reprint of remarks by Francis E. Walter.
Box 1, Folder 6
Freedom Forum Presentation: Marxism and Morality
1953
Scope and Contents
By Dr. J. D. Bales
Box 1, Folder 6
The American Way to Jobs, Peace, Equal Rights and Democracy: The Program of the Communist Party
1954
Scope and Contents
Published by New Century Publishers
Box 1, Folder 6
Congressional Record: "Proposed Severance of Diplomatic Relations with Russia"
1954
Scope and Contents
Reprint of remarks by William E. Jenner.
Box 1, Folder 6
Know Your Communist Enemy: International Communism: It's Teaching, Aims, and Methods
1954
Scope and Contents
Published by the Department of Defense; distributed by the Motion Picture Alliance
Box 1, Folder 6
Know Your Enemy
1954
Scope and Contents
By Gregory G. Bern
Box 1, Folder 7
"Hey Joe! He Wants to Know What's Holding Up The Revolution."
1955
Scope and Contents
Brochure by the American Economic Foundation
Box 1, Folder 7
Know Your Communist Enemy: Communism in Red China
1955
Scope and Contents
Published by the Department of Defense; distributed by the Motion Picture Alliance
Box 1, Folder 7
One Man's Opinion
1956-02
Scope and Contents
By Robert H.W. Welch, Jr.
Box 1, Folder 8
[Typescript reprint of seminar paper by M. G. Lowan prepared for the American Coalition of Patriotic Societies]
1960-02-04
Box 1, Folder 8
Hartnett Reports
1961
Scope and Contents
3 newsletter issues published as a supplement to File 13 by Vincent W. Hartnett: Vol. 2, No. 2 (09/22/1961), Vol. 2, No. 3
(10/13/1961), and Vol. 2, Nos. 405 (12/30/1961).
Box 1, Folder 8
The Red Mein Kampf
1961
Scope and Contents
Reprint of speech by Barry Goldwater
Box 1, Folder 8
We Have Been Betrayed
1961
Scope and Contents
By Billy James Hargis
Box 1, Folder 9
Communism and You
Undated
Scope and Contents
By Billy James Hargis
Box 1, Folder 9
The Hidden Empire
Undated
Box 1, Folder 10
Hearts in Exile stills
1915
Scope and Contents
3 6 x8" photographs.
Box 1, Folder 11
[Program for the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, Germany]
1936
Box 1, Folder 11
[Europa Express Liner passenger list, from New York, August 9, 1936]
1936
