Michael Warder Collection

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Preliminary Guide to the Michael Warder Collection, ca. 1965-1989 [bulk dates 1973-1979]

Collection number: ARC Mss 31

Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara

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  • Department of Special Collections
  • Davidson Library
  • University of California, Santa Barbara
  • Santa Barbara, CA 93106
  • Phone: (805) 893-3062
  • Fax: (805) 893-5749
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    Date Completed:
    Dec. 12, 2007
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Descriptive Summary

Title: Michael Warder Collection
Dates: ca. 1965-1989
Bulk Dates: 1973-1979
Collection Number: ARC Mss 31
Collector: Warder, Michael Young
Collection Size: ca. 11 linear feet (8 cartons, 2 document boxes, 6 oversize boxes, 4 audiocassettes, 4 16mm films, 1 VHS videotape).
Repository: University of California, Santa Barbara. Library. Department of Special Collections
Santa Barbara, California 93106-9010
Physical Location: SRLF (Boxes 1-8); Annex 2 (Boxes 9-16); Annex 2 (A/V).
Abstract: Files relating to Michael Warder's participation in the Unification Church, mainly as editor of the New York based newspaper News World. Included are legal files relating to various activities of the church and its tax exempt status.
Language: English.

Access Restrictions

Collection is stored off-site; advance notice required for retrieval.

Publication Rights

Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All 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 Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.

Preferred Citation

Michael Warder Collection. ARC Mss 31. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Acquisition Information

Gift of Michael Warder, 2004.

Scope and Content Notes

The collection contains files relating to Michael Young Warder's participation in the Unification Church, mainly as president and publisher of its New York based newspaper News World. Included are files relating to various activities of the church, its leader Sun Myung Moon, and legal issues such as the investigation of its tax exempt status.

Arrangement

The collection contains the following series:
  • Alpha Files (Boxes 1-7). Includes material on Barrytown Project, Congressional Inquiry, Diplomat National Bank, Holy Spirit Association for Unification of World Christianity (HSA-UWC), IRS, International Conference on the Unity of the Sciences (ICUS), International Cultural Foundation (ICF), International Leadership Seminar (ILS), Korean Culture and Freedom Foundation (KCFF), Sun Myung Moon (materials about and by, incl. run of Master Speaks), News World, Unification Church (material about and by), Unification Theological Seminary (UTS), U.S. Grand Jury, S.D.N.Y. (Southern District of New York), Michael Warder (mainly activities with the Unification Church, including resignation in 1979, and some personal), and World Media Conference.
  • Correspondence Files (Box 8). Correspondents include Asa Briggs, William F. Buckley, James [Jimmy] Carter, Roy M. Cohn, Mario Cuomo, Oscar Handlin, Edward Koch, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Michael Novak, James Reston, Howard K. Smith, Lowell Thomas, William Webster, and George F. Will.
  • Photographs (Boxes 9-10). Includes black/white and color prints of events/places (ICUS, ICF, International Conference on the Unity of Sciences, International Leadership Seminar World Media Conference), Rev. Moon and family, News World, people, public officials and celebrities, Michael Warder and family, and World Media Conference.
  • Oversize (Boxes 11-16). Includes photograph albums (World Media Conference), scrapbooks (International Conference on the Unity of Sciences, International Leadership Seminar, News World, Unification Church, Warder, World Media Conference) and loose materials such as posters.
  • Audiovisual (4 audiocassettes, 4 16mm films, 1 VHS videotape). Includes Master Speaks [Moon] at Apr. 4, 1973 conference.
Monographs and runs of serials in the collection have been removed and cataloged separately.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Unification Church.
Unificationists.


 

Alpha Files

Additional Note

Based on alpha index to files, dated Sept. 3, 1982, found in the collection.
Box 1

American Freedom Journal, 1988

Box 1

American Newspaper Publishers Association [ANPA], 1978

Box 1

Barrytown Project and Correspondence, ca. 1973-1979

Box 1

Bell, Mark

Box 1

Belvedere

Box 1

Bicentennial - God Bless America

Box 1

Blanchard, Henri

Box 1

Blessed Families

Box 1

Blessed Families Association

Box 1

Calendar - UC

Box 1

Calling Cards - from various organizations

Box 1

Chile - maps

Box 1

Citizens' Legal Defense Fund for the FBI - William E. Simon

Box 1

Committee to Defend the First Amendment, ca. 1979

 

Congressional Inquiry

Box 1

Dole, Robert - Congressional Hearings

Box 1

Fraser Committee - Investigation of Korean-American Relations, by the Subcommittee on International Organizations, of the committee on International Relations

Box 1

Conservative Digest, 1989

Box 1

Cooperrider, Keith - Family Cooperative Manager, 1977

Box 1

Dabrowski Case

Box 1

Diplomat National Bank

Box 1

Directors' Newsletter, 1973

Box 1

Durst, Mose and Onni, 1975

Box 1

Editors' Seminar, UNA-USA, 1978

Box 1

Fédération Internation des Editeurs de Journaux et Publications, 1978-1979

Box 1

First International Training Session, 1973

Box 1

Freedom Leadership Foundation, Inc.

Box 1

Friar's Club

Box 1

Global Economic Action Institute

Box 1

Hahn, Col. - correspondence from Warder

 

HSA - UWC (Holy Spirit Association for Unification of World Christianity)

Box 1

Bylaws and Minutes, 1977

Box 1

Correspondence - General

Box 1

Litigation

Box 1

Litigation Clippings

Box 1

Media Coverage

Box 1

Memoranda

Box 2

Immigration

Box 2

Inchon - Korean War Monk Articles

Box 2

Inter American Press Association, ca. 1978-1979

Box 2

IRS - Freedom of Information requests re News World and memo re visit of IRS to News World offices, ca. 1978-1979

 

International Conference on the Unity of the Sciences (ICUS)

Box 2

General

Box 2

Third Conference, London, 1974

Box 2

Fourth Conference, New York, 1975

Box 2

Fifth Conference, Washington, D.C., 1976

Box 2

Sixth Conference, San Francisco, 1977

Box 2

Seventh Conference, Boston, 1978

Box 2

Eighth Conference, Los Angeles, 1979

Box 2

Thirteenth Conference, Washington, D.C., 1984

 

International Cultural Foundation (ICF)

Box 2

Correspondence Sent

Box 2

Legal Correspondence

Box 2

Legal Documents

Box 2

Professors World Peace Academy (PWPA)

Box 2

Summer Seminars, ca. 1978-1979

Box 2

Waiver of Notice of Annual Meeting of Board of Directors, 1976

Box 2

International Cultural Society of Korea - Myong Whai Kim

Box 2

International Institute of Communications

Box 2

International Leadership Foundation

Box 2

International Leadership Seminar (ILS) - advertising, correspondence, directors' newsletters, seminars

Box 2

International Oceanic Enterprises, Inc.

 

International One-World Crusade (IOWC)

Box 2

Biographical Data

Box 2

Legal Counsel Sent

Box 2

International Press Institute

Box 3

International Re-Education Foundation [IRF]

Box 3

Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force - calling cards

Box 3

Jewish Affairs

Box 3

Korean American Relations

Box 3

Korean Culture and Freedom Foundation (KCFF) Correspondence, ca. 1978

Box 3

Kwak, Rev. - World Mission Center

Box 3

Lawler, Andrew M.

Box 3

Lee, Rev.

Box 3

Light of Hope - published the Unification Church of New York, 1974

Box 3

Little Angels [and KCFF]

Box 3

Luke, Pastor William H.

 

Moon, Sun Myung

Box 3

General

Box 3

Master Speaks (MS) - transcripts of speeches, ca. 1965-1975

Box 3

Signatures

Box 3

Speeches (items signed by SMM)

Box 3

NAF [?], 1968

Box 4

National Prayer and Fast Committee

Box 4

News and Views from the Unification Church

 

News World [Michael Warder, President and Publisher]

Box 4

General - by and about News World

Box 4

Correspondence

Box 4

Employees

Box 4

Media Coverage

Box 4

Morton, Robert

Box 4

Senior Management Meeting Minutes, 1977-1978

Box 4

Staff Memos

Box 4

Strike

Box 4

Weekend Seminars - Divine Principle Workshops

Box 4

Nouvel Espoir, 1975-1977

Box 4

One Up Enterprises, Inc.

Box 4

One World Crusade

Box 4

Pak, Col. Bo Hi

Box 4

Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty

Box 4

Riggs National Bank

Box 4

Rockford Institute

Box 4

Rudin Report

Box 4

Runyon, Michael - One Up Enterprises, 1979

 

Salonen, Neil

Box 4

Correspondence

Box 4

Speeches, 1977-1979

Box 4

San Francisco Family

Box 4

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), 1977

Box 4

Sigma Delta Chi - Society of Professional Journalists

Box 4

Standing Committee on Child Care

Box 4

Study Course

Box 4

Sudo, Rev. Ken - Lectures

Box 4

Sun Myung Moon Christian Crusade

Box 4

Sun Myung Moon Foundation

Box 4

Telephone List

Box 4

Tong Il

Box 4

Training Session

 

Unification Church (UC)

Box 4

Directors' Newsletter

Box 4

"Documents Concerning the Theology of the Unification Church" - Herbert Richards (Toronto School of Theology)

Box 4

Instructions for Blessing

Box 4

Lists of Active Members ...

Box 4-5

Material about UC (mainly articles and clippings)

Box 5

Material by UC (flyers, pamphlets, other)

Box 5

Members

Box 5

Memoranda

Box 5

Statements re UC

Box 5

Unification Church International (UCI) - Procedures Manual

 

Unification Theological Seminary (UTS)

Box 5

General

Box 5

Correspondence

Box 5

Financial Statements, 1974-1975

Box 5

Warder, et al, as Proposed First Trustees of the Union Theological Seminary vs Board of Regents of State of New York - re petition by UTS for charter and master plan provision to establish a program in Religious Education, leading to the degree of Master of Education

Box 5

United Nations - Correspondence, 1974-1977

 

U.S. Grand Jury, S.D.N.Y. [Southern District of New York]

 

Exhibits

Box 5

Item 17: Letters Received

Box 5

Item 20: Letters Sent by Warder

Box 5

Item 35: Letters of Commendation from public officials and clergymen

Box 5

Item 38: Michael Young Warder - statement of earnings; also IRS notice

Box 5

Item 38A: Michael Warder

Box 5

Item 61: Miscellany

Box 5

Exhibits Binder ["Book 1 of 2"], 1980

Box 5

Government Exhibits - photos

 

Warder, Michael

Box 5

General

Box 5

Bio/Bib

 

Correspondence

Box 5

1973-1974

Box 5

1977

Box 6

1978-1979

Box 6

1988-1989

Box 6

A-W, ca. 1979-1985

Box 6

Letters Sent

Box 6

Personal Correspondence

Box 6

White House - incl. copy of letter from Pres. Nixon to Rev. Nakamura, Feb. 22, 1973

Box 6

Diplomat National Bank

Box 6

Editorials

Box 6

Extras - copies of correspondence and documents also located in other files

Box 6

Memoranda

Box 6

News World - correspondence, memoranda, and related materials, mainly dealing with News World, ca. 1978-1979

Box 6

Papers/Writings

Box 6

Personal Records

Box 6

Planner

Box 6

Resignation and aftermath, ca. 1979-1981

Box 6

Resignation and legal/tax issues [also some earlier correspondence/memos], ca. 1974-1980

Box 6

Statements

Box 6

Talks

Box 6

Telegrams

Box 6

University of Wisconsin, Whitewater Conference

Box 7

Visa Application [to enter Japan], Feb. 1975

Box 7

Wedding of Warder and Cheryl Gilkerson [in South Korea], Feb. 1975

Box 7

Warner, B. T.

Box 7

Washington Times - UC newspaper

Box 7

Weddings

Box 7

World Media Conference, 1978, 1979

Box 7

World Peace

Box 7

World Students Conference

Box 7

Miscellany

 

Correspondence Files mainly ca. 1977-1979

 

Important

Additional Note

Incl. letters from Roderick Beaton (President, UPI), William F. Buckley (Editor, National Review), Hugh L. Carey (Governor, New York), Mario Cuomo (Lieutenant Governor, New York), Alan Greenspan, Edward I. Koch (Mayor, City of New York), Jody Powell (U.S. Press Secretary to the President), Anwar Sadat (President, Egypt), Margaret Thatcher (U. K. Prime Minister), William Webster (Director, FBI), John C. White (Chairman, Democratic National Committee).
 

Individuals - In/Out

Box 8

Abel, Dean Elie - Columbia School of Journalism

Box 8

Aleman, Miguel, Jr. - Mexico

Box 8

Ali, Sayed Mohammed

Box 8

Amalrik, Andrei

Box 8

Anderson, Harold W. - Omaha World Herald

Box 8

Beebe, George - Miami Herald

Box 8

Beltran, Luis Ramiro

Box 8

Bolan, Tom

Box 8

Briggs, Lord Asa

Box 8

Buckley, William F.

Box 8

Carter, James - U.S. President

Box 8

Cheifetz, Shimon

Box 8

Chung, Han Chai

Box 8

Cleveland, Harlan

Box 8

Cline, Ray - Center for Strategic and International Studies

Box 8

Cohn, Roy M.

Box 8

Cole, David

Box 8

Comstock, George

Box 8

Coste, Christiane

Box 8

Cowlan, Bert

Box 8

Cuomo, Mario - New York Lieutenant Governor

Box 8

Dale, Francis L.

Box 8

Daniels, Frank

Box 8

D'Arcy, Jean

Box 8

De Saint-Pierre, Michel

Box 8

Deleon, Asher

Box 8

Diamond, Edward

Box 8

Dixon, Jeane

Box 8

Donovan, Hedley

Box 8

Eccles, Sir John

Box 8

Ekonzo, Elebe ma

Box 8

El-Oteifi, Gamal

Box 8

El-Sherif, Mahmoud I

Box 8

Elegant, Robert

Box 8

Evans, Harold

Box 8

Feders, Sid - CBS News

Box 8

Filep, Robert R.

Box 8

Friedheim, Jerry W.

Box 8

Galliner, Peter

Box 8

Ganley, Oswald - Department of State

Box 8

Gawad, Mohaved Abdel

Box 8

Gellermann, Henry

Box 8

Greenberg, Byron S. - New York Post V.P.

Box 8

Gronouski, John A. - Board for International Broadcasting

Box 8

Hamilton, Sir Dennis

Box 8

Handlin, Oscar

Box 8

Harley, William G. - UNESCO

Box 8

Hart, Henry O. - Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty

Box 8

Herz, Martin

Box 8

Hirooka, Tomoo

Box 8

Horton, Philip C. - Tufts University

Box 8

International Communications Agency

Box 8

Irvine, Reed

Box 8

Isaacs, Norman

Box 8

Kangwana, J. R. - Voice of Kenya

Box 8

Kaplan, Morton A.

Box 8

Kim, David

Box 8

Kirkley, John

Box 8

Kirkpatrick, Clayton

Box 8

Koch, Edward - New York Mayor

Box 8

Kroloff, George

Box 8

Laughlin, Charles

Box 8

Lerner, Daniel

Box 8

Lindsay, Robert

Box 8

Lonnfors, Per-Erik

Box 8

Lower, Elmer

Box 8

Lubis, Mochtar

Box 8

Mahmoudi, Kambiz

Box 8

Marais, Dr. Jan S.

Box 8

Masini, Giancarlo

Box 8

Masmoudi, Mustaphaz

Box 8

Means, Grady - Sage Associates

Box 8

Mickelson, Sig

Box 8

Miyoshi, Osamu

Box 8

Moore, Robin

Box 8

Moses, Sir Charles

Box 8

Moynihan, Daniel Patrick - Senator

Box 8

Neuharth, Allen H.

Box 8

Njoroge, Wamatu

Box 8

Novak, Michael

Box 8

O'Dwyer, Paul

Box 8

Oettinger, Prof. Anthony G.

Box 8

Omu, Dr. Fred I. A.

Box 8

Orme, Dennis

Box 8

Park, Roy H. - Park Newspapers, Inc.

Box 8

Paz, Maximo Gainza

Box 8

Pickering, Sir Edward

Box 8

Plante, Jim - President, Deadline Club

Box 8

Pool, Prof. Ithiel de Sola - ICUS

Box 8

Porat, Marc - Aspen Institute

Box 8

Qoboza, Percy

Box 8

Rao, Prof. Y. V. L.

Box 8

Raskin, R. H.

Box 8

Reef, Arthur - Chairman, AMAX Inc.

Box 8

Reinhardt, John E. - Ambassador

Box 8

Reston, James

Box 8

Rhoodie, Prof. N. J.

Box 8

Richardson, John, Jr.

Box 8

Roussel, Claude - Agence France-Presse

Box 8

Rowlands, G. H.

Box 8

Rusher, William

Box 8

Saidi, William

Box 8

Sargeant, Howland

Box 8

Schramm, Wilbur

Box 8

Seitz, Frederick

Box 8

SerVaas, Beurt - Curtis Publishing

Box 8

Shepard, Elizabeth

Box 8

Shiga, Masateru - The Asahi Shimbun

Box 8

Sian, 'Sally' Aw

Box 8

Smart, Bill

Box 8

Smith, Anthony - International Institute of Communication

Box 8

Smith, Howard K.

Box 8

Smith, Joe D.

Box 8

Sole, Dr. Luis Alberto

Box 8

Sontag, Prof. Frederick

Box 8

Stanton, Frank

Box 8

Steed, R. H. C. - The Daily Telegraph

Box 8

Stevenson, H. L. - UPI

Box 8

Straus, R. Peter - Director, International Communications Agency

Box 8

Sussman, Leonard - Freedom House

Box 8

Swig, Benjamin

Box 8

Swinton, Stanley M.

Box 8

Tatarian, Roger

Box 8

Teheranian, Majid

Box 8

Thebehali, David

Box 8

Thomas, Lowell

Box 8

Thompson, Kenneth

Box 8

Tisch, Preston R.

Box 8

Torczyner, Harry

Box 8

Torres, Jose

Box 8

Tremaine, Frank - UPI

Box 8

Tully, Joe A.

Box 8

Tyrrell, R. Emmett, Jr. - American Spectator

Box 8

Webster, William - FBI

Box 8

Werblowsky, Prof. Zwi

Box 8

White, Robert M., II - Mexico Ledger

Box 8

Wigner, Eugene

Box 8

Will, George F.

Box 8

[Miscellany] Filing - to be filed

 

Organizations / Events / Trips

Box 8

ANPA Conferences, June 1977, Apr. 1979

Box 8

Argentina - Buenos Aires, Sept. 1979

Box 8

Chile - Santiago, Sept. 1979

Box 8

Day of Hope Dinner, Feb. 1974

Box 8

Korean Trip, July 1979

Box 8

Political Candidates - incl. photos

Box 8

South Africa, Sept. n.y.

Box 8

South Africa Trip, Jan. 1979

Box 8

Tufts Conference - Cairo, Egypt, Apr. 1978

Box 8

UNESCO Conference - Stockholm, Apr. 1978

Box 8

UNESCO Draft Declaration - Paris, Oct. 1978

Box 8

UPI Correspondence

Box 8

UPI - EDICON Conference, Puerto Rico, 1977

 

Photographs

Additional Note

Various sizes, b/w and color, including professional and snapshots; some photos remain in respective files in alpha section, to preserve context.
 

Events / Places

Box 9

General/Unidentified

Box 9

CARP

Box 9

Festival du Nouvel Espoir

 

International Conference on the Unity of the Sciences (ICUS)

Box 9

General

Box 9

1973 - [?]

Box 9

1975 - New York

Box 9

1976 - Washington, D.C.

Box 9

1978 - Boston

 

International Cultural Foundation (ICF)

Box 9

Leadership Seminar

Box 9

Summer Seminar - Spain, 1978

Box 9

Summer Seminar - Greece, 1979

Box 9

International Leadership Training Session (ILTS)

Box 9

International Re-Education Foundation

Box 9

Korea Trip

Box 9

Little Angels

Box 9

Philadelphia, 1973

Box 9

Puerto Rico, 1979

Box 9

Unification Theological Seminary (UTS)

Box 9

Weddings

 

World Media Conference, 1978

Box 10

Black/white

Box 10

Color

 

Moon (and family) - portraits, at events, speaking, and other

Box 10

Black/white

Box 10

Color

Box 10

News World

Box 10

People - most unidentified

Box 10

Public Officials and Celebrities - often, images taken with MW, mostly New Yorkers, incl. Abe Beame, Roy Cohn, Ed Koch, New York Mets team members

Box 10

Warder (and family) - portraits, at events, speaking, and other

Box 10

Miscellany / Unidentified

 

Oversize

 

Photograph Albums

Box 11

World Media Conference, 1978

Box 11

World Media Conference, 1979

 

Scrapbooks

Box 12

ICUS, 1975

Box 12

ICUS, 1976-1977

Box 13

News World - mainly articles and photographs, including coverage of UTS and New York newspaper strike

Box 14

Unification Church, 1973-1974

Box 14

International Leadership Seminar (ILS), 1974

Box 15

Warder - incl. News World and UTS

Box 15

World Media Conference, 1978

Box 16

Miscellany - loose materials, incl. oversize photographs, posters, newspaper and magazine articles

 

Audiovisual

 

Audiocassettes

Tape No. A10127/CS

Master Speaks - National Conference of SRs, IW, Commanders, Apr. 4, 1973

Tape No. A10128-10129/CS

Rabbi Davis vs. Michael Warder, Bard College (2 tapes), Feb. 22, 1977

Tape No. A10130/CS

Sodat [?], Apr. 5, 1978

 

Films - 16mm

Reel No. V1883/F1

No. 1: ILS [?] Workshop - Great Britain Students Come to US, 1973

Reel No. V1884/F1

No. 2: [Same?] - Students from Great Britain Come to United States and Come to Unification Church - [continuation of first film? Or dup?]

Reel No. V1885/F1

No. 3: [No description]

Reel No. V1886/F1

No. 4: [No description]

 

Videotapes - VHS

Tape No. V1887/VHS

Michael Warder on the Joe Franklin Show [New York television], June 21, 1979