Guide to the Gwartney American Legion and Anti-Communist Collection
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Guide to the Gwartney American Legion and Anti-Communist Collection
1937/1981
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Overview of the Collection
Collection Title: Gwartney American Legion and Anti-Communist Collection
Dates: 1937-1981
Identification: MS-0063
Creator:
Gwartney, B. E.
Physical Description: 4.45 ft
Language of Materials:
English
Repository:
Special Collections & University Archives
5500 Campanile Dr. MC 8050
San Diego, CA, 92182-8050
URL: http://library.sdsu.edu/scua
Email: scref@rohan.sdsu.edu
Phone: 619-594-6791
Biographical Information:
B. E. (Bill) Gwartney was active in several American Legion posts in Southern California in the 1950s and 1960s. He chaired
the Americanism Committee of the Los Angeles City Council Post in the early 1960s, and aided the effort to arrange the Southern
California School of Anti-Communism in 1960-1961. He later served in the American Legion, San Diego Post. Mr. Gwartney was
a real estate agent and was also active in the La Mesa Writers Club and the Congress of California Seniors.
Access Terms
This collection is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms.
Genre/Form of Material:
Personal Papers
Topical Term:
American Legion
Anti-communist movements -- United States
Administrative Information
Accruals:
1988
Processing Information:
Processed Fall 2009
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This collection is open for research.
Preferred Citation:
Identification of item, folder title, box number, Gwartney American Legion and Anti-Communist Collection, Special Collections
and University Archives, Library and Information Access, San Diego State University.
Scope and Contents
This collection documents B. E. (Bill) Gwartney's service as a member of several American Legion Posts in Southern California,
including correspondence and notes from his tenure as chairman of the Americanism Committee for the L.A. City Council Post
in the early 1960s. Dating primarily from the 1960s, the collection consists of correspondence, notes, resolutions, unpublished
reports, newsletters, memos, programs, newspaper clippings, and a scrapbook about the Southern California School of Anti-Communism
in 1961, produced with the Christian Anti-Communism Crusade. There is one oversize folder of posters from World War II. The
collection consists of four series:
American Legion Activities,
Reports and Catalogs,
Newsletters,
Personal,
Newsclippings, and
Oversize.
American Legion Activities documents Gwartney's involvement as chair of the Americanism Committee and his involvement in the Southern California School
of Anti-Communism.
Reports and Catalogs consists of unpublished American Legion conference reports and national Americanism Committee catalogs.
Newsletters consists of scattered issues of newsletters from mostly conservative organizations.
Personal consists of materials relating to Gwartney's involvement in the La Mesa Writers Club and documents from his real estate career.
Newspaper Clippings consists of clippings from various Southern California newspapers, mostly regarding communism and possible communist activities.
Oversize consists of a scrapbook about the Southern California School of Anti-Communism, and homefront propaganda posters from World
War II.
Detailed List of Contents
American Legion Activities
Box 1, Folder 1
American Legion-General minutes, flyers, reports
Box 1, Folder 2
American Legion-General minutes, flyers, reports
Box 1, Folder 3
American Legion, Drafts of Resolutions
Box 1, Folder 4
California Teachers Association-American Legion Joint Committee, minutes and correspondence
Box 1, Folder 5
California Teachers Association-American Legion Joint Committee, minutes and correspondence
Box 1, Folder 6
Americanism Committee-General memos, minutes, notes
Box 1, Folder 7
Americanism Committee, Outgoing Correspondence, 1958-1965
Box 1, Folder 8
Americanism Committee, Incoming Correspondence
1961-1966
Box 2, Folder 1
Christian Anti-Communism Crusade-correspondence
Box 2, Folder 2
National Security Seminar, 1969
Box 2, Folder 3
Anti-Communist Pamphlets and Flyers
Box 2, Folder 5
Meeting notes and other notes
Box 3, Folder 1
Special Report of the COunty Counsel on Problems Created by Recent United States Supreme Court Cases Affecting the Communist
Party, 1964
Box 3, Folder 2
Latest United States Supreme Court Decisions Favorable to Communists, 1965
Box 3, Folder 3
Further County Counsel Report...on the Potentially Damaging Effect on California's Loyalty Oath, 1966
Box 3, Folder 4
State of the Nation in Regard to Criticisms of the Schools, Committee on Professional Rights and Responsibilities, NEA, 1966
Box 3, Folder 5
People and Culture of China, Prepared by Dr. Irene Cheng
Box 3, Folder 6
American Legion Resolutions, 43rd Annual Convention
Box 3, Folder 7
Americanism Educational League Catalogs
Box 3, Folder 8
Armed Forces Films for Public and Television Use, 1957
Box 3, Folder 9
Myths and Truths about Free Enterprise, Joe Crail
Box 4, Folder 1
Action: California Teachers Assn. Newsletter
Scope and Contents
v. 13. no. 3, 1974
Box 4, Folder 2
American Legion Advance
Scope and Contents
September 1964
Box 4, Folder 3
American Legion Firing Line
Scope and Contents
December 1965
August-September 1966
Box 4, Folder 4
American Legion Magazine
Scope and Contents
April 1970
Box 4, Folder 5
Nation's Security: American Security Council Newsletter
Scope and Contents
September-October 1963
Box 4, Folder 6
The American Student
Scope and Contents
March 1952
October 1963
Box 4, Folder 7
California Legionnaire
Scope and Contents
v. 33, no. 4 1962
v. 39, no. 2 1968
v. 39, no. 9 1969
v. 39, no. 11 1969
v. 43, no. 11 1974
v. 52, no. 8 1982
v. 55, no. 10 1985
v.55, no. 12, 1985
Box 4, Folder 8
California Senior Citizen News
Scope and Contents
June 1974
Box 4, Folder 9
Citizens Intelligence Digest
Scope and Contents
v. 1, no. 1
Box 4, Folder 10
Doumentation: The Voice of Americanism
Scope and Contents
January 1966
Box 4, Folder 11
Dr. Berry's Newsletter
Scope and Contents
August 1, 1960
Box 4, Folder 12
Los Angeles Fire and Police News
Scope and Contents
June 1960
June 1966
Box 4, Folder 13
Hollywood Legionnaire
Scope and Contents
May 1966
Box 4, Folder 14
Human Events: Your Weekly Washington Report
Scope and Contents
April 20, 1963
April 27, 1963
May 4, 1963
May 11, 1963
Box 4, Folder 15
Insider's Newsletter: An Every Monday Report for Busy Women...
Scope and Contents
January 31, 1966
Box 4, Folder 16
John Birch Society
Scope and Contents
November 1973
December 1973
January 1974
February 1974
Box 4, Folder 17
Latin American Report: The Havana Conference
Scope and Contents
April 1967
Box 4, Folder 18
Vietnam Betrayed!: Internationalist Aim for Profitable...
Scope and Contents
May 1975
Box 4, Folder 19
Meet the Press: America's Press Conference of the Air
Scope and Contents
June 14, 1970
May 9, 1971
July 15, 1973
November 3, 1974
May 4, 1975
May 11, 1975
May 18, 1975
May 25, 1975
June 22,1975
January 4, 1976
May 2, 1976
August 1, 1976
Box 4, Folder 20
Muhammad Speaks
Scope and Contents
July 29, 1966
Box 4, Folder 21
The National Decency Reporter
Scope and Contents
June 1966
July 1966
Box 4, Folder 22
The Patrick Henry League: Compromise with injustice is the lowest...
Scope and Contents
Release No. 18
Release No. 20
Box 4, Folder 23
A Reader's Digest Reprint
Scope and Contents
January 1962
May 1964
January 1965
Box 4, Folder 24
Sacramento Report
Scope and Contents
March 1967
Box 4, Folder 25
Thomas Jefferson Research Center
Scope and Contents
January 1966
March 1966
March 1967
May 1969
May 1972
April 1972
Box 4, Folder 26
U.S National Comission for Unesco Newsletter
Scope and Contents
February 7,1958 (2)
Box 4, Folder 27
The Westchester Spotlight
Scope and Contents
December 1965
May 1971
June 1974
Box 5, Folder 1
Personal Documents and Awards
Box 5, Folder 2
Congress of California Seniors/East County Committee on Aging - General correspondence, memos
Box 5, Folder 5
Personal Date Books and Land Deeds
Box 6, Folder 4
News Clippings 1970s - 1980s
Oversize: Scrapbook and WWII Posters
Box 7
Oversize: School of Anti-Communism scrapbook
Box 8: Ovrsz
I'm Counting on You! Don't Discuss Troop Movements...
Box 8: Ovrsz
If You Tell Where He's Going...He May Never Get There
Box 8: Ovrsz
United: The United Nations Fight for Freedom
Box 8: Ovrsz
Americans Will Always Fight For Liberty
Box 8: Ovrsz
"Doing All You Can Brother?" Buy War Bonds
Box 8: Ovrsz
A Careless World: A Needless Sinking
Box 8: Ovrsz
Work on a Farm This Summer: Join the U. S. Crop Corps
Box 8: Ovrsz
Food is a Weapon: Don't Waste It! Buy Wisely - Cook Carefully - Eat it All
