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Title: Young Americans for Freedom records
Date (inclusive): 1951-2010
Collection Number: 2011C55
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
79 manuscript boxes, 2 card file boxes, 6 cassette boxes, 1 oversize box
(35.6 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence, memoranda, minutes, convention and meeting materials, newsletters, bulletins, leaflets, flyers, legal and
financial records, membership records and mailings, printed matter, and audiovisual material relating to political conservatism
in the United States and on American college campuses.
Creator:
Young Americans for Freedom
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Box FH2 may not be used without permission of the Archivist. The remainder of the collection is open for research; materials
must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection,
they must be reformatted before providing access.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2011.
[Identification of item], Young Americans for Freedom records, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library
& Archives.
American ideologically conservative student and youth activism organization that was founded in 1960 as a coalition between
traditional conservatives and libertarians on American college campuses.
| 1961 | The New Guard magazine made its debut as the official magazine of YAF. |
| 1960 | Young Americans for Freedom (YAF) is founded on September 11, 1960, at the home of William F. Buckley Jr. in Sharon, Connecticut. The Sharon Statement, YAF's founding document, is also drafted at this gathering. |
| 2011 | YAF officially becomes a project of the Young America's Foundation. |
| 1962 | Ronald Reagan joins the YAF National Advisory Board, eventually becoming YAF's Honorary National Chairman – a relationship that would last for more than forty years. |
| 1962 | YAF spearheads the "Rally for World Liberation from Communism," hosting 18,500 conservatives at Madison Square Garden in New York City. This event is one of the largest conservative events in history. |
Scope and Content of Collection
Correspondence, memoranda, minutes, convention and meeting materials, newsletters, bulletins, leaflets, flyers, legal and
financial records, membership records and mailings, printed matter, and audiovisual material relating to political conservatism
in the United States and on American college campuses.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Conservatism
United States -- Politics and government -- 1989-
United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989
Student movements -- United States