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  • Title: Lawrence Dennis papers
    Date (inclusive): 1921-1975
    Collection Number: 84036
    Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
    Language of Material: English
    Physical Description: 24 manuscript boxes, 1 card file box (10.0 Linear Feet)
    Abstract: Correspondence and writings relating to fascist and isolationist movements in the United States, and to American politics and foreign policy. Includes copies of the newsletters edited by L. Dennis, and subscription records.
    Creator: Dennis, Lawrence, 1893-1977
    Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

    Access

    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.

    Use

    For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

    Acquisition Information

    Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1984.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item], Lawrence Dennis papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

    Biographical Note

    1893 December 25 Born, Atlanta, Georgia
    1915-1917 Served at Plattsburg, commissioned 2nd Lt. U.S. Army (August 1917)
    1918-1919 Served with American Expeditionary Force
    1921-1927 U.S. Department of State. Posts in Haiti, Romania, Honduras (1925) and Nicaragua (1926-1927)
    1927-1930 Employed by J. & W. Seligman & Co., bankers, New York City
    1932 Author, Is Capitalism Doomed?
    1936 Author, The Coming American Fascism
    1936-1939 Employed by E. A. Pierce & Co., brokers, New York City
    1939-1942 Editor and publisher of The Weekly Foreign Letter
    1940 Author, The Dynamics of War and Revolution
    1944-1947 Tried for sedition, 1944; case dismissed, 1947
    1946 Author (with Maximilian J. St. George), A Trial on Trial
    1946-1972 Editor and publisher of The Appeal to Reason
    1969 Author, Operational Thinking for Survival
    1977 August 20 Died, Spring Valley, New York

    Scope and Content of Collection

    Correspondence and writings relating to fascist and isolationist movements in the United States, and to American politics and foreign policy. Includes copies of the newsletters edited by L. Dennis, and subscription records.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Fascism -- United States
    Journalists
    United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century
    Neutrality -- United States
    United States -- Foreign relations -- 20th century