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Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Title: California Research Institute on Communist Strategy and Propaganda records
Creator:
Research Institute on Communist Strategy and Propaganda
Creator:
Swearingen, Rodger, 1923-
Creator:
University of Southern California
Identifier/Call Number: 5099
Physical Description:
2 Linear Feet
3 boxes
Date (inclusive): 1960-1969
Abstract: This collection contains the production and research files associated with the California Research Institute on Communist
Strategy and Propaganda's television program
Communism: myth vs reality (1962).
Language of Material:
English,
Russian,
Ukrainian.
This collection contains the production and research files associated with the California Research Institute on Communist
Strategy and Propaganda's television program
Communism: myth vs reality (1962). The Production files include draft scripts for episodes of the 38-part television program, while the research files
contain clippings, manuscripts, biographies and general research for the program as compiled by the Institute's director Rodger
Swearingen.
The Research Institute on Communist Strategy and Propaganda was created in the fall of 1961 and was part of USC's von KleidSmid
Center for International and Public Affairs. The Institute's director, Dr. Rodger Swearingen also served as the host for the
television program,
Communism: myth vs reality (1962). The program was aired by CBS-KNXT Hollywood.
According to the 1968-1969 informational pamphlet found in box 3: The Research Institute on Communist Strategy and Propaganda
is dedicated to an academic, objective, and professional analysis of Sino-Soviet affairs and comparative World Communism with
special reference to the questions of doctrine, strategy, and propaganda.
Advance notice required for access.
Rights Statement for Archival Description
Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Department of Special
Collections at specol@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections 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.
[Box/folder no. or item name], California Research Institute on Communist Strategy and Propaganda records, Collection no.
5099, University Archives, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.
This collection is unprocessed.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Communism -- China
Communism -- Russian
Communism -- Yugoslavia
Research institutes -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
Television programs
Television scripts
Research Institute on Communist Strategy and Propaganda -- Archives