Sara Diamond collection on the U.S. Right, bulk approximately 1950-1997 (bulk 1980-1997)

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Summary

Creators:
Diamond, Sara
Abstract:
Research materials on the religious and political right gathered by Sara Diamond during the 1980s and 1990s.
Extent:
66 linear feet (50 cartons, 1 box, 6 oversize boxes)
Language:
English and Collection materials are in English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Sara Diamond collection on the U.S. right, BANC MSS 98/70 cz, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection consists of the research materials on the religious and political right that Sara Diamond gathered during the 1980s and 1990s. These materials document organizations, individuals, and topics connected to right-wing movements in the United States, mainly in the 1980s and 1990s but also, to some extent, in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. Included are mailings; newspapers, magazines, and other publications generated by right-wing organizations; correspondence; conference brochures and handouts; books published by right-wing individuals and organizations; reports; news clippings; and assorted other research material.

Biographical / historical:

Sara Diamond is a practicing attorney in Berkeley, California. She received an undergraduate degree from the University of California, Irvine, a doctorate in sociology from the University of California, Berkeley, and a law degree from Hastings College of Law. Her dissertation was entitled Right-Wing Movements in the United States, 1945-1992.

She is the author of four books on the political and religious right in the United States, including Spiritual Warfare: The Politics of the Christian Right, Roads to Dominion: Right-Wing Movements and Political Power in the United States, Facing the Wrath: Confronting the Right in Dangerous Times, and Not by Politics Alone: The Enduring Influence of the Christian Right.

Acquisition information:
The Sara Diamond collection on the U.S. right was gifted to the Bancroft Library by Sara Diamond in 1998.
Processing information:

Processed by Lara Michels in April 2015.

Physical location:
For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

Materials in this collection may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). In addition, the reproduction of some materials may be restricted by terms of University of California gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions, privacy and publicity rights, licensing and trademarks. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.

All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Head of Public Services, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley 94720-6000. See: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/reference/permissions.html.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Sara Diamond collection on the U.S. right, BANC MSS 98/70 cz, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Location of this collection:
University of California, Berkeley, The Bancroft Library
Berkeley, CA 94720-6000, US
Contact:
510-642-6481
bancref-library@berkeley.edu
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