Collection context
Summary
- Abstract:
- The largest known existing archive of propaganda created by 1930s isolationist provocateur Robert Edward Edmondson, a journalist and America First activist with a pronounced anti-Semitic, anti-New Deal agenda. The collection consists of approximately 375 handbills, broadsides, flyers, and newsletters primarily written by Robert Edmondson and published in New York.
- Extent:
- 1 manuscript box (0.4 Linear Feet)
- Language:
- In English
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Robert Edward Edmondson papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The collection consists of approximately 375 handbills, broadsides, flyers, and newsletters primarily written by Robert Edmondson and published in New York. The majority of the broadsheets are written and signed in print by Edmondson as part of his propaganda service; alternately titled American Vigilante, Special Defense, Defense Series, and Jew Exposure Patriotic Bulletins. Representing the far-right political wing of the anti-interventionist movement prior to America entering WWII, the Edmondson archive complements Hoover's America First Committee records and the 2022 acquisition of the Robert Douglas Stuart, Jr. papers, founder of the America First Committee.
- Biographical / historical:
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Robert Edward Edmondson (1872-1959) was an anti-Semitic pamphleteer and journalist for the Cincinnati Post, New York Mail and Express, and the New York Herald. He launched the Edmondson Economic Service in 1934 as a means to publish anti-Semitic literature and critiques of the New Deal and President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
- Acquisition information:
- Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 2022.
- Physical location:
- Hoover Institution Library & Archives
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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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.
- Terms of access:
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For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Robert Edward Edmondson papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
- Location of this collection:
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Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford UniversityStanford, CA 94305-6003, US
- Contact:
- (650) 723-3563