Descriptive Summary
Access Restrictions
Publication Rights
Preferred Citation
Acquisition Information
Biography
Scope and Content of Collection
Indexing Terms
Descriptive Summary
Title: Jeffrey Hadden Papers
Dates: 1958-2000
Bulk Dates: 1977-2000
Collection number: ARC Mss 24
Creator:
Hadden, Jeffrey K.
Collection Size:
10 linear feet
(8 cartons and 10 audiocassettes)
Repository:
University of California, Santa Barbara. Library. Department of Special Collections
Santa Barbara, California 93106-9010
Physical location: Series 1-6 (SRLF); Series 7 (Annex 2).
Languages:
English
Access Restrictions
Collection is stored off-site; advance notice required for retrieval.
Publication Rights
Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or
quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given
on behalf of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply
permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.
Preferred Citation
Jeffrey Hadden Papers. ARC Mss 24. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Acquisition Information
Donated by Jeffrey Hadden, 2002; Hadden estate, 2003.
Biography
Jeffrey K. Hadden, professor of sociology at the University of Virginia, was well known for his studies on religious broadcasters,
the emergence of the Christian Right in the 1980s, and the comparative study of religion and politics. He was coauthor of
Prime Time Preachers: The Rising Power of Televangelism (1981) and
Televangelism: Power and Politics on God's Frontier (1988), as well as several works on politics, religion, and social change. Hadden worked closely with a number of religious
groups such as the Unification and Scientology churches, sometimes acting as an expert witness in court cases. He died in
2003 at the age of 66.
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection contains files (correspondence, financial and tax records, clippings, notes, website printouts, brochures,
newsletters, mailings and other promotional literature) assembled by Hadden, relating to various religious groups and leaders,
mainly televangelists such Jim Bakker (PTL), Jerry Falwell, and Pat Robertson.
Arrangement
The collection contains the following series:
- Series 1: Radio/Television
- Series 2: Bakker [Jim]
- Series 3: Falwell [Jerry]
- Series 4: Religious Right
- Series 5: Robertson [Pat]
- Series 6: Politics and Religion
- Series 7: Audiocassettes
The manuscript collection is accompanied by a related collection of books that have been cataloged separately and that can
be searched on Pegasus, the UCSB Libraries online catalog.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Bakker, Jim, 1940-.
Falwell, Jerry.
Robertson, Pat.