Guide to the Rev. Walton E. Cole Collection
Finding created by Russell Michalak
Special Collections, Honnold/Mudd Library, Claremont University Consortium
2008
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Descriptive Summary
Title: Reverend Walton E. Cole Collection
creator:
Cole, Walton E.
Dates: 1934-1950
Abstract:
Extent: 5 feet (5 boxes)
Repository:
Claremont Colleges. Honnold/Mudd Library.
800 N. Dartmouth Avenue
Special Collections, Honnold/Mudd Library
Claremont University Consortium
Claremont, California 91711
Abstract: The Reverend Walton E. Cole Papers consist of correspondence, clippings, and publications on the radio battle fought in the
late 1930s between Cole and Father Charles E. Coughlin, a Catholic priest who was among the first to exploit the possibilities
of preaching on the air. Coughlin, became highly controversial when his broadcasts took a political turn toward Nazism and
anti-Semitism. Walton Cole, a Unitarian minister in Toledo, Ohio, tried to prevail upon the Catholic hierarchy to have his
inflammatory broadcasts stopped. Walton Cole’s widow, who donated the papers, has provided personal notes and reminiscences
about this tense episode.
Collection Number: h1985.10
Languages: Languages represented in the collection: English
Physical Location: Special Collections, Honnold/Mudd Library. Claremont University Consortium.
Information for Researchers
Restrictions on Access
This collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
For permissions to reproduce or to publish, please contact Special Collections Library staff.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Reverend Walton E. Cole Collection. Special Collections, Honnold Mudd Library, Claremont University
Consortium.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Marina Cole, March 20, 1985.
Processing Information
Arranged and Processed by Special Collections Staff
Accruals
No additions to the collection is anticipated.
Scope and Contents of the Collection
The Reverend Walton E. Cole Papers consist of correspondence, clippings, and publications on the radio battle fought in the
late 1930s between Cole and Father Charles E. Coughlin, a Catholic priest who was among the first to exploit the possibilities
of preaching on the air. Coughlin, became highly controversial when his broadcasts took a political turn toward Nazism and
anti-Semitism. Walton Cole, a Unitarian minister in Toledo, Ohio, tried to prevail upon the Catholic hierarchy to have his
inflammatory broadcasts stopped. Walton Cole’s widow, who donated the papers, has provided personal notes and reminiscences
about this tense episode.
Series Arrangement
Series 1 Miscellaneous Papers
Series 2 Books and Radio Broadcasts
Subject Headings
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection
Cole, Rev. Walton E.
Coughlin, Charles E. (Charles Edward), 1891-1979.
.
aeronautics
United States--Politics and Government--1933-1945
radio broadcasts
Detailed Description of the Collection
Series 1
Miscellaneous Papers,
1934 - 1950
box 1, folder 2
Labor Papers: Social Justice Magazine,
1940
box 1, folder 3
"Propaganda Analysis"; I.P.A. Papers; Correspondence with Clyde Miller
1939
box 1, folder 4
"The Fine Art of Rabble Rousing,"
1939
box 1, folder 5
"Temper of the Times",
1939
box 1, folder 6
"Temper of the Times",
1939
box 1, folder 7
Plans for Broadcasts,
1938-1939
box 1, folder 8
Coughlin Speech: National Union for Social Justice,
1934
box 1, folder 9
Correspondence: Walton E. Cole and Edward Meeks,
1939
box 1, folder 10
Accounts of the two visits of Walton E. Cole and Father Coughlin,
1939
box 1, folder 11
Interview with Archbishop Mooney,
box 1, folder 12
The Christian Front,
1939-1941
box 1, folder 13
Publicity Materials for Cole Broadcasts,
1939-1940
box 1, folder 14
WJR Controversy; WJAS Cancellation,
1939
box 2, folder 15
Speaking Engagements,
1939-1940
box 2, folder 16
Letters to Walton E. Cole,
1939
box 2, folder 17
Reaction to Broadcasts; Letters to Walton E. Cole,
1936-1940
box 2, folder 19
Neutrality Act,
1939-1941
box 2, folder 20
Lincoln and Rothchilds, Social Justice Magazine,
1940-1942
box 2, folder 21-22
Ford Hall Forum,
1940-1942
box 2, folder 23
Negative of Letters from Ford Hall Forum, Propaganda Analysis,
1939
box 2, folder 24
Ford Hall Responses and Letters,
1939
box 2, folder 25
End of Coughlin Broadcasts,
1940-1943
box 2, folder 26-28
Newspaper Clippings,
1939-1940
box 2, folder 31
Digest of Social Justice,
1940-1948
box 2, folder 31
Miscellaneous papers,
1938-1940
box 3, folder 1
Social Justice Magazine,
1936-1942
box 4, folder 1
Scrapbook of Newspaper Clippings,
1939
Series 2
Books and Radio Broadcasts,
1939-1940
box 5, folder 1
"An Answer to Father Coughlin's Critics",
1940
box 5, folder 2
Binderup, Hon. Chas G., "Government Monetary Control",
1938
box 5, folder 3
Cole, Walton, E. "The American Way of Life", Toledo, OH: Unitarian Fellowship for Social Justice,
1939
box 5, folder 4
Cole, Walton, E. "The Choice Before Us.", Toledo, OH: Unitarian Fellowship for Social Justice,
1940
box 5, folder 5
Coughlin, Charles E. "Eight Lectures on Labor Capital and Justice", Royal Oak, MI: The Radio League of the Little Flower,
1934
box 5, folder 6
Father Coughlin, His "Facts" and Arguments, New York, General Jewish Council,
1939
box 5, folder 7
"The Fine Art of Propaganda", New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company,
1939
Hitler Over America,
1939
Social Justice: The American Plan,
1939
Peril of Propaganda,
1939
Should the Neutrality Pact be Revised?,
1939
Defend America, Now,
1939
America's Greatest Need,
1939
Facts versus Fancies,
1939
Is Father Coughlin a Menace to Americanism,
1939
There Must be a Way Out,
1939
There Must be No Backbone Here,
1939
Building Real Americanism,
1939
The Use and Buse of Freedom Speech,
1939
America's Struggle for Social Justice,
1939
First--Balance the Human Budget,
1939
America's Answer to "Isms",
1939
Is the Dies Committee American?,
1940
The Facts about Father Coughlin and the Christian Front,
1940
The Facts about Father Coughlin and the Christian Front II,
1940
Further Facts about Father Coughlin and the Christian Front,
1940
It Must Not Happen Here!,
1940
Propagandists Discover Lincoln,
1940
Wanted: Brotherhood!,
1940
Consider the Source!,
1940
Mr. Markham Poet of the People,
1940
Contemporary Calvary,
1940
The Choice Before Us,
1940
The Facts about Father Coughlin and the Christian Front,
An Appeal to Friends of Freedom,
Membership Card of "the Friends of Freedom",
Add for Walton E. Cole's Broadcasts,
