Register of the American subject collection
Scope and Content of Collection
Subjects and Indexing Terms
SUBJECT FILE 1901-1994
General. Serial issues, pamphlets, leaflets, bulletins newsletters, reports, directories, manuals, appointment books, memoranda, and copies of New Deal legislation, relating to political, social, economic, and military conditions in the United States 1901-1989
General. Serial issues, pamphlets, leaflets, bulletins newsletters, reports, directories, manuals, appointment books, memoranda, and copies of New Deal legislation, relating to political, social, economic, and military conditions in the United States 1901-1989
American Friends Service Committee. Pamphlet relating to German refugees, and a button, n.d., that belonged to one Elizabeth Everett 1939;
American Youth Congress. Clippings, relating mainly to activities of the American Youth Congress in the 1930s 1935-1970
Anti-Semitism. Leaflets issued by the Edmondson (Economic Service) 1934
Armed Forces
Instructional guide, entitled "AirLand Battle," relating to the theory of coordination of air and ground military operations n.d.
Pamphlets, one relating to defense production, and one relating to the threat of disease and non-battle injury to U.S. military personnel in the Gulf War of 1991, 1991 February 15 1952
Miscellany. Two mimeographed technical training bulletins, European Theater, ; one serial issue, 1949, issued by the Bureau of Naval Personnel; and one study, n.d., relating to motor vehicle operation in desert country and cold climates 1945 June-July
Bicentennial. Addresses, illustrations, proclamations, and other material, l976, issued in commemoration of the Bicentenary of the United States
Business. Reprint of a speech by Susanna W. Purnell, relating to U.S. business abroad and the threat of terrorism 1986,
Christians for Socialism. Tract, entitled "Commies for Christ," relating to similarities between Christianity and communism, and to guidelines for U.S. foreign policy ca. 1983,
Civil rights movement. Pamphlets and leaflets, relating in particular to Martin Luther King, Jr. 1946-1967,
Communism. See also socialism
General. Correspondence, speeches, statements, testimonies, reports, studies, newsletters, pamphlets, brochures, and clippings, relating to international communism and to communism in the United States 1946-1977
Issue of Left Review, organ of the John Reed Club of Philadelphia n.d.,
Cooperative movement. Pamphlets 1943-1944
Environment
General. Includes a brochure, describing the Earth Island Institute n.d.
Green parties. Flyer issued by the Green Party of California 1991
Hoover, Herbert C.
Issue of The Illustrated Review, featuring Herbert Hoover 1920 February
Printed articles, relating to Herbert Hoover's mining career in Australia at the turn of the century 1987-1992
Tributes, presented to Herbert Hoover by the Bohemian Club 1953-1954
LaRouche, Lyndon. Pamphlets, issued by Lyndon LaRouche groups, relating to world population policy and the electoral candidacies of LaRouche supporters 1994,
Libertarianism
Libertarianism
General. Correspondence, reports, essays, financial records, notes, leaflets, pamphlets, bulletins, newsletters, newspaper and serial issues, and other printed matter, relating to libertarianism in the United States, the organization and activities of the Libertarian Party in California and other libertarian organizations and conservative youth groups, and the First National Convention of the Libertarian Party
First issue of the newsletter North Texas Libertarian, relating to the beginning of the 1986 Libertarian Party campaign in Texas 1986 March,
Merchant marine. Log-book (handwritten), for a voyage of the steam-ship Lottie Bennet from San Francisco to Valparaiso, Chile, 1914; and log-book (blank), for a voyage of the schooner W.F. Jewett from San Francisco to Callao, Peru, 1913
Migrant labor - California. reprint of John Steinbeck's essay "Their Blood Is Strong," originally published in 1936 and relating to the migratory agricultural workers in California 1938
Minorities. Reprint of an article by Wendell L. Willkie entitled "The Case for the Minorities," 1942
National Popular Government League. Bulletins, relating to various aspects of the political process 1929-1940
Presidential inaugurations. Reception and concert invitations, programs, and campaign badges, relating to the inaugurations of Presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower and Richard M. Nixon 1953-1973,
Prisons. Essay, by U.S. Bureau of Prisons director James V. Bennett, entitled "Of Prisons and Justice," relating to the penal system in general and to vocational training in prisons in particular ca. 1960,
Protestant Episcopal Church. Clippings and other printed matter, relating to alleged Marxist influence in the Protestant Episcopal Church and in the World Council of Churches. Includes an Episcopalian study guide entitled "Struggling with the System: Probing Alternatives" 1974-1978,
Radicalism. Reports, relating to activities of the Workers' (Communist) Party, the Industrial Workers of the World, and other leftist organizations in Los Angeles during this period 1924
Reform movements. Pamphlets, bulletins, and leaflets issued by various reform movements 1943-1971
Smith Act. Circular, relating to appeals for the defense of Oleta O'Connor Yates, under indictment on charges of violating the Smith Act 1952,
Socialism
General 1911-l967,
General 1911-l967,
General 1911-l967,
General 1911-l967,
Issue of The N.Y. Socialist, put out by the left wing of the Socialist Party and parodying The Socialist, the official organ of the party; and genuine issue of The Socialist, 1919 May 27 1919 May 17,
Pamphlets, relating to Eugene V. Debs 1920-1942?
Scrapbook of clippings, relating to Socialist candidates in the Presidential campaign of 1928 and Congressional and state elections of 1930 1928-1930,
Roosevelt, Theodore. Program of memorial service 1919 February 9
Trade unions
General. Program of the Needle Trade Union, published by the Trade Union Education League, Needle Trade Section (in Yiddish) 1926
Handbills, 1931-1932, advocating unionization and unemployment relief in the U.S., and expressing pro-Soviet sympathies (some issued by the Communist Party of the United States of America)
Veterans
Bryant, M. C. Newspaper clippings, relating to the suicide of M. C. Bryant, an American businessman in France and a member of the American Relief Administration during World War I 1928
Karling, F. Biographical sketch of F. Karling, Commander-in-Chief, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States 1918-1920
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council. Brochure, relating to the work of the council and to the official groundbreaking of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum 1986,
Wilson, Woodrow. Mimeographed copy of a letter, from President Woodrow Wilson to Jacob H. Schiff, head of the Jewish War Relief, relating to that organization's fund-raising campaign 1917 November 22,
Miscellany. Two identical leaflets in Cambodian (possibly Thai or Laotian), dropped from an airplane over Stockton, California n.d.
Broadside issued by the Non-Sectarian Anti-Nazi League to Champion Human Rights and entitled "High Holiday Boycott Proclamation," calling for a boycott of German goods and services as a way of fighting Nazi Germany and of helping to save the Jewish people from destruction. In English and Hebrew
Phonorecords
Inaugural addresses and other speeches by various presidents
Coolidge, Calvin
Hoover, Herbert (on agriculture and Prohibition)
Roosevelt, Franklin D.
Truman, Harry S
Eisenhower, Dwight D.
Kennedy, John F.
Johnson, Lyndon B.
"Army Week Prayer" (delivered by Major General Luther D. Miller, Chief of Chaplains), produced by the Radio Section of the War Department Public Relations Division, with the cooperation of the Military Order of the World Wars, for Army Week, Includes a statement by General Dwight D. Eisenhower 1947 April.
Phonotape cassettes. 7 phonotape cassettes of speeches on American politics and political parties by Frank Chodorov, John Hospers, Murray Rothbard, and Ludwig Von Mises
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Americans for Democratic Action file
Anti-Defamation League materials
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