Daughters of the American Revolution Blacklist controversy papers, 1921-1930

Summary

Creators:

Stanford University

Extent:

0.5 Linear feet

Language:

The materials are in English .

Background

Scope and content:

Included in this collection are pamphlets, newspaper clippings, magazine articles and correspondence dealing with the D.A.R. blacklist controversy.

Biographical / historical:

In 1928, Mrs. Helen Tufts Bailie wrote an article accusing the Daughters of the American Revolution of circulating a "blacklist" of men and women who would not be welcome as speakers before D.A.R. members. The "blacklisted" people were accused of being Communists, Socialists, liberals, pacifists. Among those blacklisted by the D.A.R. was David Starr Jordan, former president of Stanford University. Many D.A.R. members and others protested the blacklist. Finally the Palo Alto chapter of the D.A.R. resigned their membership in the national organization.

Rules or conventions:

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Names:

Daughters of the American Revolution.

Location of this collection:

Stanford University, University Archives

Stanford University Archives, Green Library

557 Escondido Mall

Stanford, CA 94305-6064, US

Contact:

(650) 725-1022

specialcollections@stanford.edu

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