Websites with information:
https://www.library.ucdavis.edu/special-collections/manuscript/contemporary-issues-collection/
https://www.library.ucdavis.edu/special-collections/manuscripts/political-science/
http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/specol/collections/manuscripts/?subject=8
Finding aids:
http://cdn.calisphere.org/data/13030/8r/c8j9688r/files/D213_Contemporary_Issues_Collection.pdf
http://pdf.oac.cdlib.org/pdf/ucdavis/spcoll/c8j9688r.pdf
http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8j9688r/entire_text/
[0672] Contemporary Issues Pamphlet Collection, MS 81-07a
Location: Special Collections and University Archives, Wichita State University Libraries, 1845 Fairmount, Wichita, KS 67260-0068
Description: This collection includes representative samples of publications from many organizations, presenting diverse points of view on 20th century political and social issues. The collection contains over 10,000 pieces. Items produced by the following organizations (and many other organizations) are available in the collection: Alternatives to Abortion International, American Patriots for Freedom, John Birch Society, and Moral Majority.
See also 20th Century American Political Pamphlets [digital collection], http://cdm15942.contentdm.oclc.or
g/cdm/landingpage/collection/p15942coll11.
Websites with information:
http://specialcollections.wichita.edu/collections/ms/msub-c.html
http://specialcollections.wichita.edu/collections/ms/81-07/81-7-A.HTML
http://beta.worldcat.org/archivegrid/collection/data/33081506
http://www.loc.gov/coll/nucmc/oclcsearch.html
[0673] Contemporary Political & Social Trends, Subject Files, 1837-1972, Alumni Association, Alumni Archives, Record Series Number 26/21/13
Location: University of Illinois Archives, Room 19 Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1408 W. Gregory Drive, Urbana, IL 61801
Description: Subject Files compiled by Stewart Howe (LAS '28) include articles, maps, sheet music and publications relating to contemporary political and social trends in the United States with emphasis on youth and political activity among other topics. Boxes 1-2, Conservative Groups and Writers, contain files on Anti-Communist Movements of 1950's, John M. Ashbrook, correspondence and articles, 1967, Cinema Educational Guild, 1968-69, Barry Goldwater, 1964, Samuel I. Hayakawa, clippings and columns, 1969-72, National Review in Combat, 1968-72, National Youth Alliance, 1971, The New Guard, 1964-67, Organizations, 1969-72, Publications, 1954-1962, Writers, 1970-72, Young Americans for Freedom, 1965-71, and VIVA. Boxes 8-9, Publications (Sample Issues), contain copies of Common Sense, Human Events, The Thunderbolt: The White Man's Viewpoint, U.S.A., and Washington Observer Newsletter.
Finding aid:
http://archives.library.illinois.edu/uasfa/2621013.pdf
[0674] Archibald Stinson Coody Papers, 1910-1968, Z 1228.000
Location: Archives and Library Division, William F. Winter Archives and History Building, Mississippi Department of Archives and History, 200 North Street, Jackson, MS 39201
Description: Archibald Stinson Coody, IV (1883-1969) served as Mayor of Lucedale in 1915, and was secretary of the State Tax Commission from 1918 until 1940. His correspondence concerns race problems, race relations and politics. Correspondents include Theodore G. Bilbo, James O. Eastland, John Stennis, John Bell Williams, and James K. Vardaman. Subject files on civil rights act, 1957, New Party, states' rights, the Supreme Court, and textbooks.
Websites with information:
http://mdah.state.ms.us/manuscripts/?C=S;O=D
http://mdah.state.ms.us/manuscripts/index.html%3fC=S%3bO=D
Finding aid:
http://mdah.state.ms.us/manuscripts/z1228.html
[0675] Archibald Stinson Coody Papers, 1912-1940, undated (bulk 1923-1940), Mss. 2446
Location: Louisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley Collections, Special Collections, Hill Memorial Library, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803-3300
Description: Archibald Stinson Coody (1883-1969) was a secretary of the Mississippi State Tax Commission, a state agent for insurance companies, and a politician. Correspondence, speeches, and political writings relate to Coody's professional life and his interest and participation in local, state, and national politics. General correspondence (1925-1940) consists of letters from political figures, many by Mississippi Governors and U.S. Senator Theodore G. Bilbo, on topics such as Huey Long, the Ku Klux Klan, James K. Vardaman, and the political treatment of African Americans and a scheme to support the return of African Americans to Africa. Includes copies of The Kourier Magazine (Atlanta, Ga., Knights of the Ku Klux Klan), monthly publication of the Ku Klux Klan, and Biographical Sketches of James Kimble Vardaman, by A. S. Coody (Jackson, Miss., 1922).
Websites with information:
http://www.lib.lsu.edu/special/findaid/
Finding aid:
http://www.lib.lsu.edu/special/findaid/2446.pdf
[0676] Fred J. Cook Papers, 1958-1967
Location: Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries, 222 Waverly Avenue, Syracuse, NY 13244-2010
Description: Fred J. Cook (1911-2003) was an American investigative journalist and author. He wrote numerous books on political topics, including Alger Hiss, the FBI, Barry Goldwater, the Cuban Missile Crisis, organized crime, the Ku Klux Klan, and Watergate. When Cook's 1964 book Goldwater: Extremist on the Right was published, it—and Cook—were attacked by Conservative evangelist and radio broadcaster Billy James Hargis on his radio show on station WGCB, based in Red Lion, Pennsylvania. Cook sued, arguing that under the Fairness Doctrine he was entitled to free air time to respond to the attack. Papers consist of correspondence, book manuscripts, and galley proofs. Correspondence, both incoming and outgoing, relates primarily to Cook's lawsuit against Billy James Hargis and WGCB.
Websites with information:
http://findingaids.syr.edu/xtf/search?brand=ead;collection=ead;sort=title;titleAlpha=FF;startDoc=61
http://library.syr.edu/digital/guides/ead/subj_list_from_db.htm
Finding aids:
http://library.syr.edu/digital/guides/c/cook_fj.htm
http://library.syr.edu/digital/guides/print/cook_fj_prt.htm
[0676a] Charles Maynard Cooke Papers, 1920-1964, Coll. 68005
Location: Hoover Institution Archives, 434 Galvez Mall, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-6010
Description: Charles Maynard Cooke, Jr. (1886-1970) was a United States Navy four star admiral. In the 1950s, after his retirement, Cooke was a member of the Aid Refugee Chinese Intellectuals, the anti-Communist Committee of Endorsers of a Program to Govern Our Foreign Relations, and the Committee of One Million Against the Admission of Communist China to the United Nations, and was one of the national endorsers of the anti-Khrushchev Committee for Freedom for All Peoples. The papers consist of correspondence, speeches and writings, reports, dispatches, memoranda, and photographs, relating to American naval operations in World