Strange fire
Goff, Kenneth
This section includes books and ephemera from the conservative movement and the far right, including many items that may be (and should be) found offensive by our customers, such as racist and anti-Semitic publications. Someone needs to preserve this historical record!
New York: Public Action Rally Committee, [1965]. Handbill. Two sheets, printed one side only, stapled once at upper left, fold-creased and lightly edgeworn, date penned on one sheet, else very good condition. Form letter and handbill announcing the rally, which was held on June 3, 1965. Speakers included Senator John..... More
Cat.No: 306739
Portsmouth, VA: John H. Monk, 1956. Magazine. Two issues of the staplebound mimeographed publication, 8.5x11 inches, 38 and 28 pages respectively; vol. 4 nos. 41 and 45 (March and July 1956). "Anti-Semitic" penciled in corner of front cover, otherwise very good condition aside from minor toning. Anti-Semitic, anti-union, racist and..... More
Cat.No: 306923
Omaha: The Greater Nebraskan, 1955-1962. Five issues of the newsletter, 8.5x11 inches, staplebound wraps; some postal markings, one issue with rather toned and worn covers, another with notations in red pencil. Issues present are vol. 32 nos. 6 and 7-9; vol. 36 no. 6-10; vol. 37 no. 3-4; and vol..... More
Cat.No: 320099
New York: The Greater New York Anti-Communism Rally, 1962. Ephemera. Single sheet, printed one side only, 8.5x11 inches, two fold-creases, date penciled on front, else very good condition. Form letter inviting the recipient to the rally, which was held on June 28, 1962. The director of the rally was Fred..... More
Cat.No: 306661
New Orleans: Independent American, 1971. Pamphlet. Eight-panel brochure, very good condition. Tax Fax No. 113. Argues that life begins at conception; discusses legal rights of the fetus. More
Cat.No: 317853
San Francisco; Los Angeles: Northern California Citizens Against 30-Thursday; Southern California Citizens Against 30-Thursday, [1939]. Pamphlet. Eleven small leaflets and brochures issued by opponents of the California initiative that would have created old-age pensions of thirty dollars distributed every Thursday as a way to deal with the Depression. Includes a...... More
Cat.No: 279647
Chicago: Women's Voice, [1935]. 8x10 inch handbill printed both sides, with rubberstamp indicating that it was distributed by Women's Voice (a Chicago-based anti-Semitic group); horizontal fold crease, paper toned. Reprints Long's comments from the Congressional Record about a waterways treaty with Canada. Long argues that the treaty is too favorable..... More
Cat.No: 338827
Cambridge, MA: 1959. 26p., staplebound wraps, corner crease. Libertarian/conservative student publication, with an editorial opposing the draft (and a response by Dennis L. White, one of the editors, stating his objection to the piece), an article asserting that libertarian idealism requires support for Tibet, a piece stating that conservatives don't..... More
Cat.No: 264847
Washington, D. C: Committee on the Present Danger, 1982. Pamphlet. 35p. + a 7p. appendix, stapled wraps, 8.5x11 inches, date in red pencil on front wrap, else very good condition. List of members of the Committee's board of directors appointed to the Reagan administration laid in. The Committee advocated an..... More
Cat.No: 281972
npl: Constitutional Educational League, [1938]. Single sheet, printed one side only, fold-creased, edgeworn, date penned on bottom edge, lightly toned else good condition. Petition for the Dies Committee to investigate the CPUSA and for Congress to "continue the work of the Dies Committee, impliment [sic] such Committee with far-reaching authority..... More
Cat.No: 265318
Mount Kisco, NY: New Yorkers for the Constitution, [1968]. Pamphlet. [4]p., self-wraps, 8.5x11 inches, two fold-creases, pencil notation and date on front wrap, else very good condition. Right-wing argument against the UN because it "ignores, subverts, and is designed to replace the United States Constitution." More
Cat.No: 306750
Belmont, MA: John Birch Society, [c1962]. 3.75x5.5 inch handbill, printed both sides, light soiling, else very good condition. Recruitment handbill for the John Birch Society, warning the reader that they could suffer the same fate as General Edwin Walker, who Robert F. Kennedy ordered committed to a mental hospital after..... More
Cat.No: 339778
Chicago: Women's Voice, [1957?]. Pamphlet. Single 8.5x11 inch sheet, printed both sides, middle-fold, else very good. Assemblage of clippings reproduced from the anti-Semitic, far right publication Women's Voice. Articles claim that the bombing of Pearl Harbor was undertaken not by Japanese pilots, who "were not very good fliers," but by..... More
Cat.No: 143309
New Haven, CT: Constitutional Educational League, [1939]. Broadside. 9x17 inch broadside, neatly creased from having been folded for mailing, otherwise very good. An attack on Paul Sifton, Deputy Wages and Hours Administrator, for his Communist past; includes facsimiles of clippings from Communist publications and quotes about establishing a workers' government..... More
Cat.No: 240219
New Haven, CT: Constitutional Educational League, [1939]. Broadside. 9x17 inch broadside, neatly creased from having been folded for mailing, uneven toning. An attack on Paul Sifton, Deputy Wages and Hours Administrator, for his Communist past; includes facsimiles of clippings from Communist publications and quotes about establishing a workers' government. Concludes..... More
Cat.No: 335098
San Diego, CA: Heads Up, 1964. Newsletter. Three folio newsletters, 8.5x11 inches; Volume 3, numbers 1, 3, and 6. Number 3 has some slight wrinkle from dampstain, else items are in very good condition. Discussion on the FBI, campus communists, President Johnson legalizing espionage, Goldwater, and more. More
Cat.No: 329643
Buffalo, NY: Truth About Civil Turmoil Committee, [1969]. Single sheet, printed one side only, 8.5x11 inches, folded twice with small tear along one fold, front of sheet toned along edges, back unevenly toned, date and "Right Wing (John Birch Society?)" penciled on front, else very good condition. Stang was a...... More
Cat.No: 306712
Washington DC: The Heritage Foundation, [1977]. Pamphlet. Six panel brochure, 3.75x8.5 inches, "right wing- June 1977" penciled on front panel, rear panel and one inner panel unevenly toned, else very good condition. List of publications offered by the foundation, about a third of which are stamped with "Sorry-Out of Print"..... More
Cat.No: 283846
Atlanta: Georgia Commission on Education, [1957-?]. Pamphlet. Large four-panel brochure, in newspaper format but printed on semi-glossy paper, 17.5x11.75 inches, neatly folded into quarters, very good. Anti-Communist tract attacking the school, particularly focusing on its role in the Civil Rights movement. With photos showing Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks..... More
Cat.No: 286466
Washington DC: Committee on Military Affairs, American Coalition [of Patriotic Societies.], 1940. 8x16 inch broadside, neatly fold-creased, paper toned. Isolationist broadside, arguing that Senate bills being considered in the "present hysteria of war propaganda" would make the President "the absolute dictator of the destiny of you and your children." The..... More
Cat.No: 331108
Washington: People for the American Way, 1997. Paperback. 112p., introduction, notes, very good first edition trade paperback in pictorial wraps. More
Cat.No: 107866
Long Beach, CA: Christian Anti-Communist Crusade, 1979. Pamphlet. 7p., wraps secured by folding, 9x11 inches, three fold-creases, pencil notation on front wrap, else very good condition. Reprints editorials on Jonestown from communist and socialist newspapers. More
Cat.No: 342337
Los Angeles: [Committee Opposing McClanahan Recall], [1946]. Brochure. 6-page brochure. Very Good. Claims that a vote against the recall is a vote in support of Free Speech. McClanahan was successfully recalled from LA City Council due to his association with Fascist populist Gerald L.K. Smith. More
Cat.No: 340813
Riverside, CA: Republican Central Committee, [1964]. 8.5x11 inch handbill, some toning and edgewear. Goldwater campaign item about Americans for Democratic Action, described as abetting the Communist Party. More
Cat.No: 254524
Washington DC: Human Events, [1971]. Ephemera. Letter comprising 3 leaves, sides numbered 1 through 5. Two horizontal folds from mailing, as issued. Very Good. Plug for Edith Efron’s book critiquing “liberal media” and its many alleged biases. Intermixed are several endorsements for the Human Events newsletter, contrasting it with mainstream..... More
Cat.No: 342492
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Perkins, J.E.
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