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Americans for Constitutional Action (Organization) records, 1955-1971
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- Summary
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Records of a non-partisan political action committee founded in 1958 for support of constitutional conservatives in congressional elections. Documenting its state and national activities mainly pri...
Records of a non-partisan political action committee founded in 1958 for support of constitutional conservatives in congressional elections. Documenting its state and national activities mainly prior to 1968 are trustee minutes and correspondence, fundraising and financial records, campaign and chapter files, speeches, pamphlets, and annual reports. Major correspondents include Bruce Alger, Owen Brewster, Edgar Eisenhower, Ralph Gwinn, Charles A. McManus, Ben Moreell, Felix Morley, James E. Price, Ralph de Toledano, and Loyd Wright. Patrick Frawley, Herbert Hoover, Max Rafferty, and Henry C. Schadeberg also are represented in the collection.
The processed portion of this collection is summarized above and described in the register. Additional photographic accessions are described below.
Details
- Format
- Mixed Materials
- Language
- English
- Physical Details
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- 8.6 cubic feet (22 archives boxes); plus
- additions of 85 photographs
- 1 negative, and
- 6 pieces of ephemera
- OCLC
- ocn173701369
- Finding Aids
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- Finding aid to the processed portion
- Presented by the Americans for Constitutional Action, Washington, D.C., 1972.
Subjects
- Alger, Bruce.
- Brewster, Ralph O. (Ralph Owen), 1888-1961.
- Toledano, Ralph de, 1916-2007.
- Eisenhower, Edgar Nuton, 1889-1971.
- Gwinn, Ralph Waldo, 1884- .
- Moreell, Ben, 1892-1978.
- Morley, Felix, 1894- .
- Price, James E.
- Wright, Loyd, 1892-1974.
- Conservatism.
- Elections -- United States.
- Political action committees.
- conservatism.
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