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Subject Source: Cclabroad

Found in 106 Collections and/or Records:

Arthur V. Watkins newspaper clippings, 1946-1969

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 146 Series 1 Sub-Series 5
Scope and Contents note

Contains newspaper articles, interviews, and letters concerning various members of the Watkins family between 1946 and 1969.

Dates: Other: 1946-1969
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Arthur V. Watkins papers / Arthur V. Watkins biographical papers

Arthur V. Watkins pamphlets and articles on Joseph McCarthy, 1952-1959

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 146 Series 6 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents note Contains neutral correspondence concerning McCarthy and responses from Watkins on neutral correspondence regarding McCarthy all originating between 1954 and 1959; requests for copies of the McCarthy hearings and responses to those requests all originating between 1954 and 1955; correspondence from E. Wallace Chadwick from August 24 to September 6, 1954; six posters distributed by The Christian Nationalist Crusade prior to the Censure hearings of Senator McCarthy; a petition from the League...
Dates: Other: 1952-1959
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Arthur V. Watkins papers / Arthur V. Watkins papers on Joseph McCarthy

Arthur V. Watkins papers for Enough Rope, 1950-1981

 Series
Identifier: MSS 146 Series 4
Scope and Contents note

Contains correspondence between Watkins, his publishers, and schools about his book Enough Rope, newspaper articles and book reviews about his book, and his book drafts from 1954 to 1970. It also contains newspaper and magazine articles, congressional reports and correspondence, and notes kept by Watkins about the Joseph McCarthy hearings from 1950 to 1981.

Dates: Other: 1950-1981
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Arthur V. Watkins papers

Arthur V. Watkins papers on Joseph McCarthy, 1949-1959

 Series
Identifier: MSS 146 Series 6
Scope and Contents note

Contains information regarding the Joseph McCarthy trial during the 1950s. Included are pamphlets; copies of hearings, sessions, and press conferences; articles; copies of reports and hearings; Senate actions; hearings, prints, and reports relating to S. Res. 301; correspondence regarding television coverage of the hearings; correspondence supporting McCarthy; and correspondence expressing negative views of McCarthy.

Dates: Other: 1949-1959
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Arthur V. Watkins papers

Arthur V. Watkins papers on S. Res. 301 from Senate Select Committee, 1954

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 146 Series 6 Sub-Series 6
Scope and Contents note

Contains memorandums, statements, reports, minutes of hearings, arguments, correspondence, subpoenas, telegrams, vouchers, and debates regarding the censure to Senator Joseph McCarthy and S.Res. 301 that occurred during 1954. Also included is correspondence concerning senators Ralph E. Flanders and Wayne Morse.

Dates: Other: 1954
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Arthur V. Watkins papers / Arthur V. Watkins papers on Joseph McCarthy

Arthur V. Watkins papers on Senate floor action found in the Congressional Record, 1953-1954

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 146 Series 6 Sub-Series 5
Scope and Contents note

Contains "U.S. Senate as a Continuing Body," taken from Congressional Record of January 6, 1953 from the debate on nation of adopting rules for the Senate of the 83rd Congress; various congressional records concerning S. Res. 301 from July and August of 1954; a Committee referral in the Congressional Record of August 5, 1954; and debates to censure Senator Joseph McCarthy in the Congressional Records from November 8 to December 2, 1954.

Dates: Other: 1953-1954
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Arthur V. Watkins papers / Arthur V. Watkins papers on Joseph McCarthy

Arthur V. Watkins prints, hearings, and other materials on S. Res. 301, 1951-1954

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 146 Series 6 Sub-Series 7
Scope and Contents note Contains various hearings relating to espionage, communist infiltration among army civilian workers, defense establishments, army personnel, Korean War atrocities, and special Senate Investigation on charges and counter charges involving the Secretary of the Army, Robert W. Stevens, John G. Adams, H. Struve Hensel and Senator Joe McCarthy, Roy M. Cohn, and Francis P. Carr all occurring between 1953 to 1955. It also includes various correspondence with Senator Joseph McCarthy and Robert T....
Dates: Other: 1951-1954
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Arthur V. Watkins papers / Arthur V. Watkins papers on Joseph McCarthy

Arthur V. Watkins pro-McCarthy news articles, 1949-1956

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 146 Series 6 Sub-Series 8 Sub-Series 2 Sub-Series 15
Scope and Contents note

Contains news articles found among Watkins' pro-McCarthy correspondence from 1949 to 1956.

Dates: Other: 1949-1956
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Arthur V. Watkins papers / Arthur V. Watkins papers on Joseph McCarthy / Arthur V. Watkins correspondence on Joseph McCarthy / Arthur V. Watkins correspondence in favor of Joseph McCarthy

Arthur V. Watkins pro-McCarthy postcards, undated

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 146 Series 6 Sub-Series 8 Sub-Series 2 Sub-Series 13
Scope and Contents note

Contains postcards from American citizens expressing pro-McCarthy views concerning the activities of McCarthy to the Senate Select Committee.

Dates: Other: undated
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Arthur V. Watkins papers / Arthur V. Watkins papers on Joseph McCarthy / Arthur V. Watkins correspondence on Joseph McCarthy / Arthur V. Watkins correspondence in favor of Joseph McCarthy

Arthur V. Watkins pro-McCarthy telegrams, undated

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 146 Series 6 Sub-Series 8 Sub-Series 2 Sub-Series 12
Scope and Contents note

Contains telegrams expressing pro-McCarthy views concerning the activities of McCarthy to the Senate Select Committee.

Dates: Other: undated
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Arthur V. Watkins papers / Arthur V. Watkins papers on Joseph McCarthy / Arthur V. Watkins correspondence on Joseph McCarthy / Arthur V. Watkins correspondence in favor of Joseph McCarthy

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