This magazine is part of the recently processed Gwartney American Legion and Anti-Communism Collection, a treasure trove of materials dealing with patriotism issues from the 1940s through 1960s in America, including the Second Red Scare and McCarthyism, atomic power, and and the Cold War. Donated by B. E. Gwartney, both the manuscript and the book collections are wonderful resources for students researching propaganda in America during this period. Titles in the book collection include How to Prevent Your Young Person from Becoming A Communist, What Can I Do? To Combat Communism, and A Handbook for Responsible American Citizens: A Plan of Action for Maintaining Freedom in America. The manuscript collection includes fascinating correspondence regarding the educational efforts of the American Legion Americanism Committee and the Christian Anti-Communism Crusade, as well as wonderful scrapbook documenting the Southern California School of Anti-Communism, a sold-out, four-day event in Los Angeles in 1961 which 16,000 persons attended. The collection also includes eleven pristine posters from the United States Food Administration during World War II encouraging citizens to conserve food and to guard state secrets. American history, political science, and even art students will find useful and interesting materials in this great collection!
May 8, 2009
A Collection of the Cold War
This magazine is part of the recently processed Gwartney American Legion and Anti-Communism Collection, a treasure trove of materials dealing with patriotism issues from the 1940s through 1960s in America, including the Second Red Scare and McCarthyism, atomic power, and and the Cold War. Donated by B. E. Gwartney, both the manuscript and the book collections are wonderful resources for students researching propaganda in America during this period. Titles in the book collection include How to Prevent Your Young Person from Becoming A Communist, What Can I Do? To Combat Communism, and A Handbook for Responsible American Citizens: A Plan of Action for Maintaining Freedom in America. The manuscript collection includes fascinating correspondence regarding the educational efforts of the American Legion Americanism Committee and the Christian Anti-Communism Crusade, as well as wonderful scrapbook documenting the Southern California School of Anti-Communism, a sold-out, four-day event in Los Angeles in 1961 which 16,000 persons attended. The collection also includes eleven pristine posters from the United States Food Administration during World War II encouraging citizens to conserve food and to guard state secrets. American history, political science, and even art students will find useful and interesting materials in this great collection!
