Guide to the Herbert C. Holdridge Papers 1953-1974

Creator:	Holdridge, Herbert C. (Herbert Charles), 1892-1974
Title:	Herbert C. Holdridge Papers
Dates:	1953-1974 ( inclusive )
Quantity:	9 linear feet (6 containers)
Collection Number:	Coll. 124
Summary:	Herbert C. Holdridge (1892-1974) was an author and presidential candidate, his main interests being conservative politics and fringe causes. The collection includes correspondence, background information for speeches, manuscripts, records for groups Holdridge founded, legal papers, pamphlets, reel-to-reel tapes, and copies of his published books.
Repository:	University of Oregon Libraries Special Collections & University Archives 1299 University of Oregon Eugene, OR 97403-1299 URL: http://libweb.uoregon.edu/speccoll/index.html
Languages:	Collection materials in English.
Sponsor:	Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Biographical Note

Herbert Holdridge was born in Wyandotte, Michigan, in 1892 and educated at the United States Military Academy, West Point, and Columbia University. Holdridge received an appointment as Assistant Professor of History and Social Sciences at West Point and also worked as a history instructor at Columbia University. He served as commandant of the Adjutant General's School, Ft. Washington, Maryland, and retired with the rank of brigadier general in 1944.

After his retirement, Holdridge became interested in fringe causes, conservative politics, the plight of Native Americans, and, in his view, the sinister influence of the Roman Catholic Church. He established the Holdridge Foundation for the Advancement of Social Sciences in 1953, and in 1957 founded another organization called Minute Men for the Constitution. As self-appointed president of this organization, he published two newsletters, News Notes and Reveille.

In 1958 and 1959 Holdridge announced his candidacy for the Presidency of the United States on an "independent, non-partisan platform." Sparse records of this campaign reveal his first attempts to elicit support from African Americans. He promised, if elected, to give $5,000 to each descendent of a slave. Little response came from the black community.

In 1960, Holdridge established the Constitutional Provisional Government of the United States, claiming that the Hopi Indians had never signed a peace treaty with the United States and therefore the Hopi constituted a sovereign nation. Holdridge established a new "legal" government and went through the motions of running it. It was beset with financial difficulties, which had not been overcome by the time of his death in 1974.

Content Description

The Herbert C. Holdridge Papers consist of approximately 3000 letters, 1954-1974; background material for speeches; manuscripts, including portions of an autobiography; organizational records for Holdridge's provisional government and other groups founded by Holdridge; legal papers; pamphlets; reel-to-reel tapes; and copies of Holdridge's books Fables of Moronia and How to Gain Freedom from Economic Slavery.

Photographs in this collection are stored separately under call number PH075.

Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Access :

Collection is open to the public.

Collection must be used in Special Collections & University Archives Reading Room.

Restrictions on Use :

Property rights reside with Special Collections & University Archives. Copyright resides with the creators of the documents or their heirs. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to Special Collections & University Archives. The reader must also obtain permission of the copyright holder.

Preferred Citation :

[Identification of item], Herbert C. Holdridge Papers, Coll. 124, Special Collections & University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries, Eugene, Oregon.

Administrative Information

Arrangement :

Collection is organized into the following series:

Series I. Outgoing correspondence
Series II. Incoming correspondence
Series III. Manuscripts
Series IV. Miscellaneous
Series V. Sound recordings
Series VI. Books
Series VII. Photographs

Acquisition Information :

Gift of Herbert Charles Holdridge in 1965

Separated Materials :

Photographs in this collection are stored separately under call number PH075.

Detailed Description of the Collection

Series I: Outgoing correspondence

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
1	1	Outgoing correspondence	1953
1	2	Outgoing correspondence	1954
1	3	Outgoing correspondence (mimeo)	1955
1	4	Outgoing correspondence	1956
1	5	Outgoing correspondence	1957
1	6	Outgoing correspondence	1958
1	7	Outgoing correspondence	1959
1	8	Outgoing correspondence	1960
1	9	Outgoing correspondence	January 1961-June 1961
1	10	Outgoing correspondence	July 1961-December 1961
1	11	Outgoing correspondence	January 1962-March 1962
1	12	Outgoing correspondence	April 1962-June 1962
1	13	Outgoing correspondence	July 1962-September 1962
1	14	Outgoing correspondence	October 1962-December 1962
1	15	Outgoing correspondence	January 1963-March 1963
1	16	Outgoing correspondence	April 1963-June 1963
1	17	Outgoing correspondence	July 1963-September 1963
1	18	Outgoing correspondence	October 1963-December 1963
1	19	Outgoing correspondence	January 1964-March 1964
1	20	Outgoing correspondence	April 1964-June 1964
1	21	Outgoing correspondence	July 1964-September 1964
1	22	Outgoing correspondence	October 1964-December 1964
1	23	Outgoing correspondence	January 1965-March 1965
1	24	Outgoing correspondence	April 1965-June 1965
1	25	Outgoing correspondence	July 1965-September 1965
1	26	Outgoing correspondence	October 1965-December 1965
1	27	Outgoing correspondence	January 1966-March 1966
1	28	Outgoing correspondence	April 1966-June 1966
1	29	Outgoing correspondence	July 1966-September 1966
1	30	Outgoing correspondence	October 1966-December 1966
1	31	Outgoing correspondence	January 1967-March 1967
1	32	Outgoing correspondence	April 1967-June 1967
1	33	Outgoing correspondence	July 1967-September 1967
1	34	Outgoing correspondence	October 1967-December 1967
2	1	Outgoing correspondence	January 1968-March 1968
2	2	Outgoing correspondence	April 1968-June 1968
2	3	Outgoing correspondence	July 1968-September 1968
2	4	Outgoing correspondence	October 1968-December 1968
2	5	Outgoing correspondence	January 1969-March 1969
2	6	Outgoing correspondence	April 1969-June 1969
2	7	Outgoing correspondence	July 1969-September 1969
2	8	Outgoing correspondence	October 1969-December 1969
2	9	Outgoing correspondence	January 1970-February 1970
2	10	Outgoing correspondence	March 1970-April 1970
2	11	Outgoing correspondence	May 1970-June 1970
2	12	Outgoing correspondence	July 1970-September 1970
2	13	Outgoing correspondence	October 1970-December 1970
2	14	Outgoing correspondence	January 1971-April 1971
2	16	Outgoing correspondence	May 1971-August 1971
2	17	Outgoing correspondence	September 1971-December 1971
2	18	Outgoing correspondence	January 1972-June 1972
2	19	Outgoing correspondence	July 1972-December 1972
2	20	Outgoing correspondence	January 1973-April 1973
2	21	Outgoing correspondence	May 1973-December 1973
2	22	Outgoing correspondence	January 1974-May 1974
2	23	Outgoing correspondence	June 1974
2	24	Outgoing correspondence	Undated

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Series II: Incoming correspondence

Container(s)		Description
Box	Folder
3	1	Unidentified
3	2	Adams, John C.
3	2	Agpaoa, Antonio C.
3	2	Anderson, Wing
3	2	Anderson, Wallace P. "Mad Bear"
3	2	Armstrong, Donald
3	3	Baker, Jerry
3	3	Banyacya, Thomas
3	3	Barr, Daniel
3	3	Bateman, D.C
3	3	Bednaz, Charles
3	3	Biggs, C.A
3	3	Bollinger, Lila J.
3	3	Bump, G.C
3	3	Burton, Austin
3	3	Bush, Colonel Willard (Michigan Indians Hunting and Fishing Rights Assoc.)
3	4	Carpenter, Craig
3	4	Carra, Juliane
3	4	Charlie, Jim
3	4	Cochran, Inez
3	4	Coulter, Art
3	4	Crabtree, Roy (Abu Timbel)
3	4	Crum, P.I
3	5	Deats, Kathryn
3	5	DeYoung, Garry
3	5	Drake, Cisco (Plastic Education)
3	6	Evans, Ruby E.
3	7	Federal Agencies and Offices (includes U.S. Senate)
3	7	Federal Reserve - Taxation
3	7	Fielder, Edna A.
3	7	Fox, George Emerson
3	7	Frazier, Raywood
3	7	Frazier, Ruth
4	1	Gaboury, Jane
4	1	Gilbert, Lee
4	1	Goudy, A.R
4	1	Government, foreign
4	1	Graeco, Paolo
4	1	Graff, Byron J.
4	1	Grant, Ethel
4	1	Grem, June
4	1	Grob, Marshall
4	1	Gross, Max and Lucille
4	2	Hall, Louis
4	2	Hanoka, N.S
4	2	Hansen, Edna V.
4	2	Henderson, James R.
4	2	Hill, Emerson
4	2	Holdridge, Dorothy
4	2	Holloway, Jane
4	2	Hunt, Clara June
4	3	Indian Affairs
4	4	Jack, Jensen
4	4	Jackson, Agnes I.
4	4	Jackson, Paula
4	4	Jaggard, R.S
4	4	James, Jessee Lee, III
4	4	Jeffers, Joseph (Kingdom of Yahweh)
4	4	Johnston, G.K
4	5	Kloeris, Juanita
4	6	Laube, Karl
4	6	Leslie, Edgar
4	7	Maichel, Pauline
4	7	Martinez, Julian
4	7	Mastbrook, Marie
4	7	Mayhan, Eva E.
4	7	Moody, Reynolds
4	7	Moore, Kathryn
4	7	Moss, Percy
4	7	Municipal Agencies and Offices (Gov't)
4	8	Nakhleh, Issa (Palestine Arab Delegation)
4	8	Norton, V.W. and Sons
5	1	O'Hair, Madelyn Murray
5	1	Orick, Will
5	1	Orrison, Dorothy
5	2	Pabawena, Dave
5	2	Parth, A.J
5	2	Powell, Colonel A.E
5	3	Ratynski, Meriam
5	3	Rodriguez, Cristobal R.
5	3	Ross, Esther
5	3	Runge, Alberto R.
5	3	Rutenbeck, Arnold
5	4	Sam, Joseph
5	4	Slave, Charles
5	4	Smith, Laurence (International Colonization)
5	4	Soni, Dr. R.L
5	4	Soni, Sujata
5	4	Sope, Tom (Chief Eagle Tail)
5	4	Stalcup, Alvin
5	4	State Agencies and Offices (Commonwealth)
5	4	Steiner, Frank S.
5	4	Szmak, G.
5	5	Tawangyawma, Ralph
5	5	Thompson, Elizabeth
5	5	(U.S. agencies and offices, see Federal agencies and offices)
5	6	Van Poperin, Joan
5	6	Vennard, W.B
5	6	Villa, Paul
5	7	Wallin, Carl
5	7	War Tax Resistance
5	7	Welch, Rachel
5	7	Wilde, Karen
5	7	Williams, Rose
5	7	Worthman, H.P
5	8	X-Y-Z- first name only

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Series III: Manuscripts

Container(s)		Description
Box	Folder
6	1	A Teacher of Great Spiritual Truths
6	2	Economic Democracy-Spanish translation
6	3	My Other Lives-rough manuscripts

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Series IV: Miscellaneous

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
6	4	"Banker's Magic" pamphlet, by Will Kindig
6	5	"Proposal for a Declaration of Mexico" copyright 1963 H.C. Holdridge. 5 p.
6	6	"The Golden Rule, Vatican Style," by Raywood Frazier. 1 p.
6	7	"A Report on the Albuquerque Incident and Subversive Use of the Occult" 8 p.	January 27, 1962
6	8	"Memorandum on Yakima Indian Tribal Matters" by Warner, Sutton, & Warner. 5 p.
6	9	"Trail of Terror," 25 p. (photocopy)
6	10	"Constitutional Government of the United States" Staff roster
6	11	"Constitutional Provisional Government of the United States" policy Decisions. 5 p. (photocopy)	February 18, 1962
6	12	"Memo" to General Holdridge. 2 p. (photocopy)	March 3, 1962
6	13	Newspaper clippings
6	14	Photographs
6	15	Holdridge Foundation-Plan Club Meetings (minutes)
6	16	Minute Men of the Constitution, Inc.
6	17	Law Suits, complaint for mental illness suits
6	18	Speeches, Presidential campaign
6	19	Publications
6	20	Set of alphabetically arranged name and address index cards

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Series V: Sound Recordings

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
6	1	Congressman Burdick on "The Federal Reserve System."
6	2	H.C. Holdridge on "Understanding"	August 2, 1958
6	3	Holdridge at Washington D.C	June 11, 1964
6	4	Label addressed to Holdridge (no subject listed on box)
6	5	H.C. Holdridge on "The Holdridge Plan"

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Series VI: Books

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Volume
6	1-2	The Fables of Moronia by H.C. Holdridge (2 copies)	1953
6	3-4	How to Gain Freedom from Economic Slavery (2 copies)	1961

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Series VII: Photographs

Photographs are stored separately under call number PH075.

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box
1	PH075_001: My friend Chief Standing Horse of the Ottawa tribe, he is the last of that tribe. (from Ohio) black and white print;3.5 x 4.5 inches Description: Man with microphone sitting next to man in Indian dress.Note: encl. letter 1966 Chief Standing Horse, Pastor Wayside Chapel of Spiritual Truth.	1966
1	PH075_002: From Karin Wilde, in Berlin37. Hein for fr. 6. black and white print;4 x 3 inches Description: Woman in fur coat posing with dog.	circa 1959
1	PH075_003: Untitled black and white print;5 x 7 inches Description: 4 men and one woman posing for photo inside house.	circa 1959
1	PH075_004: near White House Picket Mar 19/59 black and white print;7 x 5 inches Description: Man and woman in Indian dress walking on sidewalk near White House.	March 19, 1959
1	PH075_005: This establishment is "Off Limits" By the Commander (Property US Army) black and white print;8 x 10 inches Description: A man and woman talking with 2 Army men on opposite side of fence (title from sign on fence).	circa 1959

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Subjects

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Personal Names :
Burton, Austin--Correspondence
Frazier, Raywood--Correspondence
Graff, Byron J.--Correspondence
Hall, Louis--Correspondence
Holdridge, Herbert C. (Herbert Charles), 1892-1974--Archives
Pabawena, David--Correspondence

Corporate Names :
Holdridge Foundation for the Advancement of Social Sciences
Minute Men for the Constitution

Subject Terms :
Catholic Church--Controversial literature
Conservatism
Conservative literature
Hopi Indians--Land tenure
Indians of North America--Public welfare
Presidential candidates--United States

Form or Genre Terms :
Photographic prints
Sound recordings

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Guide to the Herbert C. Holdridge Papers
1953-1974

Overview of the Collection

Biographical Note

Content Description

Use of the Collection

Administrative Information

Detailed Description of the Collection

Subjects

Finding aid prepared by processing staff
©2006

Guide to the Herbert C. Holdridge Papers 1953-1974

Overview of the Collection

Biographical Note

Content Description

Use of the Collection

Administrative Information

Detailed Description of the Collection

Subjects

Finding aid prepared by processing staff©2006

Guide to the Herbert C. Holdridge Papers
1953-1974

Finding aid prepared by processing staff
©2006