Overview of the Collection
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Repository Name:
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University of Oregon
Libraries
Special Collections & University
Archives
1299 University of Oregon
Eugene, OR 97403-1299
URL: http://libweb.uoregon.edu/speccoll/index.html
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Collection Number:
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Coll.
124
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Creator:
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Holdridge,
Herbert C. (Herbert Charles), 1892-1974
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Title:
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Herbert C. Holdridge
Papers
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Dates:
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1953-1974 (inclusive)
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Quantity:
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9 linear feet
6 containers
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Languages:
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Collection materials in
English.
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Summary:
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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.
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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.
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
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information Gift of Herbert Charles Holdridge in 1965
Separated Materials 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.
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.
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| Burton,
Austin--Correspondence |
| Frazier,
Raywood--Correspondence |
| Graff,
Byron J.--Correspondence |
| Hall,
Louis--Correspondence |
| Holdridge,
Herbert C. (Herbert Charles), 1892-1974--Archives |
| Pabawena,
David--Correspondence |
| Holdridge
Foundation for the Advancement of Social Sciences |
| Minute Men
for the Constitution |
| Catholic
Church--Controversial literature |
| Conservatism |
| Conservative
literature |
| Hopi Indians--Land
tenure |
| Indians of North
America--Public welfare |
| Presidential
candidates--United States |
| Photographic
prints |
| Sound
recordings |
Detailed Description of the Collection
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Series I:
Outgoing correspondence
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Container(s)
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Description
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Dates
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Outgoing
correspondence
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1953 |
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Outgoing
correspondence
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1954 |
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Outgoing correspondence
(mimeo)
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1955 |
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Outgoing
correspondence
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1956 |
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Outgoing
correspondence
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1957 |
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Outgoing
correspondence
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1958 |
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Outgoing
correspondence
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1959 |
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Outgoing
correspondence
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1960 |
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Outgoing
correspondence
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January 1961-June 1961 |
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Outgoing
correspondence
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July
1961-December 1961 |
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Outgoing
correspondence
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January 1962-March 1962 |
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Outgoing
correspondence
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April 1962-June 1962 |
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Outgoing
correspondence
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July
1962-September 1962 |
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Outgoing
correspondence
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October 1962-December 1962 |
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Outgoing
correspondence
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January 1963-March 1963 |
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Outgoing
correspondence
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April 1963-June 1963 |
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Outgoing
correspondence
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July
1963-September 1963 |
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Outgoing
correspondence
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October 1963-December 1963 |
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Outgoing
correspondence
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January 1964-March 1964 |
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Outgoing
correspondence
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April 1964-June 1964 |
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Outgoing
correspondence
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July
1964-September 1964 |
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Outgoing
correspondence
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October 1964-December 1964 |
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Outgoing
correspondence
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January 1965-March 1965 |
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Outgoing
correspondence
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April 1965-June 1965 |
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Outgoing
correspondence
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July
1965-September 1965 |
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Outgoing
correspondence
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October 1965-December 1965 |
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Outgoing
correspondence
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January 1966-March 1966 |
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Outgoing
correspondence
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April 1966-June 1966 |
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Outgoing
correspondence
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July
1966-September 1966 |
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Outgoing
correspondence
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October 1966-December 1966 |
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Outgoing
correspondence
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January 1967-March 1967 |
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Outgoing
correspondence
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April 1967-June 1967 |
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Outgoing
correspondence
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July
1967-September 1967 |
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Outgoing
correspondence
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October 1967-December 1967 |
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Outgoing
correspondence
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January 1968-March 1968 |
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Outgoing
correspondence
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April 1968-June 1968 |
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Outgoing
correspondence
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July
1968-September 1968 |
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Outgoing
correspondence
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October 1968-December 1968 |
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Outgoing
correspondence
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January 1969-March 1969 |
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Outgoing
correspondence
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April 1969-June 1969 |
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Outgoing
correspondence
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July
1969-September 1969 |
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Outgoing
correspondence
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October 1969-December 1969 |
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Outgoing
correspondence
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January 1970-February 1970 |
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Outgoing
correspondence
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March 1970-April 1970 |
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Outgoing
correspondence
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May
1970-June 1970 |
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Outgoing
correspondence
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July
1970-September 1970 |
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Outgoing
correspondence
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October 1970-December 1970 |
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Outgoing
correspondence
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January 1971-April 1971 |
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Outgoing
correspondence
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May
1971-August 1971 |
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Outgoing
correspondence
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September 1971-December 1971 |
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Outgoing
correspondence
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January 1972-June 1972 |
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Outgoing
correspondence
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July
1972-December 1972 |
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Outgoing
correspondence
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January 1973-April 1973 |
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Outgoing
correspondence
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May
1973-December 1973 |
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Outgoing
correspondence
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January 1974-May 1974 |
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Outgoing
correspondence
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June
1974 |
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Outgoing
correspondence
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Series II:
Incoming correspondence
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Container(s)
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Unidentified
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Adams, John C.
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Agpaoa, Antonio C.
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Anderson, Wing
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Anderson, Wallace P. "Mad
Bear"
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Armstrong, Donald
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Baker, Jerry
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Banyacya, Thomas
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Barr, Daniel
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Bateman, D.C
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Bednaz, Charles
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Biggs, C.A
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Bollinger, Lila J.
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Bump, G.C
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Burton, Austin
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Bush, Colonel Willard (Michigan
Indians Hunting and Fishing Rights Assoc.)
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Carpenter, Craig
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Carra, Juliane
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Charlie, Jim
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Cochran, Inez
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Coulter, Art
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Crabtree, Roy (Abu
Timbel)
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Crum, P.I
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Deats, Kathryn
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DeYoung, Garry
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Drake, Cisco (Plastic
Education)
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Evans, Ruby E.
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Federal Agencies and Offices
(includes U.S. Senate)
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Federal Reserve -
Taxation
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Fielder, Edna A.
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Fox, George Emerson
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Frazier, Raywood
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Frazier, Ruth
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Gaboury, Jane
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Gilbert, Lee
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Goudy, A.R
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Government, foreign
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Graeco, Paolo
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Graff, Byron J.
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Grant, Ethel
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Grem, June
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Grob, Marshall
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Gross, Max and
Lucille
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Hall, Louis
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Hanoka, N.S
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Hansen, Edna V.
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Henderson, James R.
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Hill, Emerson
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Holdridge, Dorothy
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Holloway, Jane
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Hunt, Clara June
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Indian Affairs
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Jack, Jensen
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Jackson, Agnes I.
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Jackson, Paula
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Jaggard, R.S
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James, Jessee Lee,
III
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Jeffers, Joseph (Kingdom of
Yahweh)
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Johnston, G.K
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Kloeris, Juanita
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Laube, Karl
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Leslie, Edgar
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Maichel, Pauline
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Martinez, Julian
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Mastbrook, Marie
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Mayhan, Eva E.
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Moody, Reynolds
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Moore, Kathryn
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Moss, Percy
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Municipal Agencies and Offices
(Gov't)
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Nakhleh, Issa (Palestine Arab
Delegation)
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Norton, V.W. and Sons
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O'Hair, Madelyn
Murray
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Orick, Will
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Orrison, Dorothy
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Pabawena, Dave
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Parth, A.J
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Powell, Colonel A.E
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Ratynski, Meriam
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Rodriguez, Cristobal
R.
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Ross, Esther
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Runge, Alberto R.
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Rutenbeck, Arnold
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Sam, Joseph
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Slave, Charles
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Smith, Laurence (International
Colonization)
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Soni, Dr. R.L
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Soni, Sujata
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Sope, Tom (Chief Eagle
Tail)
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Stalcup, Alvin
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State Agencies and Offices
(Commonwealth)
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Steiner, Frank S.
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Szmak, G.
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Tawangyawma, Ralph
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Thompson, Elizabeth
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(U.S. agencies and offices, see
Federal agencies and offices)
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Van Poperin, Joan
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Vennard, W.B
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Villa, Paul
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Wallin, Carl
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War Tax Resistance
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Welch, Rachel
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Wilde, Karen
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Williams, Rose
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Worthman, H.P
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X-Y-Z- first name
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Series III:
Manuscripts
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Container(s)
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Description
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A Teacher of Great Spiritual
Truths
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Economic Democracy-Spanish
translation
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My Other Lives-rough
manuscripts
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Series IV:
Miscellaneous
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Container(s)
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Description
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Dates
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"Banker's Magic" pamphlet, by
Will Kindig
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"Proposal for a Declaration of
Mexico" copyright 1963 H.C. Holdridge. 5 p.
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"The Golden Rule, Vatican Style,"
by Raywood Frazier. 1 p.
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"A Report on the Albuquerque
Incident and Subversive Use of the Occult" 8 p.
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January 27, 1962 |
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"Memorandum on Yakima Indian
Tribal Matters" by Warner, Sutton, & Warner. 5 p.
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"Trail of Terror," 25 p.
(photocopy)
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"Constitutional Government of the
United States" Staff roster
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"Constitutional Provisional
Government of the United States" policy Decisions. 5 p. (photocopy)
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February 18, 1962 |
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"Memo" to General Holdridge. 2 p.
(photocopy)
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March 3, 1962 |
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Newspaper clippings
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Photographs
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Holdridge Foundation-Plan Club
Meetings (minutes)
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Minute Men of the Constitution,
Inc.
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Law Suits, complaint for mental
illness suits
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Speeches, Presidential
campaign
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Publications
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Set of alphabetically arranged
name and address index cards
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Series V:
Sound Recordings
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Container(s)
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Description
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Dates
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Congressman Burdick on "The
Federal Reserve System."
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H.C. Holdridge on
"Understanding"
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August 2, 1958 |
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Holdridge at Washington
D.C
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June
11, 1964 |
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Label addressed to Holdridge (no
subject listed on box)
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H.C. Holdridge on "The Holdridge
Plan"
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Series VI:
Books
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Container(s)
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Description
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Dates
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The Fables of Moronia by H.C.
Holdridge (2 copies)
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1953 |
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How to Gain Freedom from Economic
Slavery (2 copies)
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1961 |
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Series VII:
Photographs
Photographs are stored separately under call number PH075.
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Container(s)
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Description
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Dates
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PH075_001:
My friend Chief Standing Horse of
the Ottawa tribe, he is the last of that tribe. (from Ohio)
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1966 |
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black and white print
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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.
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PH075_002:
From Karin Wilde, in Berlin37.
Hein for fr. 6.
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circa 1959 |
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black and white print
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4 x 3 inches Description: Woman in fur coat posing with dog.
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PH075_003:
Untitled
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circa 1959 |
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black and white print
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5 x 7 inches Description: 4 men and one woman posing for photo inside
house.
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PH075_004:
near White House Picket Mar
19/59
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March 19, 1959 |
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black and white print
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7 x 5 inches Description: Man and woman in Indian dress walking on sidewalk
near White House.
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PH075_005:
This establishment is "Off
Limits" By the Commander (Property US Army)
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circa 1959 |
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black and white print
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8 x 10 inches Description: A man and woman talking with 2 Army men on opposite
side of fence (title from sign on fence).
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