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Keith Stimely collection on revisionist history and neo-Fascist movements , 1957-1991
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Stimely, Keith, 1957-1992
- Title
- Keith Stimely collection on revisionist history and neo-Fascist movements
- Dates
- 1957-1991 (inclusive)19571991
- Quantity
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31.5 linear feet, (60 containers)
- Collection Number
- Coll 183
- Summary
- Collection comprises subject files, research files, and correspondence created and compiled by Keith Stimely while researching, writing, and promoting revisionist historiography and journalism. The bulk of the collection concerns the First and Second World Wars, Holocaust denail, and research into European and American new-facist, neo-Nazi, and racialist political movements in the 1970s and 1980s.
- Repository
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University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives
UO Libraries--SCUA
1299 University of Oregon
Eugene OR
97403-1299
Telephone: 5413463068
spcarref@uoregon.edu - Access Restrictions
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Collection is open to the public. Collection must be used in Special Collections and University Archives Reading Room. Collection or parts of collection may be stored offsite. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives in advance of your visit to allow for transportation time.
- Additional Reference Guides
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See the Current Collection Guide for detailed description and requesting options.
- Languages
- English
- Sponsor
- Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Historical NoteReturn to Top
Keith Stimely (1957-1992) received his B.S. degree in History from the University of Oregon in 1980. He conducted research into American and European political and intellectual movements of the 1970s and 1980s, promoting revisionist history. From 1981-1984, he served on the editorial staff and as chief editor for the Journal of Historical Review, a pseudo-academic journal promoting Holocaust denial published by the Institute for Historical Review. He lived in Portland, Oregon until his death in December 1992.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
This collection contains the research files, correspondence, and personal papers of Keith Stimely, documenting neo-fascist, neo-Nazi, racialist, and revisionist history. Stimely, who served on the editorial board and as chief editor of the Journal of Historical Review, conducted and promoted research on historical revisionism, particularly of the First and Second World Wars. The bulk of the papers relate to and document Stimely's work promoting Holocaust denial, including his questioning of what he called the "standard views of Hitler and the Third Reich" and his engagement with the works of other Holocaust deniers worldwide, including Paul Rassinier, David Irving, Francis Yockey, and Ditlieb Felderer. Both the published and unpublished material in this collection documents the development of the 1980s revisionist movement, in particular how the movement refined and publicized their views under the guise of academic research and rigor.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Fascism--Europe--History--20th century
- Fascism--United States--History--20th century
- History--Errors, inventions, etc.--Periodicals
- Holocaust denial
- Holocaust denial literature
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Historiography
- Neo-Nazism--Europe--History--20th century
- Neo-Nazism--United States--History--20th century
Geographical Names
- United States--History--1901-1953--Historiography