Harry Elmer Barnes papers

Harry Elmer Barnes papers, 1887-1977

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Barnes, Harry Elmer, 1889-1968
Title: Harry Elmer Barnes papers
Dates: 1887-1977 (inclusive)
18871977

1920-1968 (bulk)
19201968
Quantity: 102.50 cubic feet (213 boxes)
Collection Number: 00745
Summary: The papers of the first American historian to support Holocaust denial and the Revisionist school of history.
Repository: American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming
American Heritage Center
University of Wyoming
1000 E. University Ave.
Dept. 3924
Laramie, WY
82071
Telephone: 3077663756
ahcref@uwyo.edu
Access Restrictions: There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes, and the collection is open to the public.
Languages: English

Historical NoteReturn to Top

Harry Elmer Barnes taught economics, sociology and history at various colleges and universities, including Harvard, Columbia, Smith, Amherst, Temple, Colorado, and the New School for Social Research from 1918-1955. He was with the editorial department of Scripps-Howard newspapers from 1929-1940 and was a consultant on criminology and penology to federal and state government agencies. A noted revisionist historian, Barnes questioned conventional views of orthodox religion and the origins of World War I, and opposed the entry of the United States into World War II. He wrote numerous books and articles, lectured widely, and corresponded with numerous individuals in his various fields of interest.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The Harry Elmer Barnes collection contains correspondence (1887-1969); manuscripts by Barnes and others; subject files; reprints; pamphlets; scrapbooks; speeches; magazine and newspaper clippings; books by Barnes; and miscellaneous other materials.

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Restrictions on Use

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Preferred Citation

Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Collection Name, Collection Number, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.

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Related Materials

There are no known other archival collections created by Harry Elmer Barnes at the date of processing.

Acquisition Information

The collection was received from Harry Elmer Barnes, 1960-1968; David L. Hoggan, 1962; Richard T. Ruetten, 1971; Mrs. Alfred Vagts, 1971 Judson B. Pearson, 1970; Jean Barnes, 1970; Herbert C. Roseman, 1969; Dr. Robert H. Barnes, 1977-1980; Fritz Eberhardt, 1980; Henry M. Adams, 1988-1991; John W. Blodgett, 1974; Lawrence E. Gelfand, 1995; Peter D. Senkiw, 2015.

Processing Note

The collection was processed by Alexandra Cardin in January 2017.

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Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box
213	Abstract of address by H.E. Barnes	1940-1962
1	Advertisements
2	Biographical Material
201	Biographical File - Harry Elmer Barnes	1915-1954, undated
201	Biographical File - Harry Elmer Barnes ,FBI Documents	1948-1977
	Books:
Box
211	A new Pattern for a Tired World by Louis Bromfield, Inscribed and Correspondence by the author	1954
211	International Aid: a Summary by Hugh L. Keenleyside, Inscribed by the author	1967
211	The Challenge of World Communism by Hamilton Fish, Inscribed by the author	June 25, 1946
211	The Repression of Crime by Harry Elmer Barnes	1926
212	Blasting the Historical Blackout by Harry Elmer Barnes	May, 1963
212	Conquest Through Immigration by George W. Robnett, Inscribed by the author	1968
212	European Governments and Politics by Frederic A. Ogg	1934
212	Impressions of South America by Andre Siegfried	1933
212	Is Humanism a New Religion? by Harry Elmer Barnes and Herbert T. Rosenfeld	1962
212	Naturalism and Historical Understanding by Harry Elmer Barnes	1967
212	The Case Against Original Sin by Fred. W. Busch,Inscribed by the author	1964
212	The Cold War and its Origins 1917-1960 by D.F. Fleming, Correspondence by the author	1961
212	The Rise of the Penitentiary in New York: A review by Harry Elmer Barnes	1966
212	The End of the Old America by Harry Elmer Barnes	1958
212	John Bright, Victorian Reformer by Herman Ausubel, Inscribed and Correspondence by the author	1967
213	Revisionim: A key to Peace and Other Essays by Harry Elmer Barnes	1980
213	In Quest of Truth and Justice: De-Biunking the War-Guilt Myth by Harry Elmer Barnes	1972
Box
2	Books, A-Barnes
3	Books, Barnes-R
4	Books, S-Z
4	Book Lists
4	Book Reviews (A-Barnes) (manuscript)
5	Book Reviews (Barnes-Z) (manuscript)
201	Booklet - "Rampart Journal of Individualistic Thought"	1966
201	Booklet - "Rampart Journal of Individualistic Thought"	1967
201	Booklet - "Rampart Journal of Individualist Thought"	1968
201	Booklet - "The Court Historians Versus Revisionism"	undated
201	Booklet - "Select Bibliography of Revisionist Books"	undated
201	Booklet - "Revisionism and Brainwashing"	undated
201	Booklet - "Il Caso di Caryl Chessman" by Barnes	1960
201	Booklet - "Sunrise at Campobello: Sundown at Yalta" by Barnes	1960
201	Booklet - "Blasting the Historical Blackout" by Barnes	1963, undated
202	Booklet - "Rampart Journal of Individualistic Thought",	1967
5	Brochures
6	Brochures
7	Brochures
204	Bound Periodical, "The American Mercury"	1924
7	Catalogs
	Correspondence:
Box
8	H.L. Menken letters (originals are in box 203)	1924-1959, undated
203	H.L. Menken letters (originals)	1924-1959, undated
9	January 2, 1920-December 29, 1921
10	January 1, 1922-April 30, 1923
11	May 2, 1923-February 29, 1924
12	March 1, 1924-December 31, 1924
13	January 1, 1925-December 31, 1925
14	January 1, 1926-June 30, 1926
15	July 2, 1926-December 31, 1926
16	January 3, 1927-December 29, 1927
17	January 3, 1928-June 30, 1929
18	July 6, 1929-December 31, 1930
19	January 1, 1931-April 30, 1932
20	May 2, 1932-August 31, 1933
21	September 1, 1933-December 29, 1934
22	January 4, 1935-December 28, 1936
23	January 2, 1937-December 30, 1938
24	January 1, 1939-December 29, 1939
197	December 14, 1939-December 18, 1965
25	Januray 2, 1940-May 31, 1940
26	June 1, 1940-December 31, 1940
27	January 3, 1941-December 30, 1941
28	January 1, 1942-March 30, 1943
29	April 1, 1943-December 31, 1943
30	January 1, 1944-December 30, 1944
31	January 2, 1945-December 29, 1945
32	January 2, 1946-December 31, 1946
33	January 3, 1947-December 31, 1947
34	January 6, 1948-December 31, 1948
35	Januray 7, 1949-December 30, 1949
36	January 2, 1950-December 30, 1950
37	January 1, 1951-December 31, 1951
38	January 1, 1952-May 29, 1952
39	June 1,1952-December 31, 1952
40	January 1, 1953-June 30, 1953
41	July 1, 1953-December 31, 1953
42	January 1, 1954-December 31, 1954
43	January 4, 1955-December 31, 1955
44	January 2, 1956-July 31, 1956
45	August 1, 1956-December 31, 1956
46	January 1, 1957-June 29, 1957
47	July 1, 1957-December 31, 1957
48	January 2, 1958-June 30, 1958
49	July 1, 1958-September 29, 1958
50	October 1, 1958-December 30, 1958
51	January 1, 1959-April 30, 1959
52	May 1, 1959-September 30, 1959
53	October 1, 1959-December 31, 1959
54	January 1, 1960-May 31,1960
55	June 1, 1960-September 30, 1960
56	October 3, 1960-December 31, 1960
57	January 1, 1961-May 31, 1961
58	June 1, 1961-October 31 1961
59	November 1, 1961-January 31, 1962
60	February 1, 1962-May 31, 1962
61	June 1, 1962-September 30, 1962
62	October 1, 1962-December 31, 1962
63	January 1, 1963-March 31, 1963
64	April 1, 1963-May 31, 1963
65	June 1, 1963-August 31, 1963
66	September 1, 1963-December 31, 1963
67	January 2, 1964-June 30, 1964
68	July 1, 1964-December 31, 1964
69	January 1, 1965-June 30, 1965
70	July 1, 1965-December 31, 1965
71	January 1, 1966-May 31, 1966
197	January 9, 1966, undated
72	June 1, 1966-September 30, 1966
73	October 1, 1966-December 31, 1966
74	January 2, 1967-April 28, 1967
75	May 1, 1967-August 31, 1967
76	September 1, 1967-December 31, 1967
77	Januarry 2, 1968-May 29, 1968
78	June 3, 1968-October 7, 1969
79	January-June, undated
80	August-December, undated
197	Letters with the day of the week	undated
81	Signed, A-J author	undated
82	Signed, K-Z author	undated
83	Salutation	undated
83	Signed	undated
83	Day of the week only
83	Missing pages
Box
196	Correspondence - FBI	January 13, 1976-April, 14, 1977
213	Correspondence with Henry Adams	1958-1961
213	Correspondence with Henry Adams	1961-1970
213	Correspondence with Henry Adams	1962
213	Correspondence with Henry Adams	1963-1964
213	Correspondence with Henry Adams	1965
213	Correspondence with Henry Adams	1965-1969
213	Correspondence with Henry Adams - Material for volume on Barnes	1944-1963, undated
213	Correspondence with Henry Adams - Material for volume on Barnes	1954-1964, undated
213	Correspondence with Henry Adams - Material for volumen on Barnes(War Controversy)	1931-1945, undated
198	Correspondence with John W. Blodgett	1947-1968, undated
199	Correspondence with David L. Hoggan	1950-1968
200	Correspondence with Lawrence Dennis	1932-1968
202	Correspondence with Charles Holmes	1954
202	Correspondence with Lawrence Gelfand	1958-1968, undated
202	Correspondence with Mrs. James Peacock	1940-1968
202	Correspondence with Mrs. Peacock - Educational Materials, Booklets and Photographs,	1955-1965
84	Court proceedings
201	Dr. Harry James Carman	1964
201	Ferdinand Schevill	1953, undated
85	Galley Proofs
86	Galley Proofs
87	Galley Proofs
88	Income Tax Information	1962-1967
201	Institute for Humane Studies	1967
88	Insurance Material
89	Interviews
196	Interview of Harry Elmer Barnes by Francis W. Schruben, Cassette and Transcript	1964, 1977
89	Itineraries
89	Leaflets
90	Legal Documents
196	FBI Legal Documents	1936-1959
90	Lists
90	Lists (Bibliography)
	Magazine Clippings:
Box
91	A-J
92	J-Reader's Digest
93	Reader's Observer-Time
94	T-Z, untitled	undated
95	No identification
Box
96	Miscellaneous Manuscript Pages
	Manuscripts:
Box
97	Barnes author, A-I
98	Barnes author, J-Pearl Harbor
99	Barnes author, Pearl Harbor-Perpetual War
100	Barnes author, Perpetual War-S
101	Barnes author, T-Z
101	New Horizons in Criminology
102	New Horizons in Criminology
102	Authors A-B
103	Authors C-H
104	Authors, Hughes-Lussenhop
105	Authors, Lussenhop
106	Authors, Lussenhop-Pardridge
107	Authors, Parsons-Porter
108	Authors, Porter
109	Authors, Porter-Pu
110	Authors, Rassinier
111	Authors, Rassinier-S
112	Authors, none indicated, textbooks
113	Authors, none indicated, textbooks
114	Authors, none indicated, textbooks
115	Authors, none indicated, textbooks
116	Authors, none indicated, textbooks
117	Authors, none indicated, textbooks
118	Authors, none indicated, textbooks
119	Authors, none indicated, textbooks
120	Authors, T-Z
121	No Author, titles A-F
122	No author, titles G-P
123	No author, titles M-R
124	No author, titles S-Z
124	No author, no titles
125	No author, no titles
126	Chessman, Barnes author, A-Z
126	Chessman, Authors A-B
127	Chessman, Authors C-Matt
128	Chessman, Authors Mc-Z
129	Chessman, No authors, titles A-Z
129	Chessman, no authors, no titles
96	Incomplete manuscripts
Box
213	Manuscript on Barnes by Henry Adams - Phase I and II,	1964
202	Manuscript - Partial draft of "Pearl Harbor after Twenty Five Years" by Barnes,	undated
130	Maps
213	Material for volume on Barnes	1932-1969, undated
213	Material for volume on Barnes (Int'L Relations, WWII)	1936-1941, undated
130	Memos (non-correspondence)
	Miscellaneous:
Box
130	A-Book Blurbs
131	Book Corrections-Class Books
132	Co-E
133	F-L
134	M-Pearl Harbor
135	Pearl Harbor-Post Cards
136	Post Cards-School
137	School-TEE
138	T-Z
	Newsletters:
Box
139	A-B
140	C-Human Events
141	I-Z
Box
202	Newsletters - "Facts in Review",	July 1940-November 1940
142	Newspapers, total and partial
143	Newspapers, total and partial
144	Newspapers, total and partial
213	Newspapers clippings	1939-1941, undated
	Newspaper clippings:
Box
145	A-Chicago Tribune
146	China Post-Los Angeles Herald Examiner
147	Los Angeles Mirror-Los Angeles Times
148	London Times-New York Times
149	New york Times
150	New York Times
150	New York World-Telegram-San Francisco
151	News Call Bulletin
152	Santa Barbara News-W
153	Add ons, no titles
153	No dates, no identifications
154	No identification
155	No identification
Box
155	News Release	1924-1959
155	Notebook, Prison architecture
	Notes:
Box
156	A-F
157	F-History
158	History-Miscellaneous
159	P-War and Peace
160	War and Peace
Box
160	Open Letters
193	Oversize Periodicals
194	Oversize Miscellaneous
195	Oversize Miscellaneous
195	Oversize Pictures
195	Oversize Periodicals
196	Page Proofs, Harry Elmer Barnes: Learned Crusader,	1968
	Pamphlets:
Box
160	Auhtors A-B
160	Barnes author A-Ch
161	Barnes author Cr-W
161	Authors C-F
162	Authors G-S
163	Authors T-Z
	Papers:
Box
163	A-P
164	R-Z
	Periodicals:
Box
164	A
165	At-Columbia University Forum
166	Community News-Field Sports
167	Front Page Detective-Hartwick Review
168	Hartwick Review
169	Hartwick Review
170	Hartwick Review
171	H-I
172	K-National Geographic
173	National Review-Newsweek
174	Newsweek-P
175	R-S
176	T
177	U
178	U-Z
Box
195	Photo Albums
201	Photographs	1926, undated
201	Photographs: Barnes, Harry Elmer	1929-1948, undated
201	Photographs: Barnes, Harry Elmer and Family and Friends	1906-1976, undated
178	Photos, Identified - New York
202	Photographs - Personal,	undated
178	Photos, Unidentified
179	Photos, Unidentified
180	Programs
181	Programs
202	Publications -Including booklets and newspaper clippings, either by or about Barnes,	1938-1963
182	Radio broadcasts
182	Reports, A-M
183	Reports, N-Z
	Reprints:
Box
183	Authors A-Barnes
184	Authors, Barnes
185	Authors, Barnes
186	Authors, Barnes-Co
187	Authors, Co-H
188	Authors, H-O
189	Authors, O-Z
	Scrapbooks:
Box
205	Europe Trip Mementos	1926
205	Newspaper clippings, brochures and pamphlets	1913-1926
205	Newspaper clippings, brochures and pamphlets	1926-1927
205	Newspaper clippings, brochures and pamphlets	1927-1929
206	Newspaper clippings, brochures and pamphlets	1928-1929
206	Newspaper clippings, brochures and pamphlets	1930-1933
206	Newspaper clippings, brochures and pamphlets	1933-1935
206	Newspaper clippings, booklist and bookreviews	1929-1939
207	Editorials, vol.1	October, 1929-January, 1930
207	Editorials, vol.2	January, 1930-March, 1930
207	Editorials, vol.3	March, 1930-June, 1930
207	Editorials, vol.4	June, 1930-August, 1930
208	Editorials, vol.6	October, 1930-April, 1931
208	Editorials, vol.7	March, 1931-July, 1931
208	Editorials, vol.8	July, 1931-December, 1932
208	Scripps-Howard Editorials, vol.5	July, 1930-December, 1930
209	Clippings on French War Relief	January, 1941-November, 1944
209	Editorials, vol.9	December, 1932-October, 1934
209	Editorials, vol.10	October, 1935-March, 1940
210	Collected Works by H.E. Barnes	1924
210	Collected Writings by H.E. Barnes	1918-1921
210	Collected Writings by H.E. Barnes	1917-1920
210	Collected Writings by H.E. Barnes	1921-1922
210	Collected Writings by H.E. Barnes	1921-1924
210	Europe Trip Mementos	July, 1927-September, 1927
210	Newspaper clippings, brochures and pamphlets	April, 1930-October, 1930
	Sound Seminars:
Box
196	Treating the Convicted Delinquent, Harry Elmer Barnes	1969
196	Reform Outside prison Walls: Probation and Parole, Harry Elmer Barnes	1969
196	A Rational attitude Towards Crime, Harry Elmer Barnes	undated
Box
190	Spats, Baseball gloves, 2 baseballs and 1 desk nameplate
191	Speeches, A-Z
213	Speeches by Barnes	1936-1941
192	Statements
192	Stock Information
202	Telegram - Thank you note to Barnes,	1936
192	Travel Guides

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

Corrections.
Criminology.
Historiography.
History, Modern -- 20th century.
Peace.
Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941.
Religion.
Sociology.
War.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Causes.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Causes.
World history.
World politics.

Form or Genre Terms

Scrapbooks.

Occupations

Historians.
Sociologists.

Other Creators

Personal Names
- Adams, Henry Mason, 1907-
- Beard, Charles A. (Charles Austin), 1874-1948.
- Beard, Mary Ritter, 1876-1958.
- Hiles, Charles C.
- Kimmel, Husband Edward, 1882-1968.
- Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956.
- Shotwell, James Thomson, 1874-1965.
- Teeters, Negley K. (Negley King), 1896-

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