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Richard B. Cotten papers
Cotten, Richard B.
Coll 629
3 linear feet
2 containers
2 record storage boxes
1964-1986
Richard B. Cotten was a far-right political writer and broadcaster. The papers contain conservative publications, primarily copies of Richard Cotten's Conservative Viewpoint newsletters from the years 1964, 1967, and 1968.
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Conservative literature
Conservatives -- United States
Right-wing extremists -- United States
White supremacy movements -- United States
Antisemitism -- United States
Radio broadcasters
Biographical / Historical
Richard Berkeley Cotten was a far-right political writer and broadcaster.
Cotten was born September 8, 1919, in Phoenix, Arizona, to Sheppard M. and Ruth Wilson Cotten. Cotten was a political writer and commentator on the radio program
Richard Cotten's Conservative Viewpoint, which, as of 1966, aired on thirty stations across the United States and internationally. He also published a newsletter of the same name. Cotten was involved with several white supremacist and anti-Semitic organizations, and his broadcasts and newsletters expressed his far-right, anti-Jewish, and anti-Black views. Cotten died June 18, 1998, at the age of 78.
Scope and Contents
The Richard B. Cotten papers contain conservative publications, primarily copies of
Richard Cotten's Conservative Viewpoint newsletters from the years 1964, 1967, and 1968. The collection also includes a U.S. Supreme Court brief of Richard B. Cotten v. James R. Schlesinger, 1974.
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