University of Wyoming
James J. Martin was an author, libertarian, and revisionist historian. He graduated with a B.A. from the University of New Hampshire in 1942, and received his M.A. (1945) and Ph. D. (1949) degrees in history from the University of Michigan. He taught political science at Deep Springs College, California and Rampart College, Larkspur, Colorado. His book "Men Against the State" was reissued three times. He was the author of two volumes, "American Liberalism" and "World Politics, 1931-1941," as well as the editor of several books and over 200 articles, reviews, and essays in approximately forty newspapers and magazines.
The James Joseph Martin papers contain correspondence (1932-1969), personal papers (1934-1950), interviews of Martin (1932-1969), articles by Martin (1945-1966), student papers about Harry Elmer Barnes, (1950s-1960s), scrapbook relating to the revisionist historian Harry Elmer Barnes (1950s-1960s), photographs (no date), and printed material (1922-2002). There are also files on an original manuscript by William Orton (1906-2002) and books written by James J. Martin (1964-1984).
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There are no known other archival collections created by James Joseph Martin at the date of processing.
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