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Frank Herman Jonas collection, 1840s-1980s

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Jonas, Frank Herman
Title
Frank Herman Jonas collection
Dates
1840s-1980s (inclusive)
Quantity
400 linear feet
Collection Number
MS 0641
Summary
The Frank Herman Jonas collection (circa 1840s-1980s) consists of materials collected by Frank H. Jonas, a political scientist who taught at the University of Utah, the University of Southern California, and the University of New Mexico, among other institutions. The collection reflects Jonas' research interests in the areas of Germany and the Nazi party, American politics (particularly in the West), and propaganda techniques. As a result, the collection contains numerous Nazi publications and documents stemming from German political activity in the 1950s, correspondence with notable Utah and other Western politicians dating from the 1930s through the 1970s, campaign and party ephemera from the same regions and time period, and U. S. and foreign propaganda materials from the World War II era.
Repository
University of Utah Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City, UT
84112-0860

Telephone: 8015818863
special@library.utah.edu
Access Restrictions

Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.

Languages
English, German
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Historical Note

Frank Herman Jonas was a political scientist who taught at the University of Utah, the University of Southern California, and the University of New Mexico, among other institutions.

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Content Description

The Frank Herman Jonas collection (circa 1840s-1980s) reflects Jonas' research interests in the areas of Germany and the Nazi party, American politics (particularly in the West), and propaganda techniques. As a result, the collection contains numerous Nazi publications and documents stemming from German political activity in the 1950s, correspondence with notable Utah and other Western politicians dating from the 1930s through the 1970s, campaign and party ephemera from the same regions and time period, and U. S. and foreign propaganda materials from the World War II era. Jonas conducted extensive research on Western politics during the immediate post-World War II period, and the collection includes research files, drafts, and completed manuscripts, as well as research notes, for this work. In addition to contributing to and editing anthologies containing considerations of politics in the western United States, Jonas researched and wrote about several Utah politicians, including U. S. Congressman Douglas Stringfellow, U. S. Senator Elbert Thomas, political consultant Walter Quigley, and Utah Governor and Salt Lake City Mayor J. Bracken Lee. Another research interest of Jonas' was the election history of Utah, and the collection contains statistical data culled from newspapers and other sources for the 1890s and most of the twentieth century.

Also included in the collection are significant amounts of materials concerning Jonas' involvement with the American Veterans of World War II, the Western Political Science Association, and the Utah Legislative Council--organizations in which Jonas actively participated. In the early 1950s, Jonas was employed as a Press Scrutiny Officer, Cultural Exchange Officer, and Information Specialist for the Office of the U. S. High Commissioner for Germany, and the collection holds a large number of documents produced by that office, as well as miscellaneous items collected by Jonas during that time. The collection also contains some personal records.

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library’s Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.

Preferred Citation

Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.

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Administrative Information

Processing Note

Processed by Mark Jensen, Marnie Lineberry, Melissa Bird, Heather Harkness, and others in 2001.

Separated Materials

Photographs were transferred to the Multimedia Division of Special Collections (P0035).

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Detailed Description of the Collection

Finding aid created by Mark Jensen, Marnie Lineberry, Melissa Bird, Heather Harkness, and others
2001 (last modified: 2019)

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