Lawrence Timbers was a conservative Seattle publisher and editor who served as the chair of the Anti-Subversive Committee of the Washington State American Legion. He was also active in the organizations Americans for America, For America, and For Economic Freedom. He edited two local Seattle papers, “Timber” and “Washington Summary”.
This collection consists of bulletins, posters, booklets, pamphlets, hardcover and paperback books, filmstrips, audio recordings, newspaper clippings and other materials related to a variety of groups, including the federal government, religious institutions, the John Birch Society, the Anti-Defamation League, the Communist Party of America, the Congress on Racial Equality (CORE), and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Lawrence Timbers was a conservative Washington publisher and editor who served as the chair of the Anti-Subversive Committee of the Washington State American Legion. A more detailed description of accession number MS.1978.45 is located in the MASC Office Files.
This is an unprocessed collection. Any arrangement reflects either a pre-existing order from the records’ creator or preliminary sorting performed by staff.
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Preliminary Guide to the Lawrence Timbers Collection on Political Groups, 1906-circa 1980s (MSSM 102)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
This collection was received in multiple accessions. Lawrence Timbers donated portions of this collection to the Washington State University Libraries in 1980, 1982, and 1984 (MS.1980.16, MS.1982.16, and MS.1984.29). Rich Timbers donated a portion of this collection in 1982 (MS.1982.07). G. Timbers donated a portion of this collection in 1986 (MS.1986.43). The Humanities and Social Sciences department of the WSU Libraries transferred materials to Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC) in 2001 (MS.2001.03). MASC does not have acquisition information for accessions MS.1977.04, MS.1978.45, and MS.2010.19.
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