Lorraine McConaghy is a public historian who works at MOHAI. She has worked for the University of Washington's Museology Department. She earned her PhD from the University of Washington in 1993.
A collection of John Birch Society and other grassroots radical right wing books and pamphlets. Collected mainly by Seattle Times reporter Lorraine McConaghy whose work focused on this topic. McConaghy acquired the collection from a common book sharing table.
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Published and copyrighted materials.
Donated by Lorraine McConaghy on October 2021
Author: Rev. Richard Ginder
Publisher: Catholic Laymen of America Inc./Denver, Colorado
Subjects: Catholic Church/Priests/Christian Theology/Criticism of current Catholic doctrine/Catholic Laymen of America
Author: William H. Wilbur
Publisher: Freedom Must Not Perish/Deerfield, Illinois
Subjects: United States/Politics and government/World Politics/Conservatism/Praise for capitalism/Anti-Communism/Bay of Pigs, April 1961/President John F. Kennedy/Criticism of John F. Kennedy presidency
Author: James Burnham
Publisher: Western Islands/Belmont, Massachusetts
Copyright: 1954
Subjects: Subversive activities/United States/Politics and government/Criticism of United Nations/Conspiracy/Espionage/Anti-Communist/Interwar years politics/World War, 1939-1945/Cold War/Soviet Union
Author: Dr. Gordon V. Drake
Publisher: Christian Crusade Publications/Tulsa, Oklahoma
Subjects: National Education Association of the United States/Criticism of American educators/Labor unions/Communism/Criticism of Societal Change in 1960s/Conspiracy Theories/United Nations
Author: Belva Detlof
Publisher: Constructive Action Inc./Whittier, California
Subjects: California/Libertarian literature/Criticism of Public welfare system/Discrimination
Authors: Phillip Abbott Luce and Douglas Hyde
Publisher: Viewpoint Books/San Diego, California
Subjects: Anti-Communism/Political parties/New Left/Cold War/Propaganda techniques/Soviet Union/United States/
Authors: Phyllis Schlafly and Rear Admiral Chester Ward
Publisher: Pere Marquette Press/Alton, Illinois
Subjects: United States/Criticism of Liberalism/Military Defenses/Anti-Communism/Disarmament Race/Cold War/
Author: Phoebe Courtney
Publisher: The Independent American Newspaper/Littleton, Colorado
Subjects: Gun control/United States/Firearms Law and legislation/Rockefeller family/Conservative Conspiracy Theories/Police Politics
Author: Dr. Fred Schwarz
Publisher: Prentice-Hall Inc./Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Subjects: Communism/Communism--History/Capitalism/Cold War/Arms Race/Anti-Communist Conspiracy Theories/Allegations of Christian Persecution/Soviet Union/China
Authors: Phyllis Schlafly and Rear Admiral Chester Ward
Publisher: Pere Marquette Press/Alton, Illinois
Subjects: World politics 1955-1965/United States Military Defenses/Space Defense/President Richard Nixon/Soviet Union/Arms Race/Cold War/Criticism of Nuclear Disarmament
Author: Gary Allen
Publisher: Western Islands/Belmont, Massachusetts
Subjects: President Richard M. Nixon/Criticism of Richard Nixon/New Republican Establishment/Corruption of Richard Nixon Presidency/President Lyndon B. Johnson/Nelson Rockefeller/President Harry Truman/
Editor: Robert Welch
Publisher: Robert Welch Inc./Belmont, Massachusetts
Subjects: Conservatism -- United States -- Periodicals/President Richard Nixon/Strategic Arms Limitation Talks/Soviet Union/Conservatism/Anti-Communist/Christian College Advertisements/Criticism of Government Policies/Anti-Socialist/R
Author: P. C. Beezley
Publisher: Munson Books/Mattoon, Illinois
Subjects: United States/Foreign relations/China/Communism in China/World War, 1939-1945/President Franklin D. Roosevelt/President Harry Truman/Anti-Communist/Charles A. Lindbergh/Vietnam War, 1961-1975
Author: Hon. John G. Schmitz
Publisher: Western Islands/Belmont, Massachusetts
Subjects: Communism United States/Communist strategy/Vietnam War, 1961-1975/John Birch Society/Vietnam Politics/President Lyndon B. Johnson/Vietnam Moratorium Committee/Anti-Communist Politics/Anti-Vietnam War Protests
Author: Harry M. Daugherty
Publisher: Western Islands/Belmont, Massachusetts
Copyright: 1932
Subjects: President Warren G. Harding/Former Attorney General Harry M. Daugherty/President Woodrow Wilson/President Herbert Hoover/Presidential Campaigns/Anti-Communist Politics/United States Party Politics/Conspiracies
Author: Anthony Kubeck
Publisher: Teacher Publishing Company/Dallas, Texas
Subjects: Communism in Asia/China/Soviet Union/World War, 1939-1945/Hawaii/Pearl Harbor Attack, 1941/Japan/Prime Minister Fumimaro Konoe/President Franklin D. Roosevelt
Author: None listed
Publisher: Western Islands/Belmont, Massachusetts
Subjects: Executive orders/United States/Executive power/Executive over reach/Criticism of Richard Nixon/John Birch Society
Author: Bryton Barron
Publisher: The Bookmailer Inc./Linden, New Jersey Copyright: 1956
Subjects: United States/Department of State/President Franklin D. Roosevelt/World War 1939-1945/Congressional Politics/New Deal
Authors: James W. Ford and James S. Allen
Publisher: Workers Library Publishers/New York City, New York
Subjects: African Americans/Communism United States/Soviet Union/Criticism of Capitalism/United States History/NAACP/Communist Political Thought
Author: James Forman
Publisher: American Opinion/Belmont, Massachusetts
Subjects: African Americans/Economic conditions/Race relations/Christianity/Judaism/Reparation (Criminal justice)/National Black Economic Development Conference
Author: Not listed
Publisher: Not listed, potentially local to Seattle
Subjects: Religion and politics/Gun control/United States/Conservatism/Advertisements/Local Businesses/Program Pamphlet
Author: David E. Gumaer
Publisher: American Opinion/Belmont, Massachusetts
Subjects: Conservatism/United States/Periodicals/W.E.B. Du Bois Clubs of America/Students for a Democratic Society (U.S.)/Socialism and youth United States/Civil rights and socialism United States/Communism in education United States/NAACP/Conspiracy Theories
Author: Movie Director Robert F. Slatzer
Publisher: Moore Theatre
Subjects: Conservatism/Vietnam War, 1961-1975/Public opinion of the Vietnam War/Motion pictures and the war
Authors: Phyllis Schlafly and Rear Admiral Chester Ward
Publisher: Pere Marquette Press/Alton, Illinois
Subjects: United States Space Defenses/Politics and government post-World War 2/Soviet Union Military policy/Weapons of mass destruction/Cold War/Soviet Union/Criticism of United States Defense Policy
Author: Frank L. Kluckhohn
Publisher: Monarch Books/Derby, Connecticut
Subjects: President John F. Kennedy/First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy/Kennedy family history/United States/Soviet Union/Cold War/Issues with Catholicism
Author: Laura J. Stevens
Publisher: Doubleday & Company Inc./Garden City, New York
Subjects: Sugar-free diet Recipes/Sugar substitutes/Equal Brand Sweetener
Author: Anthony T. Bouscaren
Publisher: Crestwood Books/Arlington, Virginia
Subjects: Communist China Relations/World politics/20th century/World War, 1939-1945/United Nations Politics/Opposition to include People's Republic of China in United Nations/Criticism of United States Policies
Author: H.L. Richardson
Publisher: Constructive Action Inc./Whittier, California
Subjects: Conservatism/Humor/United States/Politics and government, 1963-1969/Advertisement techniques applied to political rhetoric/Cold War/Anti-Communism
Author: William H. Lederer
Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company/Fawcett Publications, Inc./Greenwich, Connecticut
Copyright: 1961
Subjects: World politics/Korean War, 1950-1953/Republic of China/People's Republic of China/United States/Anti-Communism
Author: David O. Woodbury
Publisher: Western Islands/Belmont, Massachusetts
Subjects: Maine Political Satire/Fiction/Bureaucracy/Humor/Racism against Asians
Author: Not listed
Publisher: Best Video Productions/Wheeler, Wisconsin
Subjects: Conspiracy theories/Radicalism/Christianity and politics/United Nations/Implant Chips/Unidentified Flying Object Sightings/Christian Theology Debates/Recommendations for food storage
Author: Elizabeth Linington
Publisher: Western Islands/Belmont, Massachusetts
Subjects: Propaganda/Anti-communist/World politics/John Birch Society/Civil Rights/Big Government/Analysis of Constitution
Editor: Jerry Falwell
Publisher: Moral Majority Inc./Washington D.C.
Subjects: Conservatism/Southern Baptist Convention/Advice to Improve Moral-Socio Conditions/Anti-Pornography/Equal Rights Amendment Criticism/Phyllis Schlafly
Author: Frederic Bastiat
Publisher: The Foundation For Economic Education, Inc./Irvington-On-Hudson, New York
Copyright: 1950
Subjects: Socialism History in France/Criticism of Communism/Criticism of Protectionism/Legality of Suffrage/Analysis of Legal Structures/Christianity in the Law
Author: E. Merrill Root
Publisher: The Church League of America/Wheaton, Illinois
Subjects: Cold War/Education/Study and teaching/History of the U.S. Constitution/History of Capitalism in the United States/Big Business
Author: Phoebe Courtney
Publisher: The Independent American Newspaper/Littleton, Colorado
Subjects: United States/Politics and government/Vietnam War, 1961-1975/Communism Criticism/Council on Foreign Relations/Big Business/Conspiracy Theories/Disarmament Criticism/Rockefeller family/Henry Kissinger/Gary Allen/American Opinion
Author: John A. Stormer
Publisher: Liberty Bell Press/Florissant, Missouri
Subjects: Communism Criticism/United States/Politics and government/Conspiracy Theories/New Deal/Conservative/Franklin Roosevelt/Harry Truman/John F. Kennedy/Lyndon B. Johnson/Criticism of American Education System/Criticism of American Press
Authors: Lloyd G. Herbstreith and Gordon Van B. King
Publisher: Operation America Inc./Los Angeles, California
Subjects: Federal government/United States/Constitutional amendments/The Liberty Amendment/Financial Records/Big Government/Analysis of Congressional Powers/Founding Fathers/Analysis of Federal Government Budgets/Economics Analysis
Author: Dr. Gordon V. Drake
Publisher: Education Press/Tulsa, Oklahoma
Subject: Education System/United States/Sex Education/Parenting/Criticism of Sex Education/Twelve-year program/Planned Parenthood
Author: Dr. James D. Bales
Publisher: Christian Crusade Publications/Tulsa, Oklahoma
Subjects: African Americans/Communism Criticism/United States/Civil rights movements/Martin Luther King Jr./John Lewis/NAACP/Vietnam War, 1961-1975/Communism in China
Author: John L. Grady
Publisher: Not listed
Subject: Abortion/United States/Religious Criticism/Planned Parenthood/Anti-Choice Arguments
Author: Robert Welch
Publisher: Belmont Publishing Company/Belmont, Massachusetts
Subjects: Communism in China/Foreign relations/Diplomatic relations/United States/Chiang Kai-Shek/Taiwan/Kuomintang/Mao Zedong/Richard Nixon/Communism Criticism
Authors: Gary Allen and Harold Lord Varney
Publisher: American Opinion/Belmont, Massachusetts
Subjects: Charitable Foundations/United States/Ford Foundation/Carnegie Foundation/Rockefeller Foundation/Tax Laws/Socialism Criticism
Author: Manning Johnson
Publisher: Robert Welch Inc./Belmont, Massachusetts
Subjects: African American communists/Race relations/Conspiracy Theories/Integration/NAACP/Conservative
Author: Francis X. Gannon
Publisher: American Opinion/Belmont, Massachusetts
Subjects: Biography Dictionary/Political Left Leaders/Mid-Twentieth Century Politics/Conservative Political Opinion
Author: Robert W. Lee
Publisher: American Opinion/Belmont, Massachusetts
Subjects: United Nations/Soviet Union/Communism and international relations/World War, 1939-1945/UN Politicians
Author: Gary Allen
Publisher: American Opinion/Belmont, Massachusetts
Subjects: United States Public Education System/Conservative Critique of Public Education System/Rockefeller Family/Carnegie Family
Author: Wallis W. Wood
Publisher: American Opinion/Belmont, Massachusetts
Subjects: Vietnam War, 1961-1975/United States/Soviet Union/Lyndon B. Johnson/United States Federal Government/Petition to the United States Congress/Vietcong/South Vietnam
Author: Gary Allen Publisher: American Opinion/Belmont, Massachusetts
Subjects: Office of Economic Opportunity/Poverty/United States/Communism in United States/War on Poverty/Criticism of Community Organization/Harlem Youth Opportunities Unlimited/Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee/Reies Tijerina
Author: Alan Stang
Publisher: American Opinion/Belmont, Massachusetts
Subjects: Richard Niccio/Police Force/Chicago, Illinois/Conservative Defense of Police/Conspiracy Theories about Justice System/Ronald Nelson/Communism Criticism
Author: Network Of Patriotic Letter Writers
Publisher: The Network Of Patriotic Letter Writers/Pasadena, California
Subjects: Network of Patriotic Letter Writers/Conservative Writers/Anti-Communist Propaganda/Lyndon B. Johnson/Crime Rate Statistics/Racism against Black Americans/Civil Rights Bill/Detroit Riots/Guaranteed Income Proposals
Author: Gary Allen
Publisher: American Opinion/Belmont, Massachusetts
Subjects: Anti-Communist Propaganda/Vietnam War, 1961-1975/Berkeley, California/International Days of Protest/Vietcong/Criticism of Hippie Culture/W.E. B. DuBois Clubs/Jerry Rubin
Author: John F. McManus
Publisher: "The John Birch Society/[Belmont, Mass.?]"
Subjects: Council on Foreign Relations/Anti-Communist Propaganda/Extreme Right Americanism/Leon Trotsky/State Monopoly/Council on Foreign Affairs/John Birch Society/Robert Welch
Author: Gary Allen
Publisher: American Opinion/Belmont, Massachusetts
Subjects: National Conference for New Politics/Conservative criticism of Leftism/1968 Elections/Ford Foundation/Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee/Criticism of Black Power Organization/Reies Tijerina
Author: Lee R. Hayes
Publisher: American Opinion/Belmont, Massachusetts
Subjects: Pueblo (Ship)/War stories of the Korean War/Vietnam War, 1961-1975/North Korean treatment of prisoners/Anti-Communist Propaganda/Criticism of anti-Vietnam War movement
Author: American Opinion
Publisher: American Opinion/Belmont, Massachusetts
Subjects: Booksellers' catalogs/Conservatism in literature/Politics in literature/Young Adult Literature
Author: Gary Allen
Publisher: American Opinion/Belmont, Massachusetts
Subjects: Economic assistance for foreign countries/Diplomatic relations/Rockefeller family/National Council for United States-China Trade/People's Republic of China/New World Order Theory
Author: Lewis Albert Alesen, M.D.
Publisher: The Caxton Printers, Ltd./Caldwell, Idaho
Subjects: Mental illness/Baby boom generation/Medical laws and legislation/Philosophical arguments/Criticism of income tax
Author: John Birch Society
Publisher: American Opinion/Belmont, Massachusetts
Subjects: Small Government Principles/Capitalism/Occupational Safety and Health Administration/Industry Week magazine/Alan Stang/Howard Schulte/John Birch Society
Author: Zygmund Dobbs; Veritas Foundation (New York, United States)
Publisher: Veritas Foundation/West Sayville, New York
Subjects: Socialism in the United States/Fabian Society/Marxist criticism/Conservative Conspiracy Theories about Socialism/Social Science/Anti-Semitism/Criticism of Indigenous Cultures/Socialism in Europe during World War II
Author: None listed
Publisher: None listed
Subjects: Executive orders/United States/Politics and government
Author: J. Edgar Hoover
Publisher: Pocket Books/New York, New York
Subjects: Bolshevik Revolution/Soviet Union/J. Edgar Hoover/Exposé Journalism/Anti-Communism Propaganda/Vladimir Lenin/Conspiracy Theories/American youth communist movements
Author: Joseph R. McCarthy
Publisher: Western Islands/Belmont, Massachusetts
Subjects: World War 1939-1945/Franklin D. Roosevelt/Joseph Stalin/George C. Marshall/Joseph R. McCarthy/Marshall Plan/Chiang Kai-shek/Chinese Revolution of 1949
Author: G. Edward Griffin
Publisher: Western Islands/Belmont, Massachusetts
Subjects: United Nations/Katanga (Congo)/Anti-Communist Propaganda/Ralph J. Bunche/Soviet Union/Eastern bloc/Patrice Lumumba
Author: Robert Welch
Publisher: Belmont Publishing Company/Belmont, Massachusetts
Subjects: World politics/Communism/Foreign relations/Revolutions/China History/20th century/Mao Zedong/General Douglas MacArthur/Joseph Stalin
Author: Barry Goldwater
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Book Company/New York, New York
Subjects: United States/Soviet Union/Politics and government/20th century/United Nations/Barry Goldwater/Criticism of United Stated Federal government
Author: Hillaire du Berrier
Publisher: Western Islands/Belmont, Massachusetts
Subjects: Vietnam War, 1961-1975/Communism in Vietnam/Anti-Communist Propaganda/United Nations/Hồ Chí Minh/French Colony Indochina/French Colonialism
Author: Paul C. Neipp
Publisher: Through To Victory/Ridgecrest, California
Subjects: Anti-communist movements/Anti-Communist Propaganda/Theologic Political Arguments/Christian Persecution
Author: Phoebe Courtney
Publisher: The Independent American Newspaper/Littleton, Colorado
Subjects: Metropolitan government/Regional planning/Rockefeller foundation/Department of Housing and Urban Development/Ford Foundation
Author: Jo Hindman
Publisher: Caxton Printers/Caldwell, Idaho
Copyright: 1966
Subjects: Public Administration Clearing House/Metropolitan government/Department of Housing and Urban Development/Urban Renewal/Criticism of Great Society/Ford Foundation/Rockefeller family
Author: Curtis B. Dall
Publisher: Christian Crusade Publications/Tulsa, Oklahoma
Subjects: Roosevelt family/Presidents/United States/Family Drama/Felix Frankfurter
Author: Garet Garrett
Publisher: Western Islands/Belmont, Massachusetts
Copyright: 1953
Subjects: Imperialism/New Deal/1933-1953/Economic policy/Diplomatic relations/Franklin D. Roosevelt/Criticism of United States Politics
Author: Alan Stang
Publisher: Western Islands/Belmont, Massachusetts
Subjects: John Foster Dulles/Secretaries of State/United Nations/Harry Truman/Department of State/Dwight D. Eisenhower/Rockefeller foundation/Anti-Communist Propaganda/Joseph Stalin/Carnegie Corporation/Vietnam Politics/1953-1959
Author: Benjamin Gitlow
Publisher: Western Islands/Belmont, Massachusetts
Copyright: 1948
Subjects: Anti-Communist Propaganda/United States/Soviet Union/World War, 1939-1945/John Reed/Joseph Stalin/Joint State Political Directorate/Vladimir Lenin/William Z. Foster/Communist International/Bolshevik Revolution
Author: Blair Coán
Publisher: Western Islands/Belmont, Massachusetts
Copyright: 1925
Subjects: Communist Party of the United States of America/United States/Department of Justice/Communism
Author: Alan Stang
Publisher: Western Islands/Belmont, Massachusetts Copyright: July 1965
Subjects: Black Americans/Civil rights/Anti-Communist Propaganda/William Z. Foster/Martin Luther King Jr./Federal Bureau of Investigation/Pro-Capitalism Propaganda
Author: John A. Stormer
Publisher: Liberty Bell Press/Florissant, Missouri Copyright: 1958
Subjects: Subversive activities/Anti-Communist Propaganda/J. Edgar Hoover/Douglas MacArthur/Vietnam War, 1961-1975/Theological Political Arguments/Criticism of American educators/Federal Bureau of Investigation
Author: Rosalie M. Gorder
Publisher: Western Islands/Belmont, Massachusetts
Subjects: Supreme Court/Civil rights/Robert H. Jackson/Felix Frankfurter/Franklin D. Roosevelt/Eleanor Roosevelt/Hugo Black/House Un-American Activities Committee/NAACP
Author: Dan P. Van Gorder
Publisher: Western Islands/Belmont, Massachusetts
Subjects: Food supply/Economic policy/New Deal/Franklin D. Roosevelt/Agricultural Adjustment Association/World War, 1914-1918/World War, 1939-1945/Conservative Conspiracy Theories/Anti-Communist Propaganda
Author: Anatoli Granovsky
Publisher: Western Islands/Belmont, Massachusetts
Subjects: Espionage/Soviet Union/Anti-Soviet Propaganda/Anti-communist movements/Memoir/Joseph Stalin/Political Purges
Author: Jan Kozak
Publisher: The Long House Inc./New Canaan, Connecticut
Subjects: Communist strategy/Communist Party of Czechoslovakia/Politics and government/Eastern bloc/Bolshevik Revolution