ORU_Coll183.xml Guide to the Keith Stimely Collection on Revisionist History and Neo-Fascist Movements Stimely (Keith) Collection Finding aid prepared by processing staff Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives ©2007
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Finding aid updated in 2023.

 This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-03-07. Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard), 2nd Edition. 2023-02-22 Files sealed by donor were opened and unrestricted after closure period of 35 years lapsed. No further donor-imposed restrictions exist in the collection. 2023-03-01 The restricted files housed in Box 52 were reintegrated into the rest collection. The box was withdrawn from the collection. University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives Keith Stimely collection on revisionist history and neo-Fascist movements Stimely, Keith, 1957-1992 Coll 183 31.5 linear feet 60 containers 1957-1991 Collection comprises subject files, research files, and correspondence created and compiled by Keith Stimely while researching, writing, and promoting revisionist historiography and journalism. The bulk of the collection concerns the First and Second World Wars, Holocaust denail, and research into European and American new-facist, neo-Nazi, and racialist political movements in the 1970s and 1980s. 60 containers English .

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 United States--History--1901-1953--Historiography Holocaust denial Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Historiography Fascism--Europe--History--20th century Holocaust denial literature Fascism--United States--History--20th century Neo-Nazism--Europe--History--20th century Neo-Nazism--United States--History--20th century History--Errors, inventions, etc.--Periodicals Political campaigns

Keith Stimely (1957-1992) received his B.S. degree in History from the University of Oregon in 1980. He conducted research into American and European political and intellectual movements of the 1970s and 1980s, promoting revisionist history. From 1981-1984, he served on the editorial staff and as chief editor for the Journal of Historical Review, a pseudo-academic journal promoting Holocaust denial published by the Institute for Historical Review. He lived in Portland, Oregon until his death in December 1992.

This collection contains the research files, correspondence, and personal papers of Keith Stimely, documenting neo-fascist, neo-Nazi, racialist, and revisionist history. Stimely, who served on the editorial board and as chief editor of the Journal of Historical Review, conducted and promoted research on historical revisionism, particularly of the First and Second World Wars. The bulk of the papers relate to and document Stimely's work promoting Holocaust denial, including his questioning of what he called the "standard views of Hitler and the Third Reich" and his engagement with the works of other Holocaust deniers worldwide, including Paul Rassinier, David Irving, Francis Yockey, and Ditlieb Felderer. Both the published and unpublished material in this collection documents the development of the 1980s revisionist movement, in particular how the movement refined and publicized their views under the guise of academic research and rigor.

 Guide to the Keith Stimely Collection on Revisionist History and Neo-Fascist Movements

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