Lawrence Dennis Papers, 1921-1975
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http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf7n39n994 No online items Register of the Lawrence Dennis Papers, 1921-1975 Prepared by Rebecca J. Mead Hoover Institution Archives Stanford University Stanford, California 94305-6010 Phone: (650) 723-3563 Fax: (650) 725-3445 Email: [email protected] © 1999 Hoover Institution Archives. All rights reserved. Register of the Lawrence Dennis 84036 1 Papers, 1921-1975 Register of the Lawrence Dennis Papers, 1921-1975 Hoover Institution Archives Stanford University Stanford, California Contact Information Hoover Institution Archives Stanford University Stanford, California 94305-6010 Phone: (650) 723-3563 Fax: (650) 725-3445 Email: [email protected] Prepared by: Rebecca J. Mead Date Completed: 1985 © 1999 Hoover Institution Archives. All rights reserved. Descriptive Summary Title: Lawrence Dennis Papers, Date (inclusive): 1921-1975 Collection number: 84036 Creator: Dennis, Lawrence, 1893- Collection Size: 24 manuscript boxes(10 linear feet) Repository: Hoover Institution Archives Stanford, California 94305-6010 Abstract: Correspondence and writings, relating to fascist and isolationist movements in the U.S., and to American politics and foreign policy. Includes copies of the newsletters edited by L. Dennis, and subscription records. Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives Language: English. Access Collection open for research. The Hoover Institution Archives only allows access to copies of audiovisual items. To listen to sound recordings or to view videos or films during your visit, please contact the Archives at least two working days before your arrival. We will then advise you of the accessibility of the material you wish to see or hear. Please note that not all audiovisual material is immediately accessible. Publication Rights For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Archives. Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Lawrence Dennis Papers, [Box no.], Hoover Institution Archives. Access Points Fascism--United States. United States--Politics and government. United States--Foreign relations. United States--Foreign relations--20th century. United States--Neutrality. United States--Politics and government--20th century. Journalists. Register of the Lawrence Dennis 84036 2 Papers, 1921-1975 1893, Dec. Born, Atlanta, Georgia 25 1915-1917 Served at Plattsburg, commissioned 2nd Lt. U.S. Army, Aug. 1917 1918-1919 Served with American Expeditionary Force 1921-1927 U.S. Department of State. Posts in Haiti, Romania, Honduras (1925) and Nicaragua (1926-1927) 1927-1930 Employed by J. & W. Seligman & Co., bankers, New York City 1932 Author, Is Capitalism Doomed? 1936 Author, The Coming American Fascism 1936-1939 Employed by E.A. Pierce & Co., brokers, New York City 1939-1942 Editor and publisher of The Weekly Foreign Letter 1940 Author, The Dynamics of War and Revolution 1944-1947 Tried for sedition, 1944; case dismissed, 1947 1946 Author (with Maximilian J. St. George), A Trial on Trial 1946-1972 Editor and publisher of The Appeal to Reason 1969 Author, Operational Thinking for Survival 1977, Aug. Died, Spring Valley, New York 20 Box Box 1 BIOGRAPHICAL FILE, 1915-1973. Scope and Content Note Biographical sketches, clippings, interviews, lecture notices, foreign service materials, copies of military service materials, and miscellany, relating to the life of Lawrence Dennis, arranged alphabetically by form. Box Boxes 1-5 CORRESPONDENCE, 1930-1977. Scope and Content Note Significant correspondence of Lawrence Dennis, arranged alphabetically by correspondent. Includes a few letters neither to nor from Lawrence Dennis. Box Boxes 6-9 SPEECHES AND WRITINGS, 1931-1975. Scope and Content Note Drafts, manuscript copies, proofs, radio transcripts, other typed and printed copies of speeches and writings by Lawrence Dennis, arranged chronologically. Box Boxes 10-11 WEEKLY FOREIGN LETTER, 1938-1942. Scope and Content Note Numbers 1-206 (#7, #56, #83 missing) of weekly newsletter produced by Lawrence Dennis, arranged chronologically. Dennis began contributing with the issue of 1939 Feb. 17. Box Boxes 12-17 APPEAL TO REASON, 1946-1972. Scope and Content Note Numbers 1-892 (#24-25, #172, #184-209, #272, #326-329; #500, #506, #620 missing) of weekly newsletter produced by Lawrence Dennis, arranged chronologically. Box Boxes 18-22 OPERATIONAL FILE, 1940-1974. Scope and Content Note Materials dealing with the production and distribution of Dennis' two newsletters, The Weekly Foreign Letter, and The Appeal to Reason. Includes correspondence, subscription lists, ledgers, and bank statements. Arranged by physical form. Register of the Lawrence Dennis 84036 3 Papers, 1921-1975 SUBJECT FILE, 1925-1974. Box Boxes 23-24 SUBJECT FILE, 1925-1974. Scope and Content Note Clippings, serial issues, pamphlets, reprints, leaflets, newsletters, other printed matter, press releases, speech transcripts, memoranda, legal briefs, notes and miscellany. Material relates broadly to contemporaneous political, economic, and social conditions in the United States, primarily domestic and foreign policy. Box Boxes 24-25 NOTES, n.d. Scope and Content Note Notes assembled by Lawrence Dennis for use in his speeches and writings, not readily divisible by subject. Predominantly notecards, but several small notebooks are also included in this series. BIOGRAPHICAL FILE, 1915-1973 Box 1, Folder 1 Biographical sketches, c. 1941-1946 Printed, c. 1941-1946 Non-printed, n.d. Typescript. Employment Folder 2 U.S. Foreign service, 1921-1930. SEE ALSO: Subject file/U.S. Foreign relations/Nicaragua Clippings, 1927-1930 Correspondence, 1921-1927. Also includes letter from Dennis offering his services in connection with WW II, 1941 Dec. 20. Folder 3 J. & W. Seligman & Co., 1927 E.A. Pierce & Co., 1937-1939 Folder 4 Correspondence, 1937-1939 Lectures (economic) Folder 5-6 Clippings, 1937-1938 Folder 7 Correspondence, 1937-1939 Notices and schedules, 1937 Non-printed material, 1938-1939 Independent commentator and writer (national and world affairs) SEE ALSO: Subject file/Isolationism and historical revisionism/Doenecke, Justus D.; Ribuffo, Leo P. Folder 8 Clippings, 1935-1973 Lectures, 1934-1953 Folder 9 Correspondence, 1934-1953 Folder 10 Notices and schedules, 1934-1953 Folder 11 Interviews, 1957-1960 Folder 12 Libel trial, 1947 General. Includes complaint, partial summary of proceedings and correspondence Clippings, 1947 Folder 13 Military training and service, 1915-1919 General, 1919 Correspondence, 1923. Also includes correspondence with Dennis, offering his services in connection with WW II, 1941-1942. Documents, 1915-1919 Folder 14 Miscellany, 1937-1971. Includes property documents, divorce documents, tax materials, loan statements, and other personal miscellany. Folder 15 Stock certificates, 1929-1931; 1958 CORRESPONDENCE, 1930-1977 Box 1 General, 1936-1975 General, 1936-1974 Fragments Folder 16 n.d. Register of the Lawrence Dennis 84036 4 Papers, 1921-1975 CORRESPONDENCE, 1930-1977 Folder 17 Dated, 1943-1972 Unidentified Folder 18 n.d. Folder 19 Dated, 1936-1974 Folder 20 Academics, 1940-1975. Arranged alphabetically by individual. Folder 21 Media organizations, 1938-1971. Correspondence with newspapers, radio stations, other serial publications, etc., arranged alphabetically by organization. The Atlantic Monthly (Mildred Boie, Asst. Editor), 1938 The Commercial and Financial Chronicle (A. Wilfred May, Executive Editor), 1946 Human Events (Robert D. Kephart, Business Manager), 1965 Libertarian Analysis (Chuck Hamilton), 1971 The Nation (Caroline Whiting, Editorial Secretary, 1934; 1944) The San Francisco News (John S. Piper, Financial Editor), 1940-1941 Zenith Radio Corporation (Ted Leitzell), 1952 Folder 22 Students, 1959-1972. Arranged alphabetically by individual. Box 2 Alphabetical, 1930-1977 General, 1936-1975 Folder 1 A-C, 1941-1973 Folder 2 D-G, 1935-1962 Folder 3 H-K, 1939-1975 Folder 4 L-N, 1940-1969 Folder 5 O-P, 1938-1974 Folder 6 R-S, 1938-1974 Folder 7 T-Z, 1936-1971 Individual, 1930-1977 Folder 8 Adamic, Louis, 1946-1951 Folder 9 Armstrong, Hamilton Fish, 1930 Folder 10 Arnold, Thurman, 1940 Folder 11 Aronson, Moses J., 1941-1942 Folder 12 Baldwin, Roger N., 1940-1949 Barnes, Harry Elmer Folder 13 1946-1951 Folder 14 1952-1956 Folder 15 1957-1968 Folder 16 Barton, Bruce, 1944-1959 Folder 17 Bazinet, John L. (Father), 1940-1947 Folder 18 Beard, Charles A., 1946-1948 Folder 19 Berle, A.A., Jr., 1933-1946 Folder 20 Biddle, Francis J., 1942 Folder 21 Billstein, Alfred H., 1958-1972 Box 3 Blodgett, John W., Jr. Folder 1 1941 Folder 2 1942-1972 Folder 3 Bone, Homer T., 1949 Folder 4 Borchard, Edwin, 1945-1948 Folder 5 Brophy, Frank Cullen, 1941-1960 Folder 6 Buckley, William F., Jr., 1951 Folder 7 Budd, Arthur D. (Lt. Col.), 1943-1962 Folder 8 Buffett, Howard (and Mrs.), 1951-1962 Folder 9 Carto, Willis A., 1955-1956 Folder 10 Chamberlin, William H., 1943-1946 Folder 11 Clarke, Carter W. (General), n.d. (fragment) Folder 12 Cless, George H., Jr., 1942 Folder 13 Collins, Seward B., 1940 Folder 14 Costigan, Edward P., 1933 Folder 15 Craney, Ed, 1952-1971 Includes copies of letters to Senators Frank E. Moss and Gale W. McGee Register of the Lawrence Dennis 84036 5 Papers, 1921-1975 CORRESPONDENCE, 1930-1977 Folder 16 Cudahy, John, 1941-1942 Folder 17 Culbertson, Ely, 1942 Folder 18 Current, Richard N., 1948 Folder 19 Cutting, Bronson, 1933 Folder 20 Deatherage, George E., 1944-1956 Folder 21 DeTerra, Eleanor, 1951-1959 Folder 22 Doenecke, Justus D., 1970-1974 Folder 23 Dorizas, Michael (and Mrs.),