PCL MS 034 A.V. Shirk Collection

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PCL MS 034 A.V. Shirk Collection

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Introduction

The A.V. Shirk Collection consists of approximately 3.5 linear feet of manuscript materials. The collection was donated to the Browne Popular Culture Library by A.V. Shirk in 1988 and 1989. This collection is largely unprocessed, but may be accessed by contacting the BPCL reference email. The collection has no restrictions placed on its use for scholarly purposes. Researchers are responsible for securing copyright permission when using all unpublished manuscripts and published works found in this collection.

Scope and Content

The A. V. Shirk Collection houses a collection of booklets, pamphlets, and other political materials of the 1960s, which were donated to the Popular Culture Library in July, 1988. Included are materials on and distributed by right-wing and left-wing organizations. Most of the materials were collected on The Ohio State University campus in Columbus, Ohio.

Inventory

Box 1
Description	Date
Correspondence Frank Wilkinson	1962
Correspondence Gordon F. Serratt, City Clerk, Columbus, OH	July 5, 1962
American Civil Liberties Union	1962-1963
American for Democratic Action	1962
B'Nai B'Rith	1962
Christian Crusade	1962-1963
Civil Rights	1962
Common Cause	1962
Democratic Party	1962
Free Speech (periodical) 11 issues	April 28, 1962 - May 23, 1962
Free Speech miscellaneous materials	n. d.
Fund for the Republic (booklets) Includes materials from the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions	1961-1962
Great Britain Peace movement materials (titles with the asterisk are housed in Box 3) including: Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament *The Larour Worker Peace News Photos from the Atom Bomb and peace movements Scotish Minor Tribune Voice of CND Sanity *Young Guard	1962-1963
Labor union booklets and pamphlets *The Lima News	Aug. 8, 1962 Aug. 10, 1962
The Man in the Hardware-Cloth Suit by Robert Frank Weiss (mimeographed poetry) [two copies]	1962
National Student Association	1962
Ohio Peace Action Council	1968
*Younq Americans for Freedom
Miscellaneous materials Anthropology papers Government publications Government publications list Insurance company pamphlets Ohio Bar Association Ohio (State) publications list Pogo Primer for Parents by Walt Kelly Sigma Tau Sigma papers
Miscellaneous Right Wing Materials Booklets and pamphlets (titles with the asterisk are housed in box 3) including: American Committee for France and A1geria Christian Anti-Communist Crusade Will you be free to celebrate Christmas in the future? Reprint of Dr. Charles Swartztestimony, executive director, ChristianAnti-Communist Crusade, before the HouseUn-American Activities Committee on May 29 ,1957. Citizens for Decent Literature, Inc. Department of Army Double Talk* Comic book published by the Christian Anti-Communist Crusade John Birch Society John Birch Society Lift up your eyes and see Materials fram the Freedom Bookstore National Review (March 28, 1963) The New Guard Ohio State Lantern Ohio State University Conservative C1ub Peace songs Public Opinion Science Research Associates Youth Inventory (test) Thugs and Communists The Wanderer (May 10, 1962; May 17, 1962) The Watchtower (March 15 1962) Young Mr. Worthington	1960s

Box 2
Miscellaneous Left Wing Materials
Booklets and pamphlets (titles with asterisk are housed in Box 3)
Description	Date
The Activist	Spring 1962
Ad Hoc Committee Against an Invasion of Cuba
Albert John Lutuli Groutville Mission Reserve	August 6, 1962
American Committee on Africa
American Freedom of Residence Fund
American Friends Service Committee
The American Indian Fund
Around the World with Earl Browder, by R. S. Henes (booklet)	January 28, 1960
Bay Area Student Committee for the Abolition of the House Committee on Un-American Activities
*The Birch Phenomenon Analyzed	Aug. 20, 1961
The Californian	May, 1960
Campus Political Parties: An illiberall projection by Rennard Davis and Bruce Payne	n.d.
Centra1 Committee for Conscienctious Objectors
Committee to Defend the Bill of Rights
Current	Sept., 1962
*Herald Dispatch	Jan. 20, 1962
I.F. Stone's Weekly	Jan. 7, 1963 Jan. 14, 1963 Jan. 21, 1963 Feb. 18, 1963
Incident	Aug. 15, 1962
*Ihe Independent	Feb., 1963 July 1962
Industrial Workers of the World
International Rescue Committee, Inc.
Introducting the Y.S.A.
The Job of Keeping Informed
Legislative Code of Antioch College Community Government
The Liberal Bulletin	Aug, 21, 1962
Liberal Study Group
Libertarian League
The Meisenbach Case by Irving Hall (mimeographed booklet)
*The Mississippi Free Press
*Muhammad Speaks	April 1962 Aug. 1962
The Nation	June 30, 1962
National Association for the Advancement of Colored Peop1e
National Committee to Abolish the House Un-American Activities Committee
National Guardian	Nov, 13-27, 1961
National Sharecroppers Fund, Inc.
New Politics
Operation Abolition
Operation Abolition: Dissenting Views
The Petal Paper
Report on Cuba	1961
Right wing Digest
Sociedades Hispanas Confederadas
Southern Christian Leadership Conference	March, 1962
Sowing Dissension in the Churches
Spanish Refugee Aid, Inc.
Thirty-six periodicals representing different viewpoints on public affairs (1ist)
Through the Racial Looking Glass, by Nat Hentoff (booklet)
Tidal Wave: Poems of the Great Strikes, by Vincent Ferrini (booklet)
To my Vacillatin, Right-Reviationist, SP/SPF Compatriot...A reminder of our mid-20th century culture (two cassette tapes)
Twentieth Century Fund
U.N.I.C.E.F. Catalog
United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
United States National Student Association
United World Federalists, Inc*
Voice of Action	Aug. 1962
What is Anarchism?, by George Woodcock (booklet)
Women for Peace
Miscellaneous Materials Booklets, pamph1ets, etc. Freedom Bookstore Christian Anti-Communism Crusade Operation Freedom	1962
Peace Now Supplement	Oct. 20, 1961
SLA (Students for Liberal Action)	1962
Socialist Labor Party	1961-1962
Socialist Party—Social Democratic Federation	1961-1963
Stalinist-Stalinoid	1959-1962
(titles with the asterisk are housed in Box 3 including: Progressive Youth Organizing Committee and New York Council and Youthto Abolish the House on Un-American ActivitiesCommittee (two folders) *New York Times two page advertisment in support of the abolishment of the House Un-American ActivitesCommittee, Feb. 22—1962	/
Student Peace Union	1961-1963
Students for a Democratic Society	1962-1963
United Nations (booklets) Access to Books The Main Types and Causes ofDiscrimination Race Concepts Race Mixture Racial Equa1ity and the Law Racial Myths United Nations—An Appraisal United Nations Fi1ms Universal Declaration of Human Rights What is race	1952 1949 1952 1953 1955 1953 1956 1955 1948 1952
United Nations (pamphlets)	1953-1955
United World Federalists	1963
War Registers League	1962-1963
Young People's Socialist League	1961-1962
Young Republican College Service Committee	1962
Young Socialist Review	August 1959 August 15,1961 June1962 July 15, 1962

Box 3
Contains various newspapers and other oversized materials related to the Peace Movements in Great Britain, right-wing, and left-wing organizations during the 1960s. Preliminary Inventory prepared April 24, 1989, by Nancy White Lee, Popular Culture Library.

Box 4
Addendum Inventory
Folder	Description	Date
Publications of the Committee on Un-American Activities, U.S. House of Representatives
1	Interlocking Subversion in Government Documents	1953
	Permit Communist-Conspirators to be Teachers	1953
	Public Law 637 - 83d Congress	1954
	Investigation of Communist Activities in the Fort Wayne, Ind., area	1955
	The Communist Party of the United States of America.	1956
	Communist Political Subversion	1957
2	Organized Communism in the UnitedStates	1958
	Communist Lobbying Activities in the Nations Capital	1959
	Efforts By Communist Conspiracy to Discredit the Federal Bureau of Investigation and its director	1959
	Facts on Communism	1959
	Language as a Communist Weapon	1959
	Communist-Led Riots Against the House	1960
	Committee on Un-American Activities in San Francisco, California, May 12-14, 1960	1960
	Issues Presented by Air Reserve Center Training Manual	1960
3	The Bang-Jensen Case	1961
	Communist Appeal to Youth Aided by New Organizations	1961
	The Communist Party Line	1961
	Communist Target - Youth	1961
	Guide to Communist Tactics Among the Unemployed	1961
	Guide to Subversive Organizations Publications	1961
4	The New Drive Against the Anti-Communist Program	1961
	The Truth about the Film, 'Operation Abolition' Pts. 1 and 2	1961 1962
	Communist and Trotskyist Activity Within the Greater Los Angeles Chapter ofthe Fair-Play for Cuba Committee	1962
	Military Cold War Education and Speech Review Policies	1962
The Free Society- Center For the Study of Democratic Institutions(Various Publications)
5	Individual Freedom and the CommonDefense by Walter Millis	1957
	Religion and Free Society by various authors	1958
	The Art of Government by James Reichley	1959
6	The Corporation and the Economyby W.H. Ferry	1959
	Religion and the Schools (2) by various authors	1959
	Right to Work in Practice by Frederic Meyers	1959
	Union Constitutionsby Leo Bromwich	1959
7	The Churches and the Public by various authors	I960
	Birth Control and Public Policy by Norman St. John-Stevas	1960
	Community of Fear by Harrison Brown and James Real	1960
	Our Own Kind- Voting by Race, Creed, or National Originby Moses Rischin	1960
	Report to the President by various authors	1960
	The Bill of Rights and the States by Walter J. Brennan, Jr.	1961
	The Eichmann Trial and the Rule of Law by Yosal Rogat	1961
8	Permanent Race by Walter Millis	1961
	Politics and Ethics by Robert Gordis	1961
	Religion and American Society by various authors	1961
	The Rule of Law in World Affairs by William 0. Douglas	1961
9	Two Faces of Federalism by Robert M. Hutchins	1961
	A World Without War by Walter Millis	1961
	Cybernation: The Silent Conquest by Donald N. Michael	1962
	Old Before its Time: CollectiveBargaining at 28by Paul Jacobs	1963
10	The Music Division in the Library of Congress booklet; published by the Library of Congress, Washington	1960
11	Little Sandy Review No. 29 magazine; Minneapolis, Minnesota NOTE: Transfered to Music Library Periodical Collection	3-4/1961
12	Testing Whether that Nation booklet; published by the Civil Liberties Union, New York	6/30/1961
13	Ramparts magazine	3/1970
14	Avant Garde, issue 13 * Portraits of American People: A Monumental Portfolio of Photographs	1971
15	Newsletter (photocopied) Mike Gravel - U.S. Senator/Alaska Excerpts from the Congressional Record	10/24/1973
16	The Rational and Irrational Use of Drugs scholarly paper; by Dr. John W. Nelson; College of Pharmacy, The Ohio State University	n.d.
17	Sexually oriented advertisement published by Behavior Modification Incorporated	n.d.

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