THE MARY HENDRIX ANTI-COMMUNIST EPHEMERA COLLECTION, 1960-1970

The Library received an unsolicited donation from Mrs. Mary Hendrix of Oak Park, California. We do not know any of the history of this material. It appears it was being given to a “Pat” from a fellow conservative unknown woman. Handwritten notes on the material indicate they shared an interest in fighting communism and conservation causes of the early 1960s.

The material touches on many continuing themes – the creeping socialization of America and its subsequent loss of liberty, the superiority of the capitalist system, public education, and the need to retain American Christian values. But the overriding concern in the material is the deadly earnest fight against communism and the communist threat of world domination.

The material consists of books, magazines, newsletters, newspaper articles, magazine articles, notes, pamphlets, broadsheets and other ephemera. The books and Life Magazines have been incorporated within our book collection. See our book catalog for these items or browse through the research room shelves. The remainder of the material has been incorporated within this collection of ephemera. The material does not contain any direct Reagan material.

The material is arranged in alphabetical order by author, title or organization.

Box 1

Anti-Communism Voters League Bulletin

“Books on Communism” – Western Section Libraries of Los Angeles

A Business Man Looks at Communism by an American Business Man (Fred C. Koch)

Christian Anti-Communism Crusade Newsletters

“Executive Orders Give Dictatorial Powers” by George Putnam

“Freedom from War: The United States Program for General and Complete Disarmament

in a Peaceful World”

“Guide to Liberal and Marxist Semantics”

Human Events

“Humphrey Linked to Socialists” Reprint from the Valley Times

“Law Enforcement Looks at ‘Mental Health’” by W. Cleon Skousen

LBJ: A Political Biography – Liberty Lobby Presents

The Manion Forum, November 5, 1961

“Myths & Truths About Free Enterprise” - Folder of Free Enterprise Materials from the

Coast Federal Savings & Loan Association

National Catholic Action Weekly, “Our Sunday Visitor”

“Need for Personal Responsibility” – Statement of the Bishops of the United States –

1960

Dr. Max Rafferty Biographical Summary

Tocsin, October 2, 1962

“Uncertain Trumpets” by Cong. Donald L. Jackson - Congressional Record Reprint

Washing Machine Parts Co. Letter/Speech Reprint

“What Can I Do” the Coast Cities Freedom Program

“Wordsmanship: Semantics as a Communist Weapon: A Study Prepared for the

Subcommittee to Investigate the Administration of the Internal Security Act and

Other Internal Security Laws of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States

Senate”