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Friends of Democracy Records



Dear Colleagues,
 
Does anyone possess the organizational records of the Friends of Democracy, an "anti-propoganda" group established in 1939 by Leon Milton Birkhead (1885-1954)?  Birkhead was a former Unitarian minister in Kansas City, Missouri, who moved to New York City to operate the Friends.  Its purpose was to expose hate-based groups during WWII and the McCarthy era.  We have Birkhead's personal and professional papers which include a fair amount of Friends of Democracy correspondence and printed material.  We have a researcher, however, who is looking for a specific publication which we do not have.  Perhaps it is within a larger body of records elsewhere.
 
If anyone has information, please let me know.  Many thanks.
 
Jennifer Parker
Senior Manuscript Specialist
Western Historical Manuscript Collection-Kansas City
parkerjs@umkc.edu
http://www.umkc.edu/WHMCKC/