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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/