Daughters of the American Revolution Blacklist controversy Papers, 1921-1930

Collection context

Summary

Title:
Daughters of the American Revolution Blacklist controversy papers
Dates:
1921-1930
Creators:
Stanford University
Extent:
0.5 Linear feet
Language:
The materials are in English .
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Daughters of the American Revolution. Blacklist controversy papers, SC 063, Stanford University Archives, Stanford, Calif.

Background

Scope and content:

Included in this collection are pamphlets, newspaper clippings, magazine articles and correspondence dealing with the D.A.R. blacklist controversy.

Biographical / historical:

In 1928, Mrs. Helen Tufts Bailie wrote an article accusing the Daughters of the American Revolution of circulating a "blacklist" of men and women who would not be welcome as speakers before D.A.R. members. The "blacklisted" people were accused of being Communists, Socialists, liberals, pacifists. Among those blacklisted by the D.A.R. was David Starr Jordan, former president of Stanford University. Many D.A.R. members and others protested the blacklist. Finally the Palo Alto chapter of the D.A.R. resigned their membership in the national organization.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Processed by A. Rubin; machine-readable finding aid created by Patricia White
Date Prepared:
1997
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit

Access and use

Restrictions:

None.

Terms of access:

Property rights reside with the repository. Literary rights reside with the creators of the documents or their heirs. To obtain permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the Public Services Librarian of the Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Daughters of the American Revolution. Blacklist controversy papers, SC 063, Stanford University Archives, Stanford, Calif.

Location of this collection:
Stanford University Archives, Green Library
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6064, US
Contact:
(650) 725-1022