Scope and Content Note The collection includes materials on a wide range of subjects with an emphasis on the menace of communism, both foreign and domestic. The research and correspondence files of Allen Zoll and the New York-based National Council for American Education (NCAE) constitute a large portion of the Hargis Papers. The NCAE was an anti-communist watchdog organization active during the 1940s and 1950s. It compiled numerous files on alleged “Reds” in educational institutions, agitating for their dismissal...

Scope and Content Note The Billy James Hargis Papers Addendum includes materials related to Billy James Hargis and his family; his early career; and the activities and personnel of the Christian Crusade organization. It includes more than 15,000 photographs and slides documenting Hargis’s personal and professional life as well as the activities of the Christian Crusade. Audio-visual materials include more than 500 VHS tapes and 1,200 audio-cassette tapes; they feature radio and television programs hosted by Hargis...