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Hargis, Billy James, 1925-2004

 Person

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

James David Bales Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MC 1256
Scope and Content Note The collection includes materials related to Bales and his family; his career as a teacher, writer, and polemicist; and research files. Series I-IV pertain to his personal life, writings, correspondence, and career at Harding College. Also included are materials related to Harding College president George S. Benson and the National Education Program. Series V-XIII consist of topical research files created by Bales, the contents of which were used to write books, articles, and class lectures....
Dates: 1914-1995; 1940-1995

Billy James Hargis Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MC 1412
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...
Dates: 1907-2004; Majority of material found within 1930-2004

Billy James Hargis Papers Addendum

 Collection
Identifier: MC 1412a
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...
Dates: 1930-2012

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Communism -- United States 2
Christian conservatism -- United States 1
Civil rights -- United States 1
Conservatism -- United States 1
Creationism 1