University of St. Thomas

Anti-Catholic Campaign Material

Scope / Content :  This artificial collection contains Anti-Catholic campaign materials compiled  by faculty, staff, and students of the College of St. Thomas during the 1960 presidential campaign.  While the collection includes some materials documenting the Alfred Smith presidential campaign in 1928, the majority were created from 1950 - 1960.

Processed:  July 1982 by John Davenport

INVENTORY:

Box/Folder

1/1     Alfred Smith - Democratic Presidential candidate, (1928)

1/2    Anti-Catholic book review pamphlets, n.d.

1/3     Anti-Catholic correspondence received at the College, (Sept. '60 - Nov. '60

1/4     Anti-John F. Kennedy literature (Mar. '59 - Nov. '60)

1/5    Anti-"Roman Catholicism & politics" literature, (Mar. '59 -  )

1/6     General information "refuting" Roman Catholicism, n.d.

1/7    Periodicals (including Awake, '60,  Catholic Challenger, '60, Christian Heritage, '59, 
Fellowship, n.d., Liberal, '60, Patriot Press, '60,  Register, '60)

1/8.    Point, (Mar. '52 - Mar. '59)

1/9     Nixon - Lodge Campaign Material (Nov. '60)

1/10     Protestant fundamentalist general Anti-Catholic literature (Aug. '48 - Nov. '60)

1/11     Puritan Church - on Catholicism ('59 - '60)

1/12    "Roman Catholic ballot poll", (Nov. '60)

1/13     Roman Catholicism and the presidency, n.d.

1/14     United Evangelical Action (May '60 - Nov. '60)

1/15     Periodicals - The American Standard  (May 1, 1925, May 15, 1925, June 15, 1925, August 1, 1925, August 15, 1925