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American Committee for Cultural Freedom, 1952-1956

 File — Box: 42, Folder: 3

Scope and Contents

May 1955 newsletter, not for publication; minutes March 1, 1952; Confidential Executive Committee meeting minutes, December 18, 1953, February 1, 1954, February 28, 1954; Executive Committee minutes, March 8, 1954 and May 3 1954; confidential memorandum to members of the Executive Committee from Sol Stein regarding implementation of proposals on the security problem presented to the Committee by Dan Bell; confidential Executive Committee minutes November 23, 1954, December 14, 1954, January 13, 1955, February 15, 1955, April 4, 1955, June 6, 1955, October 12, 1955, November 28, 1955, January 11, 1956, and January 30, 1956; confidential report on Communism in India; proposed resolutions stating Committee's purpose (protecting cultural freedom, especially against Communist totalitarian threat); letter, 1953 on internal dispute concerning who is a Communist on the Committee; memorandum from the Committee to the Committee on the Communist Record on the Fund for the Republic; memorandum on the resignation of Daniel Bell, Chairman, Administrative Committee and Committee for Cultural Freedom; memorandum to The Fund for the republic from the Committee regarding Request for a grant to study history, pattern, and extent of Communist infiltration into the United States as a whole, and the labor movement especially; confidential memorandum about the firing of Moshe Decter for his involvement in writing a book published by the Committee on McCarthyism; memorandum from Dick Rovere to Sol Stein regarding questioning whether the members' very different viewpoints present discordant policy messages to the public and can cooperation continue in the future; memorandum to Philip Young, United States Civil Service Commission, from Sol Stein, regarding Government firings of employees due to believed Communist involvement; "The Berlin Manifesto" written by the Committee.

Dates

  • 1952-1956

Language of Materials

Collection material in English, German, Yiddish

Conditions Governing Access

From the Collection:

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Extent

204.78 cubic feet

Repository Details

Part of the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives Repository

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