ELWYN B. ROBINSON DEPARTMENT OF SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
CHESTER FRITZ LIBRARY
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA
GRAND FORKS, NORTH DAKOTA 58202

JOHN BIRCH SOCIETY PUBLICATIONS

COLLECTION: OGL#982

DATES: 1961-1967

SIZE: .25 linear feet

INTRODUCTION

ACQUISITION: The John Birch Society Publications were deposited in the Orin G. Libby Manuscript Collection (Acc.#84-1310).

ACCESS: Open for inspection under the rules and regulations of the Department of Special Collections.

HISTORICAL SKETCH

The John Birch Society was formed on December 9, 1958, in Indianapolis, Indiana. The group was named after Captain John Morrison Birch, a Baptist missionary in China during World War II. Birch was serving as an U.S. Army Air Force Intelligence officer when he was killed by Chinese Communists ten days after World War II had ended. The founder of the Society was Robert Welch, who started the group as a way to prevent the spread of Communism.

The John Birch Society also seeks the promotion of capitalism, patriotism, and the American system of government. The group also believes that the “the traditional moral values of our Judeo-Christian heritage form the cornerstone of Western Civilization.”

Source: The John Birch Society official website, www.jbs.org

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

The John Birch Society Publications date from 1961-1967. The collection consists of several of their publications, as well as other materials re-printed by them. All of the materials in the collection are photocopies.

BOX AND FOLDER INVENTORY

Box 1
Folder

1. The Blue Book of the John Birch Society. Thirteenth Printing by Robert Welch: 1961.
2. “Beliefs and Principles of the John Birch Society” and “John Birch Society Investigated,” Remarks by Representative John H. Rousselot of California, in the Congressional Record: June 12 and June 14, 1962.
3. “Civil Rights: Communist Betrayal of a Good Cause” by John H. Rousselot. American Opinion. February 1964.
4. “Los Angeles: Hell in the City of Angels” by Gary Allen and Bill Richardson. American Opinion. September 1965.
5. “The Truth in Time.” American Opinion. November 1966.
6. First Things First…And We Do Mean Vietnam. John Birch Society: 1967.
7. The Truth About Vietnam by Robert Welch: 1967
8. More Truth About Vietnam by Robert Welch: 1967.
9. This Is It! by the Executive Committee of the John Birch Society: 1967.
10. To the Negroes of America by Robert Welch: 1967.
11. Two Revolutions at Once by Robert Welch: undated (probably 1965)
12. What’s Wrong with Civil Rights?: undated
13. John Birch Society Monthly Bulletin: September 1965, June 1967, September 1967

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