Anti-communist movements -- United States -- History; Army-McCarthy Controversy, 1954; Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Prisoners and prisons; McCarthy, Joseph, 1908-1957; McCarthyism; Peress, Irving;
Senator McCarthy discusses the case of Irving Peress, a former U.S. Army dentist with alleged ties to communism. McCarthy's subcommittee questioned Peress as part of its investigation of communists in the U.S. Army conducted in late 1953 and early...
Anti-communist movements -- United States -- History; Byrnes, James F. (James Francis), 1882-1972; McCarthy, Joseph, 1908-1957; McCarthyism; Sabath, Adolph Joachim, 1866-1952; Tydings, Millard E. (Millard Evelyn), 1890-1961;
Senator McCarthy attempts to clear up confusion over the number of names on the famous list he cited at his February 9, 1950 speech in Wheeling, West Virginia. He had been accused of changing the number of alleged communists in the State Department...
Anti-communist movements -- United States -- History; Budenz, Louis F. (Louis Francis), 1891-1972; Capital Times (Madison, Wis.); Daily Worker (New York); Evjue, William Theodore, 1882-1970; McCarthy, Joseph, 1908-1957; McCarthyism; Parker, Cedric;
Senator McCarthy compares the Capital Times newspaper of Madison, Wisconsin with the New York Daily Worker newspaper published by Communist Party USA. McCarthy claims that the Capital Times voices the official Communist Party line, and he...
Acheson, Dean, 1893-1971; Anti-communist movements -- United States -- History; Berle, A. A. (Adolf Augustus), 1866-1960; Chambers, Whittaker; Gromyko, Andrei? Andreevich, 1909-1989; Harriman, W. Averell (William Averell), 1891-1986; Hiss, Alger;...
Senator McCarthy verbally attacks Secretary of State Dean Acheson, labeling him "the master planner for disaster." Acheson was arguably McCarthy's favorite target in the Truman administration, and this excerpt indicates how the senator portrayed...
Acheson, Dean, 1893-1971; Anti-communist movements -- United States -- History; Congress of Industrial Organizations (U.S.); Democratic Party (U.S.); Korean War, 1950-1953; McCarthy, Joseph, 1908-1957; Presidents -- United States -- Election --...
Senator McCarthy denounces the slogan -- "You ain't ever had it so good" -- used by the Adlai Stevenson presidential campaign. He argues that the Democrats are celebrating a wartime prosperity that is being purchased at a high cost in American...
Anti-communist movements -- United States -- History; Furry, W. H. (Wendell Hinkle), 1907-; Harvard University -- Employees -- Political activity; McCarthy, Joseph, 1908-1957; McCarthyism; Pusey, Nathan M. (Nathan Marsh), 1907-2001;
Senator McCarthy denounces alleged communists at Harvard University, singling out Wendell Furry, a Harvard faculty member and civilian scientist who participated in research efforts at Fort Monmouth's Army Signal Corps Engineering Laboratories....
Anti-communist movements -- United States -- History; Army-McCarthy Controversy, 1954; McCarthy, Joseph, 1908-1957; McCarthyism;
Senator McCarthy discusses the difficulty he faces in removing "Fifth Amendment communists" from defense work, particularly in the development of atomic and hydrogen weapons. He claims that communists have access to all of America's nuclear...
Acheson, Dean, 1893-1971; Anti-communist movements -- United States -- History; Lattimore, Owen, 1900-1989; McCarthy, Joseph, 1908-1957; World War, 1939-1945
Senator McCarthy tells a story from his military service in the Pacific during World War II. McCarthy served with a Marine dive bombing squadron. One of his duties was to write letters home to the families of deceased pilots and gunners. McCarthy...
Anti-communist movements -- United States -- History; Chiang, Kai-shek, 1887-1975; Hurley, Patrick J. (Patrick Jay), 1883-1963; Marshall, George C. (George Catlett), 1880-1959; McCarthy, Joseph, 1908-1957;
Senator McCarthy describes the alleged role played by General George C. Marshall in the fall of Nationalist China to Communist forces. McCarthy discusses the secret instructions that guided the General's mission to China at the end of World War II....
Acheson, Dean, 1893-1971; Anti-communist movements -- United States -- History; Field, Frederick Vanderbilt, 1905-; Hickenlooper, Bourke B. (Bourke Blakemore), 1896-1971; Hiss, Alger; Jessup, Philip C. (Philip Caryl), 1897-; McCarthy, Joseph,...
Senator McCarthy presents evidence against Philip C. Jessup, a veteran foreign service officer and ambassador-at-large in the Truman administration. McCarthy accuses Jessup of having communist sympathies, and he claims that Jessup is associated...
Anti-communist movements -- United States -- History; McCarthy, Joseph, 1908-1957; World War, 1939-1945
Senator McCarthy tells a story from his military service in the Pacific during World War II. McCarthy served with a Marine dive bombing squadron. He recounts a dramatic speech made by an unnamed chaplain to pilots and gunners who were about to...
Antinuclear movement -- United States; Catholic Worker Movement; Civil defense drills -- United States; Day, Dorothy, 1897-1980; Hennacy, Ammon, 1893-1970; Pacifism -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church; Pacifists -- United States; Peace --...
Article written by Dorothy Day describing her experiences protesting the 'Operation Alert' civil defense drill. The protest resulted in the arrest of several protestors, including Day. The front page of the newspaper also displays an illustration...
Todd Wehr Chemistry Building, Marquette University
A number of priests participate in an event on the steps of the Wehr Chemistry Building, possibly as a part of the building dedication or the dedication of the Wehr Science Center.
Reprint of a Milwaukee Magazine article about the Elizabeth Plankinton Mansion, describing the history of the building and providing photographs of some of the more notable architectural details.
This pamphlet was used for the Blessing of the Chapel of the Holy Family service conducted on October 6, 1990. The chapel is on the south end of the Alumni Memorial Union. The pamphlet contains the service, the liturgy, and the hymns included in...
Generation After (Milwaukee, Wis.); Jews -- Germany -- Education; Jews -- Germany -- Religious life; Jews -- Germany -- Social conditions -- 20th century; Jews -- Germany -- Social life and customs -- 20th century; Jews -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee --...
Berthold Hessel describes growing up in a large family living on a farm in Rheinböllen, Germany, in the early 1900s. He briefly describes his military service during the First World War and the economic conditions in Germany following the war....