California Research Institute on Communist Strategy and Propaganda records
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Scope and Contents
This collection contains the production and research files associated with the California Research Institute on Communist Strategy and Propaganda’s television program Communism: myth vs reality (1962). The Production files include draft scripts for episodes of the 38-part television program, while the research files contain clippings, manuscripts, biographies and general research for the program as compiled by the Institute’s director Rodger Swearingen.
Dates
- Creation: 1960 - 1969
Creator
- Research Institute on Communist Strategy and Propaganda (Organization)
- Swearingen, Rodger, 1923- (Person)
- University of Southern California (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Advance notice required for access.
Rights Statement for Archival Description
Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.
Conditions Governing Use
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Department of Special Collections at specol@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Biographical / Historical
The Research Institute on Communist Strategy and Propaganda was created in the fall of 1961 and was part of USC’s von KleidSmid Center for International and Public Affairs. The Institute’s director, Dr. Rodger Swearingen also served as the host for the television program, Communism: myth vs reality (1962). The program was aired by CBS-KNXT Hollywood.
According to the 1968-1969 informational pamphlet found in box 3: The Research Institute on Communist Strategy and Propaganda is dedicated to an academic, objective, and professional analysis of Sino-Soviet affairs and comparative World Communism with special reference to the questions of doctrine, strategy, and propaganda.
Extent
2 Linear Feet (3 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Russian
Ukrainian
Abstract
This collection contains the production and research files associated with the California Research Institute on Communist Strategy and Propaganda’s television program Communism: myth vs reality (1962).
Processing Information
This collection is unprocessed.
Subject
- Title
- Finding aid for the California Research Institute on Communist Strategy and Propaganda records
- Status
- Unprocessed
- Author
- Sarah Jardini for History Associates Incorporated
- Date
- 2022 April
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- 2020 March: Bo Doub and Claude Zachary weeded Box no. 3 prior to this finding aid's publication.
- 2022 April: Collection renumbered to reflect the remaining materials: from 1, 2, 4, to 1, 2, 3.
Repository Details
Part of the USC Libraries Special Collections Repository
Doheny Memorial Library 206
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles California 90089-0189 United States
specol@usc.edu