Misc.

File — Box: 81, Folder: 4, subfolder: 2

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Collection: This collection consists of research materials compiled by William Martin, Rice University professor of sociology, during the course of his research on the Christian religious right in the United States, as well as fundamentalists, fundamentalist education, evangelists such as Billy Graham, and other aspects of conservative Christian organizations. The materials consists of correspondence, notes, videos, transcriptions of video interviews, pamphlets, and books.

Oral history interviews on videotape and transcribed into print form make just over half of the collection. The video was recorded by Lumiere Productions in New York City in 1995 - January 1996, and transcribed primarily by Wordprint Studios largely as research material for Martin's book With God on Our Side.

Dates

1975 - 2000

Restrictions on Access

This material is open for research. Stored off-site at the Library Service Center. Please request this material via woodson@rice.edu or call 713-348-2586.

Extent

From the Collection: 130 Linear Feet (130 boxes)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

General

Folder includes original newspaper and scanned articles/chapters. An article about Intellectual Conservatism, a book review of “Culture of Complaint,” an article about New York Times Holocaust Denial, and a review of a Dinesh D’Souza book and other book reviews. Also includes political cartoon, scanned chapter of Writer Revelations, and a scan of New York Times articles in 1995, and scans of the Dictionary of Christianity in America, “Why the Religious Right is Wrong,” chapter of “Left Center Right” and God and Jimmy Carter highlighted. Also, highlighted chapters of “Preachers of Paradox,” “‘Billy, You Stay Out of Politics,’” “Prophet with Honor,” “Nixon Revived,” Appendix B of Treatments and Sample Tape, chapter of “Vocabulary of Public LIfe,” scanned Wall Street Journal articles, and a chapter of “Exiles No Longer,” chapter of “The Failure of the Religious Right.”