General Douglas MacArthur speech materials

Collection

Identifier: UA 0427

Staff Only

Finding aid note: Stored offsite at the Library Service Center and require 24-hour notice for retrieval. Please contact the Woodson Research Center at 713-348-2586 or woodson@rice.edu for more information.

Content Description

This collection includes a reel-to-reel of the speech, a transcript, newspaper clippings, and a photograph. The reel-to-reel has been digitized.

Dates

Creation: 1951-06-14

Conditions Governing Access

This material is open for research.

Stored offsite at the Library Service Center and require 24-hour notice for retrieval. Please contact the Woodson Research Center at 713-348-2586 or woodson@rice.edu for more information.

Conditions Governing Use

Permission to publish from this material must be obtained from the Woodson Research Center.

Biographical / Historical

After being fired by Pres. Harry S. Truman, Gen. Douglas MacArthur traveled throughout the United States on a speaking tour. One of his early stops was Houston, TX where he delivered a speech in Rice Stadium. The speech focused on Communist forces weakening the U.S. from within and that only patriotism and Christianity could save the republic.