Fund for the Republic
Formation | 1951 |
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Headquarters | Robert M. Hutchins |
Key people | |
Revenue | Ford Foundation (funder) |
The Fund for the Republic (1951–1959) was an organization created by the Ford Foundation[1][2] and dedicated to protecting freedom of speech and other civil liberties in the United States.[3] In 1959, the Fund moved from New York City to Santa Barbara, California, and changed its name to the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions (CSDI).[4]
History
With the growth of
In August 1953, Clifford P. Case resigned from the House to become president of the Ford Foundation's Fund for the Republic.[3] He served in that position until March 1954.[6]
Walter Millis, former editorial and staff writer for the New York Herald Tribune (1924–1954), became a staff member of the Fund for the Republic (1954–1968).[citation needed]
Political scientist
Other fellows and grant recipients include Rev. Glenn E. Smiley et al. for Martin Luther King and the Montgomery Story (1957),[9] David Fellman (1957–1958),[10] and Norman St John-Stevas (1958).[11][12]
Trustees
- Edward Lamb[2]
- Frederick M. Nicholas
Awards
In 1956, the Fund may have[clarification needed] set up the Robert E. Sherwood Award, given to Jerome Coopersmith for writing the episode[clarification needed] "I Was Accused" (based on the true story of actor George Voskovec, interned at Ellis Island during days of McCarthyism.[13][14][15]
Publications
- Report on Blacklisting: I. Movies by John Cogley (1956)[16]
- Report on Blacklisting: II. Radio-Television by John Cogley (1956)[17]
- The Roots of American Communism by Theodore Draper (1957)[18]
- Economic Power and the Free Society by Adolf A. Berle (1957)
- American Civil Liberties in the Foreign Press: A Study Conducted Under the Auspices of the Association for Education in Journalism, with Financial Support from the Fund for the Republic by Douglas Waples (1957)
- Communism and the Schools by Robert W. Iversen (1959)[7]
- The Art of Government: Reform and Organization Politics in Philadelphia by James Reichly (1959)[19]
- A New Philosophy for Labor by Gus Tyler (1959)
- Taste and the Censor in Television by Charles Winick (1959)
- The Corporation and the Economy by Wilbur Hugh Ferry (1959)
- American Communism and Soviet Russia by Theodore Draper (1960)[1]
- Medicine: An Interview by Donald McDonald with Herbert Ratner, M.D. (1962)[20]
- The Economy Under Law by Wilbur Hugh Ferry (1961)
- Caught in the Horn of Plenty by Wilbur Hugh Ferry (1962)
- What Price Peace by Wilbur Hugh Ferry (1963)
- Masscom as Educator by Wilbur Hugh Ferry (1966)
- Farewell to Integration by Wilbur Hugh Ferry (1967)
- Tonic and Toxic Technology by Wilbur Hugh Ferry (1967)
- The Police State is Here by Wilbur Hugh Ferry (1969)
- The Center Magazine Volume IX Number 4 (July/August 1976)
References
- ^ a b c d
ISBN 9781351532839. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
- ^ a b "Humanist Manifesto II". American Humanist Association. Archived from the original on October 20, 2012. Retrieved October 10, 2012.
- ^ a b Siracusa, Joseph M. (2004). The Kennedy Years. New York: Facts On File, Inc.
- ^ Didion, Joan (1968). "California Dreaming". Slouching Towards Bethlehem. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
- ^ "Skipping Around". The Des Moines Register. 1959-06-05. p. 2. Retrieved 2021-04-21 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "CASE, Clifford Philip, (1904–1982)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- ^ a b
LCCN 59011769.
- ^ Hechinger, Fred M. (25 October 1959). "Subversion that Failed" (PDF). New York Times. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
- ^ Aydin, Andrew. "The comic book that changed the world: Martin Luther King and the Montgomery Story's vital role in the Civil Rights Movement," Creative Loafing (Aug. 1, 2013).
- ^ 1966, February 2, "Mid-Year Grads Receive Degrees," The Daily Nebraskan, Lincoln, Nebraska, Volume 81, No. 56, p. 7
- ^ "Obituary: Lord St John of Fawsley". The Daily Telegraph. 5 March 2012. Archived from the original on 27 August 2012.
- ^ "FreeBMD Home Page". www.freebmd.org.uk.
- ^ "Cold War Museum". www.coldwar.org. Retrieved 2016-01-31.
- ^ "Brooklyn College Television and Radio". www.bctvr.org. Retrieved 2016-01-31.
- ^ "The Fund for the Republic is pleased to announce the Winners of the 1956 ROBERT E. SHERWOOD AWARDS". The Billboard. June 30, 1956. p. 5.
- ^
Cogley, John (1956). Report on Blacklisting: Movies. Fund for the Republic. OL 7161163M. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
- ^ Cogley, John (1956). Report on Blacklisting: Radio-Television. Fund for the Republic. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
- ^ Draper, Theodore (1957). The Roots of American Communism. Viking. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
- OCLC 994205.
- ^ Medicine: An Interview by Donald McDonald with Herbert Ratner, M.D. One of a Series of Interviews on the American Character. Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions. Comment by Scott Buchanan. Santa Barbara, California: Fund for the Republic, May, 1962.
External sources
- ISBN 9780307828897. Retrieved 8 September 2018.</ref>
- Kelly, Frank K. (1981). Court of Reason – Robert Hutchins and the Fund for the Republic. Free Press. ISBN 9780029180303. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
- Fund for the Republic Records at Princeton University Library Special Collections