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Bayliss Corbett papers

 Collection
Call Number: RH WL MS 27

Overview

These papers of writer and publisher Bayliss "Jim" Corbett contains letters written and received by him from 1974 to 1988, including several of Corbett's form letters and writings in support of conservatism and anti-Communism in American life and politics.

Dates

  • Creation: 1973 - 1988

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

No access restrictions

Conditions Governing Use

Spencer Library staff may determine use restrictions dependent on the physical condition of manuscript materials.

Biography of Bayliss Corbett

Bayliss "Jim" Corbett, born April 22, 1919, was a journalist, publisher, and proponent of conservatism in the media. He published Censored, a directory of hard-to-locate sources of information on current affairs, which began publication in 1977 and was later issued as Spectrum: a guide to the independent press and information organizations. Corbett died at Winter Haven, Florida on March 4, 1989.

Extent

.25 Linear Feet (1 box)

Language of Materials

English

Physical Location

RH WL MS 27

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift, Laird Wilcox, 1988.

Collection is comprised of materials received by gift from Laird Wilcox as well as materials separated from Wilcox Collection ephemera, Kansas Collection, Spencer Research Library.

Related Materials

Corbett, Bayliss, Ephemeral materials, 1973- , RH WL Eph 2404, Wilcox Collection, Kansas Collection, Spencer Research Library.

Corbett, Bayliss, Ephemeral materials, 1977- , RH WL Eph 1746, Wilcox Collection, Kansas Collection, Spencer Research Library.

Title
Guide to the Bayliss Corbett Collection
Subtitle
Bayliss Corbett papers
Author
Finding aid prepared by mh, 2007; Finding aid encoded by mh, 2007. Revised by mmj, 2024.
Date
2007
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
Finding aid written in English.
Finding aid permalink
http://hdl.handle.net/10407/7337883998
Preferred citation
Corbett, Bayliss, Papers, Wilcox Collection, Kansas Collection, RH WL MS 27, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas Libraries

Repository Details

Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository

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