Reverend Dr. Gerald B. Winrod Papers

Guide to Reverend Dr. Gerald B. Winrod Papers

Collection Summary

Title: Reverend Dr. Gerald B. Winrod Papers

Call Number: MS 87-9

Size: 56 linear feet

Acquisition: Donated by Dr. Hart Armstrong for Christian Communications Inc.

Processed by: LMG, 2/20/1987; Reprocessed by JEF, 6/23/1999; Materials Added by JLY, 7/2002

Literary Rights

Literary rights were granted to Wichita State University. When permission is granted to examine manuscripts, it is not an authorization to publish them. Manuscripts cannot be used for publication without regard for common law literary rights, copyright laws and the laws of libel. It is the responsibility of the researcher and his/her publisher to obtain permission to publish. Scholars and students who eventually plan to have their work published are urged to make inquiry regarding overall restrictions on publication before initial research.

Content Note

Reverend Dr. Gerald B. Winrod was a Wichita evangelist, author and political activist who led a national movement that was a major forum for alerting the nation to many perceived threats to traditional American values. The collection included correspondence, microfilm, photographs, a complete set of the Defender magazine, and copies of the Mercury magazine. The collection also includes many of Reverend Winrod's own books. Some folder titles are as originally titled.

Administrative History

Not available.

Series Listing

Series 1	Box 1 FF 1-38	Contains promotional and form letters sent out in 1966. Included with some letters is a sheet that recorded the number of responses and the contributions sent in from each letter.
Series 2	Box 1 FF 39-61	Contains radio ledger books and income tax reports of Reverend Winrod.
Series 3	Box 1A-1C	Contains Prayer Circle correspondence as well as several other miscellaneous documents.
Series 4	Box 2 FF 1-36	Contains Defender correspondence after the death of Reverend Winrod, mostly dealing with the Defender Townhouse in Kansas City, Missouri.
Series 5	Box 2 FF 37-50 and Box 3	Contains personal items of Reverend Winrod. Includes various photographs of Winrod and his family, several oversized items such as the diploma of Irvin Winrod, unidentified photographs, and a ledger book from the second Defender Contest Fund 1942.
Series 6	Box 4-23	Contains ledger books and scrapbooks of the Defender organization from 1932 to 1974.
Series 7	Box 24-25	Contains clippings, pamphlets and books written by Reverend Winrod on various subjects. Also included are a few publications by other authors.
Series 8	Box 26-26A	Contains books written by various authors.
Series 9	Box 27-29	Contains copies and microfilm reels of the Defender Magazine.
Series 10	Box 30	Contains phonograph records made by Reverend Winrod.
Series 11	Box 31	Contains tracts published by the Defenders, Inc.
Series 12	Box 32-34	Contains documents pertaining to the American Mercury. Included are papers, correspondence, scrapbooks and microfilm.
Series 13	Box 35-36	Contains papers and correspondence pertaining to the Arkansas Hotel Company and the Puerto Rico Theological Seminary. Also included is a stock book for the Arkansas Hotel Company. Miscellaneous items such as old newspaper clippings and travel brochures.
Series 14	Box 37-43	Contains tapes of the Defender Hour radio programs.
Series 15	Box 44-45	Contains correspondence, financial records and bank statements from the Defender organization.
Series 16	Box 46A-46B	Contains various scrapbooks and related loose materials from the scrapbooks pertaining to the following subjects: the Sedition Trials of 1944, World War II (1940-1942) and Communist and Soviet issues from 1959-1960. Note: Boxes 46A-50 contain documents and materials after the death of Reverend Winrod.
Series 17	Box 47-50	Contains Defenders organization office files. Included are newspaper clippings, financial documents and correspondence regarding several Spanish missions, Defenders publications, and efforts and operations by the Defenders to make townhouses available for senior citizens. Note: Boxes 46A-50 contain documents and materials after the death of Reverend Winrod.
Series 18	Box 51-64	Publications. Included are bound copies of the Defender Magazine and the American Mercury magazine.
Series 19	Box 65-71	Tapes of radio programs.

Box and Folder Listing

Series 1 -- Promotional and Form Letters, 1966

Box 1	FF 1	Promotional and form letters for January 1966 Defender Magazine.
Box 1	FF 2	The Defender Magazine, January 1966, contributions and subscription ledger (only part of the magazine).
Box 1	FF 3	"Win" letter, January 4, 1966.
Box 1	FF 4	An account of the money sent through radio mail.
Box 1	FF 5	"B-B-B" letter, January 20 and 21, 1966.
Box 1	FF 6	Defender Magazine, February 1966.
Box 1	FF 7	Ledger of the seminary income, October 1965 to April 17, 1967.
Box 1	FF 8	"Guardian" letter, February 19, 1966.
Box 1	FF 9	Ledger of Defender Magazine sample returns, February 4, 1966 to June 10, 1966.
Box 1	FF 10	"Storm" letter, February 19, 1966.
Box 1	FF 11	September 1966 general and missionary gifts ledger.
Box 1	FF 12	"Unbelievable" letter, September 27-28, 1966.
Box 1	FF 13	Defender Magazine, October 1966.
Box 1	FF 14	"LM" letter, October 20, 1966.
Box 1	FF 15	"Viewpoint" letter March 22-30, 1966.
Box 1	FF 16	Defender Magazine, March 1966.
Box 1	FF 17	Defender Magazine, April 1966.
Box 1	FF 18	"Thank God" Prayer Circle letter.
Box 1	FF 19	Defender Magazine, May 1966.
Box 1	FF 20	"Amazed" prayer circle letter, May 5, 1966.
Box 1	FF 21	Defender Magazine, June 1966.
Box 1	FF 22	Air mail letter, June 7,8, 1966.
Box 1	FF 23	"Summer" letter, June 1, 1966.
Box 1	FF 24	"Awake" prayer circle letter, June 24 and 30, 1966.
Box 1	FF 25	Defender Magazine, July, 1966.
Box 1	FF 26	Defender Magazine, August 1966.
Box 1	FF 27	"Show-me" letter, July 19, 1966.
Box 1	FF 28	"I predict" letter, n.d.
Box 1	FF 29	Defender Magazine, September 1966.
Box 1	FF 30	"Trouble" letter, September 9, 1966.
Box 1	FF 31	Defender Magazine, November 1966.
Box 1	FF 32	Ledger for Collins bibles, November 1966.
Box 1	FF 33	Ledger for "November Deaf Returns," 1966.
Box 1	FF 34	Christmas letter, 1966.
Box 1	FF 35	Defender Magazine, December 1966.
Box 1	FF 36	"Fire Book" letter, December 4 and 12, 1966.
Box 1	FF 37	Ledger-Jamaica, Heritage, Missions, December 1966.
Box 1	FF 38	"Those Left" letter, December 1966.

Series 2 -- Ledger Books and Reports

Box 1	FF 39	Index of black books.
Box 1	FF 40	Radio ledger book, May 1947-December 1949.
Box 1	FF 41	Ledger book, October 1954-March 1958.
Box 1	FF 42	Radio ledger book, January 1950-October 1951.
Box 1	FF 43	Radio ledger book, November 1951-September 1954.
Box 1	FF 44	Ledger book for different accounts and different years, 1947-1960.
Box 1	FF 45	Income tax reports for Reverend Winrod, 1933.
Box 1	FF 46	Income tax reports for Reverend Winrod, 1934.
Box 1	FF 47	Income tax reports for Reverend Winrod, also includes three inventory books, 1935.
Box 1	FF 48	Income tax reports for Reverend Winrod, 1936.
Box 1	FF 49	Income tax reports for Reverend Winrod, 1937.
Box 1	FF 50	Income tax reports for Reverend Winrod, 1938.
Box 1	FF 51	Income tax reports for Reverend Winrod, 1939.
Box 1	FF 52	Income tax reports for Reverend Winrod, 1940.
Box 1	FF 53	Defender Magazine promotional material from 1967-1968.
Box 1	FF 54	Defender Magazine promotional material from 1967-1968.
Box 1	FF 55	Defender Magazine promotional material from 1967-1968.
Box 1	FF 56	Defender correspondence, promotional, acknowledgment, and other form letters, 1961-1963.
Box 1	FF 57	Defender correspondence, promotional, acknowledgment, and other form letters, 1961-1963.
Box 1	FF 58	Defender correspondence, promotional, acknowledgment, and other form letters, 1961-1963.
Box 1	FF 59	Records of attendance and money from Defender Missions in Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Mexico, United States of America, Guatemala, and Haiti.
Box 1	FF 60	Records of attendance and money from Defender Missions in Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Mexico, United States of America, Guatemala, and Haiti.
Box 1	FF 61	Records of attendance and money from Defender Missions in Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Mexico, United States of America, Guatemala, and Haiti.

Series 3 -- Prayer Circle Correspondence

Box 1A	FF 1	Ledgers of money received from the radio appeals, n.d.
Box 1A	FF 2	Records of May 1937 drive for money; a ledger is included.
Box 1A	FF 3	Correspondence from a man in Lansing, Michigan during the period of labor union strikes; record of donations, 6/17/37.
Box 1A	FF 4	Bills for the New Federalist; record of donations, 2/38.
Box 1A	FF 5	Records from 2/38.
Box 1A	FF 6	Prayer Circle letter and record of donations, 3/5/38.
Box 1A	FF 7	Prayer Circle Letter concerning a book called Philip Drew Administrator; record of donations, 5/2/38.
Box 1A	FF 8	Radio broadcast series; record of donations; 8/1938.
Box 1A	FF 9	Bills for letter printed; record of donations, 7/10/1939.
Box 1A	FF 10	Prayer Circle letter about Reverend Winrod; record of donations, 9/16/1939.
Box 1A	FF 11	Prayer Circle letter about the possibility of United States involvement in World War II; records of donations, 10/14/1939.
Box 1A	FF 12	Record of donations received from Prayer Circle letters, 2/8-9/1940.
Box 1A	FF 13	Returns from Prayer Circle letter and some notes, 3/9/1940.
Box 1A	FF 14	Returns and cost from Prayer Circle letter, 3/22/1940.
Box 1A	FF 15	Returns from Prayer Circle letter and newspaper clippings, 5/1/1940.
Box 1A	FF 16	Prayer Circle letter and record of donations for 5/19/1940.
Box 1A	FF 17	Prayer Circle letter and record of donations for 5/31/1940 and 6/20/1940.
Box 1A	FF 18	Correspondence from Reverend Winrod to Mrs. Flowers while he was at Old Orchard , Maine; record of donations, 7/16/1940.
Box 1A	FF 19	Correspondence to and from Reverend Winrod while he was in Asheville, North Carolina; record of donations, 8/3/1940.
Box 1A	FF 20	Prayer Circle letter and record of donations, 8/9/1940.
Box 1A	FF 21	Correspondence to and from Reverend Winrod concerning an appearance at Camp Christian in Illinois, 8/17/1940.
Box 1A	FF 22	Prayer Circle letter concerning the need for money to pay bills; correspondence about the conference to be held at Camp Christian; record of donations, 8/24/1940.
Box 1A	FF 23	Prayer Circle letter sent out concerning the national Prophecy and Prayer Fellowship Conference; record of donations, 9/9/1940.
Box 1A	FF 24	Prayer Circle letter sent out about National Prophecy and Prayer Fellowship Conference; record of donations, 10/8/1940.
Box 1A	FF 25	Prayer Circle letter sent regarding the National Prophecy and Prayer Fellowship Conference radio spot; record of donations, 10/11/1940.
Box 1A	FF 26	Advertisement for a bible, 10/15/1940.
Box 1A	FF 27	Prayer Circle letter sent out concerning money needed for another radio broadcast; record of donations, 11/18/1940.
Box 1A	FF 28	Prayer Circle letter asking for people to renew their Defender Magazine subscriptions, 11/27/1940.
Box 1A	FF 29	Prayer Circle letters concerning petitions to be sent to Washington to stop our country from being involved in World War II; also some articles about William Allen White and his involvement in getting the United States into the war; record of donations, 12/30/1940.
Box 1A	FF 30	Various Prayer Circle letters that were sent in 1939; the folder, however, contains records of donations from 1/1941.
Box 1A	FF 31	Prayer Circle letter concerning the petitions sent to Washington about the involvement of United States in World War II; record of donations, 1/24/1941.
Box 1A	FF 32	Prayer Circle letter regarding the mission in Puerto Rico and the United States involvement in World War II (February 27, 1941); record of donations made 3/1941.
Box 1A	FF 33	Record of donations made 3/5-8/1941.
Box 1A	FF 34	Record of donations that came as a result of a sample postcard, 4/1941.
Box 1A	FF 35	Prayer Circle letter asking for money to help pay bills; also a letter from the Kiplinger Washington agency; a record of donations, 5/21/1941.
Box 1A	FF 36	Prayer Circle letter about "a subversive plot" to make the United States part of Britain, 7/2/1941.
Box 1A	FF 37	Prayer Circle letter asking for money to pay for Reverend Winrod’s car; record of donations, 8/11/1941.
Box 1A	FF 38	Prayer Circle letter discussing the summer tour of speeches; a story in "True Detective" about Reverend Winrod; the proposed peace agreement of Rudolf Hess between Germany and Britain; record of donations, 9/9/1941.
Box 1A	FF 39	Prayer Circle letter sent out asking for donations for another radio spot during the Prophecy-Prayer Fellowship Conference, included is the record of donations, 9/23/1941.
Box 1A	FF 40	Several Prayer Circle letters: the first about secular biblical prophecies; the second one concerning a woman called Mrs. Cogswell and Reverend Winrod’s involvement with her; third, about a book called They That Remain; fourth about Defender Magazine subscriptions; fifth asking for contribution; and a record of donations, 9/18/1941.
Box 1A	FF 41	Prayer Circle letter concerning the personal attacks made against Reverend Winrod in "Look" magazine; newspaper clippings mostly dealing with United States and World War II; record of donations, 11/6/1941.
Box 1A	FF 42	Prayer Circle letter regarding United States involvement in World War II and former President Hoover’s speech; a request for money to buy a truck; a record of donations, 11/20/1941.
Box 1A	FF 43	Prayer Circle letter concerning World War II and Armageddon; the mission in Puerto Rico; a record of donations, 12/1/1941.
Box 1A	FF 44	A record of bills for the year 1941.
Box 1A	FF 45	Letters explaining the cash basis arrangement the Defenders wish to set up to pay bills; list of bills to be paid, 1941.
Box 1A	FF 46	Prayer Circle letters dealing mostly with a nationwide prayer chain and the event of December 7, 1941; a record of donations, 1/13/1942.
Box 1A	FF 47	Prayer Circle correspondence; letters sent out to those who contribute money to buy Bibles for United States soldiers; letter sent out regarding the nationwide prayer chain; receipts of donations, 2/20-25/1942.
Box 1A	FF 48	Prayer Circle letter first regarding the war and Reverend Winrod’s plan of action; a call for money; a record of donations, 2/24/1942.
Box 1A	FF 49	Several Prayer Circle letters most concerning World War II on talks of Reverend Winrod going to Washington, D.C.; a record of donations, 4/6/1942.
Box 1A	FF 50	Prayer Circle letters -- one regarding "the war that Christian saints are fighting"; record of donations, 5/2/1942.
Box 1A	FF 51	Prayer Circle letter concerning that May Defender Magazine being held up because it had not been reviewed by the Post Master General’s office; record of donations, 5/14/1942.
Box 1A	FF 52	Two Prayer Circle letters on discussing the Dies Committee and the need for more money; the second speaks to a supreme court decision to limit religious freedom; newspaper clippings most dealing with the Dies Committee; record of donations, 6/9/1942.
Box 1A	FF 53	Prayer Circle letter concerning Reverend Winrod’s involvement in a chrome mine in California; two quotes from news articles; a pamphlet "Harmageddon"; record of donations, 8/3/1942.
Box 1A	FF 54	Two Prayer Circle letters regarding the indictment against Reverend Winrod and his appeal for money to pay attorney fees; record of donations, 8/20/1942.
Box 1A	FF 55	Prayer Circle letters sent out acknowledging donations sent, 9/1942.
Box 1A	FF 56	Prayer Circle letter concerning a restriction lifted on the Defender Magazine by the Post Master General’s Office; record of donations, 10/17/1942.
Box 1A	FF 57	Prayer Circle letter regarding a petition sent to Washington by Dr. George E. Sullivan; record of donations, 11/14/1942.
Box 1A	FF 58	Prayer Circle letter concerning the indictment also the accusations against Mrs. Flowers by William Power Maloney; record of donations, 12/22/1942.
Box 1A	FF 59	Prayer Circle letters regarding the sedition case in Washington; record of donations, 1/20/1943.
Box 1A	FF 60	Prayer Circle letter concerning the sedition case since some of the charges have been dropped; record of donations, 3/13/1943.
Box 1A	FF 61	Prayer Circle letter concerning the sedition case and Reverend Winrod suing "Life" magazine; record of donations, 4/27/1943.
Box 1A	FF 62	Prayer Circle letter concerning a new book by Reverend Winrod, The Prophetic Destiny of the United States; record of donations, 4/27/1943.
Box 1A	FF 63	Prayer Circle letters advertising several books; record of donations, 6/10/1943.
Box 1A	FF 64	Prayer Circle letter mostly dealing with the war and the end of the sedition case; also a call for donations to buy radio time at a New England conference; donations recorded, 7/5/1943.
Box 1A	FF 65	Prayer Circle letter concerning the sedition case and Mr. Winchell; a book by Moses Guibbory (a bible?); also included in the file folder is a letter sent out by the Emergency Fund Appeal for the Yeshivath Torath Hayim of Jerusalem; record of donations, 8/13/1943.
Box 1A	FF 66	Prayer Circle letters advertising several books; record of donations, 9/1943.
Box 1A	FF 67	Two Prayer Circle letters mostly dealing with the contribution of monies to buy a house of the Defender organization; some letters to Mrs. Flowers from Reverend Winrod; record of donations, 9/22/1943.
Box 1A	FF 68	Letter to Mrs. Flowers from Reverend Winrod discussing a letter to be sent to the missionary friends; a bill from Don Schmid used cars; a record of donations, 10/19/1943.
Box 1A	FF 69	Prayer Circle letter largely concerning the "attacks" made on Reverend Winrod by the press of Wichita and St. Petersburg, Florida; record of donations, 10/26/1943.
Box 1A	FF 70	Prayer Circle letter concerning the renewed "persecutions" of Reverend Winrod and the Defender organization; record of donations, 12/12/1944.
Box 1A	FF 71	Prayer Circle letter regarding the New Deal and the continuing "persecutions"; record of donations, 1/19/1944.
Box 1A	FF 72	Prayer Circle letter concerning the taxes to be paid by the Defender organization; record of donations, 3/6/1944.
Box 1A	FF 73	Prayer Circle letter regarding the "persecution" of certain evangelists and the New Deal; record of donations, 2/3/1944.
Box 1A	FF 74	Prayer Circle letter concerning the New Deal and Walter Winchell, 3/1/1944.
Box 1A	FF 75	Prayer Circle letter concerning the new indictment trial in Washington, 4/5/1944.
Box 1A	FF 76	Prayer Circle letter written while in Washington at the sedition trial, 7/7/1944.
Box 1A	FF 77	Prayer Circle letter concerning events in Washington at the time of the trial, 7/7/1944.
Box 1A	FF 78	Prayer Circle letter condemning the trial in Washington, quotes from the American Civil Liberties Union, 9/1/1944.
Box 1A	FF 79	Prayer Circle letter asking for donations to help pay for the distribution of Senator William Langer’s speech; list of donations, 9/12/1944.
Box 1A	FF 80	Prayer Circle letter again asking for funds to distribute Langer’s speech, 10/25/1944.
Box 1A	FF 81	Prayer Circle letter concerning the death of the judge in the sedition trial and the end of the trial, 12/13/1944.
Box 1A	FF 82	List of donations, 1945.
Box 1A	FF 83	Prayer Circle letter regarding a speech given in Akron, Ohio; some words about the sedition trial, n.d.
Box 1A	FF 84	Prayer Circle letter regarding the financial crisis of the Defenders; original drafts of thank you letters; list of donations, 1/23/1945.
Box 1A	FF 85	Prayer Circle letter concerning some speeches and articles to be sent to the Prayer Circle, for a small donation, 4/2/1945.
Box 1A	FF 86	Letter to Mrs. Flowers concerning funds and a record of donations, 4/20/1945.
Box 1A	FF 87	Prayer Circle letter concerning the new Truman administration; also something written on the Russians taking over European countries; several articles about Truman, the Russians, and how Roosevelt was to hand over Korea to the Russians; reports from the Nationalist News Service, 7/2/1945.
Box 1A	FF 88	Prayer Circle letter mostly regarding the Russians and the new attitude toward them by Truman; review of the sedition trial and the attorney’s fees; many newspaper articles pertaining to Truman or the Russians; list of donations, 7/30/1945.
Box 1A	FF 89	Prayer Circle letter regarding the atomic bomb dropped on Japan; Reverend Winrod writes about the prophecy of the atomic bomb; latter part of the letter regards still the sedition trial; record of donations, 9/5/1945.
Box 1A	FF 90	Two Prayer Circle letters the first concerned mostly with the atomic bomb and a book written by Reverend Winrod; Antichrist and the Atomic Bomb; the second letter concerns "persecutions" of Reverend Winrod and Dr. Walter Maier (Lutheran Hour); several deposit slips and a record of donations, 1945.
Box 1A	FF 91	Prayer Circle letter regarding the paying of taxes and the need for contributions; also acknowledgment letters sent to those who contributed; a record of donations, 1/15/1946.
Box 1A	FF 92	Prayer Circle letter concerning the taxes to be paid and the missionary in Puerto Rico; a possible list of contributors; record of donations, 1/23/1946.
Box 1A	FF 93	Prayer Circle letter concerning the new Defenders Theological Seminary in Puerto Rico; "persecution" of the Defenders by the B’nai B’rith and the international communist gestapo; record of donations, 3/1/1946.
Box 1A	FF 94	Prayer Circle letter regarding an incident involving Reverend Harvey Springer and the Communist Party in Denver, Colorado; some about the sedition trial; lastly the sending out of an address made by Reverend Winrod on the Denver radio KMYR. Cover letters sent with address; copies of the Nationalist News Service; record of donations, 3/25/1946.
Box 1A	FF 95	Prayer Circle letter regarding the "Committee on Un-American Activities"; lists of senators and representatives for each state; copy of petition sent; list of donations, 4/12/1946.
Box 1A	FF 96	Prayer Circle letter in which Reverend Winrod rehashes the sedition trial; newspaper clippings; a counter-propaganda service by Reverend Arthur W. Terminiello; record of donations, 5/6/1946.
Box 1A	FF 97	Prayer Circle letter concerning the atom bomb and the communist plot; newspaper clippings; record of donations, 6/6/1946.
Box 1A	FF 98	Prayer Circle letter concerning Reverend Winrod’s preaching engagements; also mentions the tight Defender budget; record of donations, 7/19/1946.
Box 1A	FF 99	Prayer Circle letter concerning Reverend Winrod’s speaking engagements and threats upon his life; letter from the Christian Veterans of America; letter to Mrs. Flowers about the Prayer Circle letter; record of bills; newspaper clippings; record of donations, 08/15/1946.
Box 1A	FF 100	Prayer Circle letter regarding a telegram sent to President Truman, possible war with Russia; list of bills to be paid; newspaper clippings; record of donations, 9/23/1946.
Box 1B	FF 1	Prayer Circle letter rehashing the sedition trial; a trial of a Catholic priest; list of bills to pay; record of donations, 10/10/1946.
Box 1B	FF 2	Prayer Circle letter concerned mostly with the mailing of Persecuted Preachers, 11/2/1946.
Box 1B	FF 3	Prayer Circle letter concerning a trip to Puerto Rico by Reverend Winrod; list of bills paid, the Defender Magazine; record of donations, 12/5/1946.
Box 1B	FF 4	Prayer Circle letter concerning a trip to Puerto Rico by Reverend Winrod; list of bills paid; letter sent out about the Defender Magazine; record of donations, 12/2/1946.
Box 1B	FF 5	Prayer Circle letter regarding the resignation of General Patrick Hurley and the "communist plot" of the New Deal; newspaper clippings; record of donations, 12/1946.
Box 1B	FF 6	Missionary letters regarding the work in Puerto Rico, 1/8/1947, 5/17/1947, 10/22/1947, 12/11/1947.
Box 1B	FF 7	Prayer Circle letter 1/2, 2/3, 2/22, 3/12, 2/17, 4/5, 4/30, 5/5, 6/28, 7/5, 7/25, 8/2, 9/6, 11/22, 12/13, all of 1947.
Box 1B	FF 8	Prayer Circle letter concerning the Puerto Rican Seminary and the expansion of the Defenders headquarters; list of bills; record of donations, 1/2/1947.
Box 1B	FF 9	Prayer Circle letter mostly concerning an addition to the Defenders building at Douglas and Poplar; list of bills to be paid; record of donations, 1/18/1947.
Box 1B	FF 10	Prayer Circle letter regarding the new addition being halted because of a smear campaign; record of donations, 2/3/1947.
Box 1B	FF 11	Prayer Circle letter concerning the missionary in Puerto Rico; record of donations, 2/14/1947.
Box 1B	FF 12	Prayer Circle letter regarding "persecution" by the Civilian Production Administration; letter sent to Mr. M. S. Verner, Jr.; list of bills to be paid; record of donations, 2/22/1947.
Box 1B	FF 13	Prayer Circle letter which discusses the Civilian Production Administration and its communist ties; copies of petitions; record of donations, 2/26/1947.
Box 1B	FF 14	Prayer Circle letter regarding the Civilian Production Administration being abolished and a rehashing of the Roosevelt administration; record of donations, 3/17/1947.
Box 1B	FF 15	Prayer Circle letter concerning the appointment of David Lilienthal to the chair of the Atomic Energy Commission; list of ministers to whom letter was sent; record of donations, 4/5/1947.
Box 1B	FF 16	Prayer Circle letter regarding radio broadcasts from Mexico; two personal letters one to Reverend Harvey Springer and one to Mr. Fred A. Rutschmann; record of donations, 5/5/1947.
Box 1B	FF 17	June 6, 7, and 28, 1947 Prayer Circle letters all concerning the Defender program on the radio station XERF in Mexico; personal correspondence concerning the radio program; copies of two radio transcripts; record of donations, 6/6/1947.
Box 1B	FF 18	Prayer Circle letter concerning the official end of the sedition trial; the radio program; the beginning to construction on the new building; record of donations, 7/5/1947.
Box 1B	FF 19	Prayer Circle letter regarding the radio broadcasts on XERF and XEG; record of donations, 7/10/1947.
Box 1B	FF 20	Prayer Circle letter regarding the radio broadcast; the need for money to get the new building project off the ground; record of donations, 8/1/1947.
Box 1B	FF 21	Prayer Circle letter concerning the building project and the need for it to be finished; record of donations, 9/11/1947.
Box 1B	FF 22	Prayer Circle letter about the building project and Reverend Winrod’s illness; record of donations, 10/9/1947.
Box 1B	FF 23	Prayer Circle letter concerning the Defender building; picture of partially finished building; record of donations, 11/11/1947.
Box 1B	FF 24	Prayer Circle letter concerning the Defender building and its expenses; record of donations, 11/11/1947.
Box 1B	FF 25	Prayer Circle letter regarding a new "smear-campaign" on Reverend Winrod; attacks made in the Wichita Beacon; record of donations, 12/17/1947.
Box 1B	FF 26	Prayer Circle letter concerning a new radio station that Reverend Winrod will be heard from; record of donations, 12/26/1947.
Box 1B	FF 27	Missionary letters for the year 1948: 2/23, 3/16, 4/6, 4/27, 6/4, 7/2, 7/3, 9/2, 10/23.
Box 1B	FF 28	Prayer Circle letter for 1948; 1/22, 1/23, 3/1, 3/3, 4/14, 5/29, 7/3, 8/6, 9/4, 10/2, 10/30, 11/20, 11/24, 12/8, 12/25.
Box 1B	FF 29	Prayer Circle letter regarding a "smear campaign" by the Beacon; a letter written to Max Levand of the Wichita Beacon; record of donations, 1/22/1948.
Box 1B	FF 30	Prayer Circle letter concerning L. M. Birkhead and Walter Winchell "who are making an attempt to stop preaching over the radio by Reverend Winrod and others"; two letters sent to Mrs. Flowers; record of donations, 1/23/1948.
Box 1B	FF 31	Prayer Circle letter asking for money to help pay for the new building; record of donations, 2/2/1948.
Box 1B	FF 32	Prayer Circle letters sent to Prayer Circle members in Texas, Louisiana, and Oklahoma asking to help put the Defender Hour program; record of donations, 2/19/1948.
Box 1B	FF 33	Prayer Circle letter concerning the "communist plot" of Birkhead and Winchell to take the Defender Hour off the air; record of donations, 2/25/1948.
Box 1B	FF 33A	Prayer Circle letter regarding the Anti-defamation League and its (Levand brothers) attempt to stop the work of the Defender organization; promissory note; record of donations, 3/1/1948.
Box 1B	FF 34	Prayer Circle letter regarding the communist plot to take over United States and stop Reverend Winrod; Economic Council Letter, 12/15/1947; part of the Evening Star Washington, D. C., 2/5/1948; paper called "The World’s Tinderbox"; record of donations, 3/3/1948.
Box 1B	FF 35	Two Prayer Circle letters both concerning the "Red underworld" and its effects on the Defender Organization; the Defender Hour being taken off the radio station; record of donations and bills, 3/24 and 4/9/1948.
Box 1B	FF 36	Prayer Circle letter regarding the communist gestapo and how they forced fundamentalist preachers off the air; newspaper articles; list of donations and bills, 4/14/1948.
Box 1B	FF 37	Prayer Circle letter concerning the defeat of the gestapo; the Defender Hour coming back on the air; list of bills and donations, 4/23/1948.
Box 1B	FF 38	Prayer Circle letter about the cost of printing and the radio program; list of bills and donations, 5/12/1948.
Box 1B	FF 39	Prayer Circle letter regarding the financial crisis of the Defender Hour; record of donations, 5/21/1948.
Box 1B	FF 40	Prayer Circle letter about the communist gestapo; record of donations, 5/26/1948.
Box 1B	FF 41	Prayer Circle letter regarding communism in the United States government and President Truman’s behavior; list of bills and donations, 6/17/1948.
Box 1B	FF 42	Prayer Circle letter concerning Reverend Winrod trip to Washington and the communist demonstration; list of bills and donations, 6/17/1948.
Box 1B	FF 43	Prayer Circle letter same as the previous letter; record of donations, 6/21/1948.
Box 1B	FF 44	Prayer Circle letter concerning a showdown with Russia after the elections and disclosure of captured communist documents; list of bills and donations, 7/3/1948.
Box 1B	FF 45	Prayer Circle letter similar to the previous one, also asking for help with the radio program; record of donations, 7/12/1948.
Box 1B	FF 46	Prayer Circle letter concerning a spy ring of communists in Washington that Truman will not expose; personal letter from a Mr. and Mrs. Pederson; list of bills and donations, 8/6/1948.
Box 1B	FF 47	Prayer Circle letter same content as the previous one; record of donations, 8/11/1948.
Box 1B	FF 48	Prayer Circle letter about the uncovering of a spy ring in Washington; also a call for money for a new truck; record of donations, 9/1/1948.
Box 1B	FF 49	Two Prayer Circle letters September 4 and 8, regarding the Defender Hour going back on three stations; list of bills and donations, 9/8/1948.
Box 1B	FF 50	Prayer Circle letter regarding the Defender Hour and how it could influence the 1948 elections; record of donations, 9/15/1948.
Box 1B	FF 51	Prayer Circle letter concerning the Kansas liquor laws ant the vote on them in the next elections; list of bills and donations, 10/7/1948.
Box 1B	FF 52	Prayer Circle letter concerning the Anti-defamation League headed by the Levand brothers and its smear tactics; the Defender Hour being the defense against communism; record of donations, 10/2/1948.
Box 1B	FF 53	Two Prayer Circle letters both October 30, 1948, concerning the November elections and the impact that the Defender organization has on elections; list of bills and donations, 10/30/1948.
Box 1B	FF 54	Prayer Circle letter about a new paper by Reverend Winrod, "The Meaning of the Elections to Christians"; also asking for money for the Defender Hour; acknowledgment letter; record of donations, 11/6/1948.
Box 1B	FF 55	Prayer Circle letter about the Defender Hour radio program; record of donations, 11/24/1948.
Box 1B	FF 56	Two Prayer Circle letters both about helping a Texas printing firm to buy out a local Wichita printing firm; record of donations, 11/20/1948 and 11/24/1948.
Box 1B	FF 57	Prayer Circle letter concerning the Committee on Un-American Activities; copy of Reverend Winrod’s Defender Hour address on 12/26/1948; list of donations, 12/25/1948.
Box 1B	FF 57A	Prayer Circle letter reaccounting the past years work in the missionary field; a calendar with a picture of Reverend Winrod; record of donations, 12/25/1958.
Box 1B	FF 58	Prayer Circle letter concerning the communist organizers in the public schools; a book 100 Things You Should Know About Communism and Education; record of donations, 12/29/1948.
Box 1B	FF 59	Prayer Circle letters from 1948.
Box 1B	FF 60	Prayer Circle letters from 1949.
Box 1B	FF 61	Prayer Circle letter regarding President Truman and his sympathies towards communism; list of bills and donations, 1/24/1949.
Box 1B	FF 62	Prayer Circle letter about the persecution of preachers in Russian occupied countries; list of bills and donations, 2/19/1949.
Box 1B	FF 63	Prayer Circle letter same content as the previous one; copy of a letter from Reverend Winrod while in Puerto Rico; list of bills and donations, 2/22/1949.
Box 1B	FF 64	Prayer Circle letter about Europe "getting war jitters"; the work of the Defender Hour; list of bills and donations, 3/17/1949.
Box 1B	FF 65	Prayer Circle letter same content as previous letter; list of bills and donations, 3/22/1949.
Box 1B	FF 66	Prayer Circle letter regarding the Jewish people of America supporting communism; the Defender Hour; a flyer on the Koch treatment; record of donations, 4/2/1949.
Box 1B	FF 67	Prayer Circle letter concerning socialized medicine and Dr. Fishbein suppressing Dr. Koch’s treatment; and literature from the National Physicians Committee; record of donations, 5/29/1949.
Box 1B	FF 68	Prayer Circle letter asking for money for the Defender Hour broadcasts; list of bills and donations, 5/23/1949.
Box 1B	FF 69	Prayer Circle letter about the Defender Hour and how the red underworld is trying to have it taken off the air; record of donations, 5/28/1949.

Title:	Reverend Dr. Gerald B. Winrod Papers
Call Number:	MS 87-9
Size:	56 linear feet
Acquisition:	Donated by Dr. Hart Armstrong for Christian Communications Inc.
Processed by:	LMG, 2/20/1987; Reprocessed by JEF, 6/23/1999; Materials Added by JLY, 7/2002