Reverend Dr. Gerald B. Winrod Papers
Collection Summary
Title: | Reverend Dr. Gerald B. Winrod Papers |
Call Number: | MS 87-09 |
Size: | 56.0 linear feet |
Acquisition: | Donated by Dr. Hart Armstrong for Christian Communications Inc. |
Processed by: | LMG, 2-20-1987; JEF, 6-23-1999; JLY, 7-2002 |
Note: | Related collections: MS 88-29, Kenneth Bradley Collection; MS 95-18, John W. Jackson Papers |
Restrictions: | None |
Literary Rights
Literary rights were granted to Wichita State University. When permission is granted to examine the 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
The Reverend Dr. Gerald B. Winrod Papers document the career and writings of Gerald Winrod (1900-1957), a Wichita evangelist, author, publisher and political activist. His organization, Defenders of the Christian Faith, became a major national forum for promoting his advocacy of anti-Semitism, anti-Communism, racial segregation, creationism and Prohibition. The collection includes correspondence, microfilm, photographs, a complete set of The Defender magazine, and copies of the American Mercury magazine. The collection also includes many of Reverend Winrod's own books. Some folder titles are as originally titled.
Detailed Description: Series Listing
Series 1 | Box 1 FF 1-38 | Promotional and Form Letters, 1966. 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 | Ledger Books and Reports. Contains radio ledger books and income tax reports of Reverend Winrod. |
Series 3 | Box 1A-Box 1C | Prayer Circle Correspondence. Contains Prayer Circle correspondence as well as several other miscellaneous documents. |
Series 4 | Box 2 FF 1-36 | Defender Correspondence. 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-Box 3 | Winrod Personal. 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-Box 23 | Defender Organization Scrapbooks and Ledgers. Contains ledger books and scrapbooks of the Defender organization from 1932 to 1974. |
Series 7 | Box 24-Box 25 | Writings by Winrod and Others. 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-Box 26A | Writings by Others. Contains books written by various authors. |
Series 9 | Box 27-Box 29 | Defender Magazine. Contains copies and microfilm reels of the Defender Magazine. |
Series 10 | Box 30 | Phonograph Records. Contains phonograph records made by Reverend Winrod. |
Series 11 | Box 31 | Tracts. Contains tracts published by the Defenders, Inc. |
Series 12 | Box 32-Box 34 | American Mercury Magazine. Contains documents pertaining to the American Mercury. Included are papers, correspondence, scrapbooks and microfilm. |
Series 13 | Box 35-Box 36 | Miscellaneous Papers. 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-Box 43 | Defender Hour Radio Program Tapes. Contains tapes of the Defender Hour radio programs. |
Series 15 | Box 44-Box 45 | Defender Organization Materials. Contains correspondence, financial records and bank statements from the Defender organization. |
Series 16 | Box 46A-Box 46B | Scrapbooks. 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-Box 50 | Defenders Organization Office Files. 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-Box 64 | Publications. Included are bound copies of the Defender Magazine and the American Mercury magazine. |
Series 19 | Box 65-Box 71 | Tapes of radio programs. |
Detailed Description: 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. |
Box 1B | FF 70 | Prayer Circle letter concerning the Defender Hour and the need for money; record of donations, 6/22/1949. |
Box 1B | FF 71 | Prayer Circle letter discussing the present economic crisis in the United States; the communist plot to overthrow the government; the need for money; list of bills and donations, 6/23/1949. |
Box 1B | FF 72 | Prayer Circle letter the same as above letter; record of donations, 6/30/1949. |
Box 1B | FF 73 | Prayer Circle letter regarding cut backs made at the Defender headquarters and also abroad; list of bills and donations, 7/19/1949. |
Box 1B | FF 74 | Prayer Circle letter regarding a recent trip to Washington by Reverend Winrod which he learned that the nation is preparing for war against Russia; list of bills and donations, 8/18/1949. |
Box 1B | FF 75 | Prayer Circle letter about Russia gaining the atomic bomb; Mrs. Roosevelt’s attack on fundamentalist preachers and that she is controlled by the communist gestapo; list of bills and donations, 9/27/1949. |
Box 1B | FF 76 | Prayer Circle letter concerning Russia and the atomic bomb; the Koch treatment for cancer; two flyers for books; record of donations, 10/21/1949. |
Box 1B | FF 77 | Prayer Circle letter discussing the idea of moving the nation’s capital so it would not be threatened by Russia; a copy of a letter sent to Commissioner Robert F. Jones of the Federal Communications Commission; record of donations, 10/22/1949. |
Box 1B | FF 78 | Acknowledgment letters sent for donations, 1949. |
Box 1B | FF 79 | Prayer Circle letter urgently asking for money; record of donations, 11/18/1949. |
Box 1B | FF 80 | Prayer Circle letter regarding the "smear campaign" of Max and Louis Levand (of the Wichita Beacon); the purchasing of property for the Defender organization; record of donations; list of bills and donations, 12/12/1949. |
Box 1B | FF 81 | Prayer Circle letter sent to Prayer Circle members in Michigan regarding the use of a Detroit ratio station for the Defender Hour; record of donations, 12/24/1949. |
Box 1B | FF 82 | Prayer Circle letter concerning the purchasing of land for the building of a printing shop; record of donations, 12/27/1949. |
Box 1B | FF 83 | Prayer Circle letter concerning the Defender Hour program; record of donations, 4/12/1949. |
Box 1C | FF 1 | Prayer Circle letters from 1950. |
Box 1C | FF 2 | Notes to and from Reverend Winrod about Defender Magazine subscriptions, 1950. |
Box 1C | FF 3 | Prayer Circle letter concerning money needed for the purchase of property; how the Levands are resorting to black magic; list of bills and donations, 1/11/1950. |
Box 1C | FF 4 | Prayer Circle letter about the financial status, especially the Defender Magazine and the Defender Hour; record of donations, 1/14/1950. |
Box 1C | FF 5 | Prayer Circle letter warning about the new hydrogen bomb; record of donations, 2/4/1950. |
Box 1C | FF 6 | Prayer Circle letter regarding a trip to the West Indies missionary; the financial situation of the Defender organization; list of bills and donations, 3/11/1950. |
Box 1C | FF 7 | Two Prayer Circle letters same content as previous letter; list of bills and donations, 3/28/1950. |
Box 1C | FF 8 | Prayer Circle letter about the need for money for a building that would house a printing press; list of bills and donations, 4/12/1950. |
Box 1C | FF 9 | Two Prayer Circle letters both about the printing of the Defender Magazine; the Levands helping repeal the liquor law; list of bills and donations; letter from Representative Richard Nixon, 4/17/1950 and 4/27/1950. |
Box 1C | FF 10 | Prayer Circle letter concerning the printing situation of the Defender Magazine; record of donations, 5/1/1950. |
Box 1C | FF 11 | Prayer Circle letter regarding the printing of the Defender Magazine; record of donations, 5/3/1950. |
Box 1C | FF 12 | Prayer Circle letter concerning a printing business which is available for sale and Reverend Winrod wishes to purchase it; list of bills and donations, 5/27/1950. |
Box 1C | FF 13 | Prayer Circle letter asking for money to help pay the balance on the printing plant; record of donations, 6/19/1950. |
Box 1C | FF 14 | Prayer Circle letter same as 5/27 letter; record of donations, 6/17/1950. |
Box 1C | FF 15 | Prayer Circle letters, the same letter of 6/19; picture of printing building; record of donations, 6/22/1950, 6/23/1950, and 6/28/1950. |
Box 1C | FF 16 | Prayer Circle letter concerning mostly the war in Korea and criticizing the Truman administration; several newspaper articles on the war; radio message by Bill Cunningham (of the Boston Herald); record of donations, 7/27/1950. |
Box 1C | FF 17 | Prayer Circle letters from August mostly about Korea; the need for Defenders’ own printing press; record of donations, 8/9/1950 and 8/18/1950. |
Box 1C | FF 18 | Prayer Circle letters same content as previous letters; record of donations, 8/24/1950. |
Box 1C | FF 19 | Prayer Circle letter concerning the Defender Hour programs; list of bills and donations, 9/29/1950. |
Box 1C | FF 20 | Prayer Circle letter discussing the eminent attack of the Russians; civil strife in Puerto Rico; the Defender Hour; articles about a booklet that tells how to survive an A-bomb, 11/3/1950. |
Box 1C | FF 21 | Prayer Circle letter asking for money to help pay for a paper shipment; record of donations, 11/16/1950. |
Box 1C | FF 22 | Prayer Circle letter regarding an "attack" made on them by the Levands; the war in Korea; the Alger Hiss case, especially the involvement of Dean Acheson; a circular sent out to the community of Wichita, newspaper articles; record of donations, 12/8/1950 and 12/11/1950. |
Box 1C | FF 23 | Prayer Circle letters from 1951. |
Box 1C | FF 24 | Prayer Circle letters concerning the Levands and their involvement with the State Tax Commission; record of donations, 1/5/1951. |
Box 1C | FF 25 | Prayer Circle letter same content as the December 8, 1950 letter; a flyer promoting a book on the Koch treatment; record of donations, 1/4/1951. |
Box 1C | FF 26 | Prayer Circle letters about the Levands and their involvement in the tax commission, specifically getting the tax commission to refuse the Defender organization a tax free status; record of donations, 1/20/1950 and 1/30/1950. |
Box 1C | FF 27 | Prayer Circle letter concerning a book called Our Own Communists Can Cripple Us; record of donations, 3/14/1951. |
Box 1C | FF 28 | Prayer Circle letter concerning the war in Korea and the radio program; record of donations, 4/12/1951. |
Box 1C | FF 29 | Prayer Circle letter regarding General McArthur’s dismissal; "Who is Dean Acheson"; the need to pay a paper bill; record of donations, 5/7/1951. |
Box 1C | FF 30 | Prayer Circle letters one concerning the missionary in Puerto Rico; the other about Christian radio programs; letter to those whose Defender Magazine subscription has expired; record of donations, 5/16/1951. |
Box 1C | FF 31 | Prayer Circle letter about the Defender organization going to the Kansas Supreme Court to appeal the tax commission; acknowledgment letter; record of donations, 6/17/1951. |
Box 1C | FF 32 | Prayer Circle letter regarding the supreme court case involving the Defenders and the tax commission; acknowledgment letter which contains a copy of a death threat to Reverend Winrod; record of donations, 7/12/1951. |
Box 1C | FF 33 | Prayer Circle letter sent out a limited number of people asking for donations to help pay for a Wichita mailing; record of donations, 7/25/1951. |
Box 1C | FF 34 | Prayer Circle letter regarding the court case involving the Defender organization and the tax commission; four page leaflet sent out in Wichita; record of donations, 8/3/1951. |
Box 1C | FF 35 | Prayer Circle letter about the continuation of the Defender Hour; record of donations, 9/6/1951. |
Box 1C | FF 36 | Prayer Circle letter the same content as the 9/6 letter; record of donations, 9/18/1951. |
Box 1C | FF 37 | Prayer Circle letter concerning the eminent danger of war with Russia; the results of the tax commission case; record of donations, 10/10/1951. |
Box 1C | FF 38 | Prayer Circle letter about the radio programs; record of donations, 10/27/1951. |
Box 1C | FF 39 | Prayer Circle letter concerning the supreme court case; President Truman’s proposal to send an ambassador to the Vatican; record of donations, 12/12/1951. |
Box 1C | FF 40 | Prayer Circle letters about the Levands and their part in the conspiracy against the Defenders, also involving William Maloney, Henry Gurnewald, and Charles Oliphant, 1/1/1952. |
Box 1C | FF 41 | Prayer Circle letter that makes certain allegations such as Secretary of State Dean Acheson is a communist, Truman brought McArthur home on orders of the communists, and General Ridgeway was ordered not to win the war, 2/12/1952. |
Box 1C | FF 42 | Prayer Circle letter about the supreme court trial and the influence the Levands have over the court, 2/18/1952. |
Box 1C | FF 43 | Prayer Circle letter same content as 2/18; two leaflets put out by the Defender, 3/6/1952. |
Box 1C | FF 44 | Prayer Circle letter concerning the communist plot to take over America; also mentions Dean Acheson; the tax commission case, the date for trial being moved to November, 4/16/1952. |
Box 1C | FF 45 | Prayer Circle letter speaking about the number of pamphlets printed; the need for donations to buy more paper, 5/13/1952. |
Box 1C | FF 46 | Prayer Circle letter regarding a threat made on Reverend Winrod’s life and the involvement of the FBI in the investigation, 6/23/1952. |
Box 1C | FF 47 | Prayer Circle letter about the Jewish communist plot to take over the United States; he also mentions the upcoming elections, 6/30/1952. |
Box 1C | FF 48 | Prayer Circle letter concerning what Reverend Winrod learned at a trip to Washington, D. C. about the international Jewish plot to take over the world through the United Nations, 8/22/1952. |
Box 1C | FF 49 | Prayer Circle letter concerning the 1952 presidential elections, 9/24/1952. |
Box 1C | FF 50 | Prayer Circle letter asking for money to help pay for a carload of paper, n.d. |
Box 1C | FF 51 | Prayer Circle letter about the November elections and their impact; also speaks about the United Nations, 11/14/1952. |
Box 1C | FF 52 | Prayer Circle letter concerning an attempt to stop broadcasts from XELO in El Paso, 12/24/1952. |
Box 1C | FF 53 | Circulars sent out advertising Defender materials for 1953; record of donations, January to March, 1953. |
Box 1C | FF 54 | Prayer Circle letter concerning an impending action to be brought against some Wichita radio stations; the purge trials in Russia against Jewish people; record of donations; Defender wall calendar, 2/5/1953. |
Box 1C | FF 55 | Prayer Circle letter sent after a banquet held for the 27th anniversary of the Defender Magazine; record of donations, 3/6/1953. |
Box 1C | FF 56 | Several promotionals two specifically for the Defender Magazine March, 1953, record of donations. |
Box 1C | FF 57 | Prayer Circle letter regarding the Levands and their "plot to destroy the Defender organization," 5/14/1953. |
Box 1C | FF 58 | Prayer Circle letter about the supreme court’s decision on the Defender tax case; record of donations, 4/20/1953. |
Box 1C | FF 59 | Circular sent out to order the Defender Magazine; another circular sent for the Defender Hour, 6/8/1953. |
Box 1C | FF 60 | Prayer Circle letter condemning the United Nations as a Tower of Babel; record of donations, 6/29/1953. |
Box 1C | FF 61 | Prayer Circle letter same as previous letter; record of donations, 7/13/1953. |
Box 1C | FF 62 | Prayer Circle letter about a professor J. B. Matthews who was hired by Senator McCarthy as a special investigator; record of donations; 7/16/1953. |
Box 1C | FF 63 | Prayer Circle letter regarding the death of Louis Levand; Reverend Winrod’s hospitalization; the mortgaging of the Defender Magazine, 9/1/1953. |
Box 1C | FF 64 | Acknowledgment letter sent out to contributors; also speaks about his daughter substituting on the Defender Hour, 10/11/1953. |
Box 1C | FF 65 | Prayer Circle letter sent out while Reverend Winrod was on leave from the hospital; also about the radio program; record of donations, 9/23/1953. |
Box 1C | FF 66 | Defender Magazine promotional materials; other Defender publication promotional materials, November and December 1953. |
Box 1C | FF 67 | Prayer Circle letter regarding a "new conspiracy" aimed against the Defender organization by a "group of religious leftists"; list of bills and donations, 11/17/1953. |
Box 1C | FF 68 | Prayer Circle letter recapitulating the Supreme Court’s decision on the Defender tax situation and asking for donations to help pay for taxes; record of donations, 12/26/1953. |
Box 1C | FF 69 | Promotional materials for the Defender Magazine from January to April 1954; record of donations. |
Box 1C | FF 70 | Prayer Circle letter in which Reverend Winrod expresses fear of another sedition case; record of donations, 2/3/1954. |
Box 1C | FF 71 | Prayer Circle letter regarding the Defender missionaries in Puerto Rico and Jerusalem; record of donations, 3/3/1954. |
Box 1C | FF 72 | Prayer Circle letter about the new missionary work in Jerusalem; promotionals for the Defender Magazine; record of donations, 3/16/1954. |
Box 1C | FF 73 | Prayer Circle letter concerning the new facts about the hydrogen bomb and Senator McCarthy; a promissory note; record of donations, 4/8/1954. |
Box 1C | FF 74 | Prayer Circle letter the same content as previous one; record of donations, 4/10/1954. |
Box 1C | FF 75 | Prayer Circle letter about a treatise that Reverend Winrod wrote on the hydrogen bomb; Defender Hour radio schedule; list of books; record of donations, 5/14/1954. |
Box 1C | FF 76 | Prayer Circle letter concerning Senator McCarthy, record of donations, 5/22/1954. |
Box 1C | FF 77 | Prayer Circle letter regarding the possible attack of the Soviets with hydrogen bombs and communism in China; record of donations 7/16/1954. |
Box 1C | FF 78 | Prayer Circle letter about the need to pay off a carload of paper; General Mark Clark, commander in Korea; record of donations, 8/14/1954. |
Box 1C | FF 79 | Prayer Circle letter concerning the Defender Hour program in Arkansas; Gerald Winrod’s treatise, called "Modern Mongols"; record of donations, 8/27/1954. |
Box 1C | FF 80 | Defender promotional for the Defender Magazine; record of donations, 9/20/1954. |
Box 1C | FF 81 | Prayer Circle letter regarding the communist plot to overthrow the United States government; the communism in Hungary; Senator McCarthy; record of donations, 9/23/1954. |
Box 1C | FF 82 | Promotion for the Defender Magazine, 10/4/1954; promotion for the Defender Bible College in Beirut. 10/4/1954; record of donations, 10/5/1954. |
Box 1C | FF 83 | Prayer Circle letter regarding the Levand family crumbling; a pamphlet about the Levands addressed to the people of Wichita; record of donations, 11/17/1954. |
Box 1C | FF 84 | Prayer Circle letter telling about the need for donations to pay for paper to print literature; record of donations, 12/4/1954. |
Box 1C | FF 85 | Two Prayer Circle letters the first talking about having a new building closer to the Defender organization for printing; the other is unfinished; record of donations, 12/11/1954 and 12/16/1954. |
Box 1C | FF 86 | Prayer Circle letter regarding the radio programs; record of donations, 12/27/1954. |
Box 1C | FF 87 | Prayer Circle letter about the need to buy some ground for a building to house a printing center; record of donations, 1/8/1955. |
Box 1C | FF 88 | Prayer Circle letter about the discovery of an ancient underground church near the tomb of Christ; record of donations, 2/1/1955. |
Box 1C | FF 89 | Promotional material about books and pamphlets printed by the Defender; record of donations, 2/23/1955. |
Box 1C | FF 90 | Prayer Circle letter regarding the Defender organization’s financial problems; record of donations, 3/9/1955. |
Box 1C | FF 91 | Prayer Circle letter concerning some of the work being cut from the Defender programs; the new attacks being made on the Defenders; record of donations, 5/10/1955. |
Box 1C | FF 92 | Prayer Circle letter about the need for donations to pay for paper; postcard of Defender organization; record of donations, 6/16/1955. |
Box 1C | FF 93 | Prayer Circle letter about the missionary work in Puerto Rico; promotional for the Defender Magazine, 7/28/1955. |
Box 1C | FF 94 | Prayer Circle letter regarding the need to pay for an addressing machine; Reverend Winrod’s trip to the Middle East and the Arab-Jewish problem; record of donations, 8/29/1955. |
Box 1C | FF 95 | Prayer Circle letter about the radio programs; record of donations, 9/16/1955. |
Box 1C | FF 96 | Several Defender promotionals, one for a vitamin product; record of sales, 10/12/1955. |
Box 1C | FF 97 | Prayer Circle letter about the "Ford Fund for the Republic"; the Israeli and Arab problem; the new building for the printing press; record of donations, 11/10/1955. |
Box 1C | FF 98 | Prayer Circle letter concerning the death of Frank V. Webb; record of donations, 12/5/1955. |
Box 1C | FF 99 | Prayer Circle letter regarding the radio programs; a promotional for the American Mercury; record of donations, 12/7/1955. |
Box 1C | FF 100 | Prayer Circle letter rehashing the persecution by the Levands, of the Wichita Beacon publishers; record of donations, 12/31/1955. |
Box 1C | FF 101 | Prayer Circle letters from 1955. |
Box 1C | FF 102 | Prayer Circle letters concerning the moving of the printing to another building; list of bills and donations, 2/15/1956. |
Box 1C | FF 103 | Prayer Circle letter two months after Reverend Winrod’s death concerns mostly the staff at the Defender organization; record of donations, 1/10/1958. |
Box 1C | FF 104 | Prayer Circle letter concerning Reverend Winrod and his work in the Defender organization; acknowledgment letter; record of donations, 1/20/1958. |
Box 1C | FF 105 | Prayer Circle letter about the work of Reverend Winrod; record of donations, 2/21/1958. |
Box 1C | FF 106 | Prayer Circle letter regarding the need for contributions to carry on the work of the Defender organization and Mrs. M. L. Flowers (MF) carrying on Reverend Winrod’s work; record of donations, 3/7/1958. |
Box 1C | FF 107 | Prayer Circle letter concerning the Defender missionary work; record of donations, 4/15/1958. |
Box 1C | FF 108 | A promotional for the Defender publications; record of donations, 5/1/1958. |
Box 1C | FF 109 | Prayer Circle letter about paying for a carload of paper; record of donations, 5/14/1958. |
Box 1C | FF 110 | Prayer Circle letter about the Reverend Winrod memorial; a letter about the memorial campaign subscription; record of donations, 5/20/1958. |
Box 1C | FF 111 | Prayer Circle letter regarding the death of Dr. Edward Fehr; record of donations, 7/13/1958. |
Box 1C | FF 112 | Prayer Circle letter sent out to people who haven’t answered a Prayer Circle letter; record of donations, 7/31/1958. |
Box 1C | FF 113 | Prayer Circle letter concerning "the new look" of the Prayer Circle letters; the need for money to buy a new truck; record of donations, 8/18/1958. |
Box 1C | FF 114 | Prayer Circle letter regarding Walter Reuther and the missionary work, 9/26/1958. |
Box 1C | FF 115 | Prayer Circle letter about the need for spiritual and financial help; record of donations, 10/30/1958. |
Box 1C | FF 116 | Prayer Circle letter about the need to pay off the loan for the paper; record of donations, 12/3/1958. |
Box 1C | FF 117 | Prayer Circle letter regarding the resuming of the radio programs; record of donations, 2/5/1959. |
Box 1C | FF 118 | Prayer Circle letter concerning the need to help pay for the operating costs of the Defender organization, 3/10/1959. |
Box 1C | FF 119 | Prayer Circle letter asking for a personal reply and donations; record of donations, 4/8/1959. |
Box 1C | FF 120 | Prayer Circle letter concerning the missionary work of the Defenders; record of donations, 4/7/1959. |
Box 1C | FF 121 | Prayer Circle letter concerning the purchasing of land that was Reverend Winrod’s; an appeal for money; record of donations, 5/29/1959. |
Box 1C | FF 122 | Prayer Circle letter regarding an appeal for donations; and the continuation of the Prayer Circle letters; record of donations, 5/7/1959. |
Box 1C | FF 123 | Prayer Circle letter regarding the radio programs; record of donations, 1/9/1959. |
Box 1C | FF 124 | Prayer Circle letter about Chinese communist atrocities; record of donations, 6/12/1959. |
Box 1C | FF 125 | Prayer Circle letter concerning the lack of interest in the Defender organization during the summer months; record of donations, 7/20/1959. |
Box 1C | FF 126 | An acknowledgment letter for contributions and an appeal for money to help a missionary from Puerto Rico; record of donations, 8/1959. |
Box 1C | FF 127 | Prayer Circle letter concerning the Defender Magazine, its cost and its placement in hotels; record of donations, 9/8/1959. |
Box 1C | FF 128 | A cover letter sent out with a copy of the Defender Magazine; record of donations, May 1960. |
Series 4 ‒ Defender Correspondence
Box 2 | FF 1 | Report, "Defenders Town House, Inc, 922 Linwood Kansas City, Missouri," November 15, 1963. |
Box 2 | FF 2 | Defenders Town House, Inc., April 30, 1964. Report of the building and its features. |
Box 2 | FF 3 | From the same file as above. |
Box 2 | FF 4 | Papers concerning the Defenders Townhouse in Kansas City. Two copies of the statement of actual operating income and expenses from combined operation as hotel and senior citizens home, January 1 to September 30, 1963. |
Box 2 | FF 5 | Papers and correspondence concerning the Defenders Townhouse in Kansas City. This folder includes a letter of intent to buy the La Salle Hotel; a letter to Charles L. Coleman of the Federal Housing Administration from G. H. Montgomery; request for pre-application analysis of multifamily housing proposal, September 12 and 13, 1963. |
Box 2 | FF 6 | Papers concerning the Defenders Townhouse. This folder includes a balance sheet for the Defenders of the Christian Faith and a personal financial and credit statement, September 14-30, 1963. |
Box 2 | FF 7 | Correspondence and papers concerning the Defenders Townhouse. Some of the correspondence is from the Federal Housing Administration, October 8-October 25, 1963. |
Box 2 | FF 8 | Correspondence concerning the Defenders Townhouse. Some of the correspondence is from the Glen Capri Motel and some from a law firm, November 12-26, 1963. |
Box 2 | FF 9 | Papers and correspondence about the Defenders Townhouse. Included is the application for Project Mortgage Insurance and a report of the building for the Defenders Townhouse, December 1-23, 1963. |
Box 2 | FF 10 | Correspondence about the Defenders Townhouse. Some to the letters are from and to a law firm and from the Federal Housing Administration, January 2-15, 1964. |
Box 2 | FF 11 | Correspondence concerning the Defenders Townhouse. Some of the letters are to and from the Federal Housing Administration, February 13-29, 1964. |
Box 2 | FF 12 | Correspondence about the Defenders Townhouse, most of which is from the Federal Housing Administration, March 3-31, 1964. |
Box 2 | FF 13 | Correspondence from and to the Federal Housing Administration concerning the Defenders Townhouse, April 4-30, 1964. |
Box 2 | FF 14 | Report Defenders Townhouse Inc., Board of Directors, Dr. G. H. Montgomery, President, H. R. Pearson, Jr., M. L. Flowers, R. F. Carter, Robert Thompson, April 30, 1964. |
Box 2 | FF 15 | Papers concerning the Defenders Townhouse, May 8-30, 1964. |
Box 2 | FF 16 | Correspondence about the Defenders Townhouse, some of which is from and to the Federal Housing project, June 22-23, 1964. |
Box 2 | FF 17 | Correspondence concerning the Defenders Townhouse. Included are some letters from and to Robert E. Champlin, Architect; Deed of Trust note; three copies of an article from the Kansas City Times, August 4-30, 1964. |
Box 2 | FF 18 | Papers and some correspondence about the Defenders Townhouse, February 11-22, 1963. |
Box 2 | FF 19 | Correspondence and papers about the Defenders Townhouse. This folder includes a floor plan for a garage; Federal Housing Administration outline specifications; several pages of notes, n.d. |
Box 2 | FF 20 | This folder contains some correspondence concerning the 1960 election convention. Included is a national convention handbook, and 1960 Defender Calendar. |
Box 2 | FF 21 | Defender correspondence "The hour is come," November 1960. |
Box 2 | FF 22 | Defender correspondence sent out October 1960. |
Box 2 | FF 23 | Defender correspondence, "Red brutality," June 1960. |
Box 2 | FF 24 | Defender correspondence concerning Hurricane Donna that struck the island of Puerto Rico, 9/9/1960. |
Box 2 | FF 25 | Defender correspondence about statements made by Billy Graham, November 1959. |
Box 2 | FF 26 | Defender correspondence about a member of Reverend Winrod’s family who wants to claim the seminary in Puerto Rico as personal property, January 1960. |
Box 2 | FF 27 | Defender correspondence, "I just returned," 6/21/1960. |
Box 2 | FF 28 | Defender correspondence, "And so God help us," October 1960. |
Box 2 | FF 29 | Defender correspondence about Khrushchev and the need for money by the Defender organization, 10/9/1960. |
Box 2 | FF 30 | Defender correspondence to Prayer Circle friends, Christmas and New Year’s Eve 1959; news release about Gwynne W. Davidson the new Defender president. |
Box 2 | FF 31 | Defender correspondence "Washington officials are holding their breath," 4/5/1960; also a bill from the Graham paper company. |
Box 2 | FF 32 | Defender correspondence "Our lives are at stake"; also other literature on John F. Kennedy and the presidential elections, 8/23/1960. |
Box 2 | FF 33 | Defender correspondence "Prayer request," 5/17/1960. |
Box 2 | FF 34 | Defender correspondence, June 1971. |
Box 2 | FF 35 | Correspondence between the Defender organization and the Israel-American Institute of Biblical Studies, Inc. |
Box 2 | FF 36 | Correspondence to and from Mansur K. Saca; also a paper called "The Invasion of Egypt" 1947-48 to 1956-57. |
Series 5 ‒ Winrod Personal
Box 2 | FF 37 | Two pages of records of births and deaths of Winrod’s immediate family spanning the years 1845 to 1899. |
Box 2 | FF 38 | Scrapbook from the funeral of Reverend J. W. Winrod, father of Gerald Winrod, April 1945 (?). |
Box 2 | FF 39 | Letter from Reverend Winrod to his mother while in Cairo, n.d. |
Box 2 | FF 40 | Personal items, "In Memoriam of Irvin B. Winrod" and greeting cards from Gerald Winrod and Frannie to Gerald Winrod’s mother for different holidays. |
Box 2 | FF 41 | This folder includes such personal items as a guest book, photographs, old post cards, and greeting cards. |
Box 2 | FF 42 | Photographs, possibly from the mission in Puerto Rico. |
Box 2 | FF 43 | Photographs (some possibly family) and some miscellaneous correspondence, n.d. |
Box 2 | FF 44 | Photographs from family (?) photo album. |
Box 2 | FF 45 | Photographs from family (?) photo album. |
Box 2 | FF 46 | Photographs from family (?) photo album. |
Box 2 | FF 47 | Photographs from a mission in Latin America. |
Box 2 | FF 48 | Photographs of Reverend Winrod. |
Box 2 | FF 49 | Photographs of missions. |
Box 2 | FF 50 | Six postcards sent to Gerald Winrod from A. Velonis. |
Box 3 | This box contains oversized personal items belonging to Reverend Winrod. The items include the diploma of Irvin Winrod from Immanuel Lutheran School, unidentified photographs, and ledger book from second Defender Contest Fund 1942. |
Series 6 ‒ Defender Organization Scrapbooks and Ledgers
Box 4 | Ledger books, Defender Publishers 1937-1939. | |
Box 5 | Ledger books, Defender Publishers 1940-1942. | |
Box 6 | Ledger books, Defender Publishers 1943-1946. | |
Box 7 | Defender Scrapbooks, Numbers 1 and 2, October 1930-June 1932. | |
Box 8 | Defender Scrapbooks, Numbers 3 and 4, June 1932-November 1933. | |
Box 9 | Defender Scrapbooks, Numbers 5 and 6, November 1933-September 1935. | |
Box 10 | Defender Scrapbooks, Numbers 7 and 8, September 1935-March 1937. | |
Box 11 | Defender Scrapbooks, Numbers 9 and 10, February 1937-July 1938. | |
Box 12 | Defender Scrapbooks, Numbers 11 and 12, July 1938-February 1940. | |
Box 13 | Defender Scrapbooks, Numbers 13 and 14, February 1940-June 1942. | |
Box 13A | Defender Scrapbooks, Numbers 15 and 16, June 1942-April 1945. | |
Box 13B | Defender Scrapbooks, Numbers 17, 18, 19 and 20, September 12, 1943-July 1947. | |
Box 14 | Defender Scrapbooks, Numbers 21 and 22, July 1947-July 1950. | |
Box 15 | Defender Scrapbooks, Numbers 23 and 24, August 1950-April 1955. | |
Box 16 | Defender Scrapbooks, Numbers 25 and 26, April 1955-February 1962. | |
Box 17 | Defender Scrapbooks, Numbers 27 and 28, February 1962-September 1963. | |
Box 18 | Defender Scrapbooks, Numbers 29 and 30, September 1963-December 1965. | |
Box 19 | Defender Scrapbooks, Numbers 31 and 32, December 1965-February 1969. | |
Box 20 | Defender Scrapbooks, Numbers 33 and 34, February 1969-April 1971. | |
Box 21 | Defender Scrapbooks, Numbers 35 and 36, April 1971-September 1974. | |
Box 22 | Defender European Scrapbook and Prayer Circle Scrapbook; both include photographs. | |
Box 23 | Reverend Montgomery’s scrapbook. | |
Box 24 | FF 1 | Clippings to go in a scrapbook on the Vietnam War. |
Box 24 | FF 2 | Clippings to go in a scrapbook on war preparations (Korea). |
Box 24 | FF 3 | Clippings to go in a scrapbook on nursing homes and the elderly. |
Box 24 | FF 4 | Clippings to go in a scrapbook on health, home and parents. |
Box 24 | FF 5 | Clippings to go in a scrapbook on Israel and Jewish people-New York Bible Society. |
Series 7 ‒ Writings by Winrod and Others
Box 24 | FF 6 | Antichrist and the Atomic Bomb, 1945. |
Box 24 | FF 7 | Brain Building and Soul Growth, 1945. |
Box 24 | FF 8 | Christ Within, 1929. |
Box 24 | FF 9 | The Conflict of the Christ, 1953. |
Box 24 | FF 10 | Communism in Prophecy, History, America, 1946. |
Box 24 | FF 11 | Cristo En Nosotros, 1933. |
Box 24 | FF 12 | Europe at this Minute, 1939. |
Box 24 | FF 13 | Facts About the Bible, 1948. |
Box 24 | FF 14 | The Great Religions of the World, 1948, and The Great Christian Pledge, 1954. |
Box 24 | FF 15 | Hitler in Prophecy, 1933. |
Box 24 | FF 16 | The Jewish Assault on Christianity, n.d. |
Box 24 | FF 17 | The Keystone of Christianity, 1930. |
Box 24 | FF 18 | The Koch Treatment Relieves Suffering, 1951, published. |
Box 24 | FF 18A | A photocopy of the complete text of an address by Gerald B. Winrod, The Great American Home. |
Box 24 | FF 19 | The Koch Treatment, 1951, published by Reverend Winrod. |
Box 24 | FF 20 | Life and Letters of the Apostle Paul, 1957. |
Box 25 | FF 1 | Martin Luther and the Reformation, 1936. |
Box 25 | FF 2 | The New Science in the Treatment of Disease, 1950. |
Box 25 | FF 3 | The NRA in Prophecy and a Discussion of Beast Worship, 1933, and Prayer in the Atomic Age, 1957. |
Box 25 | FF 4 | Portals to Armageddon, 1950 and The Present International Crisis, 1939. |
Box 25 | FF 5 | The Prophetic Destiny of the United States, 1943, and Radio Speeches on War and Peace, 1939. |
Box 25 | FF 6 | The Red Horse, 1932, and Redeeming the Years the Locust Hath Eaten, 1932. |
Box 25 | FF 7 | The Revealer (newspaper), October 15, 1936. |
Box 25 | FF 8 | Talks on Sound Government, 1939. |
Box 25 | FF 9 | Three Modern Evils, 1932 and The Truth About the Protocols, n.d. |
Box 25 | FF 10 | Science, Christ and the Bible, 1939 (?). |
Box 25 | FF 11 | The United Nations, A Tower of Babel, 1953; "Unmasking a Conspiracy" (2 letters); Watching Three Sermon Lectures, 1933; With Paul in Macedonia, 1935; brochure that contains an address given by Reverend Winrod, March 1953. |
Box 25 | FF 12 | The Life of George M. Lamsa, by Tom Alyea, 1966; The Journal of the American Association of Physicians, August 1951. |
Box 25 | FF 13 | A Sower Went Forth, by Conrad W. Bechtold, 1970, and Mum’s the Word in Russia, by George Dewey Blomgren, 1935. |
Box 25 | FF 14 | The Nearness of the Second Coming of Christ, by Lee J. Carter, n.d. |
Box 25 | FF 15 | The Civil Rights Revolution, Mertmont publishers, 1965, and Cookbook, by Christian Medical Research League. |
Box 25 | FF 16 | Entering the Covenant Week, 1953, and Prophetic Definitions and Charts, 1954, both by Abraham A. Becker. |
Box 25 | FF 17 | This Man Montgomery, by M. L. Flowers, 1964, and The Christian Challenge, by Clara Gee, n.d. |
Box 25 | FF 18 | Slave Labor in Soviet Russia, by Dr. Herman Greife, 1937; God’s Call My Answer, by Reverend Lawrence E. Griffith, n.d.; Golden Key to Bible Interpretation, by W. D. Herrstrom, 1952; Recipes From the Doctor’s Wife, by Mrs. A. J. Hetherington, 1950; How to Win the War and Save the Republic, by Congressman Clare E. Hoffman, n.d.; Secret Societies..., by George L. Hunt, n.d. |
Box 25 | FF 19 | Natural Immunity, William F. Koch, M.D., 1939 and Rodriguez of Puerto Rico, by Geraldine Winrod Korell, 1950. |
Series 8 ‒ Writings by Others
Box 26 | FF 1 | The Sedition Case, Lutheran Research Society, 1953. |
Box 26 | FF 2 | Books written by and about G. H. Montgomery; I Predict, 1963; The Moon, Music, and This Mad World, 1966. |
Box 26 | FF 3 | Books written by G. H. Montgomery; Peace, Power, Prosperity, and Protection in Perilous Times, 1965; Plan of Action!, 1964: This Man Montgomery by M. L. Flowers, 1965, in Tulga language. |
Box 26 | FF 4 | Paul’s Letters to the Corinthians, 1961; The Talmud Unmasked, by Reverend I. B. Pranaitis, 1939. |
Box 26 | FF 5 | The Silent Horror, by E. J. Rollings, 1939; Glimpses of the Holy Land..., by M. Lawrence Ryan, 1938. |
Box 26 | FF 6 | ‘nGids na die Waarheid, by J. H. Saayman, n.d. in South African Dutch Language; The Amazing Story: How Archeology Proves the Bible is True, by Karl G. Sabier, 1943. |
Box 26 | FF 7 | Marxism and Judaism, by Salluste, 1928; A Realistic Approach to the Study of Our United States Constitution, by Edward R. Sneed, 1968. |
Box 26 | FF 8 | The Hoop of Steel, Gerald K. Smith, 1942; Termites, Reverend Harvey Springer, 1940; Stalin the Terrible, by a former Russian Commissar, n.d. |
Box 26 | FF 9 | The Changing World Order..., by Dr. Oliver E. William, 1941; Heaven-Beyond the Sunset, by Dr. Oliver E. William, 1943; The Truth About "National Council of Churches," by Myron C. Fagan, n.d. |
Box 26 | FF 10 | These are various Arab publications: Towards Better Understanding Between the Arab World and The United States, by Izzat Tannous, 1960; The Expulsion of the Palestine Arabs From Their Homeland, by Izzat Tannous, 1961; The Activities of the Hagana, Irgun, and Stern Bands, British Command Paper number 6873, n.d.; Arab Nationalism, by Dr. Mostafa Kamel, 1958; Statement By the Embassy of the United Arab Republic, 1960. |
Box 26 | FF 11 | Newsletter, "The Palestine Arab Refugee," December 1958, February-June 1959, January-March 1960, May 1960, September 1960. |
Box 26 | FF 12 | Letter sent out by the American Middle East Relief; Newsletter, Organization of Arab Students in the United States of America, October-December 1958 (?), October-December 1959. |
Box 26 | FF 13 | Comments on the Epistles, Mrs. Gerald Winrod, 1954; "Defender Album of the Holy Land", n.d. |
Box 26 | FF 14 | Fire by Night and Cloud by Day, 1966. |
Box 26 | FF 15 | The Hoxsey Treatment, 1954. |
Box 26 | FF 16 | Let’s Defend Our Heritage, 1966. |
Box 26 | FF 17 | New Cures for Old Ailments, 1952. |
Box 26 | FF 18 | Persecuted Preachers, 1946. |
Box 26 | FF 19 | The Pittsburgh Trial, 1956; "Services, Tax, Savings, and You...," n.d.; a diary type of book for recording one’s life, "This is My Life"; "Throughout These Pages...," a type of calendar, 1963. |
Box 26 | FF 20 | Defender Weekly Bible Lessons, Series 1-7, 1969 (?)/ April 4, 1971. |
Box 26 | FF 21 | Defender Weekly Bible Lessons, series 8-16, July 4, 1971/June 3, 1971. |
Box 26A | FF 1 | Berean Christian College Bulletin, n.d.; Marching Millions With the God of the Godless, George D. Blomgren, 1936; The Red and Yellow Peril, George D. Blomgren, 1937; A Russian-German Confederacy, Henry Buchanan, n.d. |
Box 26A | FF 2 | Defender Chapel Songs; Defenders Manual for Employees; Defenders Seminary. |
Box 26A | FF 3 | The Plot Against Christianity, Elizabeth Dilling, n.d.; Traitors in the Pulpit, Kenneth Goff, 1946; Flagstaff Mission to the Navajos 30th Anniversary, 1978; Festskriff til 15 ars Jubileet, n.d. |
Box 26A | FF 4 | Mussolini and Fascism, W. D. Herrstrom, 1937; The Octopus, Reverend Frank Woodruff Johnson, 1940. |
Box 26A | FF 5 | Gerald B. Winrod, G. H. Montgomery, 1965: Tomorrow’s World, G.H. Montgomery, 1967. |
Box 26A | FF 6 | "Prophecy and Prayer," a report of the National Prophesy and Prayer Conference, 1940. |
Box 26A | FF 7 | "The So-Called Sedition Case and Other Matters of Grave Importance," n.d.; Money Grows on Trees, Harvey H. Springer, 1943; Trinity College of Florida, catalog bulletin 1975-1976; Trotsky, by a former Russian Commissar, 1937. |
Box 26A | FF 8 | "Unmasking the Civil Rights Bill," views of representatives E. E. Wills, E. L. Forrester, William M. Tuck, Robert T. Ashmore, John Dowdy, Dasil L. Whitener, n.d. |
Box 26A | FF 9 | The Birth of a Science, Albert Wahl, 1949. |
Box 26A | FF 10 | The Bible School Days of Billy Graham, W. T. Watson, n.d.; Christ for the Crisis, Western Regional Prophecy and Prayer Conference, 1941. |
Box 26A | FF 11 | Western Voice (periodical), Volume 7 number 5, March 11, 1943; Who’s Who in Our Evangelical Mission Fields, 1929. |
Box 26A | FF 12 | And So God Help Us, Dr. Art Wilson, n.d.; He That is Spiritual, by Dr. Oliver E. Williams, 1949. |
Box 26A | FF 13 | Carry A. Nation, Hatchet Hall, 1959; book written on Communism. |
Box 26A | FF 13A | Three pamphlets by Dr. Fred Schwarz: The Communist Interpretation of the Bible; The Heart, Mind and Soul of Communism; and The Christian Answer to Communism. |
Box 26A | FF 14 | Tranliterajon av Bibelske Naven til Chinyabongo, a translation of Biblical names into Chinyabongo, the language of the Belgian Congo; Kortfatt Kiswaheligrammatik, both books written by Gunnerius Tollefsen, n.d. |
Box 26A | FF 15 | Ved Melipelen, Gunnerius Tollefsen, 1938; Norsk Tidsskrift for Misjon (periodical), 1955. |
Box 26A | FF 16 | A book written in Chinese on the Chinese philosopher Muciu 468-382 B.C.; a picture book of Rome. |
Series 9 ‒ Defender Magazine
Box 27 | FF 1 | Defender Magazine. November 1947, January-February 1950, April 1950, May 1950, July 1950. |
Box 27 | FF 2 | Defender Magazine. August-October 1950, May 1952, August-December 1952. |
Box 27 | FF 3 | Defender Magazine. January-March 1953, April 1953, June-August 1953. |
Box 27 | FF 4 | Defender Magazine. September-December 1953. |
Box 27 | FF 5 | Defender Magazine. January-April 1954. |
Box 27 | FF 6 | Defender Magazine. May-August 1954. |
Box 27 | FF 7 | Defender Magazine. September-December 1954. |
Box 27 | FF 8 | Defender Magazine. January-April 1955. |
Box 27 | FF 9 | Defender Magazine. May-August 1955. |
Box 27 | FF 10 | Defender Magazine. September-December 1955. |
Box 27 | FF 11 | Defender Magazine. January-February 1956, February 1964, October 1964. |
Box 27 | FF 12 | Defender Magazine. November 1964, September 1965, June 1967, December 1967. |
Box 27 | FF 13 | Defender Magazine. April-November 1976, January 1977. |
Box 27 | FF 14 | Defender Magazine. May/June 1979, April 1980. |
Box 27 | FF 15 | Defender Magazine. May 1980-April 1981. |
Box 27 | FF 16 | Communicare. May 1981-April 1982. |
Box 27 | FF 17 | Communicare. May 1982-April 1983. |
Box 27 | FF 18 | Communicare. May 1983-April 1984. |
Box 27 | FF 19 | Communicare. May 1984-April 1985. |
Box 28 | Microfilm. Defender Magazine, volumes 1-50, April 1926-April 1976. | |
Box 29 | Microfilm. Defender Magazine, volumes 51-55, May 1976-April 1981. |
Series 10 ‒ Phonograph Records
Box 30 | This box contains phonograph records made by Reverend Winrod. Titles: The Majesty of God/What is Christianity, The Incomparable Christ Part I/Part II, The Broken Hearted Christ Part I/Part II, Facts about the Bible Part I/Part II. |
Series 11 ‒ Tracts
Box 31 | FF 1 | Tract titles: "The almighty God is amazed..."; "America’s liquor problem"; "And thy house"; "Are you a prayer worrier?"; "Beware, beware, beware..."; "Bob Ingersoll on liquor"; "...Bread of life"; "Busy money". |
Box 31 | FF 2 | Tract titles: "A call to arms against communism"; "Capital punishment"; "A church in the Solomon Islands"; "Civil communist rights revolution"; "Dare to be God’s man"; "A defense of Christ’s cause"; "The divine-human nuptials"; a picture postcard of a memorial to Dr. G. H. Montgomery; "Don’t miss the Train"; "The door is open..."; "Do you call that religion?" |
Box 31 | FF 3 | "The Defender bible reading guide"; " Defenders... handbook of information for ministers and laymen"; "Defenders...historical background..."; "A Defender hour broadcast"; "Defender program..."; "The Defender story"; "Defenders Seminary". |
Box 31 | FF 4 | This folder contains calendars, book markers and postcards from the Defender organization. |
Box 31 | FF 5 | "Fifty Evidences..."; "My fight with fear"; "The final oppression of Christianity..."; "For so persecuted they the prophets before you"; "For this I weep"; "George Washington’s vision..."; "God has called me"; "God has come to man". |
Box 31 | FF 6 | "Happiness awaits you"; "Have you primed the pump?"; "Help yourself and God’s work"; "Here’s how you can be saved"; "I am sick"; "Invitation to attend the open house..."; "It grew and grew..."; "It was a pleasure." |
Box 31 | FF 7 | "Harmageddon"; "The Jerusalem windows"; "Jesus the son of God"; "Jewish-Communism..."; "Judgment day"; "The king is naked"; "Lazy money"; "Let’s save the foundations!"; "Let’s try the swift kick..."; "Let us find ‘our own level’"; "Liquor"; "The little white assassin." |
Box 31 | FF 8 | "Meditations"; "Me and my can opener"; "A message to the clergy"; "The miracle at Bethesda"; "Night before morning"; "No birth certificate"; "No fireplace." |
Box 31 | FF 9 | "Our amazing bible"; "Our friends would turn over..."; "Our own war on poverty"; "the parent’s handbook on drugs"; "Plan of action..."; "Planned Christian giving"; "Plunder in the holy land"; "Progressive Revelation"; "Pulpit and the pew." |
Box 31 | FF 10 | "Quiet moments"; "Recibireis Poder..."; "The record stands"; "Religion and communism"; "Save the children..."; "Science speaks for..."; "The shattered foundations..."; "Short course in bible marking"; "A short course in bible knowledge"; "Should we eat pork?"; "The sinner and the savior"; " Six effective ways..."; "Smart money"; "Stop the world I want to get off!"; "The stench of fascism"; "The symphony of life"; "Serving where needed." |
Box 31 | FF 11 | "That certain something within you!"; "Thoughts on prayer"; "The touch of the master’s hand"; "To save the world"; "The trouble with..."; "The truth about ‘under cover’ and its authors." |
Box 31 | FF 12 | "Unlock the door"; "Vital to life and spiritual truth"; "Wake up America"; "What is the Defenders movement?"; "Why doesn’t God do something?"; "Why I love Jesus"; "Windows in heaven." |
Box 31 | FF 13 | "You can live in..."; "You don’t own your business"; "You just never know"; "A young man on fire"; "Your last will and testament"; "Your troubles are over"; "You’ve got to fight to win"; "You’ve got to give to get." |
Box 31 | FF 14 | Two pamphlets on Philadelphia, not printed by the Defender organization. |
Series 12 ‒ American Mercury
Box 32 | Microfilm. American Mercury, volumes 78-93, January 1954-December 1961. | |
Box 33 | This box contains papers and correspondence pertaining to the American Mercury. | |
Box 34 | This box contains papers and correspondence pertaining to the American Mercury. Scrapbooks of the American Mercury are also included. |
Series 13 ‒ Miscellaneous Papers
Box 35 | This box contains papers and correspondence pertaining to the Arkansas Hotel Company and the Puerto Rico theological seminary. | |
Box 35A | This box contains a stock book for the Arkansas Hotel Company. | |
Box 36 | This box contains miscellaneous items from the Reverend Winrod collection such as old newspaper clippings and old travel brochures. |
Series 14 ‒ Defender Hour Radio Program Tapes
Box 37-43 | These boxes contain tapes of the Defender Hour radio programs. |
Series 15 ‒ Defender Organization Materials
Box 44 | FF 1 | Correspondence concerning the Fremont Christian clinic in Los Angeles for the treatment of cancer, 1960. |
Box 44 | FF 2 | Correspondence about the Fremont clinic, 1961. |
Box 44 | FF 3 | Daily reports from missionary work beginning 1/4/1960 to 4/20/1960. |
Box 44 | FF 4 | Daily reports from missionary work beginning 4/22/1960 to 12/30/1960. |
Box 44 | FF 5 | Correspondence from a general Mexico file; contains some about the Defender missionary in Latin America, 1958-1959. |
Box 44 | FF 6 | Continuation of FF 5. |
Box 44 | FF 7 | Continuation of FF 5. |
Box 44 | FF 8 | Correspondence concerning the missionary work in Puerto Rico and other Latin American countries also concerning Dr. R. F. Rodriguez, 1959. |
Box 44 | FF 9 | Continuation of FF 8. |
Box 44 | FF 10 | Continuation of FF 8. |
Box 44 | FF 11 | Continuation of FF 8. |
Box 44 | FF 12 | Defenders bank statements, 1951. |
Box 44 | FF 13 | Defenders bank statements, 1951. |
Box 44 | FF 14 | Defenders missionary department bank statements, 1951. |
Box 44 | FF 15 | Defenders missionary department bank statements, 1951. |
Box 44 | FF 16 | Defenders missionary department bank statements, 1956. |
Box 44 | FF 17 | Defenders missionary department bank statements, 1956. |
Box 44 | FF 18 | Defenders radio fund bank statements, 1951. |
Box 44 | FF 19 | Defenders radio fund bank statements, 1954. |
Box 44 | FF 20 | Defenders radio fund bank statements, 1956. |
Box 44 | FF 21 | Defenders tax forms, 1954. |
Box 44 | FF 22 | Defenders tax forms, 1955. |
Box 45 | FF 1 | Defenders bank statements, 1952. |
Box 45 | FF 2 | Defenders foreign missions bank statements, 12/31/1951 to 8/18/1952. |
Box 45 | FF 3 | Defenders foreign missions bank statements, September 1952 to December 1952. |
Box 45 | FF 4 | Bank statements for Reverend Winrod, January 1952 to December 1952. |
Box 45 | FF 5 | Defenders radio fund bank statements. |
Box 45 | FF 6 | Defenders home missionary bank statements, December 1951 to November 1952. |
Box 45 | FF 7 | Defenders home missionary bank statements, 12/31/1952 to 11/30/1953. |
Box 45 | FF 8 | Defenders radio fund bank statements, January 1953 to December 1953. |
Box 45 | FF 9 | Defenders missionary department bank statements, January 1953 to June 1953. |
Box 45 | FF 10 | Defenders missionary department bank statements, August 1953 to December 1953. |
Box 45 | FF 11 | Defenders missionary bank statements, 12/31/1953 to 12/31/1954. |
Box 45 | FF 12 | Defenders bank statements, 11/30/1953 to 11/30/1954. |
Box 45 | FF 13 | Defenders home missionary bank statements, 10/30/1953 to 11/30/1954. |
Box 45 | FF 14 | Defenders bank statements, 12/31/1952 to 10/30/1953. |
Box 45 | FF 15 | Defenders home missionary bank statements, 12/31/1956 to 11/29/1957. |
Box 45 | FF 16 | Defenders radio fund bank statements, 12/31/1956 to 11/29/1957. |
Box 45 | FF 17 | Defender missionary bank statements, 1/25/1957 to 11/29/1957. |
Box 45 | FF 18 | Defenders bank statements, 12/31/1956 to 11/29/1957. |
Series 16 ‒ Scrapbooks
Box 46A | FF 1 | Trial Scrapbook #1. Contains newspaper clippings regarding the sedition trials of 1944 of suspected fascist activity; among the defendants was Gerald Winrod. Many of the clippings are water damaged, brittle, and in generally poor shape. |
Box 46A | FF 2 | Trial Scrapbook #2. Includes newspaper clippings and excerpts concerning the sedition trials of 1944; among the defendants was Gerald Winrod. |
Box 46A | FF 3 | Includes Winrod Prayer letters and newspaper articles (loose) regarding 1944 sedition trial, in which Gerald Winrod was a defendant. Loose from scrapbooks in Box 46A FF 1- 2. |
Box 46A | FF 4 | War Scrapbook, 1940-1942. Includes newspaper articles regarding the war in Europe and the Pacific (World War II). |
Box 46A | FF 5 | Includes articles from 1940-1941 regarding Charles Lindbergh’s opposition to American’s entry into the European War (World War II). Loose from scrapbook in 46A 4. |
Box 46B | FF 1 | Includes issue of El Defensor Hispano, April 1963, and loose clippings from scrapbook in 46B 3. |
Box 46B | FF 2 | Loose clippings from scrapbook in 46B 3. |
Box 46B | FF 3 | Scrapbook, 1959-1960. Includes newspaper articles on many issues, some regarding communist and Soviet issues, clipped by a Press Clipping Bureau for The Defender. Some articles note the American Mercury. Many of these articles are loose and in poor condition. |
Series 17 ‒ Defenders Organization Office Files
Box 47 | FF 2 | Guatemala, December 1961-December 26, 1962. Correspondence in Spanish and English concerning church matters at Defensors de la Fe Christiana in Guatemala, including financial reports and services. Includes bulletins from church and photograph. Correspondents include Rev. J. B. Carney, Angel Merida, Gonzalo Davila, M. L. Flower, G. W. Davidson and others. |
Box 47 | FF 3 | Guatemala, January 9, 1963-December 26, 1963. Correspondence of Rev. Gonzalo C. Davila, Defensors de la Fe Christiana in Guatemala, concerning reports, offerings and prayers. Also included are photographs, brochures and bulletins. Correspondents include V. M. Smith, J. B. Carney and M. L. Flowers. |
Box 47 | FF 4 | Goldwater, 1963. "Citizens for Goldwater" brochures. Newspaper clipping concerning Barry Goldwater, Wichita Eagle, July 29, 1963. |
Box 47 | FF 5 | Contains copies of newspaper, World, dated 6/5/1962 and 6/19/1962; and magazine, Wichita This Week, 7/6/1962. |
Box 47 | FF 6 | Correspondence concerning operation of Defenders Townhouse. Correspondents include R. F. Wilborn, Frank Ryan and M. L. Flowers. 1964. |
Box 47 | FF 7 | Correspondence between George B. Fowler, M. L. Flowers and G. H. Montgomery concerning donation of paper from Valley Paper Company, Holyoke, Massachusetts. 1964. |
Box 47 | FF 8 | Correspondence between M. L. Flowers and children residing at Miracle Hill, a children's home in Wewoka, Oklahoma; Geraldine, daughter of Gerald Winrod; Wichita law firm Foulston, Siefkin, Powers, Smith and Eberhardt concerning will preparation of Mrs. J. W. Winrod and Rosetta Tolliver; and rental property. 1962-1964. |
Box 47 | FF 9 | Dominican Republic. Correspondence, photographs and other documents concerning Defenders Theological Seminary, Puerto Rico. 1961. |
Box 47 | FF 10 | Correspondence of M. H. Diehl concerning his Diehl Magazine Consulting Company; correspondence of Mabel (Mrs. J. W.) Winrod, M. L. Flowers; and drafts of Defenders' fund-raising letters. 1962-1963. |
Box 47 | FF 11 | Newspaper clippings, bills, receipts and correspondence concerning subjects such as retirement homes, Defenders Townhouses, and property acquisition. 1960-1964. |
Box 47 | FF 12 | Correspondence of George B. Dewey, Curtis W. Cannon and M. L. Flowers. 1960-1964. |
Box 47 | FF 13 | Correspondence of Rev. Mervin E. Dent and M. L. Flowers. 1960-1961. |
Box 47 | FF 14 | Defenders print orders, correspondence, subscritpion statistics, and political campaign poster for G. W. Davidson. 1961-1962. |
Box 47 | FF 15 | Correspondence of Ada Coryell and G. H. Montgomery concerning contribution to support Coryell's missionary work with the deaf. Includes photograph. 1964. |
Box 47 | FF 16 | Certificates. Registration of claim to copyright for American Mercury magazine. 1961-1962. |
Box 47 | FF 17 | American Mercury, 1963. Newspaper and magazine clippings and correspondence concerning publication and history of the American Mercury magazine and about conservative religion and politics. 1962. |
Box 47 | FF 18 | Correspondence concerning returned checks and refunds. Also included is a subscription list for American Mercury. 1961-1963. |
Box 47 | FF 19 | Central Registry. Brochures and correspondence. Central Registry is division of Magazine Publishers Association. 1962. |
Box 47 | FF 20 | Correspondence concerning Lee J. Carter and his books, The Nearness of the Second Coming of Christ and What About Messiah? Includes receipts, memos, correspondence, photographs and copy of What About Messiah? 1960-1962. |
Box 47 | FF 21 | Correspondence of Lee J. Carter mainly concerning his book, The Nearness of the Second Coming of Christ. Also includes typescript copy of Israel's Three Great Surprises. 1962. |
Box 47 | FF 22 | Manuscript copy of Lee J. Carter's book, The Nearness of the Second Coming of Christ. Includes proofreader's markings and notes to printer, not dated. |
Box 47 | FF 23 | Correspondence and memos between J. B. Carney and G. H. Montgomery, Jose Hernandez and M. L. Flowers mainly concerning publications. 1964. |
Box 47 | FF 24 | Cancer. Publications concerning cancer and use of Krebiozen, anti-cancer drug. 1960-1963. |
Box 47 | FF 25 | Request received. Correspondence and legal documents concerning bequeaths to Defenders of the Faith by will. 1956-1963. |
Box 47 | FF 26 | Book manuscripts. Includes The Defender Story, When Bombs Fall and other titles, not dated. |
Box 47 | FF 27 | Arutunoff, A. Correspondence between Artunoff of Reda Pump, Bartlesville, Oklahoma, and M. L. Flowers. Includes mention of telephone conversation between M. L. Flowers and Fred Koch of Wichita. Also contains copy of booklet by Arutunoff, "To Win the Cold War: MEP, A People-to-People Plan," 1962. |
Box 47 | FF 28 | American Mercury. Correspondence concerning sale of magazine by Defenders and new address for the magazine. 1964. Includes two copies of American Mercury, Fall 1964 issue. |
Box 47 | FF 29 | Africa. Correspondence between Rev. F. A. Scott of the Lighthouse Fellowship and G. H. Montgomery, concerning Scott's work in Monrovia. 1964. |
Box 47 | FF 30 | Autobiography. Typescript autobiography of G. H. Montgomery, chapters 4-7, not dated. |
Box 48 | FF 1 | Haiti. Correspondence between M. L. Flowers, Rev. Hellmut Tippenhauer, G. H. Montgomery and others concerning Defenders' operation in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Includes photographs and other documents. 1962-1963. |
Box 48 | FF 2 | Dr. Billy James Hargis. Copies of Christian Crusade magazine and newspaper clippings,. 1962-1963. |
Box 48 | FF 3 | Dr. Billy James Hargis. Correspondence, press releases, newspaper clippings, copies of Christian Crusade, and magazine articles including "Doomsday Merchant on the Far, Far Right," Saturday Evening Post, 4/28/1962. 1962-1963. |
Box 48 | FF 4 | Dr. Billy James Hargis. Correspondence, press releases and other promotional material. 1962-1964. |
Box 48 | FF 5 | Dr. Jose Hernandez. Correspondence between Hernandez of New York and M. L. Flowers and others concerning operations of Defensors de la Fe Christiana in New York and Chicago areas. Hernandez was pastor of missionary Defenders' church near New York City's Harlem district serving Spanish-speaking population. Includes broadside with photographs commemorating Defenders' 17th anniversary in New York, Chicago and Camden, New Jersey, congregations. 1962-1963. |
Box 48 | FF 6 | Dr. Jose Hernandez. Correspondence between Hernandez and M. L. Flowers concerning operations of Defensors de la Fe Christiana in New York and Chicago areas. Mention of booklet, "Graphic Picture of Defender Missionary Churches in United States." Includes correspondence of Ernesto Martinez of Chicago congregation. 1963. |
Box 48 | FF 7 | Holy Land Tour. Maps of Israel, Rome, Greece, Cairo, Athens and Jordan; guide; list of names. 1964. |
Box 48 | FF 8 | International Bazaar. Correspondence from Defenders, Inc. concerning orders from International Bazaar of Wichita. 1962-1964. |
Box 48 | FF 9 | India. Correspondence between Dr. Ch. Devananda Rao and M. L. Flowers and G. H. Montgomery concerning Indian Christian Crusade and missionary church of Defenders in Secunderahad City, Andhru, Pradesh, India. Includes reprint of M. L. Flowers' essay, "No Fireplace," with her photograph on cover. 1962-1963. |
Box 48 | FF 10 | Jewish. Advertisements for anti-Jewish tracts and copy of anti-Jewish tract, not dated. |
Box 48 | FF 11 | Kansas City. Correspondence between M. L. Flowers. G. H. Montgomery, Merne Randall and others concerning Defenders Townhouse in Kansas City. Includes notes, bulletins, contracts and other documents. 1963. |
Box 48 | FF 12 | Kiplinger Washington Letter. 1962-1963. |
Box 48 | FF 13 | Krebiozen. Bulletin, newspaper clippings and reprint from New York Times regarding anti-cancer drug, Krebiozen. 1962-1963. |
Box 48 | FF 14 | Koch. Includes reprint of article from Journal of Social Psychology, "March of Truth on Cancer," February 1963, concerning cancer treatments of Dr. William F. Koch and others. |
Box 48 | FF 15 | Kurdian. Includes paper written by Wichita travel agent Haig Kurdian about travel, "The Creator Has Made the World!...Come and See It"; detailed itinerary for trip to Holy Land, not dated; and exhibition catalog, "Armenian Manuscripts," about Kurdian's collection of Armenian manuscripts displayed at the University of Kansas Library, 1955. |
Box 48 | FF 16 | Dr. George M. Lamsa. Correspondence between Lamsa of Aramic Bible Society, New York, and G. H. Montgomery, and newspaper clippings and other documents. Includes essay about Lamsa, "Why the Sower Weeps," 1964. |
Box 48 | FF 17 | Defenders Seminary. Correspondence between J. F. Rodriguez, M. L. Flowers and others concerning Defenders Theological Seminary in Puerto Rico. Includes pledge cards of support and contributions to Seminary. 1962-1963. |
Box 48 | FF 17A | Defenders Seminary. Photographs and autobiographies of students at Defenders Theological Seminary, Puerto Rico. 1962-1963. |
Box 48 | FF 18 | Liberty Amendment Committee. Correspondence of G. H Montgomery and Willis E. Stone. Includes publication by Liberty Amendment Committee, Progress Report, 5/1/1964. |
Box 48 | FF 19 | Liberty Lobby. Correspondence of Robert Barrow, Liberty Lobby, and M. L. Flowers, J. B. Carney and others, inter-office memos and other documents. 1964. |
Box 48 | FF 20 | Liberty National Bank. Correspondence of Robert Gregory, Liberty National Bank, and Defenders, Inc., concerning Varitype machine. 1964. |
Box 48 | FF 21 | Live Longer. Clippings concerning wills from various magazines including Moody Monthly, Christian Crusade, Your Good Neighbor. |
Box 48 | FF 22 | Maguire, Russell. Correspondence of Russell Maguire, Leslie Yarbrough and M. L. Flowers concerning Defenders' acquistion of American Mercury magazine. Includes other documents and magazine clippings. 1960-1964. |
Box 48 | FF 23 | Russell Maguire. Correspondence and other documents concerning American Mercury and its purchase by Defenders, Inc.. 1960. |
Box 48 | FF 24 | Russell Maguire. Correspondence of Russell Maguire and Leslie Yarbrough of American Mercury and M. L. Flowers and Paul Keeling of Defenders, Inc., concerning business operations of American Mercury. 1961. |
Box 48 | FF 25 | Russell Maguire. Correspondence of M. L. Flowers and Paul Keeling and other documents concerning business operations of American Mercury. 1962-1964. |
Box 48 | FF 26 | Mexico. Correspondence of Rev. Pedro Juarez and M. L. Flowers concerning operations of Defensors de la Fe Christiana in Mexico. Includes reports and list of chapels operated by Defenders in Mexico. Also includes correspondence of Mae R. Royer who ran a residence for Mexican children. 1961-1963. |
Box 49 | FF 1 | Miracle Hill. Correspondence, newspaper clippings including a 1964 series from the Daily Oklahoman, called "Crisis at Miracle Hill," inter-office memos, photograph, and operations plan for the Miracle Hill Church, dated 5/1/1963. Miracle Hill was a home for children in rural Wewoka, Oklahoma. 1963-1964. |
Box 49 | FF 2 | Miracle Hill Clothing Acknowledgment. Letters from Defenders, Inc., acknowledging those who sent clothing for Miracle Hill to Defenders office in Oklahoma City. 1963. |
Box 49 | FF 3 | Money Made Mysterious (book). Correspondence to and from Defenders, Inc., concerning orders and requests for the book. 1962-1963. |
Box 49 | FF 4 | Dr. G. H. Montgomery. Correspondence of Montgomery, executive editor of Defenders publications, and others including M. L. Flowers and J. B. Carney concerning move of Defenders' headquarters to Kansas City from Oklahoma City. Includes news releases concerning move, copies of The Christian Challenge, and The Restoration Herald, manuscript of book review by Montgomery and other publications by Montgomery. 1963-1964. |
Box 49 | FF 5 | Nasavico (National Savings Insurance Agency). Schedules, policies, financial records, drafts and proofs of forms and advertisements. Includes correspondence of J. B. Carney. 1961-1963. |
Box 49 | FF 6 | Nasavico. Inter-office memos and correspondence of G. W. Davidson, president of Nasavico, formerly executive editor of Defenders. Includes drafts of forms and advertisements. 1963. |
Box 49 | FF 7 | Oklahoma. Correspondence between Oklahoma City and Wichita offices of Defenders, Inc. Includes reprints, inter-office memos, book orders and other documents. 1961-1963. |
Box 49 | FF 8 | William Opie. Correspondence concerning book orders and speaking engagements of author William Opie arranged by Defenders, Inc.. Includes photograph of Opie and copy of publication by the Torchbearers organization. 1962. |
Box 49 | FF 9 | Gerald Pope. Inter-office memos and correspondence between Gerald Pope and M. L. Flowers, J. B. Carney and others concerning publication of Defenders magazine. Includes article concerning sale of American Mercury magazine to Defenders, Inc., in National Jewish Post and Opinion, 6/9/1961. Pope was editor of Defenders magazine. 1961-1963. |
Box 49 | FF 10 | Harry R. Pearson. Correspondence between G. H. Montgomery and Harry Pearson and between Mrs. Pearson and M. L. Flowers. Includes operating statement of La Salle Hotel, Kansas City, Missouri, and other documents. 1964. The La Salle Hotel became the Defenders Townhouse in 1964. |
Box 49 | FF 11 | Post Office. Correspondence of United States Post Office to Defenders, receipts and statements. 1961-1964. |
Box 49 | FF 12 | Post Office. Monthly statement from Post Office showing number of copies of second class publication mailed for Defender magazine. Includes monthly notes about circulation in Wichita, in Canada and internationally, and computations of postage. 1959-1960. |
Box 49 | FF 13 | Post Office. Monthly statement from Post Office showing number of copies of second class publication mailed for Defender magazine. Includes monthly notes about circulation in Wichita, in Canada and internationally, and computations of postage. 1961. |
Box 49 | FF 14 | Post Office. Monthly statement from Post Office showing number of copies of second class publication mailed for Defender magazine. Includes monthly notes about circulation in Wichita, in Canada and internationally, and computations of postage. 1962. |
Box 49 | FF 15 | Post Office. Monthly statement from Post Office showing number of copies of second class publication mailed for Defender magazine. Includes monthly notes about circulation in Wichita, in Canada and internationally; computations of postage; and correspondence to Post Office officials regarding Defenders' mailings. 1963. |
Box 49 | FF 16 | Rex Rains. Correspondence concerning sale of real estate at 2515 East First Street, Wichita (home of Mabel Winrod, Gerald Winrod's mother), receipts and escrow agreement for property. 1963. |
Box 49 | FF 17 | Dr. Delmar M. Randall. Correspondence from Merne Randall, wife of Dr. Randall, to M. L. Flowers concerning operation of Blue Hills Townhouse in Kansas City, Missouri. Includes brochure and report about Blue Hills Townhouse with offer to purchase by Defenders, Inc.. 1963. |
Box 49 | FF 18 | Ralph W. Rusthoi. Correspondence between Ralph Rusthoi, M. L. Flowers and J. B. Carney concerning publication of Rusthoi's Handbook for Christian Workers, Soul Winning Course. Includes invoices and inter-office memos. 1961-1963. |
Box 49 | FF 19 | Sunrise Hill (home for children). Correspondence of G. H. Montgomery concerning the Sunrise Hill project and the Miracle Hill children's home. Includes questionnaires about the Sunrise Hill project. 1962-1963. |
Box 49 | FF 20 | Mrs. LaVona Thompson. Letter from G. H. Montgomery and M. L. Flowers concerning Tulsa Christian Deaf Center, May 19, 1965. |
Box 49 | FF 21 | Charles E. Thurston. Correspondence from M. L. Flowers to Thurston concerning payments on air conditioner and rent for Defenders' office at 451-455 North Main, Wichita. Includes seven-year lease agreement for building. 1955-1962. |
Box 49 | FF 22 | Senior Citizens. Bulletins concerning housing and nursing homes. |
Box 49 | FF 23 | Times Journal. Inter-office memos and correspondence between J. B. Carney, Gerald Pope, Shackleford and M. L. Flowers concerning the use of T-J Publishing Company for some Defenders' publications. 1963. |
Box 49 | FF 24 | Townhouse Correspondence. Correspondence and inter-office memos between G. H. Montgomery, J. B. Carney and Montgomery's son, William O. Montgomery, concerning Townhouse operations. Includes draft and final copies of letter from G. H. Montgomery to Charles Coleman describing current conditions and plan of operations for Defenders Townhouse, 10/15/1963. Also includes notice of board meeting for 10/15/1963; policy changes at Townhouse written by G. H. Montgomery, 11/21/1963; solicitation letter for new residents of Townhouse by M. L. Flowers; Defenders Townhouse stationery and forms; and eviction letters. 1963-64. |
Box 49 | FF 25 | Townhouse Correspondence. Correspondence, news releases, newspaper clippings, bulletins and other documents. Includes news release, "Defenders to refurbish La Salle Hotel," date? Also includes ten-year plan of debt repayment and income; financing and plan of operation detailed in letter from G. H. Montgomery to Federal Housing Administration; resume of occupancy, December 1963-February 1964; list of residents; form letter concerning Townhouse concept; form for medical evaluation of residents; letter from Earl Allee, manager of Townhouse, to G. H. Montgomery, concerning remodeling suggestions. 1963-1964. |
Box 49 | FF 26 | Townhouse Ideas. Bulletins and brochures mainly concerning Presbyterian-sponsored senior citizens homes. Includes brochure for La Salle Hotel before it became Defenders Townhouse. 1964. |
Box 49 | FF 27 | Townhouse Ideas. Newspaper clippings concerning retirement homes and senior citizens. |
Box 50 | FF 1 | Carter Book. Inter-office memos of J. B. Carney to M. L. Flowers concerning publication of Lee Carter's book. Includes notes and copy of page 131 from book. 1962. |
Box 50 | FF 2 | Carter Book. Two sets of galleys of book, The Nearness of the Second Coming of Christ; one set includes author's corrections. |
Box 50 | FF 3 | Carter Book. Printed drafts of page from book, The Nearness of the Second Coming of Christ, including proofreader's marks. |
Box 50 | FF 4 | Carter Book. Complete draft copy of book, The Nearness of the Second Coming of Christ. |
Box 50 | FF 5 | Jason Matthews. Correspondence concerning sale of American Mercury magazine by Defenders, Inc., to Jason Matthews and Associates, McAllen, Texas. Includes letters from subscribers, and form letter from J. B. Carney of Defenders to American Mercury subscribers concerning sale effective 11/1/1962. 1962-1963. |
Box 50 | FF 6 | Jason Matthews. Correspondence and inter-office memos concerning sale of American Mercury magazine by Defenders, Inc., to Jason Matthews and Associates, McAllen, Texas. Includes letters from subscribers, and form letter from J. B. Carney of Defenders to American Mercury subscribers concerning sale effective 11/1/1962. Also includes copy of compromise agreement between Defenders and Matthews regarding address plates, 2/14/1963. 1963. |
Box 50 | FF 7 | Original Defenders Statement of Faith on plaque presented to Defenders by Melvin Landes, May 17, 1977. |
Box 50 | FF 8 | Correspondence between M. L. Flowers and Maurice Natenberg, author of booklet, "The First Communist," and copy of booklet, 1962. Letter to M. L. Flowers from William L. Kelley concerning G. H. Montgomery's death, 1966. |
Box 50 | FF 9 | Medical reports verifying inoculations against small pox and typhoid for Gerald and Frances Winrod. 1950-1956. |
Box 50 | FF 10 | Bulletin in Spanish from Defensors de Rio Piedros, dated April, no year given. |
Box 50 | FF 11 | Winrod-Tolliver. Correspondence from Geraldine, daughter of Gerald Winrod, to her grandmother, Mrs. J. W. Winrod and housemate Rosetta Tolliver. Includes tax receipts and other financial documents concerning residence and retirement benefits of Tolliver and Winrod. 1963-1964. |
Box 50 | FF 12 | Roy Woodall. Correspondence between G. H. Montgomery and Roy Woodall concerning publications, political views and publication ideas. 1964. |
Box 50 | FF 13 | Correspondence of Leslie J. Yarbrough, M. L. Flowers, Russell Maguire and others concerning Defenders' acquisition of American Mercury magazine and its publication schedule. Includes receipts and telegrams regarding same. 1960-1961. |
Box 50 | FF 14 | Will Ideas. Correspondence to M. L. Flowers and her replies regarding making a Christian will. 1963. |
Box 50 | FF 15 | Copy of booklet, "Her Story: The Story of the Life and Work of Mrs. M. L. Flowers" as told by Dr. Hart R. Armstrong. 1981. |
Box 50 | FF 16 | Issues of Defender Magazine, January-April 1981, and issues of Communicare, successor to Defender Magazine, May-July 1981 and July-August 1986. Includes information about M. L. Flowers' January 1981 death, change of name for magazine and organization, and relocation of office to 6436 North Hillside Street in Wichita. |
Box 50 | FF 17 | Issue of Hart Armstrong's Devotional Letter for July 1986. |
Series 18 ‒ Publications
Box 51 | FF 1 | The Defender. April, 1926 - April, 1928. |
Box 51 | FF 2 | The Defender. May, 1928 - April, 1930. |
Box 51 | FF 3 | The Defender. May, 1930 - April, 1931. |
Box 51 | FF 4 | The Defender. May, 1931 - April, 1932; Spanish Issues: October, 1931; December, 1931; February, 1932. |
Box 51 | FF 5 | The Defender. May, 1932 - April, 1933; Spanish Issues: January, 1933; April, 1932; June, 1932; August, 1932. |
Box 52 | FF 1 | The Defender. May, 1933 - April, 1934; Spanish issues: March-April, 1933; January, 1934; April, 1934. |
Box 52 | FF 2 | The Defender. May, 1934 - April, 1935. |
Box 52 | FF 3 | The Defender. May, 1935 - April, 1936. |
Box 52 | FF 4 | The Defender. May, 1936 - May, 1937. |
Box 53 | FF 1 | The Defender. April, 1937 - May, 1938. |
Box 53 | FF 2 | The Defender. May, 1938 - April, 1939. |
Box 53 | FF 3 | The Defender. May, 1939 - April, 1940. |
Box 54 | FF 1 | The Defender. May, 1940 - April, 1941. |
Box 54 | FF 2 | The Defender. May, 1941 - April, 1942. |
Box 54 | FF 3 | The Defender. May, 1942 - April, 1943. |
Box 54 | FF 4 | The Defender. May, 1943 - April, 1944. |
Box 55 | FF 1 | The Defender. May, 1944 - April, 1945. |
Box 55 | FF 2 | The Defender. May, 1945 - April, 1946. |
Box 55 | FF 3 | The Defender. May, 1946 - April, 1947. |
Box 55 | FF 4 | The Defender. May, 1947 - April, 1948. |
Box 56 | FF 1 | The Defender. May, 1948 - April, 1949. |
Box 56 | FF 2 | The Defender. May, 1949 - April, 1950. |
Box 56 | FF 3 | The Defender. May, 1950 - April, 1951. |
Box 56 | FF 4 | The Defender. May, 1951 - April, 1952. |
Box 57 | FF 1 | The Defender. May, 1952 - April, 1953. |
Box 57 | FF 2 | The Defender. May, 1953 - April, 1954. |
Box 57 | FF 3 | The Defender. May, 1954 - April, 1955. |
Box 57 | FF 4 | The Defender. May, 1955 - April, 1956. |
Box 58 | FF 1 | The Defender. May, 1956 - April, 1957. |
Box 58 | FF 2 | The Defender. May, 1957 - April, 1958. |
Box 58 | FF 3 | The Defender. May, 1958 - April, 1959. |
Box 59 | FF 1 | The Defender. May, 1959 - April, 1960. |
Box 59 | FF 2 | The Defender. May, 1960 - April, 1961. |
Box 59 | FF 3 | The Defender. May, 1961 - April, 1962. |
Box 59 | FF 4 | The Defender. May, 1962 - April, 1963. |
Box 60 | FF 1 | The Defender. May, 1963 - April, 1964. |
Box 60 | FF 2 | The Defender. May, 1964 - April, 1965. |
Box 60 | FF 3 | The Defender. May, 1965 - April, 1966. |
Box 61 | FF 1 | The Defender. May, 1967 - April, 1968. |
Box 61 | FF 2 | The Defender. May, 1968 - April, 1969. |
Box 61 | FF 3 | The Defender. May-June, 1969 - April, 1970. |
Box 61 | FF 4 | The Defender. May, 1970 - April, 1971. |
Box 61 | FF 5 | The Defender. May, 1971 - April, 1972. |
Box 62 | FF 1 | The Defender. May, 1972 - April, 1973. |
Box 62 | FF 2 | The Defender. May, 1973 - April, 1974. |
Box 62 | FF 3 | The Defender. May, 1974 - April, 1975. |
Box 62 | FF 4 | The Defender. May, 1975 - April, 1976. |
Box 62 | FF 5 | The Defender. May, 1976 - April, 1977. |
Box 62 | FF 6 | The Defender. May, 1978 - April, 1979. |
Box 62 | FF 7 | The Defender. May, 1977 - April, 1978. |
Box 62 | FF 8 | El Defendor. March, 1939 - May, 1940. Spanish language issues. |
Box 62 | FF 9 | American Mercury. January - June, 1953. |
Box 62 | FF 10 | American Mercury. July - December, 1953. |
Box 63 | FF 1 | American Mercury. January - June, 1957. |
Box 63 | FF 2 | American Mercury. July - December, 1957. |
Box 63 | FF 3 | American Mercury. January - June, 1958. |
Box 63 | FF 4 | American Mercury. July - December, 1958. |
Box 63 | FF 5 | American Mercury. January - June, 1959. |
Box 63 | FF 6 | American Mercury. July - December, 1959. |
Box 64 | FF 1 | American Mercury. July - December, 1960. |
Box 64 | FF 2 | American Mercury. 1961. |
Series 19 ‒ Tapes of Radio Programs
Box 65 | Tapes of Radio Programs, 1-16. | |
Box 66 | Tapes of Radio Programs, 17-29. | |
Box 67 | Tapes of Radio Programs, 31-45. | |
Box 68 | Tapes of Radio Programs, 46-60. | |
Box 69 | Tapes of Radio Programs, 61-78. | |
Box 70 | Tapes of Radio Programs, 79-130. | |
Box 71 | Tapes of Radio Programs, 132-206. |