The National Education Program on Film: Highlights from the James D. Bales Project.

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Through the National Education Program, conservative activists and theologians such as James D. Bales of Harding College, reached millions of people with their message of “Americanism” through a multi-media approach that included newspapers, advertisements, and film. Learn more about the historical evidence left by the NEP in this update from the James D. Bales Papers processing project. …Continue Reading The National Education Program on Film: Highlights from the James D. Bales Project.

Bales Books: Materials From the James D. Bales Papers

James D. Bales (1915-1995), was an author and professor of Bible and Theology at Harding University for about 40 years. Bales was also part of the National Education Program, an anti-communist group based in Searcy, Ark., and produced much of the organization’s written materials. The James D. Bales Papers will be opened for research in September 2017. Processed with the aid of a grant by the National Historic Publications & Records Commission (NHPRC), the collection will be of particular use to historians, political scientists, and religious scholars….Continue Reading Bales Books: Materials From the James D. Bales Papers

James D. Bales Tours the World: an Update from the Bales Papers Project

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The papers of the author, professor of Bible and theology at Harding University, and anti-communist leader, Dr. James D. Bales will be open in late September 2017. Learn about his world travels as a researcher and member of the National Education Program during the Cold War. …Continue Reading James D. Bales Tours the World: an Update from the Bales Papers Project

Heritage? History? Discover it in the Archives! Researching the Bentonville Square Confederate Memorial

As people across the country and in local Arkansas communities debate the role of memorials dedicated to the Confederacy, a trip to the archives in Special Collections provides unique documents and photographs to research the history of the Bentonville square memorial and how the story of the monument is preserved with so many others in family, political, and research papers. …Continue Reading Heritage? History? Discover it in the Archives! Researching the Bentonville Square Confederate Memorial