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Special Collections Awarded Largest Grant in Department’s History

Author By Kalli Vimr
Publication date March 8, 2016

Cover of Communism, Hypnotism, and the Beatles, published by Billy James Hargis’ Christian Crusade Publications (Tulsa, Oklahoma), 1965, argues that the “anti-Christ Beatles” use rock-and-roll music to destroy America.

University Libraries Special Collections Department will utilize nearly $74,000 in grant funds to process the James D. Bales papers. Click through to read about the project in this post by interim head of Special Collections, Angela Fritz….Continue Reading Special Collections Awarded Largest Grant in Department’s History

Special Collections awarded NHPRC grant to process the James D. Bales Papers, largest in department’s history.

Author By Joshua Youngblood
Publication date March 6, 2016

Bales taught at Harding College in Searcy from 1944-1981 and became nationally known for his conservative political activism and his anticommunist stance. The National Historical Publications and Records Commission award is for $73,989. See the UARK Newswire article on the grant for more information….Continue Reading Special Collections awarded NHPRC grant to process the James D. Bales Papers, largest in department’s history.