William Dudley Pelley Collection
M2006.03
Table of Contents
Summary Information
- Repository
- UNC Asheville Special Collections and University Archives
- Title
- William Dudley Pelley Collection
- ID
- M2006.03
- Date [inclusive]
- 1932-1960
- Extent
- 1.3 Linear feet
- Language
- English
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], William Dudley Pelley Collection, D.H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville 28804
Biographical Note
After writing novels, volumes of short stories, and working in Hollywood, in 1932 William Dudley Pelley (1890-1965) moved to Asheville. Here he began to write and publish magazines and papers espousing the Liberation Doctrine and Soulcraft philosophy, which focused on higher planes of existence, and the evolution of souls. Pelley formed the the Silver Legion of America (Silver Shirts) (1933) and the Christian Party of America (1935) to promote his anticommunist and anti-Semitic beliefs.
In 1940 Pelley relocated to Noblesville, Indiana
Scope and Contents
Pamphlets and periodicals authored and published by Pelley
Arrangement
Arranged by publication title
Administrative Information
Publication Information
UNC Asheville Special Collections and University Archives
Ramsey Library, CPO # 1500One University Heights
Asheville, North Carolina, 28804-8504
828.251.6645
speccoll@unca.edu
Rights
No restrictions. Any display, publication, or public use must credit the D.H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville. Copyright retained by the creators of certain items in the collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Revision
Nov. 2014. CR
Processing Information
Special Collections Staff, 2003 ; 2006 ; 2011; 2012 ; 2014
Related Materials
Related Materials
Monographs by Pelley are in the book collection.
Collection Inventory
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Box 1 |
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Reality, 1937 -1938 |
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Valor, the Golden Times Weekly. Nov. 1953 - Jan. 1954 [incomplete run] |
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Valor, the Magazine of Soulcraft. Sept. 1956, Sept. 1959 - July 1961 [incomplete run] |
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Over Here. May 1960 |
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Hidden Empire. n.d. (ca 1938) |
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Box 2 |
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Soulcraft Introductory Discourse. 1950 |
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League for Liberation, Program of Services. 2- 25, circa 1932 |
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Box 3 |
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Liberation. 1933 - 1934, 1938 [run incomplete] |
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