Anti LaRue Spiker correspondence from Dr. Wesley Leonard

Identifier:
9348  
Object ID:
012.FIC.042.09
Catalog:
Archives
Title:
Anti LaRue Spiker correspondence from Dr. Wesley Leonard
Subject:
Other, Marxism
Other, Brainwashing
Other, Leninism
Other, House Comittee on Unamerican Activities
Description:
Letter from Dr. Wesley Leonard (scanned) and onion skin copy with comments on the side such as date, basis for saying this, whom. It may be Spiker's handwriting.
Letter by Dr. Leonard (Aug 1968) castigates Spiker for her opinions and propagation of communism, "Leninist dictum", opnions for gun control, a possible civilian police board, anti-Vietnam-for "communist victory", for "Marxian principles that personal savings should be abolished." Mentions Cyrus Hamlin. Appear he spoke at (Southwest Harbor?) town meeting but may have moved to Kennebunk
Accompanying handwritten commentary (Dec 1968) by Spiker explaining that she sat beside a little girl at a Christmas Concert. Leonard and his wife came in and greeted the little girl. Dr. Leonard told her not to talk to Spiker
Date:
1968
Collection:
LaRue Spiker Collection

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“Anti LaRue Spiker correspondence from Dr. Wesley Leonard,” Mount Desert Island Historical Society, accessed February 6, 2025, https://mdihs.digitalarchive.us/items/show/8982.Item 9348

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