Party of the Right, Yale University, records
Scope and Contents
The materials consist of party correspondence, minutes, articles, research papers, debate materials, and a whip list. There are also research papers, debate web sheets, party constitution, event ephemera, speeches, and news articles.
Dates
- circa 1955-2011
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
Records of the Party of the Right is closed. Researchers must secure in writing a statement from the sitting Chairman of the Party of the Right to access these materials.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright for materials authored or otherwise produced as official business of Yale University is retained by Yale University. Copyright status for other collection materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The materials were transferred from the Party of the Right, 2004 and the Federalist Party, 2012.
Arrangement
The records are arranged by accession.
Extent
0.75 Linear Feet (2 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Persistent URL
Abstract
The materials consist of party correspondence, minutes, articles, research papers, debate materials, and a whip list. There are also research papers, debate web sheets, party constitution, event ephemera, speeches, and news articles.
Biographical / Historical
One of the seven parties of the Yale Political Union, the Party of the Right was founded in 1953 by dissatisfied members of the original Conservative Party (later re-christened as the Independent Party) after that Party had endorsed Adlai Stevenson as "the conservative candidate for President." By the end of the 1950s many of the Party's enduring traditions had already been established, although it was not until the 1960s that the party really began to understand itself as "Conservatism reborn in Brotherhood." Due to a membership that included conservatives of every stripe, the Party found a dynamic tension between Libertarians and Traditionalists in the early 1970s that has been its hallmark for decades.
Membership in the Party of the Right is elective and lasts "for life at least." Despite this promise, certain members disaffected by the political process left to form both the Tory and Conservative Parties of the Yale Political Union in 1971 and 1996 respectively.
General note
Forms part of Yale Record Group 40 (YRG 40), Records of Yale clubs, societies, and organizations.
Processing Information
Yale University records are arranged and described at the accession level by the creating office. The University Archives creates collection level descriptive records, but typically does no further arrangement and description at the accession level.
- College students -- Societies, etc.
- Yale University -- Societies, etc.
- Yale University -- Students
- Yale University. Party of the Right
- Yale University. Yale Political Union
- Title
- Guide to the Party of the Right, Yale University, Records
- Status
- Under Revision
- Author
- compiled by Daniel Hartwig and Michael Lotstein
- Date
- April 2009
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Part of the Manuscripts and Archives Repository
Yale University Library
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New Haven CT 06520-8240 US
(203) 432-1735
(203) 432-7441 (Fax)
beinecke.library@yale.edu
Location
Sterling Memorial Library
Room 147
120 High Street
New Haven, CT 06511