Archival Adventures along the Freedom of Information Trail: What Archival Records Reveal about the FBI and the Universities in the McCarthy Period
Abstract
Two events that occurred toward the end of 1986 serve to remind us that a fully informed citizenry is one of the most important antidotes to tvranny. The first was the publication of Ellen Schrecker's book No Ivory Tower: McCarthyisrn and the Universities which casts considerable doubt on the view that American universities were bastions of free inquiry. The second was, of course, the revelations associated with the "Contragate" scandal. In each instance the public was made aware of the abuse of governmental authority by the illuminating power of the written documentary record.
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Diamond, S., (1987) “Archival Adventures along the Freedom of Information Trail: What Archival Records Reveal about the FBI and the Universities in the McCarthy Period”, Archival Issues 12(1), 29–42. doi: https://doi.org/10.31274/archivalissues.10542
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