Keith Stimely collection on revisionist history and neo-Fascist movements
Scope and Contents note
This collection contains the research files, correspondence, and personal papers of Keith Stimely, documenting neo-fascist, neo-Nazi, racialist, and revisionist history. Stimely, who served on the editorial board and as chief editor of the Journal of Historical Review, conducted and promoted research on historical revisionism, particularly of the First and Second World Wars. The bulk of the papers relate to and document Stimely's work promoting Holocaust denial, including his questioning of what he called the "standard views of Hitler and the Third Reich" and his engagement with the works of other Holocaust deniers worldwide, including Paul Rassinier, David Irving, Francis Yockey, and Ditlieb Felderer. Both the published and unpublished material in this collection documents the development of the 1980s revisionist movement, in particular how the movement refined and publicized their views under the guise of academic research and rigor.
Dates
- 1957-1991
Creator
- Stimely, Keith, 1957-1992 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access note
Collection is open to the public. Collection must be used in Special Collections and University Archives Reading Room. Collection or parts of collection may be stored offsite. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives in advance of your visit to allow for transportation time.
Conditions Governing Use note
Property rights reside with Special Collections and University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries. Copyright resides with the creators of the documents or their heirs. All requests for permission to publish collection materials must be submitted to Special Collections and University Archives. The reader must also obtain permission of the copyright holder.
Biographical/Historical note
Keith Stimely (1957-1992) received his B.S. degree in History from the University of Oregon in 1980. He conducted research into American and European political and intellectual movements of the 1970s and 1980s, promoting revisionist history. From 1981-1984, he served on the editorial staff and as chief editor for the Journal of Historical Review, a pseudo-academic journal promoting Holocaust denial published by the Institute for Historical Review. He lived in Portland, Oregon until his death in December 1992.
Extent
31.5 linear feet (60 containers)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Collection comprises subject files, research files, and correspondence created and compiled by Keith Stimely while researching, writing, and promoting revisionist historiography and journalism. The bulk of the collection concerns the First and Second World Wars, Holocaust denail, and research into European and American new-facist, neo-Nazi, and racialist political movements in the 1970s and 1980s.
Arrangement note
Collection is organized into the following series:
Series I. Revisionist history and historiography
Subseries A. Institutional files
Subseries B. Subject files - Persons
Subseries C. Subject files - Historical issues
Series II. Neo-Fascist movements
Subseries A. Research files - Organizations and publications
Subseries B. Correspondences.
Series III. Incremental additions
Series IV. Francis Parker Yockey
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Keith Stimely, 1988 and 1992.
General Physical Description note
60 containers
Processing Information
Collection processed by staff.
This finding aid may be updated periodically to account for new acquisitions to the collection and/or revisions in arrangement and description.
Processing Information
Box 52 originally housed restricted files. When restrictions lifted and the files were reincorporated into the rest of the colleciton in 2023, the physical Box 52 was no longer needed and was removed from the box list.
- Fascism -- Europe -- History -- 20th century Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Fascism -- United States -- History -- 20th century Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- History -- Errors, inventions, etc. -- Periodicals Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Holocaust denial Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Holocaust denial literature Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Historiography Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Neo-Nazism -- Europe -- History -- 20th century Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Neo-Nazism -- United States -- History -- 20th century Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Political campaigns Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- United States -- History -- 1901-1953 -- Historiography Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Title
- Guide to the Keith Stimely Collection on Revisionist History and Neo-Fascist Movements
- Status
- Complete Description
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by processing staff
- Date
- ©2007
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
- Sponsor
- Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Revision Statements
- 2023-02-22: Files sealed by donor were opened and unrestricted after closure period of 35 years lapsed. No further donor-imposed restrictions exist in the collection.
- 2023-03-01: The restricted files housed in Box 52 were reintegrated into the rest collection. The box was withdrawn from the collection.
Repository Details
Part of the University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives Repository
