| LC control no. | n 87836050 |
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| Corporate name heading | Silver Shirt Legion of America |
| Variant(s) | Christian American Patriots Silvershirt League of America Silvershirts (Organization : U.S.) Silver Shirts (Organization : U.S.) Silvershirt Legion of America |
| See also | Christian Party (U.S.) Silver Legion of America |
| Found in | NUCMC data from Univ. Wash. Lib. for Krems, N. Papers, 1934-1973 (Silvershirt League of America; Silvershirts) LC manual auth. cd. (hdg.: Silver Shirt Legion of America; f. 1933 by W.D. Pelley under name Silver Shirts of America; later known as Silver Legion of America; in 1934 became Silver Shirt Legion of America) Avery, M.W. Hist. & govt. of the state of Wash., 1961: p. 210 (William Dudley Pelley's Silver Shirts; small fascist group) NUCMC data from Univ. Wash. Lib. for Silver Shirt Legion of America. Washington State Division. Records, 1933-1940. Shapsmeier, E.L. Political parties and civic action groups, c1981: p. 91, etc. (Christian Party; founded by William Dudley Pelley in 1936; patterned after Christian American Patriots, also known as the Silver Shirts, which he had founded in 1933) NUCMC data from Ore. Hist. Soc. (Portland) for Rennar, G.E. Papers, 1922-1959 (Silvershirt Legion of America, Inc.) |
| Not found in | Encycl. assn., 1961, 1987; Dict. Amer. hist. |
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