Collection: Erwin Schwiebert papers

Summary

Collection holds mostly books, promotional material, and other printed material of and about various estremist groups and individuals. The spectrum ranges from organizations and individuals, such as the John Birch Society, to the United Nations, to the Socialist Labor Party.

Dates

Creation: 1930 - 1984

Biographical Note

Erwin Schwiebert was employed at the College of Idaho and the Chamber of Commerce. He was a member of the Idaho Council of Churches and the United Methodist Church. Schwiebert served as a Republican State legislator for nealry ten years (1943-52), part of that time he was the House floor majority leader. He ran twice unsuccessfully for U.S. Congress in 1954 and 1962. He was interested in right-wing and left-wing extremism and collected literature of many extremist groups, primarily during the 1950s and 1970s.