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In the All
Area* interview, Burke describes the ghost-writing he did for Colonel
Arthur Woods on the Dangerous Drugs project:
"This is
the early thirties, right?"
"Just
about that time. I even wrote fantasies of super-Hitlerite villains, all
kinds of stuff. Some of it turns up once in a while, but most of it's
vanished. Maybe it's in the FBI files for all I know. That was such a
crazy period. You thought you were going crazy anyhow, and I damn near
was. You never knew what's natural and what isn't natural."--KB
*"Counter-Gridlock:
An Interview with Kenneth Burke." All Area, no. 2 (1983): 6-33.
Todd
Deam is the project coordinator who acquired Burke's FBI Files and
transcribed the documents. To
provide some context for interpreting these documents, David
Blakesley has written running commentary to accompany each of them.
You will see that commentary next to each individual document throughout
the collection.
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Kenneth
Burke's FBI Files
(Each
thumbnail is linked to a separate page in the collection. Beginning
with the cover page, there is running commentary, so it is our recommendation
that you begin there. Click on the thumbnail image to start. Each page
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Cover
Page
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8/4/41--League
of American Writers
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cont.,
"Origin and History" of the LAW
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cont.,
1st and 2nd American Writers' Congresses
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cont.,
LAW's Aims
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cont.,
3rd American Writers' Congress
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cont.,
List of "Signers to the Call"
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cont.,
3rd American Writers' Congress
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LAW Member
List
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cont.,
Burke's name listed
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Pg. 1
of FBI Memo on Walter Lowenfels (8/9/57)
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Pg. 2,
w/ story of Lowenfels' abduction by FBI
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pg. 3,
list of those receiving correspondence from Lowenfels
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FBI "Deleted
Page Information Sheet (#1)
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FBI "Deleted
Page Information Sheet (#2)
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FBI "Deleted
Page Information Sheet (#2)
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Background
Investigation of Lily Batterham (8/20/56) (pg. 1)
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Background
Investigation of Lily Batterham (8/20/56) (pg. 2)
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Peace
Rally Flyer for Linus Pauling Speech (8/16/61)
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List of
Sponsors of the Rally (includes "Prof. Kenneth Burke")
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