Pacific Northwest Quarterly,
a scholarly journal for historians, devotes its entire issue to the
subject of McCarthyism in the Pacific Northwest. Single issues are $6,
available from PNQ, 4045 Brooklyn Ave. NE, Seattle 98105-6261, phone:
206-543-2992.
December, 1997:
University Libraries Website listing All
Powers Project events and a reading list; site also will contain a preview
of the Libraries' exhibit. URL is:
http://www.lib.washington.edu/exhibits/AllPowers
January, 1998:
University of
Washington Press reissues
False Witness by Melvin Rader, a first-person account of the
Canwell era. The book contains a new afterword by Len Schroeter, civil
libertarian, friend of Rader and a member of the steering committee of the
All Powers Project.
January, 1998:
University Libraries exhibit of historical
materials from the Canwell Era investigations, balcony of Allen Library
(continues through Winter Quarter)
Late January, 1998:
Center for the Study of the Pacific
Northwest will have curriculum packets and study guides on "McCarthyism
and the Cold War in Washington," intended primarily for teachers in grades
8-12. For more information contact the Center at 206-543-8656 or
cspn@u.washington.edu, or the Center's website:
http://www.washington.edu/uwired/outreach/cspn/
Thursday, Jan. 22, afternoon:
Speech by Robert O'Neil
(Professor of Law, University of Virginia and former President of American
Association of Law Schools), on the subject of academic freedom today.
3:30 p.m., 109/129 Condon, sponsored by the School of Law (Condon Falknor
Lecture)
Friday, Jan. 23:
Panel on Academic Freedom and Tenure 1:30
-3:30 p.m., Kane 110.
Friday, Jan. 23:
"The Cultural Context of McCarthyism,"
lecture and book signing by Richard M. Fried
(professor of history,
University of Illinois-Chicago, and author of Nightmare in Red
and Men Against McCarthy). 7:30 p.m., Allen Library lobby.
Sponsored by UW libraries. Reservations required: 206-616-3481.
Saturday, Jan. 24:
"McCarthyism Goes to College:
Anticommunism and American Higher Education," lecture by Ellen Schrecker
(professor, Yeshiva University and author of No Ivory Tower)
9-10:30 a.m., 301 Gowen Hall. Co-sponsored by the Center for the Study of
the Pacific Northwest, Department of History.
Saturday, Jan. 24:
"Anticommunism and the University of
Washington, 1948-1960: Recollections from Those Who were There," panel
discussion moderated by historian Jane Sanders. Panelists: Stimson
Bullitt, Edwin O. Guthman, Ernest Henley, Barbara Krohn, Ken MacDonald,
Howard Nostrand. 10:30 a.m.-noon, 301 Gowen Hall. Co-sponsored by the
Center for the Study of the Pacific Northwest, Department of History.
Saturday, Jan. 24:
"Anticommunism in the Pacific Northwest:
Two Perspectives," by Lorraine McConaghy, Museum of History and Industry,
and Floyd McKay, Western Washington University. 1:45-3:15 p.m., 301 Gowen
Hall. Co-sponsored by the Center for the Study of the Pacific Northwest,
Department of History.
Feb. 4-15:
"All Powers Necessary and Convenient," a play by
Mark Jenkins, Tuesdays-Thursdays, 7:30 p.m.; Fridays and Saturdays, 8
p.m.; Sundays 2 p.m. Special school matinees 11 a.m. Feb. 5 and 12. The
Playhouse Theatre, 4045 University Way NE. Reservations: (206) 543-4880.
Post-play discussions, hosted by Jenkins and UW Professor of History
Richard Kirkendall, will be held Feb. 8, 10, 12 and 14; Jenkins alone will
host the post-play discussion Feb. 6.
Feb. 15:
Discussion with those who survived the Canwell era
in Washington. After the final performance of "All Powers," in the
Playhouse, approximately 5 p.m.
