Object ID	XXXX.010
Object Name	Newspaper
Abstract	The Dearborn Independent Collection, part of the Newspaper Collection, includes issues of the Henry Ford owned publication that pertain to anti-semitism.
Admin/Biog History	The Dearborn Publishing Company published The Dearborn Independent newspaper. At the peak of its popularity, the Dearborn, a Michigan paper, owned by auto magnate Henry Ford Sr., boasted a circulation of 700,000. The Dearborn Independent first attacked Jews in its May 22, 1920 issue and continued to do so in 91 subsequent editions. The Dearborn Independent saw Jews as carrying out "revolutionary programs to break up the present control of society." These "revolutionary programs" revolve around economic control: the Jewish plan is "to control the world, not by territorial acquisition, not by military aggression, not by governmental subjugation, but by control of the machinery of commerce and exchange." The Dearborn Independent stopped publication in 1927.
Catalog date	06/29/2001
Collection	Dearborn Independent
Container	1 OS box
Dates of Accumulation	c. 1920-1922
Finding Aids	Finding aid is available.
Level of description	Series
Link	XXXX.007
People	Ford, Henry/
Home location	Rabbi Leo M. Franklin Archives Stacks.
Physical characteristics	The newspapers are fragile in condition. Handle with care.
Related unit of descrip	The Rabbi Leo M. Franklin Collection contains correspondence with Henry Ford relating to the subject of anti-semitism and the articles published in the Dearborn Independent. There are also sermons and articles relating to this issue in that collection.
Search Terms	Anti-Semitism/ Newspapers/ Dearborn Independent/
Title	The Dearborn Independent

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