Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Use Restrictions

See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

Preferred Citation

James J. Kilpatrick Papers, 1976-1990, Accession #6626-n, Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

This collection was given to the Library by James J. Kilpatrick on April 25, 1990.

Scope and Content Information

This addition to the James J. Kilpatrick papers contains reader mail to Kilpatrick's columns and appearances on "Agronsky and Company." The chief topics are abortion; animal rights; armed services retirement benefits; government subsidizing of the arts; the United States budget; government bureauracy; the U.S. Congress; conservatism; conservation; constitutional interpretation; education; foreign affairs; gun control; the Iran/Contra affair; and lawyers.

Also discussed are nuclear disarmament; the presidential election of 1988; pornography; Ronald Reagan; race relations, affirmative action and reverse discrimination; religion; particularly Supreme Court decisions and the 1st Amendment; Scrabble, Virginia; Social Security; the Supreme Court; and South Africa.

The collection also contains two drafts of The Writer's Art , a manuscript of A Bestiary of Bridge , material on the Democratic convention of 1980, and a file of background material on Robert Bork.

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by subject under two series: Reader Mail, and Miscellaneous.