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Defenders Building (Wichita, Kansas)

 Item
Identifier: MS 014- series MS 014-2- Container MS 014-2-02- item 736

Dates

  • 1857-1974

Extent

From the Collection: 10 Cubic Feet

Biographical / Historical

The Defenders Headquarters building was in Wichita, Kansas and was founded by Gerald Winrod, a leader in the Protestant fundamentalist movement in the 1920’s and a far right activist in the 1930’s. He published a magazine called “The Defender” that defended his ideas against liberal theology and Darwinism, as well as a national “Moral Sag.” – Encyclopedia of the Great Plains

General

Front: Defender Headquarters, Wichita, Kansas

Creator

Repository Details

Part of the Fort Hays State University Special Collections Repository

Contact:
502 South Campus Drive
Hays KS 67601 United States