REPUBLICAN MUSLIMS OF MINNESOTA:
An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society
Manuscripts Collection
OVERVIEW
| Creator: | Republican Muslims of Minnesota, creator. | |
| Title: | Organizational records. | |
| Dates: | 1992-1996. | |
| Abstract: | Records of an Islamic, political, for-profit organization founded in 1992 to bring Islamic concerns to the general population through the Republican Party structure and to support Republican political candidates, particularly those from the Muslim community. | |
| Quantity: | 0.25 cubic feet (1 box). | |
| Location: | P2202 |
SCOPE AND CONTENTS
Correspondence, speeches, and publications, as well as the constitution and other founding documents of the Republican Muslims of Minnesota, an Islamic, political, for-profit organization founded in 1992 to bring Islamic concerns to the general population through the Republican Party structure and to support Republican political candidates, particularly those from the Muslim community.
The collection also includes an audio cassette tape of an interview with Republican gubernatorial candidate Allen Quist on the Waleed and Khalid Show, a Muslim radio program.
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Availability:
The collection is open for research use.
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Republican Muslims of Minnesota Records. Minnesota Historical Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples
Accession Information:
Accession number: 15,154; 15,262; 15,528
Processing Information:
Processed by: Lara D. Friedman-Shedlov, November 1996 and May 2000.
Catalog ID number: 990017336360104294
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
| Box | |||||||||||
| P2202 | 1 | Constitution, bylaws, and other organizational documents, undated [1992 and 1994?]. | |||||||||
| Correspondence, 1992-1996. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| Correspondence documents the founding of the organization, originally called Muslim Republicans of Minnesota, as an outgrowth of the Arab Americans for Bush and Quayle campaign effort of 1992, and its endorsement of U.S. Senator Rod Grams. Other issues touched on in the correspondence include the group's fight against use of the University of Minnesota student services fee to support a gay and lesbian organization, terrorism by extremist Muslims, and U.S. policy in Bosnia. | |||||||||||
| Correspondence and related materials regarding Independent Republicans of Minnesota affiliation, 1993-1994. | |||||||||||
| Correspondence documenting the group's drive to affiliate with the Independent Republicans of Minnesota. | |||||||||||
| Speeches and publications, undated and 1994-1995. | |||||||||||
| Interview with Allen Quist, 13 May 1994. 1 audio cassette tape. | |||||||||||
| Interview with Republican gubernatorial candidate Allen Quist on the Waleed and Khalid Show, a Muslim radio program. The interview focuses on Quist's reasons for challenging incumbent Arne Carlson for the Republican nomination and his views on matters of particular interest to Muslims in Minnesota. | |||||||||||
CATALOG HEADINGS
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.
- Topics:
- Muslims -- Minnesota.
- Party affiliation.
- Religion and politics -- Minnesota.
- Islam and politics -- Minnesota.
- Persons:
- Grams, Rod, 1948-.
- Quist, Allen.
- Wellstone, Paul David.
- Organizations:
- Independent-Republicans of Minnesota.
- Document Types:
- Audiotapes
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