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I changed the founding date on this page from 1933 to 1930. I have not found any reliable sources that indicate a 1933 founding date. However, Barkun (who is one of the most cited sources on BI and CI topics) indicates a 1930 date. Barkun does not specifically state "founded in 1930," but he does say that it held its first convention in Detroit in May 1930. That would have been a significant feat if they founded in 1933! The Oregon branch was founded in 1931, and the second convention was in Chicago in 1931. It was at Chicago that Rand announced the Federation had acquired Totten's works.
I believe the 1933 date stems from a misreading of a paragraph here: https://www.encyclopedia.com/religion/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/british-israelism-0. Interestingly, this article's statements, although not specifically referenced as a source, are nearly identical to what was on this page, so I assume this was the original source here. I say "misreading" because as near as I can tell, there is no "Anglo-Saxon Federation" separate from the "Anglo-Saxon Federation of America." The encyclopedia.com entry is shorthanding the title of the referenced group (they are the same) and the sentence is stating that William Cameron became president of the group by 1933. The assumption that this sentence references a separate group comes from the next sentence ("unable to unite the two groups"), which is more likely referring to the Federation and Rand's original group he started in his home in 1928. I believe this is where the faulty founding date originated.
It seems the best source by far is Michael Barkun's detailed work on Christian Identity. There are some other good sources out there. Does anyone know of any reliable academic sources beyond Barkun or Charles Roberts, especially sources with more information about William J. Cameron? Also, much of the initial article weighted Rand very heavily as the source of anti-Semitism as a bridge to Christian Identity. But Cameron's influence should not be discounted. As Barkun writes, Cameron played a significant role (if not the primary role) in the shift in the ASWF from the more philo-Semitic views of the BIWF. Interestingly, there is no Cameron page (yet) and Cameron himself seems to have attempted to downplay his involvement in Ford's anti-Semitic "International Jew" publication. There needs to be some more information on that, if not here, then on his own page. And speaking of "his own page," the bio info on this page regarding Rand is a little heavy (and essentially the same as what is on his own page). I realize he was an influence, but the page is about the ASWF, not Rand. Butlerblog ( talk) 15:16, 24 April 2020 (UTC)
I did some cleanup of citations, and in so doing, the Charles Roberts reference (Race Over Grace: The Racialist Religion of the Christian Identity Movement) was identified as self published (iUniverse). I'm just noting it here for anyone that might want to comment on it as to reliability as a source. The information referenced here does not seem to conflict with academic sources (such as Barkun), and it does give some additional sourcing that is not Barkun. I'll research it some more and may post an addendum to this, but in the meantime if anyone has an issue or supports Roberts as a source, speak up. Butlerblog ( talk) 14:05, 29 April 2020 (UTC)
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I changed the founding date on this page from 1933 to 1930. I have not found any reliable sources that indicate a 1933 founding date. However, Barkun (who is one of the most cited sources on BI and CI topics) indicates a 1930 date. Barkun does not specifically state "founded in 1930," but he does say that it held its first convention in Detroit in May 1930. That would have been a significant feat if they founded in 1933! The Oregon branch was founded in 1931, and the second convention was in Chicago in 1931. It was at Chicago that Rand announced the Federation had acquired Totten's works.
I believe the 1933 date stems from a misreading of a paragraph here: https://www.encyclopedia.com/religion/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/british-israelism-0. Interestingly, this article's statements, although not specifically referenced as a source, are nearly identical to what was on this page, so I assume this was the original source here. I say "misreading" because as near as I can tell, there is no "Anglo-Saxon Federation" separate from the "Anglo-Saxon Federation of America." The encyclopedia.com entry is shorthanding the title of the referenced group (they are the same) and the sentence is stating that William Cameron became president of the group by 1933. The assumption that this sentence references a separate group comes from the next sentence ("unable to unite the two groups"), which is more likely referring to the Federation and Rand's original group he started in his home in 1928. I believe this is where the faulty founding date originated.
It seems the best source by far is Michael Barkun's detailed work on Christian Identity. There are some other good sources out there. Does anyone know of any reliable academic sources beyond Barkun or Charles Roberts, especially sources with more information about William J. Cameron? Also, much of the initial article weighted Rand very heavily as the source of anti-Semitism as a bridge to Christian Identity. But Cameron's influence should not be discounted. As Barkun writes, Cameron played a significant role (if not the primary role) in the shift in the ASWF from the more philo-Semitic views of the BIWF. Interestingly, there is no Cameron page (yet) and Cameron himself seems to have attempted to downplay his involvement in Ford's anti-Semitic "International Jew" publication. There needs to be some more information on that, if not here, then on his own page. And speaking of "his own page," the bio info on this page regarding Rand is a little heavy (and essentially the same as what is on his own page). I realize he was an influence, but the page is about the ASWF, not Rand. Butlerblog ( talk) 15:16, 24 April 2020 (UTC)
I did some cleanup of citations, and in so doing, the Charles Roberts reference (Race Over Grace: The Racialist Religion of the Christian Identity Movement) was identified as self published (iUniverse). I'm just noting it here for anyone that might want to comment on it as to reliability as a source. The information referenced here does not seem to conflict with academic sources (such as Barkun), and it does give some additional sourcing that is not Barkun. I'll research it some more and may post an addendum to this, but in the meantime if anyone has an issue or supports Roberts as a source, speak up. Butlerblog ( talk) 14:05, 29 April 2020 (UTC)