1981 Letter about Libertarian Party Being “Lily White” and Needing to Appeal to “Minorities”
In this letter, David Bergland, the National Libertarian Party Chair, sets forth his reasons for urging an African American Libertarian candidate, Earl Smith, not to run for Mayor of Los Angeles. The letter is addressed to Melinda Pillsbury Foster. Bergland says…
1979 Libertarian Party Letter Seeking Funds from Charles Koch for Michigan Ballot Drive
In this letter to Charles Koch, Libertarian Party National Director Chris Hocker asks for a contribution to their ballot drive in Michigan in order to qualify for the ballot. Hocker states that he believes they can get on the ballot…
2015 George Mason University Response to FOIA for Records about the Charles Koch Foundation’s Influence
This document, a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request obtained from George Mason University (GMU), was originally published by UnKoch My Campus in May 2018. These documents were covered in numerous articles including by Slate, TYT Investigates, the Fairfax County…
2015 Florida State University Faculty Critique of the Koch Foundation “Memorandum of Understanding”
The document highlighted below was first obtained by UnKoch My Campus. In this document, faculty members from Florida State University (FSU) present their “Summary of Findings,” a report that presents their concerns about the, “Koch Foundation Memorandum of Understanding,” a…
1977 Charles Koch: “The Case for a Free Market in Energy”
This is an essay written by Charles Koch in response to the proposal by President Carter to create a U.S. Department of Energy to help America respond to the energy crisis that began before his election. Koch titled his piece…
2017 Koch “Network by the Numbers” Report on How It Spent More than $20 Million to Make Its Tax Cut Agenda Trump’s
This report from Charles Koch’s Seminar Network was originally reported on by Lee Fang and Nick Surgey as a collaboration between the Intercept and Documented Investigations. It details spending to secure changes to the federal tax code to secure once-in-a-generation…
1978 Charles Koch, the Second American Revolution, and “The Business Community: Resisting Regulation”
This essay by Charles Koch is part of a 1978 manifesto of articles called “Toward the Second American Revolution: Libertarian Strategies for Today,” funded by Charles Koch’s support for the Libertarian Review. Koch’s essay was titled, “The Business Community: Resisting…
1980 David Koch: “Free Up the Energy System”
This document contains the prepared remarks for a speech given by David Koch on May 31, 1980, in Portland, Oregon, while he was campaigning for Vice President of the United States on the Libertarian Party ticket. The speech focuses almost…
1981 Charles Koch as Chairman of the Council for a Competitive Economy: “Will Businessmen Be the Death of Free Enterprise”
This document consists of correspondence from a group created by Charles Koch called the “Council for a Competitive Economy.” Charles Koch was the Chairman of the Board of Directors of this group at the time. This correspondence included an essay…
1983-1984 David Koch: the “Most Radical and Extreme Positions” Viable Are from the Clark/Koch 1980 Platform
This document is a collection of correspondence between David Koch and the Libertarian Party between 1983 and 1984. In one particular exchange with David Bergland, the Libertarian Party’s presidential candidate in 1984, Koch objects to the Party urging that Libertarian…
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