Series 1: Incomplete, alphabetical run of Oliver correspondence files, 1949-1991
The series contains one incomplete run of correspondence, including some financial statements, newsletters, articles, organizational propaganda materials, and pamphlets. The series is arranged alphabetically.
For some correspondents or organizations, Oliver kept several folders. If that was the case, he numbered them sequentially on the top right (e.g. folder 1 and 2). However, there are numerous folders numbered (1) where we apparently/possibly miss subsequent folders. In the finding aid, these numbers are listed in parentheses next to the name.
Series 2: Revilo Oliver or Keith Whited's copy of Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler (Hurst and Blackett Ltd. first published March 21, 1939; reset for this edition April 1942), 384 pages
Series 2 contains an unexpurgated edition of Mein Kampf (1942) by Adolf Hitler with annotations by either Revilo Oliver or Keith Whited; provenance unclear. This Mein Kampf edition was part of the Keith Whited donation which contained Whited and Oliver papers and records. Front cover has separated from book.
Adolf Hitler, Mein Kampf, unexpurgated edition (soft cover), two volumes in one, 384 pages. First volume: A Retrospect; second volume: The National Socialist Movement. Publisher: Hurst and Blackett Ltd. (publishers since 1812), London, New York, Melbourne. Translated by James Murphy, Abbots Langley, February 1939. First published March 21, 1939; reset for this edition April 1942.
See George Orwell’s review of the Hurst and Blackett Ltd. edition. George Orwell, “Review of Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler,” New English Weekly, March 21, 1940, reprinted in Military Review, January-February 2016, https://www.armyupress.army.mil/Portals/7/military-review/Archives/English/MilitaryReview_20160228_art020.pdf(accessed April 21, 2026).
Copy has no bookplate. It contains annotations in red felt tip marker pen. Annotations consist of underlined passages and mostly read ‘note’ or ‘special note.’
Comparing Oliver and Whited’s handwritings to the annotation, it’s unclear who has made them.
1. The case for Whited provenance:
•Oliver put his bookplate into many of his books.
•Oliver owned many rare and expensive editions and might have been more likely to obtain a hardcover and expensive edition of Mein Kampf given his political proclivities and esteem for Hitler’s work.
•Oliver’s annotations in books and other materials are usually lowercase.
•Oliver usually wrote longer and substantive annotations.
•Felt tip pens were just becoming more prevalent in the 1950s and Oliver used them at least by the early 1960s. It is more probable, however, that Oliver would have read Mein Kampf earlier than the widespread use of felt tip pens.
•Twenty-six years younger, Whited would have been more likely to have read a soft cover edition of Mein Kampf and to have used simple annotations.
•Keith Whited’s handwriting, e.g. the way he wrote capital A’s and U’s, resembles the book’s annotation.
2. The case for Oliver provenance:
•Oliver also owned numerous softcover books.
•Oliver did not bookplate all his books.
•Oliver used red felt tip pens at least by the early 1960s.
•Oliver sometimes capitalized annotations and the way he wrote A’s, N’s, or T’s, for instance, resemble the book’s annotation.
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