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Collection of documents related to the organization of the America First Committee
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[Collection of documents related to the organization of the America First Committee].
Published
[United States : America First Committee, 1941]
Physical Description
20 items in 1 folder ; in folder 30 cm
Local Notes
Cataloging made possible by funds from Yale Class 45W.
Notes
Collection title devised by cataloger.
Summary
Mainly a compilation of letters to chapter chairs and material dealing with running the America First Committee. America First Committee was a non-interventionist group, founded by Yale Law student Robert D. Stuart [R. Douglas Stuart, Jr.] in 1940. The organization disbanded Dec. 11, 1941 after the Pearl Harbor attack on Dec. 7, 1941.
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Other
Language
English
Added to Catalog
September 24, 2012
Contents
"To All Chapter Chairmen" communication detailing items to stress in letters to Congress / M.R. Page Hufty on America First letterhead
"To All Chapter Chairmen" letter regarding the broadcast on Oct. 19, 1941 of "Religion and its Relation to the War" and noting Catholic clergy voted against entering the war, Oct. 16, 1941 / Richard A. Moore on America First letterhead
"Mail brigade manual, Block the dizzy plunge toward war" details for the chapter chairmen to organize and prepare to for letter writing campaigns with cover letter / Page Hufty, Director, America First Committee
"To All Chapters" attached is a copy of a petition being used by the Chicago Chapter (attachment is an act from the 73rd Congress, approved Apr. 13, 1934?) / S.E. Aicken, Assistant to Robert L. Bliss, Director, America First Committee
"To All Chapters" Bulletin #29 telling them Mr. O.L. Sprague and his three assistants are no longer with the organization, Jan. 28, 1941 / Robert L. Bliss, Director, America First Committee
"To Chapter Publicity Committees" letter asking for all newspaper clippings related to America First Committee, Jan. 15, 1941 / Robert L. Bliss, Director, America First Committee
"To All Western Chapters" letter telling them that The National Council for Prevention of War, headed by Frederick J. Libby, is cooperating with them, Jan. 31, 1941 / Robert L. Bliss, Director, America First Committee
"Confidential Bulletin to Chapters in Florida and California" stresses importance of mentioning Social Security and pensions and their risk if the country goes to war, Feb. 12, 1931 [i.e. 1941?] / Robert L. Bliss, Director, America First Organization
How to "Save" America with handwritten notes to be presented for endorsement, June 2, 1941 / America First Committee, Dr. Herman Gibson
Letter regarding farmers and Farm Security Administration with excerpts from the June 17, 1941 Congressional Record, July 3, 1941 / America First Committee
Letter regarding Poster Department and promotional material, Aug. 19, 1941 / Robert L. Bliss
"Attached is an editorial from the Chicago Tribune, Sept. 13, 1941, "The Hidden Purpose"" with suggestion to re-mimeograph and distribute / Page Hufty, Director, America First Committee
"To All Chapter Chairmen" letter regarding Catholics and their hatred of Communism, handwritten on page "Catholic Question", Sept. 2, 1941 / Page Hufty, Director, America First Committee
America First Committee running schedule of speaking dates Sept. 5, 1941 - Sept. 23, 1941, dated Sept. 5, 1941
America First Committee running schedule of speaking dates Sept. 25, 1941 - Oct. 16, 1941, dated Sept. 24, 1941
America First Committee running schedule of speaking dates Sept. 30,1941 - Oct. 23, 1941 with notes on Speaker's Bureau activities, Sept. 30, 1941
America First Committee running schedule of speaking dates Oct. 6, 1941 - Oct. 30, 1941, dated Oct. 6, 1941
"To All Chapter Chairmen" letter discussing establishing America First units in American colleges, Oct. 11, 1941 (2 copies, identical but with slightly different signature) / James L. Fallon, College Department, America First
"To All Chapter Chairmen" letter discussing giving speeches at civic events up through Armistice Day, Nov. 11, 1941, dated Oct. 17, 1941 / William S. Foulis, Chairman, National Speakers' Bureau, America First Committee
"Excerpts from Reports by Members of the Anti-Nazi League Field Staff Re America First Committee, General New York Area, November 6, 1941" discusses America First activity in New York and the letter writing campaign / separated from cover letter, [America First Committee?].
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