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Wendell Lewis Willkie presidential campaign papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 556

Scope and Contents

The papers consist of press releases, subject files, speeches, clippings, organization files and campaign ephemera from the presidential campaign conducted by Wendell Willkie in 1940.

Dates

  • 1940

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

The materials are open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright status for collection materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Accession received from Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 6 October 1989.

Extent

2.75 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Catalog Record

A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog

Persistent URL

https://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ms.0556

Additional Description

Overview

The papers consist of press releases, subject files, speeches, clippings, organization files and campaign ephemera from the presidential campaign conducted by Wendell Willkie in 1940.

Biographical / Historical

Wendell Willkie received his A.B. from Indiana University in 1913. He was admitted to the Indiana bar in 1916, and practiced law in Indiana and New York. In 1940, Willkie became a candidate for president of the United States.

Subjects

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Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Preliminary Guide to the Wendell Willkie Presidential Campaign Papers
Status
Under Revision
Author
compiled by John Espy
Date
March 1980
Description rules
Finding Aid Created In Accordance With Manuscripts And Archives Processing Manual
Language of description note
Finding aid written in English.

Repository Details

Part of the Manuscripts and Archives Repository

http://www.library.yale.edu/mssa/
Contact:
Yale University Library
P.O. Box 208240
New Haven CT 06520-8240 US
(203) 432-1735
(203) 432-7441 (Fax)

Location

Sterling Memorial Library
Room 147
120 High Street
New Haven, CT 06511

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