America First Committee research collection, 1940-1942.

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America First Committee research collection, 1940-1942.

The collection consists of papers from 1940-1942 collected by Morris B. Stanley, Emory University graduate student interested in the U.S. isolationist movement. They pertain to the America First Committee from 1940-1942. The bulk of the collection consists of correspondence between Stanley and leading Committee members and other active members of the non interventionist movement, including Harry Byrd, D. Worth Clark, James Fallon, Gerald P. Nye, Robert R. Reynolds, and Charles W. Tobey. The collection also contains copies of the Congressional Record; printed material regarding the organization; America First Committee reports; a box of research notes probably compiled by Stanley; and printed material by the Friends of Democracy, an organization opposed to the efforts of the America First Committee.

.5 linear ft. : (1 box and 2 OP)

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Nye, Gerald Prentice, 1892-1971

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Gerald Prentice Nye (1892-1971), newspaper editor and business management consultant, was a U.S. Senator from North Dakota from 1925 to 1945. From the description of Nye, Gerald Prentice, 1892-1971 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10581564 ...

Byrd, Harry F. (Harry Flood), 1887-1966

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Theodore Roosevelt Dalton was born 3 July 1901 in Carroll County, Virginia, the son of Currell and Lodoska Maritn Dalton. he received his B.A. from the College of William and Mary as well as his law degree. Dalton was Commonwealth's Attorney for Radford, Virginia and state senator from 1944-1960. He was the Republican Party candidate for governor in 1953 and 1957. Dalton was appointed federal judge for the Western District of Virginia. His adopted son was John N. Dalton who served as governor of...

Fallon, James D.

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Tobey, Charles W. (Charles William), 1880-1953

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Stanley, Morris Burns.

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The America First Committee was founded in the summer of 1940 as an "anti-interventionist" organization opposed to President Franklin Roosevelt's foreign policy decisions leading up to U.S. entry into World War II. The committee espoused isolationism, argued for increased spending for U.S. domestic defense, and opposed U.S. entry into World War II. From the description of America First Committee research collection, 1940-1942. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 173863246 ...

America First Committee

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Private organization to promote United States nonintervention in World War II. From the description of America First Committee records, 1940-1942. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754868195 ...

Friends of Democracy (U.S.)

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Reynolds, Robert R., 1981-

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Clark, D. Worth (David Worth), 1902-1955

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U.S. Representative and Senator from Idaho. From the description of D. Worth Clark papers, 1935-1950 (Boise State University). WorldCat record id: 690055129 David Worth Clark, U.S. Representative and Senator from Idaho, was born on April 2, 1902, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, the son of David Worth Clark, Sr., and his wife Nellie. Clark came from a family active in Democratic politics; two of his uncles, Barzilla Worth Clark and Chase A. Clark, served as Governors of I...