C. H. Wheeler Scrapbook 1935-1937

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C. H. Wheeler Scrapbook 1935-1937

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A resident of Haydenville, Mass., during the 1930s, C. H. Wheeler was evidently captivated with the profound political changes sweeping the nation during the years of the Great Depression. Containing hundreds of political cartoons clipped from local newspapers and national media, C. H. Wheeler's scrapbook documents media reactions to the Great Depression and New Deal, the presidential election of 1936, Alf Landon and Franklin D. Roosevelt, and national and international political currents.

1 vol.; (0.5 linear ft.)

eng,

Special Collections and University Archives, W.E.B. Du Bois Library, University of Massachusetts Amherst

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Landon, Alfred M. (Alfred Mossman), 1887-1987

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Alfred "Alf" Mossman Landon (September 9, 1887 – October 12, 1987) was an American politician from the Republican Party. He served as the twenty-sixth Governor of Kansas from 1933 to 1937. He was the Republican Party's nominee in the 1936 presidential election, but was defeated in a landslide by incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt who won the electoral college vote 523 to 8. Born in West Middlesex, Pennsylvania, Landon spent most of his childhood in Marietta, Ohio before moving to Kansa...

Wheeler, Christopher H.

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A resident of Haydenville, Mass., during the 1930s, C. H. Wheeler was evidently captivated with the profound political changes sweeping the nation during the years of the Great Depression. From the guide to the C. H. Wheeler Scrapbook MS 598 bd., 1935-1937, (Special Collections and University Archives, W.E.B. Du Bois Library, University of Massachusetts Amherst) ...

Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945

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