Wendell Lewis Willkie presidential campaign papers 1940

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Wendell Lewis Willkie presidential campaign papers 1940

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

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.

2.75 linear feet

eng,

Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 6350613

Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives

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Willkie, Wendell L. (Wendell Lewis), 1892-1944

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Wendell Lewis Willkie (born Lewis Wendell Willkie; February 18, 1892 – October 8, 1944) was an American lawyer, corporate executive and the 1940 Republican nominee for President. Willkie appealed to many convention delegates as the Republican field's only interventionist: although the U.S. remained neutral prior to Pearl Harbor, he favored greater U.S. involvement in World War II to support Britain and other Allies. His Democratic opponent, incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt, won the 1940...