Edwin L. Peterson-Eisenhower Campaign Documents 1951-1956

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Edwin L. Peterson-Eisenhower Campaign Documents 1951-1956

This one box collection contains materials related to Edwin L. Peterson's efforts in Utah to promote the Eisenhower campaign, including Peterson's correspondence and financial records and documents related with Eisenhower's campaign.

1 box; .5 linear foot

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Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969

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Dwight David Eisenhower (1890-1969) was leader of the Allied forces in Europe in World War II, commander of NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization), and the thirty-fourth president of the United States, from January 20, 1953, to January 20, 1961. Eisenhower was born on October 14, 1890, in Denison, Texas, the third son of David Jacob Eisenhower, a railroad worker, and Ida Elizabeth Stover. In 1891, the family moved to Abilene, Kansas, where David accepted a job at a local creamery run by ...

Peterson, Edwin L. (Edwin Lewis)

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In 1952 an unsuccessful attempt was made by some Utah Republicans to endorse Dwight D. Eisenhower as Utah's choice to receive the Republican Party's national nomination for president. Utah State Agricultural College (now Utah State University) geography professor, Edwin Peterson, was teaching at the Southern Branch of Utah State Agricultural College in Cedar City. Peterson, an ardent Republican, organized the Eisenhower campaign in southern Utah. From the description of Edwin L. Pete...

Republican Party (Utah)

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