Wendell L. Willkie collected papers, 1934-1945, 1960.

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Wendell L. Willkie collected papers, 1934-1945, 1960.

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Papers, 1934-1945, 1960, of Wendell Willkie, a lawyer from Indiana and president of Commonwealth and Southern Corporation, who was the 1940 Republican Presidential candidate against Franklin D. Roosevelt. The bulk of the materials consist of speeches Willkie gave between 1934 and1944 and news clippings and releases surrounding his death on October 8th, 1944. Also included are pages from the diary of Lamoyne Jones, a member of Willkie's campaign staff and compiler of these papers. In addition, there is a Supreme Court brief for which Willkie was the petitioner and an issue of True Comics with a chapter dramatizing Willkie's life. The photographs depict Willkie visiting U.S. military training camps during World War II.

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Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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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...

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Jones, Lamoyne.

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