Hugh C. MacDougall Collection of Progressive Party Papers, 1946-1950.

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Hugh C. MacDougall Collection of Progressive Party Papers, 1946-1950.

The Hugh C. MacDougall Collection of Progressive Party Papers relates to the Henry A. Wallace presidential campaign of 1948. Correspondence, speeches, Progressive Party statements, meetings, and brochures make up the bulk of the papers. There are also broadsides from such groups as the National Wallace for President Committee and the Veterans for Wallace. Clippings and reprints concerning the campaign make up the remainder of the collection.

Broadsides, 17 folders.Papers, 1 linear ft., (1 box)

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SNAC Resource ID: 6855953

University of Iowa Libraries

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Wallace, Henry A. (Henry Agard), 1888-1965

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Henry Agard Wallace (October 7, 1888 – November 18, 1965) was an American politician, journalist, and farmer who served as the 11th U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, the 33rd vice president of the United States, and the 10th U.S. Secretary of Commerce. He was also the presidential nominee of the left-wing Progressive Party in the 1948 election. The oldest son of Henry C. Wallace, who served as the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture from 1921 to 1924, Henry A. Wallace was born in Adair County, Iowa in...

MacDougall, Hugh C.

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Founded in 1948, the Progressive Party's first presidential candidate was Henry A. Wallace. The party (which continued until 1954) opposed the bipartisan Cold War policy, advocated civil rights, and wanted an extension of New Deal policies. From the description of Hugh C. MacDougall Collection of Progressive Party Papers, 1946-1950. (University of Iowa Libraries). WorldCat record id: 148797041 ...

Progressive Party (U.S. : 1948)

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Curtis MacDougall was born on February 11, 1903, in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. He started his career as a journalist there at the Fond du Lac Commonwealth-Reporter at the age of fifteen. He received a BA in English from Ripon College in Wisconsin in 1923. He went on to obtain a Master's from Northwestern University in 1926 and a Ph.D. in Sociology at the University of Wisconsin in 1933. After working at several newspapers, he joined the faculty of Northwestern University in 1935. During the depress...