America First Committee ephemera

America First Committee ephemera, 1940-1941

Overview of the Collection

Title: America First Committee ephemera
Dates: 1940-1941 (inclusive)
19401941
Quantity: 0.04 linear feet, (1 folder)
Collection Number: Mss.085
Summary: The America First Committee (AFC) was the foremost United States isolationist pressure group against American entry into World War II. This collection consists of 3 pamphlets and 1 broadside distributed by the AFC.
Repository: University of Puget Sound, Archives & Special Collections

Collins Memorial Library
1500 N. Warner St.
CMB1021
Tacoma, WA
98416-1021
Telephone: 2538792669
archives@pugetsound.edu
Access Restrictions: This collection is available for research.
Languages: English

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

This collection consists of 3 pamphlets and 1 broadside distributed by the America First Committee (AFC), a World War II anti-interventionist organization. The pamphlets include 1) "America First Committee: Aims and Activities," which describes the AFC and the principles that it stands for, 2) "Our Foreign Policy," the text of a speech by AFC chairman General Robert E. Wood given to the Chicago Council on Foreign Relations, and 3) "Must We Fight for our Foreign Trade?," with text by Stuart Chase. The broadside is a single sheet asking supporters to contact Congress to speak out against the "war dictatorship bill."

Historical NoteReturn to Top

The America First Committee was the foremost United States isolationist pressure group against American entry into World War II. It was launched on September 4, 1940 and dissolved on December 10, 1941.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Preferred Citation

[Name of document, date.] America First Committee ephemera, Mss. 085. University of Puget Sound Archives & Special Collections. Tacoma, Washington.

Archives West Finding Aid

Table of Contents