Collection Summary
Eggleston, George Teeple, 1906-.
George Teeple Eggleston Papers
1918-1985
10216
2.48 cubic ft. (4 boxes)
University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.
English
The papers of George Teeple Eggleston, editor of
Scribner’s Commentator, Life, and Reader’s
Digest, and one of the founders of the pre-World War II America First
movement.
Biography of George Teeple Eggleston
George Teeple Eggleston was born in Oakland, California in 1906. He graduated from
the University of California, Berkeley in 1929. In the late 1930s, until the bombing
of Pearl Harbor, he was very active in the America First movement with Charles
Lindbergh. At that time, he was editor-in-chief of Scribner's
Commentator, dedicated to keeping America out of war. The public outcry
against the America First movement affected Eggleston. Eggleston was discharged from
military service and there were rumors and threats of prosecution for treason.
Eggleston was editor-in-chief of the old Life magazine, and appointed
to the board of editors by Henry Luce for the new Life magazine. From
1943-1957, Eggleston was an associate editor and department editor for
Reader's Digest. Eggleston's final book, published in 1979, was
titled Roosevelt, Churchill, and the World War II Opposition: A Revisionist
Autobiography, and was a revisionist autobiography on the opposition to
America's entry into World War II.
Scope and Content
The George Teeple Eggleston papers include correspondence, clippings, and notes
relating to the America First movement, as well as Charles Lindbergh’s role in the
movement. Editions of Scribner’s Commentator, Reader’s
Digest, and Life magazine are also present, all of which
Eggleston helped edit. The collection also contains many of his books, as well as
reviews, clippings, and correspondence from fans and publishers. Some personal files
are also present.
Access Restrictions
There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes, and the
collection is open to the public.
Copyright Information
The researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright, property, and
libel laws as they apply.
Related Materials
There are no known other archival collections created by George Teeple Eggleston at
the date of processing.
Acquisition Information
This material was received from George Teeple Eggleston in 1986.
Processing Information
The collection was processed by Emily Christopherson in December 2011
Preferred Citation
Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Collection Name, Collection Number,
American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.
Access Terms
Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus),
1902-1974.
America First Committee.
Periodical editors -- United States -- 20th
century.
World War, 1939-1945 -- United States --
Neutrality.
Journalism -- United States.
Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
Journalism
Container List
1
America First Committee - correspondence from prominent
people
1940-1972
1
America First Committee and Charles Lindbergh - negative letters and
articles
1940-1985
1
America First Committee and Charles Lindbergh - supportive letters
and articles
1939-1984
2
Books - His Majesty's Sloop-of-War Diamond
Rock
1978
1
Books - His Majesty's Sloop-of-War Diamond Rock -
reviews and correspondence
1968-1983
2
Books - Orchids on the Calabash Tree
1962, 1970
1
Books - Orchids on the Calabash Tree - reviews and
correspondence
1962-1977
1
Books - Roosevelt, Churchill, and the World War II Opposition:
A Revisionist Autobiography - reviews and
correspondence
1976-1981
2
Books - Roosevelt, Churchill, and the World War II Opposition:
A Revisionist Autobiography
1979
1
Books - Some Descendents of Bygod Eggleston of Yorkshire,
England and Windsor, Connecticut
circa 1985
2
Books - Tahiti: Voyage Through Paradise
1953
2
Books - Tahiti: Journey Through Paradise - pages of
story from all international printings of adapted story in Reader's
Digests
1954
3
Books - Tahiti: Voyage Through Paradise - review in
Illustrated London News
1955
1
Books - Tahiti: Voyage Through Paradise - reviews and
correspondence
circa 1953-1985
2
Books - Treasury of Christian Teaching
1958
2
Books - Virgin Islands
1959
1
Books - Virgin Islands - reviews and
correspondence
1959-1971
1
Books - religious - reviews and correspondence
1957-1983
1
Carl Milles - correspondence
1971
1
Frank Lloyd Wright - subject file
circa 1941-1959
4
Frank Lloyd Wright - "Work Song" lyrics signed by Frank Lloyd
Wright
1941
3
Fred Dayton and Helena Dayton photograph
undated
1
Issues of "The Herald" - published by Scribner's
Commentator
1940
2
Life - bound compilation
1935
3
Life - bound compilation
1937 January 4 - 1937 February 1
1
Life - correspondence from Eleanor Roosevelt and Woodrow
Wilson (photocopies)
1922, undated
1
Life - last issue of satirical Life (edited
by Eggleston)
1936 November
1
"New York Times" book reviews by Eggleston
1956-1963
1
Personal - Air Raid Warden papers and handbook
1943-1944
1
Personal - Eggleston's Army-Navy papers and other
certificates
1918-1983
1
Personal - list of artwork donated to the Fine Arts Museum of San
Francisco
1982
1
Personal - woodcut caricatures of Hitler and De Gaulle created by
Eggleston
undated
1
Publisher correspondence - Covici Friede Publishing
Company
1937-1938
1
Publisher correspondence - Devin Adair Publishing
Company
1978-1980
1
Publisher correspondence - from various publishing
companies
1955-1980
1
Publisher correspondence - Regnery Publishing Company
1957-1981
1
Publisher correspondence - William Jovanovich
(publisher)
1956-1958
1
Reader's Digest - correspondence, notes, and
administrative memoranda
1940-1984
2
Reader's Digest - new magazine design by
Eggleston
1943-1953
2
Reader's Digest magazines edited by
Eggleston
1950-1955
1
Scribner's Commentator correspondence (negative and
positive)
1940-1941
3
Scribner's Commentator issues (missing 1941
July)
1940 September - 1941 December
1
Time-Life and Henry Luce - clippings and correspondence
1936-1978