America First Committee ephemera

Collection — Box: 1, Folder: 4

Identifier: Mss-085

Staff Only

Content Description

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."

Dates

Creation: 1940-1941

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is available for research.

Biographical / Historical

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.

Extent

0.04 Linear Feet (1 folder)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

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.