Overview of the Walter Winchell miscellaneous papers

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Title: Walter Winchell miscellaneous papers
Date (inclusive): 1936-1968
Collection Number: 91013
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: English
Physical Description: 1 manuscript box (0.4 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Letters, memoranda, notes, pamphlets, newsletters, and other printed matter, relating to the right-wing political figure Gerald L. K. Smith, Smith's leadership of the isolationist America First Party during World War II and of the Christian Nationalist Crusade subsequently, and accusations of libel exchanged between Winchell and Smith.
Creator: Winchell, Walter, 1897-1972
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Access

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Use

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Acquisition Information

Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1991.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Walter Winchell miscellaneous papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Biographical/Historical Note

American journalist, newspaper columnist, and radio commentator.

Scope and Content of Collection

Letters, memoranda, notes, pamphlets, newsletters, and other printed matter, relating to the right-wing political figure Gerald L. K. Smith, Smith's leadership of the isolationist America First Party during World War II and of the Christian Nationalist Crusade subsequently, and accusations of libel exchanged between Winchell and Smith.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Anti-communist movements -- United States
Journalists
World War, 1939-1945 -- United States
Antisemitism -- United States
Christianity and politics
Smith, Gerald L. K. (Gerald Lyman Kenneth), 1898-1976
America First Party
Christian Nationalist Crusade

 

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