[Rarebooks] FS: Three 1940-41 Anti- & Pro- American Support for Britain Handouts

[Joslin Hall Rare Books, Ephemera & Photographs]

Three 1940-41 Anti- & Pro- American Support for the Embattled Brits 
Handouts

1] America First Committee 1940-41 ‘Defend America First’ Isolationist 
Brochure. -The America First Committee “was the foremost United States 
non-interventionist pressure group against the American entry into World 
War II. Started on September 4, 1940, it put out mixed messaging with 
antisemitic and pro-fascist rhetoric from leading members, and it was 
dissolved on December 10, 1941, three days after the attack on Pearl 
Harbor had brought the war to the United States. Membership peaked at 
800,000 paying members in 450 chapters. It was one of the largest 
anti-war organizations in the history of the United States” [Wikipedia]. 
Prominent members included Charles Lindberg, Gerald Ford, Sargent 
Shriver, Potter Stewart, Lillian Gish, and Frank Lloyd Wright.  Folder. 
8.5”x11”. Some soil and wear, wrinkled.

2] 1941 Anti-Lend-Lease ‘Concerning H.R. 1776’ Yale University Student 
Handbill. -Although no organization or sponsor is mentioned, The America 
First Committee had strong Yale roots, having been founded by Yale Law 
School student R. Douglas Stuart, Jr.; other Yale student members 
included Gerald Ford, Sargent Shriver, and Potter Stewart. At the bottom 
readers are urged to “Please put this sheet in the box you will find in 
Yale Station”.  Single sheet. 8.5”x11”. Fold, minor soil, wrinkled.

3] New Haven Committee to Defend America 1940-41 Yale Student Handbill. 
-The America First Committee had strong Yale roots, having been founded 
by Yale Law School student, and the New Haven Committee to Defend 
America, a strongly pro-British aid group, was probably a response to 
that.  Single sheet. 8.5”x13”. Folds, some wear and soil, one crease 
damaged.

All three for $100

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