America First Committee records, 1939-1942

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Title:: America First Committee records
Dates:: 1939-1942
Creators:: America First Committee
Abstract:: Correspondence, minutes, reports, studies, financial records, press releases, speeches, newsletters, campaign literature, clippings, photographs, and other audiovisual material, relating to the issue of American neutrality in World War II.
Extent:: 353 manuscript boxes, 10 oversize boxes, 12 card file boxes, 3 microfilm boxes, 1 cubic box, 1 oversize folder, 2 envelopes, 26 sound recordings, 1 videorecording, memorabilia (162.5 Linear Feet)
Language:: English
Preferred citation:: [Identification of item], America First Committee records, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Scope and content:: The collection contains correspondence, meeting minutes, reports, studies, financial records, press releases, speeches, newsletters, campaign literature, clippings, photographs, and other audiovisual material, relating to the issue of American neutrality in World War II.
Acquisition information:: Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 1942.
Processing information:: From 2020-2025 the collection undertook extensive processing. Boxes 1-225, 358-374 have had description updated, with intellectual arrangment of series and files. Boxes 226-357 have not been reviewed or processed at this time. The original legacy finding aid is available upon request.
Rules or conventions:: Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Subjects:: World War, 1939-1945 -- United States
Neutrality -- United States
Video tapes
Sound recordings
Motion pictures
Places:: United States -- Foreign relations -- 1933-1945

Collection Guide Author:: Finding aid prepared by Erika Villalobos, Tanya Yule
Date Encoded:: This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2026-02-23 09:35:46.164784

Access and use

Restrictions:: Boxes 351-353, 356-357, and OCM16 may not be used without permission of the Archivist. The remainder of the collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.
Terms of access:: For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Preferred citation:: [Identification of item], America First Committee records, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Location of this collection:: Hoover Institution

Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University

Stanford, CA 94305-6003, US