[Letter from Stephen Early to T. N. Carswell - November 26, 1941]
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A letter written to Mr. T. N. Carswell, Chairman, American Legion Committee of Americanism, Abilene, Texas, from Stephen Early, Secretary to the President, The White House, Washington DC, dated November 26, 1941. Early declines, on behalf of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, to reply to the question "What is Americanism?" citing the policy of the President to refrain from "selecting any particular organization to receive an exclusive expression of his views on any pertinent subject".
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A letter written to Mr. T. N. Carswell, Chairman, American Legion Committee of Americanism, Abilene, Texas, from Stephen Early, Secretary to the President, The White House, Washington DC, dated November 26, 1941. Early declines, on behalf of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, to reply to the question "What is Americanism?" citing the policy of the President to refrain from "selecting any particular organization to receive an exclusive expression of his views on any pertinent subject".
This letter is part of the following collections of related materials.
T. N. Carswell Collection
This collection was assembled by Thomas Norwood Carswell (1887-1978) and contains correspondence throughout his life. His files hold letters signed by most of the major political leaders of Texas during the 1940s through the 1960s, as well as letters signed by Presidents Harry S Truman, Richard M. Nixon, Senator Lyndon B. Johnson, and George Washington Carver. It also contains a scrapbook of his time at Simmons College.
Featuring thousands of newspapers, photographs, sound recordings, technical drawings, and much more, this diverse collection tells the story of Texas through the preservation and exhibition of valuable resources.