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Samuel Pettengill Collection
Collection
Identifier: mss-050
Abstract
Pettengill was a lawyer and a journalist. He served as United States Representative from Indiana. Collection includes eighteen volumes of newspaper columns entitled "Inside Your Congress" written by Pettengill, dealing chiefly with current events on the political scene, including the conduct of World War II, the establishment of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the United Nations, and the growing "red scare" over communism. Many of the pages contain annotations and other...
Dates:
1939-1949
William H. Wills Papers
Collection
Identifier: mss-017
Abstract
William H. Wills was the Lieutenant Governor of Vermont between 1937 and 1941, then Governor between 1941-1945. Collection includes primarily notes for text of Wills' speeches while Governor, together with a few letters, scrapbook of newspaper clippings about Wills' support for Wendell Wilkie in the 1944 Presidential campaign, notebook of materials of Vermont state war committees (1942-44), family photos, and other papers. Speeches relate to World War II as well as Vermont's domestic issues...
Dates:
1941-1946
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THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT
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Silver Special Collections Library
48 University Place, Room B201
Burlington, VT 05405
(802) 656-2138 | Contact Special Collections
48 University Place, Room B201
Burlington, VT 05405
(802) 656-2138 | Contact Special Collections
