Collection Overview
Wheeler, C. H.
C. H. Wheeler Scrapbook
1935-1937
MS 598 bd
1 vol.
(0.5 linear ft.)
Special Collections and University Archives, W.E.B. Du Bois Library, University of Massachusetts Amherst
A resident of Haydenville, Mass., during the 1930s, C. H. Wheeler was evidently captivated with the profound political changes sweeping the nation during the years of the Great Depression.
Containing hundreds of political cartoons clipped from local newspapers and national media, C. H. Wheeler's scrapbook documents media reactions to the Great Depression and New Deal, the presidential election of 1936, Alf Landon and Franklin D. Roosevelt, and national and international political currents.
English
Historical Note
A resident of Haydenville, Mass., during the 1930s, C. H. Wheeler was evidently captivated with the profound political changes sweeping the nation during the years of the Great Depression.
Scope and Contents of the Collection
Containing hundreds of political cartoons clipped from local newspapers and national media, this scrapbook documents media reactions to the Great Depression and New Deal, the presidential election of 1936, Alf Landon and Franklin D. Roosevelt, Republican efforts to undermine relief legislation, and national and international political currents. The compiler pasted in a small number of news articles, magazine covers, and the series of famously errant straw polls run by the
Literary Digest that predicted a Landon landslide over Roosevelt in 1936.
Although the compiler's identity is uncertain, two magazine covers tipped into the scrapbook bear an address label for C. H. Wheeler of Haydenville, Mass. The scrapbook pages are highly acidic, brittle, and should be handled with care.
The collection is open for research.
Preferred Citation
Cite as: C. H. Wheeler Scrapbook (MS 598 bd). Special Collections and University Archives, W.E.B. Du Bois Library, University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Gift of Forbes Library, March 2009.
Processed by Dex Haven, March 2009.
Search Terms
Wheeler, C. H.
Landon, Alfred M. (Alfred Mossman), 1887-1987.
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945.
Depressions--1929.
New Deal, 1933-1939.
Massachusetts--Politics and government--1933-1945.
United States--Politics and government--1933-1945.
Political cartoons.
Scrapbooks.