1942 DEAR ADOLF by Stephen Vincent Benet 5 radio scripts World War II home front

[1942 DEAR ADOLF, 5 (of 6) RADIO SCRIPTS; STEPHEN VINCENT; COUNCIL FOR DEMOCRACY] STEPHEN VINCENT BENET, 5 (of 6) 1942 RADIO SCRIPTS FOR THE PROGRAM / SERIES "DEAR ADOLF", series of six radio letters written each week by Stephen Vincent Benet based upon actual letters written to Hitler by representative Americans and delivered over the National Broadcasting Company in cooperation with the Council for Democracy — (1) Letter from a farmer, June 21, 1942, featuring Raymond Massey, (2) Letter from a business man, June 28, 1942, Melvyn Douglas, (3) Letter from a working man, July 5, 1942, James Cagney, (4) Letter from a housewife and mother, July 12, 1942, Helen Hayes, [MISSING: Letter from An American soldier, July 26, 1942], (5) Letter from a foreign born American, August 2, 1942, Joseph Schildkraut…original ribbon typescript/probably teletype, 8-1/2" x 14"/legal size with bottom 3" folded, single space, variously 4 or 5 pages , in upper right corner of first page of each stamp "COPYRIGHT 1942 Stephen Vincent Benet"; RARE, fewer than 10 recorded at WorldCat/OCLC (5/31/21), none found for sale except single copy on (5/31/21); NOTES: "The Council for Democracy got the idea and much of the material for the broadcasts from letters received by President Roosevelt." (TIME Magazine, Aug. 3, 1942); "For six weeks in 1942, the airwaves of NBC hummed with the voices of Hollywood stars such as James Cagney, Raymond Massey and Helen Hayes addressing the Fuhrer in the guise of ordinary citizens. Ever since the trauma of Pearl Harbor, thousands of letters had poured into radio networks and newspaper offices expressing support, anger and defiance at the new war America was now fighting. These letters earned themselves the sobriquet of 'Dear Adolf's' and Pulitzer prize-winning writer Stephen Vincent Benet drew on their inspiration for six fictional missives to Hitler." (BBC Media Centre) /// CONDITION: well-preserved, paper still supple. keywords: United States home front, World War II, social history, radio history, media studies