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Hollywood Victory Committee

 Organization

Dates

  • Existence: 1941 - 1945

Biography

The Hollywood Victory Committee (1941-1945) was an organized way for performers to contribute to the World War II effort by participating in bond drives and morale boosting for American troops.

Citation:
Wikipedia, April 21, 2020 (Hollywood Victory Committee; founded December 10, 1941; way for performers to contribute to the World War II effort by participating in bond drives and morale boosting for troops; associated with Screen Actors Guild; organized events between January 1942 and August 1945; chairmen of the committee: Clark Gable, James Cagney, Sam Levene and George Murphy)

First yearly report of the activities of the Hollywood Victory Committee, 1942: page 21 (located in Beverly Hills, California) http://digitalcollections.oscars.org/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15759coll29/id/138/rec/1

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

A tribute to Franklin Delano Roosevelt

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197231214179]
Identifier: MSS 2323
Scope and Contents

Phonograph transcription (78 rpm records) of special Franklin D. Roosevelt tribute radio program, 15 April 1945.

Dates: 1945 April 15
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / A tribute to Franklin Delano Roosevelt

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