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Thomas E. Dewey and His Times
Thomas E. Dewey, unfortunately, is probably best remembered by most Americans as the little fellow who lost the 1948 Presidential election to Harry S. Truman in one of the greatest upsets in American history. But thanks to the work of Richard Norton Smith, we can now see Dewey for what he really was - a crusading, crime-busting district attorney; perhaps the best governor New York State ever had; and the man who "modernized" the Republican Party and allowed it to survive through the Depression years and the 1940's. Dewey grew up in a small town in Michigan (his father owned and published the local newspaper), and his rise to fame and fortune came remarkably fast. A compulsive workaholic and ...
Thomas E. Dewey, Et Al
Thomas E. Dewey, et al. is a two-part study. The first part deals with Dewey's career through 1941 as a lawyer in civil practice, assistant U.S. Attorney, energetic Young Republican and party worker, and district attorney. The second part addresses his vigorous but futile effort to destroy the Albany Democratic political machine of Daniel O'Connell during his first term as Governor of New York. As a preamble, the pre-Albany segment treats of 19th century New York State politically significant figures: the early Tammany Hall leaders, Rev. Charles Parkhurst, Thurlow Weed, Roscoe Conklin, and Thomas Platt. Intertwined with the relation of Dewey's pre-Albany activity are the formidable Tammany H...
Thomas E. Dewey Papers
Personal and political correspondence, including letters from Herbert Brownell, John Foster Dulles, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Roger Strauss, and Arthur Vanderbilt; papers from private law practice and from term as District Attorney for New York County; campaign material, mostly from 1948; legislative papers and official correspondence from terms as governor of New York; speeches; scrapbooks; photographs; and engagement calendars. Also correspondence of his wife, Frances Hutt Dewey, and of his mother, Annie Dewey; personal financial papers; articles by or about Dewey; drafts, galleys, notes, and correspondence for book about Dewey by Rupert Hughes; and correspondence and journals from trips to the Far East and Pacific areas, 1951 and 1957. Also phonograph recordings of speeches by Dewey and his supporters; tape recordings; and motion picture films of official functions and political campaigns, beginning 1937.
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