Letter to the Lexington Civil Defense Committee requesting information about civil defense for a radio program, 1941

Title:: Letter to the Lexington Civil Defense Committee requesting information about civil defense for a radio program, 1941
Description:: Copy of letter from Ellen Riley, on behalf of Roger Wheeler, radio writer and producer, to A. R. Giroux, Chairman, Lexington Civil Defense Committee, April 6, 1941. The letter requests information about the Lexington Minute men and civilian organization at the time of Paul Revere. A special broadcast will be aired on April 19, 1941 on WBZ radio, consisting of a dramatization of civilian defense as it is being organized in Lexington and linking it to the significance of that day in 1775.
Name on Item:: Ellen Riley
Date:: April 6, 1941
Format:: Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:: Cary Memorial Library
Collection (local):: Edwin B. Worthen Collection
Series:: Documents
Subjects:: Civil defense
Lexington Civil Defense Committee
World War, 1939-1945
Lexington, Battle of, Lexington, Mass., 1775
WBZ (Radio station : Boston, Mass.)
Places:: Massachusetts > Middlesex (county) > Lexington
Extent:: 1 item ; sheet 28 x 22 cm
Permalink:: https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/1257bd545
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Language:: English
Notes:: Letter to the Lexington Civil Defense Committee requesting information about civil defense for a radio program, 1941.
Identifier:: Worthen.17.21b.05