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Letter from Walt Disney to Richard Nixon

  • 7/25/1956

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Description

This letter from Walt Disney to Richard Nixon requests that Nixon appear on the Mickey Mouse Club television show to answer the question, “When I Grow Up, Mr. Nixon, Why Should I Be a Republican?”

In 1956 Walt Disney wrote Vice President Richard Nixon and asked for an interview for a television program.

Citation

This primary source comes from the Collection RN-VP: Pre-Presidential Papers of Richard M. Nixon.

National Archives Identifier: 595179

Full Citation: Letter from Walt Disney to Richard Nixon; 7/25/1956; Disney, Walt; General Correspondence, 1946 – 1963; Collection RN-VP: Pre-Presidential Papers of Richard M. Nixon,; Richard Nixon Library, Yorba Linda, CA. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/document/walt-disney-nixon/, May 8, 2026]

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