Box 1
Container
Contains 110 Collections and/or Records:
Eleanor Roosevelt, Melvyn Douglas, and Helen Gahagan Douglas visiting a Farm Security Administration Camp while Mrs. Douglas was National Committee Woman. California, 1940
Item — Box: 1
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_9_1_0000_68
Scope and Contents
The Douglas Collection covers the former congresswoman's life from her early stage career until her death in 1980. Because the bulk of the materials document her years in Congress, the collection is especially rich in covering events and issues central to the immediate post-World War II era. Due to her service on the Foreign Affairs Committee, there is a large amount of material on the earliest years of the Cold War and the establishment of the new world order. Other topics of note include the...
Melonia Thompson, Mrs. James Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt and Helen Gahagan Douglas applauding after the N.Y.A. Orchestra concert on Mrs. Douglas' patio, 1941
Item — Box: 1
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_9_1_0000_69
Scope and Contents
The Douglas Collection covers the former congresswoman's life from her early stage career until her death in 1980. Because the bulk of the materials document her years in Congress, the collection is especially rich in covering events and issues central to the immediate post-World War II era. Due to her service on the Foreign Affairs Committee, there is a large amount of material on the earliest years of the Cold War and the establishment of the new world order. Other topics of note include the...
Helen Gahagan Douglas and Henry A. Wallace at the first Western Conference of Women, organized by Mrs. Douglas, 1942-1943
Item — Box: 1
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_9_1_0000_70
Scope and Contents
Ed Clark, LIFE Magazine, photograph.
Helen Gahagan Douglas and Jake Zeitlin, a bookstore owner, in a horse-drawn carriage displaying campaign slogans, 1944
Item — Box: 1
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_9_1_0000_71
Scope and Contents
The carriage was Zeitlin's idea. Los Angeles, California. 1944 campaign.
Helen Gahagan Douglas and Manchester Boddy, 1944
Item — Box: 1
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_9_1_0000_72
Scope and Contents
Probably Los Angeles, California.
Mr. Baumgartner and Helen Gahagan Douglas, undated
Item — Box: 1
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_9_1_0000_73
Scope and Contents
Lucille Stewart photograph.
Helen Gahagan Douglas with Mr. and Mrs. Albert Mellenkoff, Los Angeles community leaders who supported Mrs. Douglas from the beginning of her political career, undated
Item — Box: 1
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_9_1_0000_74
Scope and Contents
Their son was the editor of a San Francisco newspaper. Lucille Stewart photograph.
Helen Gahagan Douglas at a typical "house meeting.", 1944
Item — Box: 1
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_9_1_0000_75
Scope and Contents
The Douglas Collection covers the former congresswoman's life from her early stage career until her death in 1980. Because the bulk of the materials document her years in Congress, the collection is especially rich in covering events and issues central to the immediate post-World War II era. Due to her service on the Foreign Affairs Committee, there is a large amount of material on the earliest years of the Cold War and the establishment of the new world order. Other topics of note include the...
Helen Gahagan Douglas at a typical "house meeting.", 1944
Item — Box: 1
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_9_1_0000_76
Scope and Contents
California. 1944 campaign.
Helen Gahagan Douglas at a typical "house meeting", 1944
Item — Box: 1
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_9_1_0000_78
Scope and Contents
California. 1944 campaign. Lucille Stewart photograph.