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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 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

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

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.