Box 2
Container
Contains 110 Collections and/or Records:
Congressmen Mary Morton of New Jersey, Emily Taft Douglas of Illinois, Helen Gahagan Douglas of California, Chase Going Woodhouse of Connecticut, 1944-1946
Item — Box: 2
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_9_2_0000_121
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Washington, D.C. 1944-1946. Tenschert Photo Company photograph.
Helen Gahagan Douglas with Frank Pellet of the Brotherhood of Trainmen, 1944-1946
Item — Box: 2
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_9_2_0000_122
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Washington, D.C. 1944-1946. Lucille Stewart photograph.
Bottom row center: Helen Gahagan Douglas, bottom right: Jack Kroll. Tow row center: State Senator George Lucky, 1948
Item — Box: 2
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_9_2_0000_123
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Others are Ohio C.I.O.-P.A.C. union men.
L-R: Congressman Ned Heally, Helen Gahagan Douglas, Harry R. Sheppart (?), James Doyle, undated
Item — Box: 2
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_9_2_0000_124
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Probably Los Angeles, California. Lucille Stewart photograph.
Part of the California Congressional delegation including Helen Gahagan Douglas (front, second from right), 1944-1946
Item — Box: 2
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_9_2_0000_125
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Also included are Sam Rayburn (front, third from right) and John McCormack (back, far right). Mr. Rayburn's Washington office. 1944-1946. Harris and Ewing photograph.
Helen Gahagan Douglas with the president of the Banking and Loan Association with Mrs. Douglas secured for the African-American community in her district, the first such association in California, 1944-148
Item — Box: 2
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_9_2_0000_126
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She bought a bond which is being handed to her by the president of the savings and loan. 1944-1948. George M. Cutler, Jr. photograph.
Dr. Diosdado Macapagal, Secretary to the Philippine Legation, Helen Gahagan Douglas, and Josefina Phodoca, Member of the Manila City Council, 1946-1948
Item — Box: 2
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_9_2_0000_127
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Miss Phodoca, sent here by her Council colleagues and escorted by Dr. Macapagal, she was in the United States to study housing, city planning and allied subjects. Both were planning to run for Congress from Manila in the next election in the Philippines and discussed world affairs with Mrs. Douglas, a friend to the Philippines. Douglas home, Los Angeles, California.
Helen Gahagan Douglas and Josefina Phodoca, 1946-1948
Item — Box: 2
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_9_2_0000_128
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Douglas home, Los Angeles, California. 1946-1948. Stan Risley photograph.
Helen Gahagan Douglas and Josefina Phodoca, 1946-1948
Item — Box: 2
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_9_2_0000_129
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Douglas home, Los Angeles, California. 1946-1948. Stan Risley photograph.
Reception for the ladies of the 79th Congress, 1945
Item — Box: 2
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_9_2_0000_130
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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...