Box 6
Container
Contains 190 Collections and/or Records:
Autographed portrait of Aubrey Williams that reads, "To Helen Gahagan, a top notch fighter for the people. With sincere regards, Aubrey Williams", undated
Item — Box: 6
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_9_6_0000_701
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...
Autographed portrait of Chet Holifield that reads, "Dear Helen - your unselfish service as Democratic National Committeewoman has inspired me greatly", undated
Item — Box: 6
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_9_6_0000_702
Scope and Contents
Underwood Studio photograph.
Autographed portrait of Joseph Marx, an Austrian composer whom Mrs. Douglas worked with in Vienna, 1937
Item — Box: 6
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_9_6_0000_703
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...
Walter Pick, Helen's cousin, who organized many of her artistic engagements and Jack Leighter, a friend from California, with unidentified woman, undated
Item — Box: 6
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_9_6_0000_704
Scope and Contents
Cliff photograph.
Autographed portrait of George Cehanovsky, a former student of Madame Cehanovska, Mrs. Douglas voice instructor, undated
Item — Box: 6
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_9_6_0000_705
Scope and Contents
Wide World Studio photograph.
Autographed portrait of Adolph J. Sabath, chair of the Rules Committee, undated
Item — Box: 6
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_9_6_0000_706
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...
Portrait of Melvyn and Helen's daughter, Mary Helen Douglas, undated
Item — Box: 6
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_9_6_0000_707
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's mother, Lillian R. Gahagan, and Marie Hayden, undated
Item — Box: 6
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_9_6_0000_708
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 arriving in Long Beach, New York, 1952
Item — Box: 6
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_9_6_0000_709
Scope and Contents
A. Hunter Gomperts photograph.
Helen Gahagan Douglas with an unidentified woman, undated
Item — Box: 6
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_9_6_0000_710
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...