Box 22
Container
Contains 129 Collections and/or Records:
Navy Department: Distress Cases (A-L), 1945-1946
File — Box: 22, Folder: 5a
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_2.2_22_5a_0000
Scope and Contents
Correspondence regarding discharge cases, claims, payment appeals and other casework for members of the United States Navy. Correspondents include service members and consitituents, members of Congress, Navy Department, Board of Review, Discharges and Dismissals, and the U.S. Marine Corps.
Navy Department: Distress Cases (M-Y).
File — Box: 22, Folder: 5b
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_2.2_22_5b_0000
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...
Negro Discrimination Cases
File — Box: 22, Folder: 6
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_2.2_22_6_0000
Scope and Contents
Correspondence: Anti-negro propaganda being sent in the mail.
Negro Housing.
File — Box: 22, Folder: 7
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_2.2_22_7_0000
Scope and Contents
Correspondence: Investigation into refusing priority for war housing open to Negroes.
Clippings
File — Box: 22, Folder: 8
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_2.2_22_8_0000
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...
Negro Soldiers: Correspondence and Data, February 17-March 9
File — Box: 22, Folder: 10
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_2.2_22_10_0000
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...
Contributions of Negro and Jewish Soldiers to the War Effort, 1945-01-01
Item — Box: 22, Folder: 9
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_2.2_22_9_0001
Overview
79th (1945-1947)
Negroes' Magnificent War Record: A Tribute from Helen Gahagan Douglas, 1946-01-22
Item — Box: 22, Folder: 9
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_2.2_22_9_0003
Overview
79th (1945-1947)
Request for Copy of Speech: Negro Soldier in World War II, 1946-12-11
Item — Box: 22, Folder: 9
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_2.2_22_9_0002
Overview
79th (1945-1947)
Support for Rep. Helen Gahagan Douglas in the Fight for Civil Rights, 1946-01-23
Item — Box: 22, Folder: 9
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_2.2_22_9_0004
Overview
79th (1945-1947)