Box 35
Container
Contains 3 Collections and/or Records:
Correspondence
Item — Box: 35, Folder: 5
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_3.1_35_5_1
Scope and Contents
Labor Extension Service Bill
H.R.7113
Item — Box: 35, Folder: 5
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_3.1_35_5_2
Scope and Contents
Douglas-California: "To promote the general welfare of the people of the United States by establishing a public supported labor extension program for wage and salary earners, and for other purposes." 79th Congress, 2nd Session. Committee on Labor.
Labor Extension Service Bill.
File — Box: 35, Folder: 5
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_3.1_35_5_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...