Box 54
Container
Contains 62 Collections and/or Records:
Telegram from Raphael Lemkin to Congresswoman Douglas, 1947 January 15
Item — Box: 54, Folder: 18
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_3.2_54_18_0004
Scope and Contents
Telegram discusses preparing a resolution on Genocide for the United Nations Assembly.
Letter from Raphael Lemkin to Congresswoman Douglas, 1947 June 15
Item — Box: 54, Folder: 18
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_3.2_54_18_0005
Scope and Contents
Letter discusses the draft convention on genocide.
Booklet: Genocide by Raphael Lemkin from The American Scholar, 1946 March
Item — Box: 54, Folder: 18
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_3.2_54_18_0006
Scope and Contents
Congresswoman Douglas helped to secure U.S. support for this resolution and convention at the United Nations.
Draft Convention for the Prevention and Punishment of Genocide (Prepared by the Secretariat): Committee on the Progressive Development of International Law and Its Codification, 1947 June 6
Item — Box: 54, Folder: 18
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_3.2_54_18_0007
Scope and Contents
United Nations General Assembly
Gr General
File — Box: 54, Folder: 12
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_3.2_54_12_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...
Gu General
File — Box: 54, Folder: 13
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_3.2_54_13_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...
General Panel Corporation
File — Box: 54, Folder: 14
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_3.2_54_14_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...
General Services Administration
File — Box: 54, Folder: 15
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_3.2_54_15_0000
Scope and Contents
General Correspondence
German Films, 1946
File — Box: 54, Folder: 16
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_3.2_54_16_0000
Scope and Contents
Correspondence regarding withdrawing objections to the release and licensing of German and Austrian films. Correspondents include the Office of Alien Property: Department of Justice, the American Civil Liberties Union, and Congressman Emanuel Celler.
German Letters, 1947
File — Box: 54, Folder: 17
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_3.2_54_17_0000
Scope and Contents
Contains correspondence regarding the release of German civilian internees held in the United States and letters from people in the American Occupied Zone in Germany post-World War II regarding assistance in acquiring food.