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...

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...

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...

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...

Scope and Contents Correspondence: disability claim; award of the Distinguished Service Cross; pension claim; P. L.18; mustering-out pay; refund on National Service Life Insurance; request for change in type of discharge.

Scope and Contents Casework correspondence regarding veterans claims including pension claims, disability claims, P. L.862 and its effect on a school for magicians, The College of Manual Dexterity and Prestidigitation: Chavez Studio of Magic, H.R.4242, and requests for parole. Correspondents include the Chavez Studio of Magic (letter, list of courses, list of graduates and copy of the student body newsletter CIGAM News), the Veterans Administration, and Department of Justice, United States Board of Parole.

Scope and Contents Correspondence: disability claim; pension claim; death benefits; dental claim; re-enlistment

Scope and Contents Correspondence: non-receipt of dividends payment on his National Service Life Insurance; pension claims; disability claims; employment; hearing aid; G. I. Bill; death compensation

Scope and Contents Cases; study of the mentally ill; construction of VA hospital; Veterans' Employment Service.

Scope and Contents Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 80th Congress, 1st Session