Scope and Contents (H.R.3191): "To amend the Act approved September 7, 1916 (ch.458, 39 stat.742), entitled "An act to provide compensation for employees of the United states suffering injuries while in the performance of their duties, and for other purposes", as amended, by extending coverage to civilian officers of the United States and by making benefits more realistic in terms of present wage rates, and for other purposes."

Scope and Contents (H.R.5931): "To establish a standard schedule of rates of basic compensation for certain employees of the Federal Government; to provide an equitable system for fixing and adjusting the rates of basic compensation of individual employees; to repeal the Classification Act of 1923, as amended; and for other purposes."

Scope and Contents To preserve the Equities of Permanent Classified Civil-Service Employees.

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...