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 Nation's Press Reports on Federal Aid to Education

Scope and Contents Barden: "To provide for Federal Financial assistance to the States and Territories in helping to establish and maintain an adequate minimum program of education and in attempting to more nearly equalize educational opportunities in public elementary and secondary schools." 81st Congress, 2nd Session

Scope and Contents Friends of the Public Schools: Volume XII, Number 7

Scope and Contents Let's Quit Cheating Children! The Facts About Proposition/Emergency Election November 8, 1949.

Scope and Contents California Dominates Nation's Population Growth, 1940-1948

Scope and Contents California Teachers Association: "California Schools and Federal Aid."

Scope and Contents H.R.76; H.R.1236; federal employees pay raise; H.R.1689; Veterans Preference Act of 1944, H.R.2446; S.660.

Scope and Contents The Bulletin: Volume VIII, Number 1

Scope and Contents H.R.4295; annual and sick leave; S.3395; S.3394; S.3994; H.R.6871.