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 (H. Res.647): Dawson: "Reorganization Plan Number27 of 1950, to create a Department of Health, Education, and Security." 81st Congress, 2nd Session. Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Departments.

Scope and Contents (H. Res.648): Dawson: "Reorganization Plan #24 of 1950, Transfer of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to the Department of Commerce." 81st Congress, 2nd Session. Committee to the Whole House on the State of the Union.

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...