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Title: Ruth Lybeck Papers
Date (inclusive): 1944-1950
Collection number: 901
Creator:
Lybeck, Ruth
Extent:
4 boxes (2 linear ft.)
Abstract: Collection consists of material related to the political campaigns of California congresswoman Helen Gahagan Douglas.
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library,
Department of Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright,
are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of
the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the
copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC
Regents do not hold the copyright.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur W. Hartmann, 1965.
[Identification of item], Ruth Lybeck Papers (Collection 901). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, UCLA.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
2221085
Helen Gahagan Douglas was born on Nov. 25, 1900 in Boonton, NJ; attended Barnard College (1920-22); married Melvyn Douglas,
Apr. 5, 1931; starred in plays, including
Young Woodley (1925),
Enchanted April (1925),
Mary Queen of Scotland (1934), and
First Lady (1952); toured Europe as a singer (1928-30); starred in the motion picture She (1935); US delegate to the UN General Assembly,
1946; representative in Congress from California's 14th district (1944-50); unsuccessful candidate for US Senate, 1950; secretary,
Gahagan Dredging Corp. (1953-69); opera concert singer and poetry reader (1952-62); wrote
The Eleanor Roosevelt we remember (1963); died June 28, 1980.
Collection consists of material related to the political campaigns of California congresswoman Helen Gahagan Douglas. Includes
publicity materials for the four campaigns, other campaign materials, precinct election figures, primary schedules, drafts
and printed speeches, and correspondence to and from campaign manager Ruth Lybeck and political advisor Ed Lybeck and Mrs.
Douglas and her secretary, Mrs. Evelyn Chavoor. Also contains material relating to Los Angeles councilman Ed Davenport, and
Dime a day democracy.
Arranged in the following series:
- Correspondence (box 1)
- Primary schedules, 1950 campaign materials, Davenport material, Dime a day, miscellaneous (box 2)
- Douglas speeches, 1950 election figures
- 14th district street guide, newsletter, publicity and campaign material, voting records (box 4).
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Lybeck, Ruth--Archives.
Douglas, Helen Gahagan, 1900-
Campaign management--California--Archival resources.
California--Politics and government--1850-1950.