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UCLA Library Special Collections
Title: Augustus F. Hawkins papers
Creator:
Hawkins, Augustus F
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.1642
Physical Description:
137 linear feet
(137 cartons)
Physical Description:
1 oversize box
Date (inclusive): 1935-1990
Abstract: Augustus Freeman Hawkins (1907- ) was a member of the California State Assembly (1935-63) a Democrat in the U.S. Congress
(1963-91), Chairman of the Committee on House Administration (1981-84), Chairman of the Committee on Education and Labor (98th-101st
Congresses), and a member of many Congressional Committees. He retired from public service in 1990. The collection consists
of materials documenting Hawkins' service as a U.S. Congressman from 1963-90 and as Chairman of the House Education and Labor
Committee from 1984-90. A small portion of the collection relates to his service as a California State Assemblyman.
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Language of Material: Materials are in English.
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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 Augustus F. Hawkins, 1990.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
9917204033606533
[Identification of item], Augustus F. Hawkins papers (Collection 1642). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young
Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
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Augustus Freeman Hawkins was born in Shreveport, Louisiana, on August 31, 1907; his family moved to Los Angeles in 1918; AB,
UCLA, 1931; graduated from USC, 1932; member, California State Assembly, 1935-63; Democrat, U.S. Congress, 1963-91; Chairman,
Committee on House Administration, 1981-84; Chairman, Committee on Education and Labor (98th-101st Congresses); member, Joint
Economic Committee, 1984-90; member, Joint Committee on Printing, 1977-84; member, Joint Committee on the Library, 1981-84;
retired from public service in 1990.
Augustus F. Hawkins was born August 31, 1907, in Shreveport, Louisiana. At age eleven his family moved to Los Angeles, California,
where he later attended Jefferson High School, graduated from the University of California at Los Angeles with a degree in
Economics, and attended graduate school at the University of Southern California.
Congressman Hawkins represented south, central Los Angeles for fifty-six years. He served from 1935 to 1962 in the California
State Assembly before coming to Washington in 1963 as a member of the United States House of Representatives. He will retire
from elected public service at the end of 1990.
He has compiled a remarkable record of legislative achievement. As a State Assemblyman he authored over 100 laws, including
many important social welfare and anti-discrimination bills. As a United States Congressman, he has enacted legislation in
the areas of child care; elementary, secondary, vocational and higher education; job training and employment; and Civil Rights.
Significant bills passed into public law include the Civil Rights Act Amendment establishing the Equal Employment opportunity
Commission, 1975; the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act Amendments, 1978; the Full Employment and Balanced Growth
(Humphrey-Hawkins) Act, 1978; the Job Training partnership Act, 1982; the School Improvement (Hawkins-Stafford) Act, 1988;
and the Civil Rights Restoration Act, 1988.
Prior to his chairmanship of the Education and Labor Committee, Congressman Hawkins served as chairman of the House Administration
Committee from 1981 to 1984, where he was responsible for House of Representatives procurement, personnel, printing, elections,
and automation issues. Additionally, he served as a member of the Joint Economic Committee from 1984 to 1990, the Joint Committee
on Printing from 1977 to 1984, and the Joint Committee on the Library from 1981 to 1984.
Congressman Hawkins' view of public service is best expressed by his own words: The leadership belongs not to the loudest,
not to those who beat the drums or blow the trumpets, but to those who day in and day out, in all seasons, work for the practical
realization of a better world --those who have the stamina to persist and to remain dedicated. To those belong the leadership.
Collection consists of materials documenting Augustus F. Hawkins's lengthy service as a U.S. Congressman representing South
Central Los Angeles from 1963-90 and as Chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee from 1984-90. A small portion
of the collection relates to his service as a California State Assemblyman, 1935-62. Materials in the collection cover subjects
such as Civil Rights, employment, child care, and equal opportunity with respect to education and job training.
The papers of Congressman Augustus F. Hawkins include materials documenting his lengthy service as an United States Congressman
representing south, central Los Angeles from 1963 to 1990 and as the Chairman of the Education and Labor Committee from 1984
to 1990. A small amount of material relates to his service as a California state Assemblyman from 1935 to 1962.
In the collection are Legislative Files, Subject Files, Correspondence Files, District Office Files, Education and Labor Committee
Files, California State Assembly Files, and Miscellaneous Material. The papers cover subjects such as civil rights, employment,
equal opportunity, education, job training, and child care. The two series with perhaps the greatest research value are the
legislative files since they document Congressman Hawkins' attempts to enact legislation and his Committee service, and the
subject files which provide the background information, including his handwritten notes, for many of his legislative efforts.
During the last year, approximately 200 boxes of inactive files of the Washington and district offices and numerous filing
cabinets and boxes of Education and Labor Committee staff files were reviewed to determine historical value. Of this total,
over 130 boxes were retained for the archives. Duplicates, publications, routine files, and other materials were discarded.
The papers are arranged by series (or type). A minimum amount of arrangement was done within each series. Each type of material
is described in a series description (a narrative with accompanying box lists or box and folder lists). Individual folder
listings were compiled for most of the series and were taken directly from folder labels. The number in parentheses after
a folder listing indicates when more than one folder exists for a particular topic. Since similar materials could not always
be packed together, numbered boxes are sometimes listed out of order. Asterisks denote when a box containing more than one
type of material appears on the list more than once. Additionally, box counts given at the beginning of each series are not
the actual number of boxes in that series but rather a total of the number of boxes containing that type of material. The
table of contents below refers researchers to individual series descriptions.
Arranged in the following series:
- Legislative files (39 Boxes).
- Subject files (31 Boxes).
- Correspondence files (10 Boxes).
- District office files (39 Boxes).
- Education and Labor Committee files (17 Boxes).
- California State Assembly files (2 Boxes).
- Miscellaneous (11 Boxes).
Black Leadership in Los Angeles: Augustus F. Hawkins [oral history transcript] / Augustus F. Hawkins, interviewee. UCLA Oral History Department interview, 1995.
Available at UCLA Library Special Collections.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
African American legislators -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archives.
United States. Congress . House
California. Legislature. Assembly
Hawkins, Augustus F.--Archives.
United States--Congress--House--Committee on Education and Labor.