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Helen Gahagan Douglas project : oral history transcript / and related material, 1973-1982.
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Title:

Helen Gahagan Douglas project : oral history transcript: and related material, 1973-1982; vol. 4 : Congresswoman, actress, and opera singer : oral history transcript / 1973-1982
Women in politics oral history series

Creator/Contributor:

Douglas, Helen Gahagan, 1900-1980, creator, interviewee.

Creator/Contributor:

Fry, Amelia R., interviewer.

Creator/Contributor:

Bancroft Library, Regional Oral History Office.

Abstract:

Comments on career as actress and opera singer; marriage to Melvyn Douglas; years as Congresswoman, 1944-50; 1950 Senate campaign running against Richard Nixon and aftermath; women and independence; speaking engagements and civic activities since 1950. Appended: photocopies of Gahagan family genealogy and of documentary material supporting the interview. Copies of photographs inserted.

Date:

1973 (issued)

Contents:

Phonotapes: Reel 1: Apr. 4, 1973 -- Reel 2: Apr. 4, 1973 -- Reel 3: Apr. 6, 1973 -- Reel 4: Apr. 6, 1973 -- Reel 5: Apr. 20, 1973 -- Reel 6: Apr. 20, 1973 -- Reel 6: Apr. 20, 1973 -- Reel 7: Apr. 20, 1973 -- Reel 8: May 6, 1973 -- Reel 9: May 6, 1973 -- Reel 10: May 14, 1973 -- Reel 11: Oct. 31, 1974 -- Reel 12: Oct. 31-Nov. 1, 1974 -- Reel 13: Nov. 1, 1974 -- Reel 14: Nov. 1, 1974 -- Reel 15: Nov. 1, 1974 -- Reel 16: Nov. 1, 1974 -- Reel 17: Aug. 1, 1976 -- Reel 18: Aug. 1, 1976 -- Reel 18: Aug. 1, 1976 -- Reel 19: Sep. 14, 1976 -- Reel 20: Sep. 14, 1976 -- Reel 21: Nov. 3-4, 1974.

Subject:

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Women -- Political activity -- United States
Actresses -- United States
Theater -- United States
Opera -- United States
Femmes -- Activité politique -- États-Unis
Actrices -- États-Unis
Théâtre -- États-Unis
Actresses
Opera
Politics and government
Theater
Women -- Political activity
United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century
California -- Politics and government
États-Unis -- Politique et gouvernement -- 20e siècle
Californie -- Politique et gouvernement
California
United States
United States. -- Congress. -- House.
United States. -- Congress. -- House.
Douglas, Melvyn
Douglas, Helen Gahagan -- 1900-1980
Douglas, Helen Gahagan -- 1900-1980
Douglas, Melvyn

Note:

tape recorded interview conducted 1973-1976 by Amelia Fry for the Regional Oral History Office, the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, California, 1982 :
Reels 1-4, 9, 20 are 5 in., reels 5-8, 10-16, 21 are cassettes, reels 17-19 are 7 in. Reels 14 track 2 and 15 track 1 play fast.
Included in: Women in politics oral history series.
RESTRICTED: Original sound recordings not available for use.
AUDIO/VISUAL MATERIALS RESTRICTED. Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator. CU-BANC
Also available online.
Dept. of Special Collections, University of California, Los Angeles Library. Duplicate transcript.
Copyright by The Regents of the University of California. This manuscript is made available for research purposes only. Requests for permission to quote for publication should be addressed to the Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Supplementary material in Helen G. Douglas Papers (BANC MSS 83/69c).
Photographs transferred to the Pictorial Collections of The Bancroft Library (BANC PIC 1983.102).

Type:

Oral histories.

Physical Description:

print
[9], xiv, 352 pages ; 28 cm + related material
12 audiocassettes, 9 audiotape reels : analog, 3 3/4 ips, 2 track ; 5 in., 7 in.

Language:

English

Origin:

California

Copyright Note:

RESTRICTED: Original sound recordings not available for use.
AUDIO/VISUAL MATERIALS RESTRICTED. Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator. CU-BANC
Copyright by The Regents of the University of California. This manuscript is made available for research purposes only. Requests for permission to quote for publication should be addressed to the Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.