Helen Gahagan Douglas project
Subtitle: and related material
By: tape recorded interview conducted 1976-1978 by Eleanor Gleaser, Fern Ingersoll, Gabrielle Morris and Ingrid Scobie for the Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, California, 1981 :
Contributors: Gleaser, Eleanor.; Edwards, India.; Goodman, Leo.; Dudley, Tilford.; Harding, Kenneth.; Rogers, Frank.; Lindsey, Byron.; Lustig, Helen O.; Meyers, Alvin.; Ingersoll, Fern S.; Scobie, Ingrid Winther, 1943-; Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office.
Published: 1976
Subjects: Douglas, Helen Gahagan, 1900-1980.; Boddy, Manchester, 1891-; Democratic Party (Calif.); Women in politics -- California.; California -- Politics and government.; United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
Other titles: Women in politics oral history series.
Description: Interviews relating mainly to the 1950 U.S. Senate campaign in California and the preceding primary election. Copies of photographs inserted; copies of some documentary material appended to interviews.

Interviewees and titles of interviews, as follows: 1. India Edwards. California Democrats--a view from Washington. Discusses also problems faced by women in politics. 2. Leo Goodman. Helen Gahagan Douglas and her work with Labor on housing and atomic energy. 3. Tilford Dudley. Helen Gahagen Douglas--the reaction of Union Men. 4. Kenneth Harding. Helen Gahagen Douglas and the Democratic Campaign Committee. 5. Frank Rogers. Helen Gahagan Douglas and the 1950 primary campaign. Comments also on working in her 1944 campaign as publicity writer and working for her opponent, Manchester Boddy, in 1950 primary. 6. Byron Lindsley. Helen Gahagan Douglas and the 1950 campaign in San Diego and Imperial counties.

7. Helen Lustig. Executive Secretary for Helen Gahagan Douglas's 1950 campaign in San Diego and Imperial counties. 8. Alvin Meyers. Helen Gahagan Douglas and the campaigns for Congress. Comments also on the congressional campaigns, 1944-48, as well as the senatorial campaign.
Table of contents: value: Reel 1: Indian Edwards, May 16, 1978. Track 1: 975 ft., track 2: 495-980 ft. (5 in.); value: Reel 2: Leo Goodman, Dec. 26, 1976. Track 1: 665 ft., track 2: 695 ft.; value: Reel 3: Goodman, cont. Track 1: 40 ft., track 2: blank; value: Reel 4: Tilford Dudley, Mar. 31, 1977. Track 1: 490 ft., track 2: 215 ft.; value: Reel 5: Kenneth Harding, June 16, 1977. Track 1: 490 ft., track 2: 441 ft.; value: Reel 6: Frank Rogers, Dec. 8, 1976. Track 1: 585 ft., track 2: 120 ft.; value: Reel 7: Byron Lindsley, Nov. 1, 1976. Track 1: 495 ft., track 2: 495 ft.; value: Reel 8: Lindsley, cont. Track 1: 495 ft., track 2: blank; value: Reel 9: Lindsley, cont. Track 1: 95 ft., track 2: blank; value: Reel 10: Helen Lustig, Nov. 1, 1976. Track 1: 495 ft., track 2: 495 ft.; value: Reel 11: Lustig, cont. Track 1: 495 ft., track 2: blank; value: Reel 12: Alvin Meyers, Mar. 23, 1978. Track 1: 475 ft., track 2: 500 ft.; value: Reel 13: Meyers, cont. Track 1: 450 ft., track 2: 435 ft.; value: Phonotapes: