Reminiscences of Evelyn Chavoor : oral history, 1977.

Biographical Note

Administrative assistant.

Scope and Contents

Family background, childhood in Los Angeles; Helen Gahagan Douglas ̀family background; Douglas ̀relationship with husband, Melvyn; Douglas household; Douglas ̀initial involvement in politics: Farm Securities Administration, 1940; Democratic National Committeewoman, 1940; Democratic State Central Committee, California, vice-chair, 1941; State Central Committee Womens̀ Division chair, 1942; early political liaisons; Congressional office: organization, staff, advisors, Central Valley 160-acre limitation, Atomic Energy Bill of 1946; Douglas ̀relations with constituents, approach to issues; Senate campaign, 1950: motivations for running, fund raising problems, newspaper coverage, accusations of communism and rebuttals, reasons for loss; Douglas ̀activities after Congress: family, Committee for Sane Nuclear Policy, 1961; involvement in senatorial and presidential campaigns; return to theatre.

Subjects

• California--Politics and government--1850-1950.
• Campaign management.
• Chavoor, Evelyn, 1917.
• Democratic Party (U.S.)
• Douglas, Helen Gahagan, 1900-1980.
• Government executives--United States--Interviews.
• Ingersoll, Fern S., interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• Interviews.
• Nuclear energy--Law and legislation.
• Oral histories.
• United States--Politics and government--1945-1989.
• United States. Congress. House.
• Women--Political activity--Interviews.

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