Contents
- Descriptive Summary
- Scope and Content
- Scope and Content
- Conditions for Access
- Conditions Governing Use
- Preferred Citation
- Acquisition Information
- Custodial History
- Biography or History
- Related Material
- Indexed Terms
- Citation/Reference
- Exhibits Note
Collection Access
Paul H. Douglas papers
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Paul H. Douglas papers
- Dates
- 1932-1971
- Creator
- Douglas, Paul H. (Paul Howard), 1892-1976
- Creator
- Douglas, Emily Taft, 1899-1994 , Brooks, Charles Wayland, 1897-1957 , Farrell, James T.(James Thomas), 1904-1979 , Percy, Charles H., 1919-2011 , Taft, Lorado, 1860-1936 , United States. Congress. Senate , United States. National Commission on Urban Problems
- Size
- 757 linear ft.
- Size
- 1 oversize folder.
- Size
- 330 sound recordings.
- Language
- Material is in English unless otherwise noted.
Scope and Content
Chiefly research files and constituent correspondence, recordings, scrapbooks, and other papers, from Douglas' career as U.S. Senator (Democrat, Illinois, 1949-1967), relating to Douglas' election campaigns, labor and unemployment issues, social security, the civil rights movement, preservation of natural resources and preservation of the Indiana Dunes, irrigation subsidies and the family farm, congressional ethics, government contracts, Truth in Lending bill, investigation of the Krebiozen method of treating cancer, foreign policy during the Cold War, anti-Communism, and other matters. The collection contains 49 scrapbooks 1938-1969.
Scope and Content
The collection also includes a small lot of students' papers, syllabi, correspondence and other papers relating to Douglas' role as a professor in economics and labor relations at the University of Chicago during the 1920s and 1930s; a few items on Douglas' Chicago aldermanic service and other activities prior to 1949; and small portions of his correspondence with U.S. presidents, congressmen, Supreme Court justices, and other leading government officials; and correspondence with Chicago writer James T. Farrell. Also includes files from the National Commission on Urban Problems, which Douglas chaired after leaving the Senate in 1967.
Conditions for Access
A portion of the collection is in remote storage. Please ask Research Center staff about the possibility of retrieval. For listening purposes, it is necessary to use a copy, not the original (and to have a listening copy made if one is not available).
Conditions Governing Use
Contact the archives for more information on licensing and permissions for use and reproduction.
Preferred Citation
A common citation for archives is as follows: Item, Folder number and/or title, Box number, Collection title, ID number, Repository name, location.
Acquisition Information
Ogburn, Mrs. Fielding, Gift 1993/01/13. 1993.0004. 33 1/3 rpm phonograph record, evidently produced at home, containing conversation between two women about educational and political topics on one side and dramatic readings by one of the women on the other side; one of the women is most likely Emily (Taft) Douglas, wife of U.S. Senator Paul Douglas and herself an Illinois Congresswoman in the mid-1940s. Ca. 1940. 1989.0291. Directory of Local Citizens for Douglas Committee, Ill., 1954. Shuman, Howard, Gift. M1982.0017 National Commission on Urban Problems tapes and publications.Custodial History
Primarily the gift of Paul Douglas in 1971. Other donors include Howard Shuman (National Commission on Urban Problems, M1982.0017), Mrs. Fielding Ogburn (1993.0004).
Biography or History
Paul H. Douglas was United States Senator (Democratic, Illinois) 1949-1967, Chicago 5th Ward alderman 1939-1942, and a noted economist at the University of Chicago and other schools. He served in the Marine Corps during World War II. In 1915 he married Dorothy Wolff; they had four children; the marriage ended in divorce. In 1931, he married Emily Taft Douglas, who also was active in politics. She was the daughter of Chicago sculptor Lorado Taft.
Descriptive inventory available online; does not cover the entire collection.
Indexed Terms
- Douglas, Paul H. -- (Paul Howard) -- 1892-1976
- Douglas, Emily Taft -- 1899-1994
- Brooks, Charles Wayland -- 1897-1957
- Farrell, James T. -- (James Thomas) -- 1904-1979
- Percy, Charles H. -- 1919-2011
- Taft, Lorado -- 1860-1936
- Democratic Party (U.S.)
- Democratic Party (Ill.)
- United States -- Congress -- Elections
- United States -- Congress -- Senate
- United States -- Marine Corps
- United States -- National Commission on Urban Problems
- University of Chicago -- Faculty
- Anti-communist movements -- United States -- 20th century
- Civil rights movements -- United States -- 20th century
- College teachers -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 20th century
- Krebiozen
- Legislators -- Illinois -- 20th century
- Legislators -- United States -- 20th century
- Liberalism -- United States -- 20th century
- Politicians -- Illinois -- 20th century
- Politicians -- United States -- 20th century
- Reclamation of land -- West (U.S.)
- Chicago (Ill.) -- Politics and government -- 20th century
- Illinois -- Politics and government -- 20th century
- Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore (Ind.)
- Indiana Dunes (Ind.) -- Description and travel
- United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century
- United States -- Race relations -- Political aspects
- Audiotapes
- Clippings
- Correspondence
- Manuscripts for publication
- Press releases
- Reports
- Scrapbooks
- Speeches
Citation/Reference
NUCMC MS 75-404.
Exhibits Note
Exhibited in: "Curators' Choice," Chicago Historical Society, October 1993-January 8, 1994.Letters from the Town Trustees of Portage, Ind., and from Mrs. B.C. Dahlman re. Indiana Dunes.