Oral history interviews of the Biography: Helen Gahagan Douglas Oral History Project, 1973-1983.

Pepper, Claude, 1900-1989

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Claude Denson Pepper (September 8, 1900 – May 30, 1989) was an American politician of the Democratic Party, and a spokesman for left-liberalism and the elderly. He represented Florida in the United States Senate from 1936 to 1951 and the Miami area in the United States House of Representatives from 1963 until 1989. Born in Chambers County, Alabama, Pepper established a legal practice in Perry, Florida after graduating from Harvard Law School. After serving a single term in the Florida House o...

Peterson, Esther Eggertsen, 1906-1997

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Esther Peterson was born Esther Eggertsen in Provo, Utah, on December 9, 1906. She was one of six children: Luther ("Bud"), Algie, Thelma, Anna Maria, Esther, and Mark. Her parents, Lars and Annie (Nielsen) Eggertsen , were the children of Danish immigrants who walked across the plains to Utah seeking freedom to worship as Mormons. The Eggertsens were Republicans, but Esther Peterson became an active Democrat, working in the fields of education, labor, women's rights and consumer a...

Douglas, Helen Gahagan, 1900-1980

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Helen Gahagan Douglas (November 25, 1900 – June 28, 1980) was an American actress and politician. Her career included success on Broadway, as a touring opera singer, and the starring role in the 1935 movie She, in which her portrayal of the villain inspired Disney's Evil Queen in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937). Born Helen Mary Gahagan in Boonton, New Jersey and raised in the Park Slope area of Brooklyn, New York, she graduated from the prestigious Berkeley School for Girls and at the ...

Indiana University, Bloomington. Center for the Study of History and Memory

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Hartmann, Sharon Lybeck, 1939-

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Zeitlin, Jake, 1902-1987

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Zeitlin was a Los Angeles bookdealer. From the description of Letter : Los Angeles (Calif.), to Don Hill, Los Angeles, 1936 April 21. (Natural History Museum Foundation, Los Angeles County). WorldCat record id: 24038112 Jacob Israel Zeitlin was born on Nov. 4, 1902, in Racine, WI; worked as a bookseller, poet and book reviewer in Ft. Worth, TX; moved to Los Angeles in 1925; began career in bookselling when employed by Holmes Book Company and the book departments of the May C...

Riukin, Alan

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Seymour, Anne, 1909-1988

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Anne Seymour, actress of stage, film, radio and television. Began her career with the Jitney Players in the late 1920s. She had a variety of roles on Broadway and played many leading roles in radio and televisionproductions. Her films include ALL THE KING'S MEN, DESIRE UNDER THE ELMS and POLLYANNA. Fannie R. Brewer was a fan who corresponded and visited regularly with Anne Seymour. From the description of Letters and ephemera to Fannie R. Brewer, ...

Scobie, Ingrid Winther, 1943-

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Historian and artist. Member of the Department of History and Government faculty at Texas Woman's University, 1982-2000. Author of "Center State: Helen Gahagan Dourglas, a Life." From the description of Ingrid Winther Scobie papers, 1900-1990. (Texas Woman's University Library). WorldCat record id: 79858671 ...

Tufty, Esther Van Wagoner, 1896-1986

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Washington D.C. newspaper political columnist. From the description of Esther Van Wagoner Tufty papers, 1938-1953. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34418641 ...

Dunne, Philip, 1908-1992

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Greenaway, Roy, 1929-

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Snyder, Elizabeth, 1914-

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Snyder was born as Elizabeth Ingrid Louise Carlson on Apr. 8, 1914, in Minneapolis, MN; AB, UCLA, 1935; campaign worker for Jerry Voorhis, 1936; national committeewoman, Young Democrats, 1938-42; first woman chairman, California State Democratic Committee, 1954-56; married Nathan H. Snyder, a Los Angeles attorney. From the description of Collection of material about women's rights, 1975-1980. (University of California, Los Angeles). WorldCat record id: 39084013 ...