Series: Subject Files

Academic freedom, 1945-1947

Academic freedom meeting, 1946

American Caravan meeting, 1945 June 27

Arts, Sciences, and Professional Council of Hollywood 1947-1950, undated

Atomic power, 1945

Atomic power mass meeting, 1945 December 12

Beverly-Westwood Democratic Committee (Political Reporter), 1945

Bretton Woods agreement, 1945

"The Crew of the Model T" scripts, 1945

Audio recording of Henry Morgenthau Jr. program related to IMF Bretton Woods, 1945 April 30
Scope and Content Note: Henry Morgenthau Jr., "Bretton Woods and the International Monetary Fund." Morgenthau, while serving as the United States Secretary of the Treasury, played an important role in the 1944 Bretton Woods Conference, which established the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, and much of the post-World War II monetary system.

CIO, 1945-1946

California Democratic Party, 1944

California State Central Committee, 1944-1945

Campaign Expenditure Committee, 1946

Censorship, 1948

Child care, 1944-1945

Chinese Exclusion Act, 1943-1945

Correspondence, Miscellaneous 1943-1945

Corwin, Norman

Award dinner, 1946 March 31

Costello, John 1943, undated

Davidson, Jo 1945-1947

Dekker, Albert 1945

Democratic National Committee, 1943-1945

Dewey, Thomas 1944

Douglas, Helen Gahagan 1944-1946

Elections

1943 Municipal elections

1944

Assembly District Committee

Coordinating committee

Literature

Miscellany

Primary elections

Radio advertising

Scripts

Recordings

Audio recording of "Hollywood Town Meeting", 1944 May 11
Scope and Content Note: Chaired by Olivia de Havilland, various Hollywood celebrities speak in support of Democratic political candidates.

Audio recording of "In Reference to Mr. Dewey", 1944 November 3
Scope and Content Note: Presented by the Hollywood Democratic Committee.

Audio recordings of Norman Corwin election eve program, 1944 November 6
Scope and Content Note: Broadcast in support of the re-election of Franklin D. Roosevelt, celebrities and average citizens speak in favor of the incumbent president. The program is was produced by Norman Corwin, hosted by Humphrey Bogart, and also includes Judy Garland, James Cagney, and Groucho Marx, amongst others.

1945 Municipal elections

1946

Committee

Fundraising

Literature

Primary elections

Radio advertising

General

Scripts

Scripts (continued)

Fair employment practices, 1946-1947

Film Committee, 1946

Film strike, 1945

Fine arts, 1945-1949, undated

Financial reports, 1944-1948

First Amendment Committee, 1947, undated

Free Indonesia Committee, 1945-1946

Full employment legislation, 1945

Grafton, Samuel 1943

"Get Out the Vote", 1944 September 12

Audio recording of Hollywood Democratic Committee, "Get Out the Vote"
Scope and Content Note: A non-partisan radio program produced by the motion picture and radio industries, the Columbia Broadcasting System, and the Los Angeles Committee to Get Out the Vote. The program is hosted by George Coulouris, Gene Kelly, Olivia de Havilland, and James Durante.

HUAC, 1945-1946, undated

Hamilton, Charles 1944

Healy, Ned 1945

Hollywood Independent, 1945

Hollywood Ten (The Other Side of the Story), 1947, undated

Audio recording of Hollywood Ten: Gail Thunderbird
Scope and Content Note: Possibly recorded with Martyn Burke as part of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's television documentary, "The Hollywood Ten and Others: A History of Politics in Film." Sondergaard describes being blacklisted and the recent resumption of her theater and film career.

Audio recordings of the Hollywood Ten documentaries and interviews

CBC, "The Hollywood Ten and Others: A History of Politics in Film," episode one 1970
Scope and Content Note: A Canadian Broadcasting Corporation television documentary produced by Martyn Burke.

CBC, "The Hollywood Ten and Others: A History of Politics in Film," episode two 1970
Scope and Content Note: Continued from Audio 297A/22.

CBC, "The Hollywood Ten and Others: A History of Politics in Film," interview with Herbert Biberman 1970
Scope and Content Note: This is the unedited interview with Herbert Biberman used in the production of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's documentary. The interview was likely conducted by Martyn Burke, the program's producer.

CBC, "The Hollywood Ten and Others: A History of Politics in Film," interview with Ring Lardner Jr. 1970
Scope and Content Note: This is the unedited interview with Ring Lardner Dr. used in the production of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's documentary. The interview was likely conducted by Martyn Burke, the program's producer.

CBC, "The Hollywood Ten and Others: A History of Politics in Film," interview with Dore Schary 1970
Scope and Content Note: This is the unedited interview with Dore Schary used in the production of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's documentary. The interview was likely conducted by Martyn Burke, the program's producer.

CBC, "The Hollywood Ten and Others: A History of Politics in Film," interview with Dalton Trumbo 1970
Scope and Content Note: This is the unedited interview with Dalton Trumbo used in the production of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's documentary. The interview was likely conducted by Martyn Burke, the program's producer. The reel begins with an unrelated, partial interview with Jack Ryan, which was intended for another CBC program.

Housing, 1945-1946

ICCASP

Constitutions, 1945-1946, undated

Correspondence, 1945-1946

Directors minutes, 1945-1946

Field Department, 1946, undated

Legislative Office, 1945

Miscellaneous chapter material, undated

Miscellany, 1944-1946, undated

Press releases, 1945, undated

Report From Washington, 1945-1946, undated

Philadelphia, 1946

Seattle

Minutes, 1946

Correspondence, 1946

Literature and publicity, 1946, undated

Ickes, Harold 1944-1946

Audio recordings of H.L. Ickes tribute dinner, Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles, California 1944 October 8
Scope and Content Note: At this time Ickes was serving as the United States Secretary of the Interior, a position he had held since 1933. Recorded at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, California.

KFI censorship, 1945

Kenny, Robert 1946-1947

Kilgore, Harley 1945-1946

Lea labor bill, 1946

"Let's Go Out and Ring Doorbells", 1944 March 24

Audio recording of "Let's Ring Doorbells" and "Are You Backing Your Commander-In-Chief", 1944 March 24
Scope and Content Note

Eddie Cantor, "Let's Go Out and Ring Doorbells" - produced for a voter turnout campaign.

Mario Silva, "Are You Backing Your Commander-In-Chief" - produced by the Hollywood Democratic Committee.

Liberty Caravan, 1947

Loyalty oaths, 1949, undated

Lynching incidents, 1946, undated

McDonough, Gordon 1944-1945

"Message to Washington", 1943 April 28

Miscellaneous audio recordings including Olivia de Havilland speech and Hollywood Democratic Committee radio spots
Scope and Content Note

Includes Olivia de Havilland speech in support of Harry S. Truman.The speech was given before a Hollywood Independent Citizens Committee of the Arts, Sciences and Professions (HICCASP) rally.

Includes Hollywood Demoncratic committee radio spots. The spots are in favor of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Clyde Doyle (the Democratic candidate for California's 18th United States congressional district), Archibald B. Young (the Democratic candidate for California's 20th United States congressional district), and Monrad C. Wallgren (the Democratic candidate for the governor of Washington). There are also a number of advertisements urging citizens to register to vote.

Moss case, 1946

Mundt bill, 1948

Music Division, 1945-1946, undated

Music for Victory, 1942

National Citizens Political Action Committee, 1945-1946, undated

National Council of the Arts, Sciences, and Professions 1948-1950

National Democratic Convention, 1944

Newsboys' strike, 1946

Nonpartisan Association for Franchise Education, 1944

OPA, 1945-1946

Palestine, 1946

Pauling, Linus 1946, 1948

Peace

General, 1945-1946, undated

Conferences

1948

1949

Pepper, George, Personal miscellany undated

Phillips, Hubert 1946

Photographs of Ickes dinner and signature collection for buyers strike, circa 1943-1945
Scope and Content Note: Photos show John Garfield, Charles Boyer, Howard Koch, and Harold Ickes, among others.

Poll taxes, 1943-1946

Poulson, Norris 1943

Presidential Expenditures, Special Committee on 1944-1945

Price controls, 1943

Progressive Citizens of America

General, 1947-1948

California, 1947-1949

Audio recordings of campaign radio spots and rally speeches, 1947 May 19
Scope and Content Note

Audio 297A/18 - Richard Frankensteen campaign radio spots: Radio spots in support of Richard Frankensteen's 1945 Detroit mayoral campaign. Frankensteen, then vice president of the United Auto Workers, was running against incumbent mayor Edward J. Jeffries Jr. Both were running as non-partisan candidates.

Hugh Mitchell campaign radio spot: James Roosevelt speaks on behalf of the Independent Citizens Committee of the Arts, Sciences and Professions' (ICCASP's) support for Hugh Mitchell's 1946 re-election campaign to the United States Senate. Mitchell was running as the Democratic Candidate for the state of Washington.

Hugh De Lacy campaign radio spot: James Roosevelt speaks on behalf of the Independent Citizens Committee of the Arts, Sciences and Professions' (ICCASP's) support for Hugh De Lacy's 1946 re-election campaign to the United States House of Representatives. De Lacy was running as the Democratic Candidate for the state of Washington.

Katharine Hepburn, "Speaking for Freedom": The speech was given by Hepburn at a Progressive Citizens of America rally, held before 30,000 people at the Gilmore Stadium in Los Angeles, California. Hepburn speaks in support of Henry Wallace's 1948 presidential campaign, labor rights, free speech, and liberal politics. In doing so, she names the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) as an enemy and a threat to the arts community. This tape ends with a discussion of the persecution of Paul Robeson.

Audio 297A/19 - Hepburn continues speaking in support of Paul Robeson, discusses the censorship of books in public schools, the cancellation of the State Department's "Advancing American Art" exhibition, the persecution of Henry Wallace by the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), and the censorship of the Motion Picture Alliance for the Preservation of American Ideals (MPAPAI).

Henry Wallace, "The True Road to Peace": The speech was given by Wallace at a Progressive Citizens of America rally, held before 30,000 people at the Gilmore Stadium in Los Angeles, California. Wallace, former Vice President and 1948 presidential candidate for the Progressive Party, speaks against the dangers of renewed economic depression and war, and he speaks in favor of the United Nations and peaceful relations with the Soviet Union. In doing so, he speaks against the use of anti-Communism as an excuse to suppress democratic politics at home and agitate for war abroad.

Henry Wallace, "Back to the United Nations": The speech was given by Wallace at a Progressive Citizens of America rally, held before at Madison Square Garden in New York, New York. He speaks in support of the United Nations and against the threat of the Truman Doctrine, which he believed would only renew global conflict under the pretext of anti-Communism.

Convention, 1949 January

Progressive Party, 1948

Progressives, Conference of 1946

Publicity, undated

Race relations, 1943-1945

Race riots, 1943

Radio, 1947

Rankin, John 1945-1946

Reorganization of ICCASP and NCPAC, 1946, undated

Roosevelt, James 1945-1946

Roosevelt, Death of 1945

Science Division, 1945-1946, undated

Shapley, Harlow 1948

Smith, Gerald L.K. 1945-1946

Soldiers' vote, 1943-1944

Spain, 1945

Spot Announcements audio recordings
Scope and Content Note

Henry Wallace, "Back to the United Nations" (Continued from Audio 297A/19): The speech was given by Wallace at a Progressive Citizens of America rally, held before at Madison Square Garden in New York, New York. He speaks in support of the United Nations and against the threat of the Truman Doctrine, which he believed would only renew global conflict under the pretext of anti-Communism.

Hollywood Democratic Committee radio spots: The spots are in favor of Clyde Doyle (the Democratic candidate for California's 18th United States congressional district), Archibald B. Young (the Democratic candidate for California's 20th United States congressional district), Hal Styles (the Democratic candidate for California's 15th United States congressional district), and Ned R. Healy (the Democratic candidate for California's 13th United States congressional district).

Styles, Hal 1944

Target for Tomorrow, 1943-1944

Tenney, Jack undated

Thought Control conference, 1947

Time article, 1946

UNESCO, 1945-1947

United Nations meeting, 1945

"United We Stand" meeting, 1943-1944

Voting records, 1945-1946, undated

Wallace, Henry

Correspondence, 1943-1946

Presidential radio advertising scripts, 1948

Presidential campaign literature (ICCASP and NCCASP), 1948

War Relocation Authority, 1943-1945

Warren, Earl 1946