Democratic Study Group records, 1912-1995 (bulk 1960-1990).
- 90,750 items. 269 2 containers plus oversize. 108 linear feet.
- Part I arranged in 6 series. Series 1: Fact Sheets, Reports, and Other Material, 1959-1976; Series 2: Campaign File, 1960-1974; Series 3: Chronological File, 1963-1972; Series 4: Subject File, 1940-1975; Series 5: Printed Matter, 1953-1971; and Series 6: Oversize, 1971-1972. Part II arranged in 5 series. Series 1: Administrative File, 1939-1995; Series 2: Chronological File, 1958-1994; Series 3: Research Publications, 1959-1994; Series 4: Services and Activities, 1937-1994; and Series 5: Subject File, 1912-1995.
Restrictions apply.
Correspondence, research publications, reports, circulars, position papers, draft legislation, legal documents, government records, voting and whip records, hearing statements, committee and caucus records, surveys, media files, campaign records, training material, photographs, and other records provided by the Democratic Study Group (DSG) to Democratic members of the U.S. House of Representatives in support of common political and legislative goals. Also includes financial and administrative records of the organization. Subjects include arms control; balance of executive and legislative power; budget; campaign finance reform; campaigns; civil rights; consumer protection; economic policy; education; environment; health; House Democratic Caucus; Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party; policies of presidential administrations from John F. Kennedy through Bill Clinton; poverty; reform of House rules; Selma to Montgomery Rights March (1965); social policy; taxation; Vietnam War; war powers; and White House staff.
Video and audio recordings Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division. transferred to
Legislative service organization operating from 1959 to 1995 to assist Democratic members of the U.S. House of Representatives.
Collection material in English.
Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011050
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United States. Congress. House. United States. Congress. House --Reform. United States. White House Office. Democratic Party (U.S.) House Democratic Caucus (U.S.) Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party.
Selma to Montgomery Rights March Selma, Ala.) (1965 :
Arms control--United States. Budget--United States. Campaign funds--United States. Civil rights--United States. Civil rights movements--Alabama. Consumer protection--United States. Education--United States. Environmental policy--United States. Executive power--United States. Legislative power--United States. Medical care--United States. Political campaigns--United States. Poverty--United States. Taxation--United States. Vietnam War, 1961-1975. War and emergency powers--United States.
United States--Economic policy--20th century. United States--Politics and government--20th century. United States--Social policy--20th century.