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Ava Helen and Linus Pauling Papers, 1873-2013

15. Ava Helen Pauling. 1927-2013.

Manuscript and typescript leaves, correspondence, assorted biographical materials, publications and government documents related to the life and work of Ava Helen Pauling are the foundation of this section. Items of special interest include writings by Ava Helen Pauling on issues of peace, civil liberties and women's rights. The section also contains extensive genealogical data; correspondence and meeting minutes chronicling the work of prominent peace groups including the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, Women Strike for Peace and Federal Union; and other assorted personal materials documenting Ava Helen's activities both within and outside the Pauling family home.


69 boxes

5. Materials re: Political Issues and Civil Liberties.

Boxes 5.001 - 5.010 (Page: 1 - 10)



5.001.
Ava Helen Pauling: Materials re: Japanese Internment during World War II, 1943-1951.
1.1.
Assorted Pamphlets re: Japanese Internment during World War II, 1943-1944.
Pamphlet: Planning Resettlement of Japanese Americans, The Committee on Resettlement of Japanese Americans, July 1943.
Article: "The Truth About Jap Camps", by Maxine Davis, reprinted from Liberty: The Magazine Of A Free People, August 7, 1943.
Booklet: Message From The President of the United States: Segregation Of Loyal And Disloyal Japanese In Relocation Centers, 78th Congress, First Session, Document no. 96, read September 14, 1943.
Pamphlet: American Fighting Men Speak Out, Committee on American Principles and Fair Play, 1943.
Pamphlet: The Japanese In Our Midst, Colorado Council of Churches, 1943.
Pamphlet: Subcommittee of the Special Committee on Un-American Activities House of Representatives: Investigation of Un-American Propaganda Activities in the United States, United States Government Printing Office, 1944.
Pamphlet: Evergreen Hostel: A Hostel For Returning Japanese Americans, American Friends Service Committee and The Presbyterian Church in U.S.A., 1944.
Pamphlet: United We Stand, No Date.
1.2.
Assorted Pamphlets and Press Releases circulated by the War Relocation Authority, United States Department of the Interior, 1943-1944.
1.3.
Non-Pauling Typescript re: vandalism of the Paulings' garage by anti-Japanese trespassers, March 6, 1945.
1.4.
Manuscript: AHP account of anti-Japanese garage vandalism, March 7, 1945.
1.5.
Assorted Correspondence and Publications re: Japanese Internment during World War II, 1944-1945.
1.6.
Article: "Department of Laggard Justice", Manas, vol. IV, no. 51, December 19, 1951.

5.002.
Ava Helen Pauling: American Civil Liberties Union, 1958-1981.
2.1.
Correspondence: American Civil Liberties Union, 1958-1981.
2.2.
AHP Notebook: containing lists of local ACLU sponsors and assorted notes re: ACLU and Senate Internal Subcommittee, 1959-1960.
2.3.
Publication: ACLU Fortieth Anniversary: A Tribute to Dr. And Mrs. Linus Pauling, 1960.
2.4.
Invitation: "Civil Liberties Today", speaking engagement featuring AHP, sponsored by the Southwest chapter of ACLU, January 27, 1961.
2.5.
Directory: ACLU of Southern California, 1964.
2.6.
Correspondence, Booklet re: Bill of Rights Day Celebration, sponsored by the ACLU Foundation of Northern California, 1977.
2.7.
Correspondence, Notes, Invitation re: Fifth Annual Celebration of Civil Liberties, dedicated to the memory of Ralph Atkinson and honoring Ava Helen Pauling, Monterey County chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union, November 1, 1981.
2.8.
Assorted Pamphlets and Publications concerning or distributed by the ACLU, 1960-1981.

5.003.
Ava Helen Pauling: "Union Now" Scrapbook, 1940-1941.
3.1.
"Union Now" Scrapbook, 1940-1941. [contains numerous newspaper clippings, flyers and assorted materials re: Union Now/Federal Union, Inc.].

5.004.
Ava Helen Pauling: Federal Union, Inc., 1939-1942.
4.1.
Correspondence: Federal Union, Inc., 1940-1942.
4.2.
Bylaws and Statement of Policies: Federal Union, Inc., 1940.
4.3.
Correspondence, Lists re: Federal Union chapters, affiliated groups and organizations, 1940-1941.
4.4.
Booklet: Guide for Local Organizers, Inter-Democracy Federal Unionists, November 1939.
4.5.
Assorted Press Releases, Newspaper Clippings and Pamphlets by and about Federal Union, Inc., 1939-1941.
4.6.
Order Forms, Price Lists for Federal Union products, 1940-1942.
4.7.
Flyer re: Federal Union Poster Contest, 1941.

5.005.
Ava Helen Pauling: Federal Union, Inc., 1939-1941.
5.1.
Paid Advertisement: "Union Now with Britain", Federal Union, Inc., published in the New York Times Book Review and New York Herald Tribune Books, May 1941.
5.2.
Publication: Union Now Bulletin, published by the Inter-democracy Federal Unionists, 1939-1941. [publication was later renamed Federal Union World].
5.3.
Transcript, Notes, Background Material: "Debate between Elizabeth Page and Rupert Hughes on Federal Union", Los Angeles, California, May 6, 1940.
5.4.
Offprint, Correspondence: "Declaration of Interdependence", by Clarence Streit, 1940.
5.5.
Lapel Pins reading "Union Now -- Democracies Unite".
5.6.
Blank Federal Union Envelopes and Letterhead.

5.006.
Ava Helen Pauling: Federal Union, Pasadena Chapter, 1940-1941.
6.1.
Visitors Log: Federal Union, Pasadena Chapter, 1940.
6.2.
Activities Log: Federal Union, Pasadena Chapter, September 1940-October 1941.
6.3.
Instructions and Report Forms for Office Workers, Federal Union, Pasadena Chapter, 1941.
6.4.
Membership and Mailing Lists: Federal Union, Pasadena Chapter, 1941.
6.5.
Materials re: membership and dues, Federal Union, Pasadena Chapter, 1940-1941.
6.6.
Sales Receipts and Statistics: Federal Union, Pasadena Chapter, 1940-1941.
6.7.
Materials re: utilities bills, activities permits and tax forms: Federal Union, Pasadena Chapter, 1940-1941.

5.007.
Ava Helen Pauling: Federal Union, Pasadena Chapter, 1940-1941.
7.1.
Monthly Financial Reports: Federal Union, Inc., Pasadena Chapter, 1940-1941.
7.2.
Potential Member Lists, Recruiting Literature: Federal Union Inc., Pasadena Chapter, 1940-1941.
7.3.
Completed Elections Ballots and Survey Reply Cards: Federal Union, Inc., Pasadena Chapter, 1940.
7.4.
Assorted Correspondence, Reports and Notes re: Federal Union, Inc., Pasadena Chapter, 1940-1941; assorted materials re: world government.

5.008.
Publications re: Union Now/Federal Union, Inc., 1914, 1939-1941.
8.1.
Pamphlet: The United States of the World, by Martin Bunge, February 1914. [contains non-AHP annotations].
8.2.
Offprints: "A New Plan to End War" and "Help Make Federal Union Now", published by the Inter-Democracy Federal Unionists National Organizing Committee, March 17, 1939.
8.3.
Reprint: "Clarence K. Streit's Union Now: A Review in Chapel by President Wilkins and Professor Jászi, April 13, 1939", reprinted by World Federal Unionists, 1939.
8.4.
Reprint: "What Fortune Says About Union Now", Fortune, April, 1939.
8.5.
Pamphlet: Union Now for Peace or War: The Danger in the Plan of Clarence Streit, by Rosika Schwimmer, August 1939.
8.6.
Pamphlet: For Union Now: A Proposal for a Federal Union of the Democracies, by Clarence K. Streit, Inter-Democracy Federal Unionists, 1939.
8.7.
Pamphlet: Dilemmas of Leadership in the Democratic Process, by Chester I. Barnard, Stanford Little Lectures, Princeton University, 1939.
8.8.
Publications: The New York Correspondent, published by the New York Committee of Inter-Democracy Federal Unionists, 1939-1941.
8.9.
Assorted Speeches and Addresses by and about Clarence Streit, 1939-1941.

5.009.
Publications re: Union Now/Federal Union, Inc., 1940-1941.
9.1.
Publications: Monthly Bulletin of the Washington Association for Union Now, February-May, 1940.
9.2.
Publication: The California Federalist, California Committee of Inter-Democracy Federal Unionists, May-September, 1940.
9.3.
Publications: Union Now Bay Region Bulletin, Berkeley, Oakland and San Francisco Committee of Inter-Democracy Federal Unionists, May 1940 - February 1941; Western Federal Unionist, Berkeley and Oakland Committees of Inter-Democracy Federal Unionists, April-May, 1941.
9.4.
Publication: The War and Union Now: A Statement of Policy, published by the Inter-Democracy Federal Unionists, June 7, 1940.
9.5.
Publications: Federal Union World, August 1940 - October 1941.
9.6.
Publications: Headquarters Bulletin, Federal Union, Inc., September 1940 - November 1941.
9.7.
Offprint: "Union Now - a Bibliography on the Federal Union of Nations", by Jacob G. Lyons, Washington Association for Union Now, 1940.
9.8.
Pamphlet: A Frontier Nurse Speaks Out, by Mary Breckinridge, Federal Union, Inc., 1940.
9.9.
Pamphlet: The Essence of Union Now: The Proposal for Inter-democratcy Federal Union, by Clarence K. Streit, Inter-Democracy Federal Unionists, 1940.

5.010.
Publications re: Union Now/Federal Union, Inc., 1940-1942.
10.1.
Pamphlet: The Need for Union Now: Why Our Urgent Problem is to Form an Inter-Democracy Federal Union, by Clarence K. Streit, Inter-Democracy Federal Unionists, 1940.
10.2.
Publication: Freedom and Unity, vol. 1, no. 1, January 1941.
10.3.
Reprint: "The Case for Union", Time, March 17, 1941. Reprinted by Federal Union, Inc.
Reprint: "Know More About the Union Now Proposal", Time, March 17, 1941.
10.4.
Reprint: "Federal Union Lists $125,000 Contributions", New York Herald Tribune, April 29, 1941. Reprinted by Federal Union, Inc.
Reprint: "The Federal Union Plan", New York Times, April 30, 1941. Reprinted by Federal Union, Inc.
10.5.
Offprint: "For We are Very Determined", address by Franklin D. Loehr, First National Convention of Federal Union, Cleveland, Ohio, June 29, 1941.
10.6.
Publication: The Philosopher's Stone, September-October, 1941.
10.7.
Reprint: "Union Now...Treason! Goodbye to the American Flag? Shall We Hoist the Union Jack?", by Lillian Scott Troy, originally published in The Broom, (San Diego, California) and The Leader, (San Francisco, California) December 1941.
10.8.
Pamphlet: Let's Not Make The Same Mistake Twice, Federal Union, Inc., 1941.
10.9.
Pamphlet: The American Century, by Henry R. Luce, published by Time, Inc., 1941.
10.10.
Pamphlet: International Federal Union. Why? What? How?, address by Ralph G. Lindstrom, distributed by Southern California Committee of Federal Union, 1941.
10.11.
Pamphlet: The Wave of the Past, by R. K. Markham, University of North Carolina Press, 1941.
10.12.
Pamphlet: The Negro and Defense: A Test of Democracy, Democracy in Action no. 3, published by the Council for Democracy, 1941.
10.13.
Pamphlet: The Pros and Cons of a Federation of Nations, prepared by Marguerite Ann Stuart, Foreign Policy Association, Inc., 1942.
10.14.
Petition Forms: Petition that the U.S.A. and the British Democracies Form by Union Now the Nucleus of a World Government Of, by and for the People, No Date. [1940s].
10.15.
Offprint: "Irving Fisher States Clarence Streit's Plan for World Government Best So Far Suggested", published by Federal Union, [?] No Date. [1940s].
10.16.
Pamphlet: The Ending of Armageddon, by Lord Lothian, Alden Press, No Date. [1940s].
10.17.
Assorted Pamphlets re: Nazis and Adolf Hitler, No Date. [1940s].