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Guide to the Julia Butler Hansen Papers
1930-1984



 
Manuscript Collection No.:1501
Creator:Hansen, Julia Butler, 1907-1988, creator
Title:Julia Butler Hansen papers
Date Span:1930-1984
Bulk:1961-1974
Quantity: approximately 146 cubic feet
Languages:Collection materials are in English.

Funding for encoding this finding aid was partially provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Biographical Note

Julia Butler Hansen (1907-1988) represented citizens of southwest Washington in both the State Legislature and in Congress. Born Julia Caroline Butler in 1907 in Portland, Oregon, she spent most of her childhood in Cathlamet, Washington. Hansen graduated from the University of Washington in Seattle in 1930. Her political career began with involvement in the local Democratic Party; Hansen sat on the Democratic State Executive Committee from 1936-1940. In 1937, Hansen became the first woman to serve on the Cathlamet city council (1937-1946).

In 1938, Hansen was elected to the Washington State House of Representatives, representing the 18th district (then including Wahkiakum and Cowlitz counties). She was a member of the House until 1960, and was speaker pro tempore from 1955 to 1960. Hansen served on a variety of House committees, notably the Education Committee, of which she was a member from 1939-1960, and was four times chair. However, Hansen’s major work was in developing Washington’s legislative highway program. She became the first woman to chair the House Roads and Bridges committee in 1949. She served on and chaired the House Highways Committee and the Highways Interim Committee (1949-1953). She chaired the Interim Joint Fact-Finding Committee on Highways, Streets and Bridges from 1951-60. She was also Chairman of the eleven-state Western Interstate Committee on Highway Policy Problems from 1951 to 1960.

Throughout this time Hansen remained a leader in the Democratic Party. From 1940-1960, she was chair of the Wahkiakum County Democratic Central Committee and was Democratic Minority leader of the House in 1953.

In 1960, Hansen won a special election to the 86th Congress, held to fill a vacancy in Washington’s 3rd congressional district (covering most of southwestern Washington) caused by the death of Russell V. Mack. At the same time she was also elected to the 87th Congress. Hansen was reelected to the six succeeding Congresses and served consecutively in the House of Representatives from November 8, 1960 until her resignation, December 31, 1974.

Hansen’s early committee assignments included the Veterans Affairs Committee (1960-1961); the Education and Labor Committee (1961-1962); and the Interior and Insular Affairs Committee (1961-1963). In 1963 she was assigned to the Appropriations Committee, which became the primary focus of her congressional activities. As a member of the Appropriations Committee she sat on the Foreign Operations Subcommittee, the Transportation Subcommittee and the Interior and Related Agencies Subcommittee, which she chaired from 1967 to 1974. These committees served to manage congressional business, approve budgets, and authorize and enable legislation.

Hansen was also an active member of the American Revolution Bicentennial Commission (1970-1974) and served on the Democratic House Caucus Organization Study and Review Committee (1970-1972), which reviewed the seniority system and made other significant reforms in the Democratic Caucus.

After her retirement from Congress in 1975, she was appointed to a six-year term on the Washington State Toll Bridge Authority and State Highway Commission. She was also chairman of the Washington State Transportation commission from 1979 to 1981.

Julia Butler Hansen was a resident of Cathlamet, Washington, until her death there on May 3, 1988.


Arrangement

Arranged in 7 accessions:

Accession No. 1501-001, Julia Butler Hansen papers, 1961-1974
Accession No. 1501-002, Julia Butler Hansen papers, 1948-1970
Accession No. 1501-003, Julia Butler Hansen papers, 1930-1984
Accession No. 1501-005, Julia Butler Hansen papers, 1939-1980
Accession No. 1501-006, Julia Butler Hansen papers, 1937-1975 (bulk 1960-1975)
Accession No. 1501-007, Julia Butler Hansen papers, 1937-1988
Accession No. 1501-008, Julia Butler Hansen papers, 1935-1965


Scope and Content

Correspondence, reports, legislation, scrapbooks, subject series, campaign files, writings, clippings, ephemera, oral history transcript, 1930-1984 (bulk 1961-1974).


Restrictions on Access

Access to portions of the papers restricted. Contact repository for details.


Restrictions on Use

Restrictions may exist on reproduction, quotation or publication. Contact special Collections for details.


Preferred Citation

Julia Butler Hansen papers. Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries, Seattle, Washington.


Processing Info

Composite guide by Michelle Hajder, 2001.


Inventory

 
Accession No. 1501-001
Julia Butler Hansen papers, 1961-1974
126 cubic feet (126 boxes)
Location: P35/06-6a to P35/09-5f
Arrangement
The original filing order and subject organization of these papers has been retained
The bulk of the collection is arranged chronologically by Congress (87th - 93rd), then into five primary types of records -- General Files, Miscellaneous Correspondence, Legislation, Subject Files and Projects. Speeches, writings and press releases also exist for most sessions. Within the Subject Files, papers are arranged alphabetically according to subject; personal names which appear as file headings are correspondence with those individuals; names which appear as subjects are noted parenthetically.
Papers documenting Hansen’s work on various committees are arranged by committee in the Committee Records series; papers within subseries are arranged chronologically. Miscelleous materials are arranged in the last series by type of record.
Scope and Content
These records are from the time that Julia Hansen was U.S. Representative to Washington, 3rd district.
General Files include correspondence, reports and publications on a wide variety of legislative issues of national concern such as abortion, civil rights, education and social security.
Much of the Miscellaneous Correspondence was discarded; however, what remains is not strictly correspondence. Included are newsletters and press releases from other offices, questionnaires, tributes and itineraries. Legislation includes bills specifically introduced by Hansen or those which had a direct impact on the Third Legislative District of Washington. The Subject Files include correspondence and ephemera about events, programs and organizations of special interest to Hansen. A subject may sometimes be found under two headings; for example, similar material can be found under the headings "Interior" and "Departments -- Interior." The researcher should be aware of this when searching for material on a particular topic.
Projects include correspondence and reports about federal appropriations for construction of dams, bridges or roads in Washington State and the Pacific Northwest.
Papers from Hansen's various committees are arranged in the Committee records series. These include the Appropriations Committee and its Foreign Operations and Interior subcommittees; the Education and Labor Committee; the Interior and Insular Affairs Committee; the American Revolution Bicentennial Commission; and the Democratic Caucus Organization Study and Review Committee. Records for committees include correspondence, reports, speeches and writings, legislation and testimony.
A series of miscellaneous materials follows the Committee Records series. Hansen Personal consists of correspondence with family and friends. Media includes two films and one reel to reel tape. The Address Cards are filed alphabetically. The approximately 6000 cards record the dates and topics of letters and where they were filed. It is partly for this reason that Hansen's original file order was retained. The Cases file includes correspondence regarding constituent concerns.
Physical/Technical Access
Records stored offsite; advance notice required for use.
Restrictions on Access
Open to all users, but access to portions of the papers restricted. Contact repository for details.
Restrictions on Use
Creator's literary rights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.
Users must agree in writing to preserve the anonymity of persons represented in the records.
Acquisition Info
Gift of Julia Butler Hansen, 1970-1974.
Processing Info
Merger of Accession Nos. 1501, 1673, 1722, 1765, 1580, and 1996 though 1996-007.
The original filing order of the papers was retained; however, because the filing was not consistent, the researcher must review the inventory for all relevant material. For example the Democratic Study Group is filed for one Congress as a subject series under "Politics -- Democratic Study Group"; in another year it is in the General Files.
Bills, whip notices, copies of the Congressional Record, clippings and routine correspondence (requests, acknowledgments, invitations, congratulatory messages) were discarded. Unannotated government documents were discarded or sent to the government documents section of the University of Washington Libraries.
BoxDate
1Biographical Featuresundated
87th Congress -- Sessions 1 and 21961-1963
Historical Note : The 87th Congress met from January 3, 1961 to January 3, 1963.
General Files
1Accelerated Public Works Projects and Area Development Projects1963
Agriculture
1General1962
2 folders
1Appropriations Bill1961-1962
1Grain1961-1962
1Milk Problem1961-1962
1Sugar Act1961-1962
1Agriculture Committee1961-1962
1Appropriations1961-1962
Appropriations Committee
1General1961-1962
1Foreign Aid1961-1962
1Armed Services1961-1962
1Armed Services Committee1961-1962
Atomic Energy
1General1961-1962
1Hanford Reactor1961-1962
Atomic Energy Commission
1General1961-1962
1Appropriations1961-1962
1B1961-1962
1Banking and Currency1961-1962
1Banking and Currency Committee1961-1962
1Banks and Banking1961-1962
1Budget1961-1962
1C1961-1962
1Century 211961-1962
1Civil Aeronautics Board1961-1962
1Civil Rights1961-1962
2 folders
1Civil Rights Commission1961-1962
1Civil Service1961-1962
2 folders
1Civil Service Commission1961-1962
Commerce
1General1961-1962
1Appropriations Bill, H.R. 75771961-1962
1State Taxation1961-1962
Communications
1General1961-1962
1T.V.1961-1962
1Communism1961-1962
Congress
2General1961
2Accomplishments1961
2Senators Magnuson and Jackson1961
2Majority Leader1961
2Speaker1961
2Speaker (Sam Rayburn)1961
Conservation
2General1961-1962
2 folders
2Wilderness Bill1961-1962
2Courts1961-1962
2Courts -- Supreme Court of United States1961-1962
2Committee on Political Education, AFL-CIO (COPE)1961-1962
2D1961-1962
2Defense Appropriation, H.R. 78511962
2Democrat -- National Committee Newsletter1961-1962
2 folders
2Disarmament1961-1962
2District Employment and Unemployment Figures1961-1962
2District of Columbia Committee1961-1962
2E1961-1962
2 folders
Education
2Against Federal Aid to Schools1961-1962
2Bills1961-1962
2Blind, Deaf1961-1962
2 folders
2Higher Education -- federal aid1961-1962
2Public Schools -- federal aid1961-1962
2National Defense Education Act1961-1962
3Nurses Training1961-1962
3Separation of Church and State1961-1962
3F1961
3Federal Aviation Agency1961-1962
3Federal Communications Commission, H.R. 78561961-1962
3Federal Trade Commission1961-1962
3Fish and Wildlife1961-1962
3Foreign Affairs -- Cuba1962
3G1961-1962
3Government Operations1961-1962
3Government Operations Committee1961-1962
3Miscellaneous1961-1962
3Health1961-1962
3Highways1961-1962
3Housing1961-1962
3Housing Act1961
2 folders
3Indian Affairs1961-1962
3Interior1962
3International Relations -- Afro-Asia Conference of Young Political Leaders1961-1962
3International Rules of Judicial Procedure Commission1962
3Interstate and Foreign Commerce1961-1962
3J1961-1962
3Judiciary1961-1962
3Judiciary Committee1961-1962
Justice Department
3General1961-1962
3President's Committee on Juvenile Delinquent and Youth Crime1961-1962
3Labor1961-1962
4 folders
3Lumber Problems1961-1962
4Lumber Statements, Reports and Correspondence1961-1962
4M1961-1962
2 folders
4Maritime1961-1962
4Medical Aid1961-1962
4Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee1961-1962
Mining
4General1961-1962
4Mining of Lead and Zinc in Public Lands, H.R. 841961-1962
4N1961-1962
4National Parks1961-1962
4P1961-1962
4Peace Corps1961-1962
4Pollution1961-1962
4Post Office1961-1962
4Post Office and Civil Service Committee1961-1962
4Post Office Department1961-1962
4Power1961-1962
3 folders
4Privileges and Elections Senate Subcommittee1961-1962
4Public Relations1961-1962
4Public Works1961-1962
4Public Works Committee1961-1962
4R1961-1962
4-5Reciprocal Trade1961-1962
4 folders
5Rivers and Harbors1961-1962
5Rules1961-1962
5Rules Committee1961-1962
5S1961-1962
5Security Act of 1961 (H.R. 8400)1961-1962
5Shipbuilding Differential1961-1962
5Shipping Industry1961
5Social Security1961
2 folders
5State Governments Council1961-1962
5T1961-1962
5Tariff Commission1961-1962
5Taxes1961
2 folders
5Treasury Department1961-1962
5U1961-1962
5Un-American Activities Committee1961-1962
5United Nations1961
5United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency1961-1962
5United States Information Agency1961-1962
5Veterans1961-1962
6Veterans Administration1961-1962
6Veterans Affairs1961-1962
3 folders
6Vocational Rehabilitation1961-1962
6Ways and Means1961-1962
6Welfare1961-1962
Miscellaneous Correspondence
6Magnuson, Don -- press releases1961
6Murray, James -- tribute1961-1962
6Newsletters1961-1962
6Public Relations -- Christmas trees1961-1962
6Trips1961-1962
3 folders
6Virginia Tuition Grant1961-1962
6Women's Suffrage Tribute1961
6W1961-1962
Legislation -- Hansen Sponsored
6Assistant Secretary -- H.R. 68821961-1962
6Equal Rights -- HJR 3021961-1962
6Excise Taxes -- aerocar1961-1962
6Fishing Industry -- H.R. 67331961-1962
6Lumber1961-1962
6Master File -- bills introduced by Hansen -- 1st Session1961-1962
6Medical Care -- aged -- H.R. 80291961-1962
6Medical Treatment (WWI Veterans -- H.R. 4584; Widows -- H.R. 4583)1961-1962
2 folders
6National Parks and Monuments -- Fort Vancouver -- H.R. 32831961-1962
6Pensions for WWI -- H.R. 45821961-1962
6Public Lands -- H.R. 76241961-1962
6Public Works1961-1962
6Research of Colleges, Costs -- H.R. 69841961-1962
6Salmon -- H.R. 82151961-1962
6Status and Copies -- Hansen bills -- 87th Congress, 1st Session1961-1962
6Taxes, income -- teachers -- H.R. 53471961-1962
6United States Disarmament Agency -- H.R. 88351961-1962
6Vancouver Hospital -- H.R. 52681961-1962
6Washington, State of -- H.R. 80301961-1962
7Aged and Aging Select Committee -- H.R. 5361962
7Bills Introduced by Hansen1961-1962
7Congressional Record -- remarks1961-1962
7District of Columbia Home Role -- H.R. 113241961-1962
7Forestry Resources -- H.R. 130971961-1962
7Georgetown -- regulation of construction -- H.R. 10127 and 101281961-1962
2 folders
7Lumber -- H.R. 11136, 11137, 12997, 13203, 12472, 7811961-1962
6 folders
7Northwest Consumers Power Use -- H.R. 112641961-1962
7Shipping Subsidy for Domestic Industries1961-1962
7Status and Copies -- Hansen Bills, 87th Congress, 2nd Session1961-1962
7Timber Sales from National Forests1961-1962
7Veterans Contact Offices -- H.R. 107801961-1962
Subject Files
7Area Redevelopment Association Referendum1960
7Campaign Materials1960
2 folders
7Department of Agriculture1962
7Department of Air Force1961-1962
7Department of Army1961-1962
7Department of Commerce1961-1962
7Department of Defense1961-1963
Department of Health, Education and Welfare1962
8General1962
4 folders
8Food and Drug Administration1962
8Publications on Public Security1962
Department of Interior
8General1961-1962
8Bonneville Power Administration1961-1962
8Fish and Wildlife Service1961-1962
8Fort Vancouver National Historic Site1961-1962
Indian Affairs Bureau
8General1961-1962
2 folders
8Fisheries1961-1962
8Fishing Problems1961-1962
8Quinaults1961-1962
6 folders
8Timber1961-1962
8National Park Service1961-1962
8Paradise Point Lake1961-1962
8Reclamation Bureau1961-1962
8Federal Communications Commission1961-1962
8Federal Home Loan Bank Board1962
8Federal Power Commission1961-1962
8Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of the USA1961-1962
8Hansen -- biography, correspondence1961-1962
Highways
9General1961-1962
2 folders
9Act of 19611961-1962
9Administration Tax Proposal1961-1962
9Chinook Pass1961-1962
9Columbia Gorge Parkway1961-1962
9Columbia River Toll Bridge1961-1962
9County Road #16 -- Clark County1961-1962
9Elma to Hoquiam1961-1962
9Highway 1011961-1962
9John Day Dam Pool1961-1962
9Moclips -- Neilton Road1961-1962
9Naches Pass Highway Tunnel1961-1962
9National Legislative Conference -- September 7, 19611961-1962
9Olympic National Park Transmountain Road1961-1962
9Portland-Vancouver Bridge1961-1962
9Riverdale Road-East Hoquiam1961-1962
9Washington State Good Roads Association1961-1962
9Western Highway Institute1961-1962
9White Pass1961-1962
Housing and Home Finance Agency
9General1961
9Community Facilities Administration1961-1962
9Federal Housing Administration1961-1962
9Public Housing Administration1961-1962
9Urban Renewal Administration1961-1962
9Interstate Commerce Commission1960-1962
9Medical Care for the Aged -- public forum1961
3 folders
9National Aeronautics and Space Administration1962
9National Christmas Tree -- Pageant of Peace1961
9National Labor Relations Board1960-1962
9National Science Foundation1961-1962
9Peace Corps1961-1962
9Pollution -- Washington State1962
Power
10General1961-1962
10Bonneville1961-1962
10Middle Snake River1961-1962
10Nez Perce Project1961-1962
10Power Allocation1960-1961
10President's Council on Youth Fitness1961
10Radio Transcript by Julia Butler Hansen1961-1962
10Railroad Retirement Board1961-1962
10Small Business Administration1961-1962
10Washington State -- miscellaneous1960-1962
Washington State
10General1961-1962
10Aluminum Industry1961-1962
10Initiative 251961-1962
10Legislature1961-1962
10Lumber Industry1961-1962
10National Cemetery1961-1962
10Olympia Round-up -- newsletter1961-1962
2 folders
10Politics1961-1962
10Tourism1961-1962
11Water1961
Ways and Means Committee
11Medical Care for the Elderly1961-1962
2 folders
11Taxes1961-1962
3 folders
11Townsend Plan1961
11Weather1961-1962
11White House1961-1962
11White Pass Highway -- State Highway 51961-1962
11Women in Government1961-1962
Reports
11Grays Harbor Annual Reports1956-1960
11Grays Harbor -- reconstruction of south jetty1956-1962
11Miscellaneous1961-1962
Press Releases
11Public Relations and Capital Press Letter1961
11Washington, D.C.1961
11Press Releases1961-1962
Speeches -- Julia Butler Hansen
11General1961-1962
11"The Status of the New Frontier"April 8, 1961
11"Women and the New Frontier" April 28, 1961
11"Future Business Leaders"June 12, 1961
11Girls NationJuly 31, 1961
11Conference for Democratic Women May 21, 1962
11Arctic Club of Seattle October 3, 1962
11Washington Soil and Water Conservation Convention October 10, 1962
11Clippings about Eleanor Roosevelt1961-1962
Projects
11Chehalis-Toledo Area Communications1962
11Columbia Basin Inter-Agency Committee1961-1962
11Columbia Interstate Compact Commission1961-1962
Columbia River
12Bank Protection1961-1962
12Comprehensive Plan1961-1962
1240 Foot Channel1961-1962
2 folders
12Project No. 5 -- Columbia River Mouth1961-1962
12Engineers (United States Army Corps)1961-1962
12Hazel Dell Sewer District1961-1962
12Hoquiam Boat Basin -- Project No. 91961-1962
12Kalama, Port of -- Project No. 141961-1962
12Long Beach Peninsula -- waterhead application -- P.L. 5661961-1962
12Longview, Port of1961-1962
12Packwood Forest Cut1961-1962
12Puget Sound Diking -- Project No. 191961-1962
Rivers and Harbors
12General1961-1962
12National Rivers and Harbors Congress1961-1962
12Vancouver, Port of1961-1962
2 folders
12Miscellaneous1961-1962
88th Congress -- Sessions 1 and 21962-1965
Historical Note : The 88th Congress met from January 3, 1963 to January 3, 1965.
General Files
12Aluminum Stockpile1963-1964
12County Road #16 (Clark County)1963-1964
12Federal Employees Pay Raise1964
12Federal Water Project Recreation Act1963-1964
12Highway, Longview-Rainier (Toll Bridge)1963-1964
12Highway 12 Extension1963-1964
Lumber Industry
12-13General1962-1964
11 folders
13Blow-Down Timber Situation1962-1963
13Canada1963-1964
13Forestry Breakfast, November 31963-1964, 1963
13Hearings1963-1964
3 folders
13Standards1963-1964
13Medical Aid1963-1964
13National Parks (wilderness preservation)1963-1964
13Politics -- Hansen1963
2 folders
13Student Loans -- NEI Act1963-1964
13Tax Cut Bill1963-1964
13Un-American Activities Committee1963-1964
13Veterans Administration1963
2 folders
13Vocational Education1963-1964
14Ways and Means Committee1963
14Welfare1963-1964
14Washington-Interstate Compact Legislation1963-1964
14Washington State Legislature and Governor Rosellini (State Resolutions)1963-1964
2 folders
14Washington Public Schools1963-1964
14Washington State Transportation Tax1963-1964
14White House1962-1963
2 folders
14Wilderness Bill1961
2 folders
Miscellaneous Correspondence
14Acknowledgements -- Colleagues1964
14Appropriations Committee1962-1963
14Comments on World Situation1963-1964
14Crown Zellerbach1963-1964
14Garner-Webb College Convocation1963-1964
14Newspapers1963-1964
14Questionnaires1963-1964
2 folders
14State Matters1963-1964
14Washington to Washington1963-1964
14White House1963-1964
14Miscellaneous1964
Legislation
14Lumber, Exclude from Tariff Filing Requirements -- H.R. 25931963-1964
Subject Files
14Consumer Expenditures for Items1963-1964
14Cranberries1963-1964
14Defense Contract Award1963-1964
14Democratic National Committee1963-1964
2 folders
14-15Democratic Study Group1963-1964
2 folders
Departments
15Agriculture1963-1964
15Agriculture -- Forest Service1963-1964
15Health, Education and Welfare1962-1963
Interior1963-1964
15General1963
15Bonneville Power Administration1963-1964
4 folders
15Employment1963
15Indian Affairs -- Colville1963-1964
15Land Management Bureau1963-1964
2 folders
15National Parks1963-1964
15Reclamation Bureau1963-1964
2 folders
Justice
15General1963-1964
15Immigration and Naturalization1963-1964
15Labor1963-1964
15Navy1963
15Peace Corps1963-1964
Post Office
15General1963-1964
15-16Clark County1963-1964
6 folders
16Cowlitz County1963-1964
6 folders
16Grays Harbor County1963-1964
12 folders
16Lewis County1963-1964
5 folders
16Mason County1963-1964
5 folders
16Olympia1963-1964
16