Manuscript Group 321
CHARLES T. DOUDS PAPERS
1920-1981
6 cubic feet
The papers of Charles T. Douds (b. 1899, d. 1982) who distinguished himself as
a nationally recognized labor relations arbitrator with state and local governments.
Beginning his career in 1933 as a labor compliance officer with the National Recovery
Administration (NRA) in Pittsburgh, he was a field agent with the National Labor
Relations Board (NLRB) from 1937 to 1958, a director of the Bureau of Mediation
for the State of Pennsylvania, 1958-1969; and president of the Association of
Labor Mediation Agencies of the United States and Canada, 1958-1969. He also served
on the Executive Board of The Pennsylvania State University's Alumni Association
where, with his wife Ella, he established a scholarship fund for Penn State students
having physical disabilities.
The papers consist primarily of business correspondence, reports, publications,
newspaper articles, brochures and other documentation of the Industrial Relations
League for Social Justice, Pennsylvania Security League, League for Social Justice,
Pennsylvania State Mediation Board, and the Committee on Labor Management Relations
and General Welfare. Also found are biographical materials; personal and professional
correspondence; diaries, 1920-1980; photographs of National Labor Relations
Board conferences, 1942, 1943; and two papers authored by Douds. These are "The
Douds NLRB Case" (April, 1980) and a Senior Honors Paper entitled "The Organized
Unemployed, A Brief Study of the Nature and Activities of Unemployed Organizations
with Special Emphasis on Those in Pennsylvania" co-authored with Katherine Naomi
Monori in 1936.
- Bureau of Mediation Director's Files, 1962-1969. (14 folders) {#321m.1}
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- Correspondence, 1933-1937, 1950-1979. (1 carton, 20 folders) {#321m.2}
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- Diaries, 1944-1980. (4 boxes) {#321m.3} [Holdings]
- League for Social Justice, 1932-1936, 1978. (13 folders) {#321m.4} [Holdings]
- Pennsylvania Security League, 1931-1937, 1979. (1 box, 7 folders) {#321m.5}
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- Personal and Miscellaneous Files, 1920-1981. (12 folders) {#321m.6}
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- Photographs, 1942, 1943. (3 items) {#321m.7} [Holdings]
- Speeches, 1958-1974. (6 folders) {#321m.8} [Holdings]