Hilda Phelps Hammond papers, 1908-1951 | Louisiana Research Collection

Scope and Contents: The collection consists of correspondence between Hilda Phelps Hammond, who was chairwoman of the Louisiana Women's Committee (established in 1933) and members of the United States Senate. She fought for years to force the Senate to investigate charges of corruption and election fraud against Senators Huey P. Long and John Overton. Letters from other members of the Committee are also included. There is a bound copy of the transcripts of the 1933 Overton hearings before a Special Senate Committee, and a fragment of a speech made by Hammond attacking Long. In addition, there are photographs, obituaries, typescripts of unpublished short stories by Hammond, and a newspaper clipping about the election of Hilda Phelps as president of the 1909 Newcomb College senior class.