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Abraham A. Ribicoff Project
In 1990 through the support of the Abe Wouk Foundation we began a series of interviews for a lengthy life history memoir with Senator Abraham A. Ribicoff of Connecticut. Senator Ribicoff began his career as a judge in Connecticut and then served as congressman and governor of that state. A close friend and confida...
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In 1990 through the support of the Abe Wouk Foundation we began a series of interviews for a lengthy life history memoir with Senator Abraham A. Ribicoff of Connecticut. Senator Ribicoff began his career as a judge in Connecticut and then served as congressman and governor of that state. A close friend and confidante of John F. Kennedy, he became secretary of Health Education and Welfare when Kennedy was elected president. In 1962 he was elected...
In 1990 through the support of the Abe Wouk Foundation we began a series of interviews for a lengthy life history memoir with Senator Abraham A. Ribicoff of Connecticut. Senator Ribicoff began his career as a judge in Connecticut and then served as congressman and governor of that state. A close friend and confidante of John F. Kennedy, he became secretary of Health Education and Welfare when Kennedy was elected president. In 1962 he was elected to the United States Senate where he remained until 1980. During that time he established himself as one of the most important and productive members of that body, serving as chairman of the Finance Committee and the Government Operations Committee.
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Field of Study
Letters and Diaries
Content Type
Oral history, Interview
Publisher
Columbia University. Oral History Research Office
Topic / Theme
Biographies, Politics
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Abraham D. Beame Administration Project
A series of 38 interviews with the colleagues, family, friends, and political supporters of Mayor Abraham D. Beame, donated to the Office by Dr. Ruth B. Cowan. The interviews were conducted in 1979 in preparation of a book which was never published. One interview, that with Mayor Beame (403 p.), has been transcrib...
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A series of 38 interviews with the colleagues, family, friends, and political supporters of Mayor Abraham D. Beame, donated to the Office by Dr. Ruth B. Cowan. The interviews were conducted in 1979 in preparation of a book which was never published. One interview, that with Mayor Beame (403 p.), has been transcribed as the result of a gift to the Office by Mr. Howard Rubenstein. Partial transcripts exist for some of the other interviews. The Offi...
A series of 38 interviews with the colleagues, family, friends, and political supporters of Mayor Abraham D. Beame, donated to the Office by Dr. Ruth B. Cowan. The interviews were conducted in 1979 in preparation of a book which was never published. One interview, that with Mayor Beame (403 p.), has been transcribed as the result of a gift to the Office by Mr. Howard Rubenstein. Partial transcripts exist for some of the other interviews. The Office holds the tapes of all but three of the memoirs. The interviews are particularly rich in the political history of Brooklyn, the James Madison Club, the Brooklyn Democratic Party from the 1940s to the 1970s, various mayoral administrations, and Mayor Beame's tenure as City Comptroller. Many of the interviews discuss the administration of Mayor Beame and its accomplishments, as well as the New York City fiscal crisis.
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Field of Study
Letters and Diaries
Content Type
Oral history, Interview
Publisher
Columbia University. Oral History Research Office
Topic / Theme
Politics
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Addicts Who Survived Project
Most of the interviews were conducted with long term heroin addicts, many of them enrolled in methadone programs. This collection also includes interviews with medical doctors, social workers and law enforcement officials concerned with heroin addiction.
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Most of the interviews were conducted with long term heroin addicts, many of them enrolled in methadone programs. This collection also includes interviews with medical doctors, social workers and law enforcement officials concerned with heroin addiction.
Field of Study
Letters and Diaries
Content Type
Oral history, Interview
Publisher
Columbia University. Oral History Research Office
Topic / Theme
Health
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Adlai E. Stevenson Project
Friends and associates describe Governor Adlai Stevenson's life and career from a number of vantage points. Personal reminiscences and anecdotes recall his wit and contribute fresh material for a study of his personality. Political associates analyze and illuminate his career, particularly as Governor of Illinois...
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Friends and associates describe Governor Adlai Stevenson's life and career from a number of vantage points. Personal reminiscences and anecdotes recall his wit and contribute fresh material for a study of his personality. Political associates analyze and illuminate his career, particularly as Governor of Illinois (1949-53), as Democratic nominee for the Presidency (1952 and 1956), and as Ambassador to the United Nations (1961-65).
Field of Study
Letters and Diaries
Publisher
Columbia University. Oral History Research Office
Topic / Theme
Biographies, Politics
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Air Force Academy Project
In 1968 the faculty of the U.S. Air Force Academy initiated a series of oral history interviews with significant figures in military aviation. The major topics discussed include strategy and tactics in World War I, World War II, and Korea, the establishment of the Air Force Academy, and inter-service relationships...
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In 1968 the faculty of the U.S. Air Force Academy initiated a series of oral history interviews with significant figures in military aviation. The major topics discussed include strategy and tactics in World War I, World War II, and Korea, the establishment of the Air Force Academy, and inter-service relationships. Two series of particular interest deal with black people in the Air Force and the introduction of women cadets to the Academy.
Field of Study
Letters and Diaries
Publisher
Columbia University. Oral History Research Office
Topic / Theme
Education, Armed forces, World War I, 1914-1918, World War II, 1939-1945, Korean Conflict, 1950-1953
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Alaskan Pioneers Project
This project gathers the reminiscences of pioneer settlers in Alaska, providing accounts of gold prospecting, mining, cattle driving, homesteading, and travel by trail and river. Included are descriptions of the social life of the pioneers as well as accounts of the depression of 1893 and the Klondike strike.
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This project gathers the reminiscences of pioneer settlers in Alaska, providing accounts of gold prospecting, mining, cattle driving, homesteading, and travel by trail and river. Included are descriptions of the social life of the pioneers as well as accounts of the depression of 1893 and the Klondike strike.
Field of Study
Letters and Diaries
Publisher
Columbia University. Oral History Research Office
Topic / Theme
Domestic life, Life styles, Agrarian life
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Alexandra Kollontai Project
(New York: Columbia University. Oral History Research Office),
Source: oralhistoryportal.library.columbia.edu
Source: oralhistoryportal.library.columbia.edu
This series of interviews on the life and career of Alexandra Kollontai (1872-1952) was undertaken by Sonya Baevsky as part of a larger project on the Russian revolutionary and diplomat, involving also a documentary film. Some of the taped interviews are with persons who knew Mme. Kollontai
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(New York: Columbia University. Oral History Research Office),
Source: oralhistoryportal.library.columbia.edu
Source: oralhistoryportal.library.columbia.edu
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This series of interviews on the life and career of Alexandra Kollontai (1872-1952) was undertaken by Sonya Baevsky as part of a larger project on the Russian revolutionary and diplomat, involving also a documentary film. Some of the taped interviews are with persons who knew Mme. Kollontai
Field of Study
Letters and Diaries
Content Type
Oral history, Interview
Publisher
Columbia University. Oral History Research Office
Topic / Theme
Politics, War, Russian Revolution, 1917-1921
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All the Hairs on My Head Hurt
written by Dressler LaMarr Howell, fl. 1964 (New York: Exposition Press, 1964), 197 page(s)
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written by Dressler LaMarr Howell, fl. 1964 (New York: Exposition Press, 1964), 197 page(s)
Field of Study
Counseling & Therapy
Content Type
Personal narrative
Author / Creator
Dressler LaMarr Howell, fl. 1964
Date Published / Released
1964
Publisher
Exposition Press
Copyright Message
Copyright© 1964 by Dressler LaMarr (Jinxy Red) Howell, D.D.S.
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Allan Nevins Project
(New York: Columbia University. Oral History Research Office),
Source: oralhistoryportal.library.columbia.edu
Source: oralhistoryportal.library.columbia.edu
Associates of Allan Nevins during his long career at Columbia (1928-58) and later at the Huntington Library recall the man and the historian. Many of the interviews, contributed by Mort Lewis, a California Friend, deal largely with Nevins' last years. Included in the collection is a filmed (transferred to video) i...
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(New York: Columbia University. Oral History Research Office),
Source: oralhistoryportal.library.columbia.edu
Source: oralhistoryportal.library.columbia.edu
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Associates of Allan Nevins during his long career at Columbia (1928-58) and later at the Huntington Library recall the man and the historian. Many of the interviews, contributed by Mort Lewis, a California Friend, deal largely with Nevins' last years. Included in the collection is a filmed (transferred to video) interview with Nevins conducted by Owen Bombard, on Nevins' views of Henry Ford. It was donated to the Collection by the Ford Motor Comp...
Associates of Allan Nevins during his long career at Columbia (1928-58) and later at the Huntington Library recall the man and the historian. Many of the interviews, contributed by Mort Lewis, a California Friend, deal largely with Nevins' last years. Included in the collection is a filmed (transferred to video) interview with Nevins conducted by Owen Bombard, on Nevins' views of Henry Ford. It was donated to the Collection by the Ford Motor Company in 1978. 536 pp. The Office also holds a collection of correspondence, reports, etc. on the establishment of the Oral History Research Office by Professor Nevins.
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Field of Study
Letters and Diaries
Content Type
Oral history, Interview
Publisher
Columbia University. Oral History Research Office
Topic / Theme
Biographies, Archives and special collections
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Allard K. Lowenstein Project
(New York: Columbia University. Oral History Research Office),
Source: oralhistoryportal.cul.columbia.edu
Source: oralhistoryportal.cul.columbia.edu
The interviews were conducted by Professor William Chafe of Duke University for a biography of Congressman Lowenstein. Professor Chafe, one of the leading historians of recent American history, has conducted more than eighty interviews for this work. The Allard K. Lowenstein Fund underwritten the transcribing and...
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(New York: Columbia University. Oral History Research Office),
Source: oralhistoryportal.cul.columbia.edu
Source: oralhistoryportal.cul.columbia.edu
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The interviews were conducted by Professor William Chafe of Duke University for a biography of Congressman Lowenstein. Professor Chafe, one of the leading historians of recent American history, has conducted more than eighty interviews for this work. The Allard K. Lowenstein Fund underwritten the transcribing and processing of the interviews, are part of our Collection. Aside from their detail on the life of Lowenstein, the interviews will also t...
The interviews were conducted by Professor William Chafe of Duke University for a biography of Congressman Lowenstein. Professor Chafe, one of the leading historians of recent American history, has conducted more than eighty interviews for this work. The Allard K. Lowenstein Fund underwritten the transcribing and processing of the interviews, are part of our Collection. Aside from their detail on the life of Lowenstein, the interviews will also touch upon almost every liberal or radical movement of the post-World War II period. The interviews in this project are open with a few exceptions.
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Field of Study
Letters and Diaries
Content Type
Oral history, Interview
Publisher
Columbia University. Oral History Research Office
Topic / Theme
Human rights, Politics, Sociology, War, Nigerian Civil War, 1967-1970
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