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Abraham A. Ribicoff Project
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(New York: Columbia University. Oral History Research Office),
Source: www.columbia.edu
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...
(New York: Columbia University. Oral History Research Office),
Source: www.columbia.edu
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Alexandra Kollontai Project
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(New York: Columbia University. Oral History Research Office),
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
(New York: Columbia University. Oral History Research Office),
Source: oralhistoryportal.library.columbia.edu
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All the Hairs on My Head Hurt
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written by Dressler LaMarr Howell, fl. 1964 (New York: Exposition Press, 1964), 197 page(s)
written by Dressler LaMarr Howell, fl. 1964 (New York: Exposition Press, 1964), 197 page(s)
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Allan Nevins Project
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(New York: Columbia University. Oral History Research Office),
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...
(New York: Columbia University. Oral History Research Office),
Source: oralhistoryportal.library.columbia.edu
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Allard K. Lowenstein Project
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(New York: Columbia University. Oral History Research Office),
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...
(New York: Columbia University. Oral History Research Office),
Source: oralhistoryportal.cul.columbia.edu
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The Amenia Conference: A Historic Negro Gathering
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written by William Edward Burghardt Du Bois, 1868-1963 (New York: Troutbeck Press, 1925), 17 page(s)
written by William Edward Burghardt Du Bois, 1868-1963 (New York: Troutbeck Press, 1925), 17 page(s)
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American Association of Physics Teachers Project
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(New York: Columbia University. Oral History Research Office),
Source: oralhistoryportal.cul.columbia.edu
Founding members discuss the formation of the American Association of Physics Teachers in 1930 and describe its relations with the American Physical Society and the American Institute of Physics.
(New York: Columbia University. Oral History Research Office),
Source: oralhistoryportal.cul.columbia.edu
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American Craftspeople Project
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(New York: Columbia University. Oral History Research Office),
Source: oralhistoryportal.cul.columbia.edu
Over 150 interviews with a wide range of craftspeople working in a variety of mediums
(New York: Columbia University. Oral History Research Office),
Source: oralhistoryportal.cul.columbia.edu
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American Cultural Leaders Project
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(New York: Columbia University. Oral History Research Office),
Source: oralhistoryportal.library.columbia.edu
This series of interviews was conducted by Joan Simpson Burns to provide material for a study of patterns in American cultural life, published in her book The Awkward Embrace: The Creative Artist & the Institution in America. Mrs. Burns' interest centered on her subjects' family backgrounds and early exposure to t...
(New York: Columbia University. Oral History Research Office),
Source: oralhistoryportal.library.columbia.edu
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American Entrepreneurs Project
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(New York: Columbia University. Oral History Research Office),
Source: oralhistoryportal.library.columbia.edu
Five interviews with major American entrepreneurs in finance, publishing, electronics, food processing and other industries. Undertaken under a gift from the price institute for the Study of Entrepreneurship in conjunction with the UCLA Oral History Program. 1254 pp.
(New York: Columbia University. Oral History Research Office),
Source: oralhistoryportal.library.columbia.edu
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