Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Columbia University. Oral History Research Office
- Extent:
- 6200 memoirs and 6200 memoirs
- Language:
- English .
Background
- Scope and Content:
Typescript carbons of the reminiscences and memoirs of men and women prominent in American life including agriculture, art, book publishing, business, diplomacy, education, journalism, jurists, literature, labor movement, medicine, military history, New York City politics, and special projects such as the Eisenhower Administration, the Marine Corps, popular arts, the radio industry, and social security recorded on tape by the person concerned.
- Acquisition information:
- Source of acquisition--Oral History Research Office. Method of acquisition--Gift; Accession number--M-59.
- Processing information:
Cataloged Christina Hilton Fenn 08/--/89.
- Accruals:
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.
- Rules or conventions:
- appm
Indexed Terms
- Subjects:
- Radio broadcasting -- United States
Agriculture -- United States
Art -- United States
Publishers and publishing -- United States
Diplomacy
Education -- United States
Journalism -- United States
Lawyers -- United States
Literature
Labor movement -- United States
Medicine -- United States
Folk art -- United States
Social security -- United States
Popular culture -- United States
Oral histories (literary works) - Names:
- United States. Marine Corps
Eisenhower, Dwight D (Dwight David), 1890-1969 - Places:
- New York (N.Y.) -- Politics and government -- 1898-1951
New York (N.Y.) -- Politics and government -- 1951-
United States -- Commerce
United States -- Foreign relations
United States -- History, Military
United States -- Politics and government -- 1953-1961
United States -- Social life and customs
Access
- RESTRICTIONS:
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Restricted to permission of the Oral History Research Office. Many of the reminiscences and memoirs carry restrictions as to their use and some are closed to use for stated periods.
This collection is located on-site.
- LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
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6th Floor East Butler Library535 West 114th St.New York, NY 10027, United States
- CONTACT:
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(212) 854-5590rbml@library.columbia.edu