| Collection Name: |
No Ivory Tower Project |
| Repository Name: |
Columbia University. Oral History Research Office [Repository Details] |
| Repository Location: |
New York, New York, United States |
| URL: |
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/oral/guides/noivory.html |
| Description: |
Thirty-seven interviews donated to the Office by Ellen Schrecker. The interviews were gathered as part of her research for her work: No Ivory Tower: McCarthyism and the University. Cassette tapes which are untranscribed and unindexed detail loyalty and security investigations on a number of campuses and describe a variety of infringements of civil liberties and a number of firings and forced resignations. |
| Estimated Total of Interviews: |
37 |
| Broad Subjects: |
U.S. Politics; Human Rights; Politics |
| ASP Subjects: |
Civil rights; History; McCarthy, Joseph Raymond, 1908-1957; Joseph Raymond McCarthy; National security--United States; Oral history; United States; United States--Politics and government; Universities and colleges |
| Other Subjects: |
McCarthyism |
| Collection Code: |
OHC0000888 |
