| Title: |
Reminiscences of Samuel J. Battle
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| RLIN number: |
NXCP86-A17
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
Columbia University. Oral History Research Office
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| Collection: |
Individual Interview List Oral History Project
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| Description: |
Childhood and education; first Negro policeman in Manhattan; lieutenant and first Negro Parole Commissioner; race riots in Harlem; impressions of Eleanor Roosevelt, Mayors James Walker, Fiorello La Guardia, and William O'Dwyer, and other New York City political figures.
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| Extent: |
Transcript: 60 leaves
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| Restrictions: |
Access: Open. Copyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1972. Permission to cite, quote, and reproduce. Contact repository for information. Microfiche copy available for purchase. (Columbia University oral history collection, part I, published by Meckler Publishing, Westport, CT).
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1960 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Battle, Samuel J., 1883-1966
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1883
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| Age at speaking: |
77
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| Document date: |
1960
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| Interviewer: |
Kelly, John K.
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| Locations discussed: |
New York; New York, NY; North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
African American police--New York (N.Y.); African Americans--Social conditions; Correctional personnel--New York (N.Y.); New York; New York, NY; North America; Oral history; Police--New York (N.Y.); United States
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Battle, Samuel J., 1883-1966; New York (NY)--Politics and government--20th century
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0016472-11915
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