| Title: |
Reminiscences of Spruille Braden
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| RLIN number: |
NXCP86-A34
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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; development of copper mining in Chile; business enterprises in New York and Latin America; experiences as chairman of the New York State Crime Commission; detailed description of career with the government, with special emphasis on the Chaco Peace Conference, 1935-39; United States Ambassador to Colombia, 1939-42, Cuba, 1942, and Argentina, 1945, and role as Assistant Secretary of State for Latin American Affairs, 1945-47; impressions of Cordell Hull, Sumner Welles, and Carlos Saavedra Lamas.
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| Extent: |
Transcript: 3,118 leaves, Tape: 1 reel, Miscellaneous papers relating to oral history
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| Restrictions: |
Access: Open. Copyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1978. Permission required to cite, quote, and reproduce. Contact repository for information.
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1956 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Braden, Spruille, 1894-1978
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1894
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| Speaker occupation: |
Diplomat; Executive; Mining engineer
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| Age at speaking: |
62
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| Document date: |
1956
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| Interviewer: |
Link, Wendell
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| Historical events discussed: |
World War II, 1939-1945
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| Locations discussed: |
Latin America; North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Ambassadors--United States; Government executives--United States; Latin America; North America; Oral history; United States; United States--Foreign relations--1933-1945; United States--Foreign relations--1945-1953; World War II, 1939-1945
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Braden, Spruille, 1894-1978; Copper mines and mining; Latin America--Politics and government--1830-
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0016643-12086
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