| Title: |
Reminiscences of Morris U. Schappes
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| RLIN number: |
NXCP87-A124
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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: |
Family background in Ukraine, emigration to the United States, 1914; BA, City University of New York, 1928: participation in campus political groups; lecturer at City University 1928-1941: lack of academic freedom, publication of TEACHER-WORKER, expulsion for using radical texts, subsequent reinstatement; Rapp-Coudert Committee, 1936: refusal to provide names of fellow Communist Party activists; trial and imprisonment for perjury; various publications on Jewish history.
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| Extent: |
Transcript: 66 leaves, Tape: 2 cassettes
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| Restrictions: |
Access: Open. 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 1983 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Schappes, Morris Urman, 1907-
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1907
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| Speaker occupation: |
Editor; Historian
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| Age at speaking: |
76
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| Document date: |
1983
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| Interviewer: |
Gilbert, Ellen
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| Organizations discussed: |
City University of New York, New York, NY; Communist Party U.S.A.
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| Locations discussed: |
New York; New York, NY; North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
City University of New York, New York, NY; Communist Party U.S.A.; Editors; National security--United States; New York; New York, NY; North America; Oral history; United States
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Historians, Jewish; Schappes, Morris U. (Morris Urman), 1907-; Teaching, Freedom of
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0017097-12540
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