| Title: |
Reminiscences of Ferdinand Pecora
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| RLIN number: |
NXCP87-A125
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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, boyhood in New York, N.Y., primary and high school education; New York Law School, 1903-05; legal experience; Progressive Party, New York, N.Y., 1912, convention, 1916; Counsel to Register of New York County; Assistant District Attorney, New York County, 1918-1930; detailed description of District Attorney's office and relationship to other branches of government; New York County Democratic politics, 1919-1930; law practice, 1930-33; Counsel for Senate Banking and Currency Committee, 1933; detailed description of "Pecora investigation." Impressions of prominent figures in New York, N.Y. politics, including Charles Murphy and Mayors John Hylan and James Walker.
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| Extent: |
Transcript: 1,570 leaves, Tape: 1 reel
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| Restrictions: |
Access: Open Permission required to cite, quote, and reproduce. Cotact repository for information.
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1962 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Pecora, Ferdinand, 1881-1971
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1881
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| Speaker occupation: |
Judge; Lawyer
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| Age at speaking: |
81
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| Document date: |
1962
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| Interviewer: |
Shaughnessy, Donald F.
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| Organizations discussed: |
Democratic Party, US
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| Locations discussed: |
North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Democratic Party, US; Governmental investigations--United States; Lawyers; North America; United States; United States--Politics and government--1933-1945
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Judicial process--United States; New York (NY)--Politics and government--1895-1951; New York (State)--Politics and government; Pecora, Ferdinand, 1881-1971; Progressive Party (1912)
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0017103-12546
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