| Title: |
Reminiscences of Boris Basil Shishkin
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| RLIN number: |
NXCP87-A141
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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: |
Early life and education in Russia; World War I and the Russian Revolution; flight to Istanbul; Columbia University during the late 1920s; role of American Federation of Labor in New Deal legislation; American Federation of Labor conventions, 1933-1936; impressions of William Green, John L. Lewis, Maurice Tobin, Matthew Woll, and other labor leaders.
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| Extent: |
Transcript: 872 leaves
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| Restrictions: |
Access: Open. Copyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1975. Permission required to cite, quote, and reproduce. Contact repository for information. Microfiche copy available for purchase. (Columbia University oral history collection, part II, published by Meckler Publishing, Westport, CT).
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1957 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Shishkin, Boris Basil, 1906-1986
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1906
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| Speaker occupation: |
Economist
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| Age at speaking: |
51
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| Document date: |
1957
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| Interviewer: |
Shaughnessy, Donald F.
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| Organizations discussed: |
American Federation of Labor, 1886-; Columbia University, New York, NY
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| Historical events discussed: |
Russian Revolution, 1917-1921
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| Locations discussed: |
Asia; North America; Russia; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
American Federation of Labor, 1886-; Asia; Columbia University, New York, NY; Economists; Educators; Labor unions--Officials and employees; New Deal, 1933-1939--United States; North America; Oral history; Russia; Russian Revolution, 1917-1921; United States; United States--Politics and government--1933-1945
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Shishkin, Boris Basil, 1906-1986
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0017282-12725
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