| Title: |
Reminiscences of Blackwell Smith
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| RLIN number: |
NXCP87-A145
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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 parents; undergraduate studies at Pomona College, Claremont, CA; law degree from Columbia University; law firm of Wright, Gordon, Zachry & Parlin; early work in finance and anti-trust litigation; Great Depression; joins National Recovery Administration (N.R.A.); experiences developing policy and establishing Codes of Fair Competition; downfall of N.R.A.; return to Wright, Gordon, Zachary & Parlin; "rule of reason" approach to anti-trust litigation; return to Washington, D.C. at outbreak of World War II; develops policy for War Production Board; chief of mission to New Zealand, 1943; joins Kudner (Advertising) Agency, Inc., 1944; World Trade Foundation; interest in third world economic development; The Liberia Company; development consultant to Ethiopian government; real estate ventures; interest in world peace movement; a symbolic "Declaration of Interdependence"; Project Comparison; push for global military disarmament; support for Miss Mason's School, Princeton, New Jersey; establishment of Mason Early Education Foundation.
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| Extent: |
Transcript: 140 leaves, Tape: 5 cassettes, 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, 1989. 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 1987 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Smith, Blackwell, 1904-
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1904
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| Speaker occupation: |
Lawyer
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| Age at speaking: |
83
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| Document date: |
1987
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| Interviewer: |
Hartman, Dorothy W.
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| Historical events discussed: |
Great Depression, 1929-1941
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| Locations discussed: |
North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Antitrust law; Children--Education; Depressions--1929--United States; Economic development projects; Ethiopia--Politics and government; Great Depression, 1929-1941; Lawyers; New Deal, 1933-1939--United States; North America; Oral history; Practice of law; Real estate development; United States; United States--Politics and government--1933-1945
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Advertising agencies; Banking law; Peaceful change (International relations); Smith, Blackwell, 1904-; United States--War Production Board
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0017328-12771
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