| Title: |
Reminiscences of Howard Alexander Smith
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| RLIN number: |
NXCP87-A146
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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: |
Boyhood in New York, N.Y.; Princeton, Columbia Law School; Colorado practice, 1905; United States Food Administration, Herbert Hoover, World War I; executive secretary, Princeton, 1920-1930; Chairman, Republican Party, New Jersey, Member Republican National Committee, 1939; United States Senate career, 1944-1958: primaries and campaigns, labor reform legislation, party reorganization, refugee problems, Taft-Hartley Act, Voice of America, Smith-Mundt Act; extensive travel in Europe and Far East; Republican Policy Committee, 1951; Douglas MacArthur hearings; Japan Peace Treaty; Senate Labor Committee; Southeast Asia Treaty Organization, 1954; health legislation; civil rights; impressions of many political figures.
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| Extent: |
Transcript: 595 leaves, Tape: 9 reels
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| Restrictions: |
Access: Open. Copyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1972. Permission required to cite, quote, and reproduce. Contact repository for information. Microfiche copy available for purchase. (Columbia University oral history collection, part I, published by Meckler Publishing, Westport, CT).
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1963 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Smith, Howard Alexander, 1880-1966
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1880
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| Speaker occupation: |
Lawyer; Senator
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| Age at speaking: |
83
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| Document date: |
1963
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| Interviewer: |
Hawkins, John W.
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| Organizations discussed: |
Princeton University, Princeton, NJ; Republican Party, US; U.S. Congress. Senate
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| Locations discussed: |
North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Legislators--United States; North America; Princeton University, Princeton, NJ; Republican Party, US; U.S. Congress. Senate; United States; United States--Politics and government--20th century
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Smith, H. Alexander (Howard Alexander), 1880-1966
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0017337-12780
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