| Title: |
Reminiscences of Elwood Richard Quesada
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| RLIN number: |
NXCP87-A150
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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: |
Eisenhower Administration Project
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| Description: |
Special assistant to President Eisenhower to implement Curtis Report, 1957; administrator of Federal Aviation Agency, 1958-1960: problems enforcing safety rules, air collisions; conflicts with Airline Pilots Association; Electra aircraft; Federal Aid to Airports Act.
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| Extent: |
Transcript: 88 leaves, Tape: 2 reels
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| Restrictions: |
Access: Open. Copyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1976. Permission required to cite, quote, and reproduce. Contact repository for information. Microfiche copy available for purchase. (Columbia University oral history collection, part III, published by Meckler Publishing, Westport, CT).
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1968 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Quesada, Elwood Richard, 1904-
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1904
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| Speaker occupation: |
Air Force officer; Government executive
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| Age at speaking: |
64
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| Document date: |
1968
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| Interviewer: |
Luter, John
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| People discussed: |
Dwight D. Eisenhower; Eisenhower, Dwight D., 1890-1969; Eisenhower, Dwight David
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| Locations discussed: |
North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Aeronautics, Commercial; Air pilots; Dwight D. Eisenhower; Eisenhower, Dwight D., 1890-1969; Eisenhower, Dwight David; Government executives--United States; North America; Oral history; United States; United States--Politics and government--1953-1961
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Aeronautics--Laws and regulations; Aeronautics--Safety measures; Quesada, Elwood R. (Elwood Richard), 1904-; United States--Federal Aviation Agency; United States--President (1953-1961 : Eisenhower)
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0017385-12828
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