| Title: |
Reminiscences of Henry Breckinridge
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| RLIN number: |
NXCP87-A19
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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; Princeton; Harvard Law School; law clerk in Baltimore; practice in Lexington, Kentucky; election of 1912; appointment as Assistant Secretary of War; the Army (generals, red tape, Board of Review); Woodrow Wilson and the New Freedom; Mexico; World War I in Europe; mission to Europe; LUSITANIA; preparedness and the administration; congressional relations; Supreme Court justices; Army justice and discipline; soldiers in alien lands; growth of aviation; the New Deal.
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| Extent: |
Transcript: 327 leaves, 10 leaves of letters from Woodrow Wilson; 107 leaves of interviewee's journal and letters
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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 1952 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Breckinridge, Henry, 1886-1960
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1886
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| Speaker occupation: |
Lawyer
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| Age at speaking: |
66
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| Document date: |
1952
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| Interviewer: |
Phillips, Harlan B.
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| Organizations discussed: |
U.S. Department of Defense
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| Historical events discussed: |
World War I, 1914-1918
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| Locations discussed: |
North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Government executives--United States; Lawyers; New Deal, 1933-1939--United States; North America; U.S. Department of Defense; United States; United States--Foreign relations--20th century; United States--Politics and government--20th century; World War I, 1914-1918
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Breckinridge, Henry, 1886-1960; Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0017873-13316
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