| Title: |
Reminiscences of Herbert Brownell
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| RLIN number: |
NXCP87-A24
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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: |
New York Bar Oral History Project
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| Description: |
Childhood, education; corporate law practice, Lord & Day 1929-1953, 1957- ; work with Security and Exchange Commission law, New Deal administration while in New York State Assembly, 1934-1937; counsel for 1940 World's Fair, NY; responsibilities as Dewey's presidential campaign manager, 1944-1948; corporate law in 1940s-1950s; United States Attorney General, 1953-1957; 1973 Mexican-American Water Treaty dispute; impressions of Richard Nixon and Justice Warren Burger.
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| Extent: |
Transcript: 141 leaves, Tape: 2reels
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| Restrictions: |
Access: Open. 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 1977 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Brownell, Herbert, 1904-
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1904
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| Speaker occupation: |
Lawyer; Politician
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| Age at speaking: |
73
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| Document date: |
1977
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| Interviewer: |
Edwin, Ed
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| Organizations discussed: |
New York. State Legislature; U.S. Department of Justice
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| Locations discussed: |
New York; North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Law--United States; Lawyers; New Deal, 1933-1939--United States; New York; New York. State Legislature; North America; Oral history; Presidents--United States--Election--1944; Presidents--United States--Election--1948; U.S. Department of Justice; United States; United States--Politics and government--1933-1945; United States--Politics and government--1953-1961
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Brownell, Herbert, 1904-; Corporation law; Dewey, Thomas E. (Thomas Edmund), 1902-1971; Lord & Day; United States--Dept of Justice--Office of the Attorney General
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0017988-13431
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