| Title: |
Reminiscences of Henry Steele Commager
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| RLIN number: |
NXCP87-A27
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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: |
Student, University of Chicago, 1918-1924; PhD, University of Copenhagen, 1924-1925; professor of history, New York University, 1926-1938; friendship with Samuel Eliot Morison; writing of GROWTH OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLIC; friendship with Allan Nevins, 1932-1971: Nevins's working habits, temperament, background in journalism, approach to history, relationship to Nicholas Murray Butler; role in establishment of Bancroft Fund; Professor of History, Columbia University, 1939-1959; professor of history, Amherst College, 1959- ; present state of Columbia University; comparison of American and European universities; critique of contemporary American historians and their works.
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| Extent: |
Transcript: 515 leaves, Tape: 9 cassettes
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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 1979 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Commager, Henry Steele, 1902-
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1902
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| Speaker occupation: |
Historian
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| Age at speaking: |
77
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| Document date: |
1979
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| Interviewer: |
Niven, John
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| Organizations discussed: |
Amherst College, Amherst, MA; Columbia University, New York, NY; New York University, New York, NY
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| Locations discussed: |
North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Amherst College, Amherst, MA; Columbia University, New York, NY; Historians; History--Study and teaching; New York University, New York, NY; North America; Oral history; United States; United States--Historiography
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Commager, Henry Steele, 1902-; Morison, Samuel Eliot, 1887-1976; Nevins, Allan, 1890-1971
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0018022-13465
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