| Title: |
Reminiscences of Lucius DuBignon Clay
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| RLIN number: |
NXCP87-A38
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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: |
Alexander Stephen Clay: political career, United States Senate, 1897- 1915; Europe, 1919; Marietta, Georgia politics, the Negro vote during early 1900s; West Point, 1914-21, 1924-28; military training, instructorship; beginning of Reserve Officers Training Corps; assignment to Panama, mapping the terrain; Rivers and Harbors Division; the Depression in Pittsburgh; effect of New Deal, Works Progress Administration policies on Rivers and Harbors; Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry Hopkins; Los Angeles Flood Control project; Europe during early 1930s; Tennessee Valley Authority controversy; Harold Ickes; flood control bill in early 1930s; Douglas MacArthur; duty in the Philippines; building Denison Dam, Texas; Sam Rayburn.
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| Extent: |
Transcript: 1,101 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 1971 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Clay, Lucius DuBignon, 1897-1978
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1897
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| Speaker occupation: |
Army officer; Executive; Government official
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| Age at speaking: |
74
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| Document date: |
1971
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| Interviewer: |
Smith, Jean E.
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| Organizations discussed: |
Tennessee Valley Authority, Knoxville, TN; U.S. Military Academy at West Point, West Point, NY
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| Historical events discussed: |
Great Depression, 1929-1941
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| Locations discussed: |
North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Depressions--1929--United States; Government executives--United States; Great Depression, 1929-1941; Military education; Military engineering--United States; New Deal, 1933-1939--United States; North America; Tennessee Valley Authority, Knoxville, TN; U.S. Military Academy at West Point, West Point, NY; United States; United States--Politics and government--1933-1945; Veterans
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Clay, Alexander Stephen; Clay, Lucius D. (Lucius DuBignon), 1897-1978
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0018138-13581
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