| Title: |
Reminiscences of Frederic Rene Coudert
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| RLIN number: |
NXCP87-A43
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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: |
Recollections of his father; early political impressions, notably the "Cross of Gold" speech; Spanish-American War; Insular cases; New York politics, John P. Mitchel; legal adviser to British Government regarding legal controversies involving United States, especially British blockade and problems of international maritime law, 1915-20; impressions of Woodrow Wilson, Sir Cecil Spring-Rice, Robert Lansing, Alexis Carrel, Benjamin Cardozo, Cornelius Clifford, Boris Bakhmeteff, Henri Bergson, Simon Flexner; Columbia University and Nicholas Murray Butler.
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| Extent: |
Transcript: 170 leaves, Miscellaneous papers relating to oral history
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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 1950 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Coudert, Frederic Rene, 1871-1955
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1871
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| Speaker occupation: |
Lawyer
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| Age at speaking: |
79
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| Document date: |
1950
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| Interviewer: |
Bombard, Owen; Commager, Henry Steele, 1902- ; Nevins, Allan, 1890-1971
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| Historical events discussed: |
Spanish-American War, 1898
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| Locations discussed: |
North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Lawyers; North America; Spanish-American War, 1898; United States
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Coudert, Frederic Rene, 1871-1955; New York (NY)--Politics and government--1898-1951; United States--Foreign relations--1913-1921; War, Maritime (International law)
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0018192-13635
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