| Title: |
Reminiscences of John Michael Carmody
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| RLIN number: |
NXCP87-A56
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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 and description of life in northern Pennsylvania and upstate New York at the turn of the century; education and early work experiences as a steel inspector; later as an executive in the garment industry and coal mining industry; editor-in-chief successively of COAL AGE and FACTORY & INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT for the McGraw-Hill Publishing Company; detailed account of service in government; Civil Works Administration, Federal Emergency Relief Administration, National Defense Mediation Board, National Labor Relations Board, Rural Electrification Administration, President's Power Policy Committee, the Cabinet-rank position as head of the Federal Works Agency (encompassing Public Works Administration, Works Progress Administration, United States Housing Authority, Bureau of Public Roads, Bureau of Public Buildings, Fine Arts Commission, and Lanham Act Defense Housing Program), United States Maritime Commission, Maritime War Emergency Board, and Federal Interdepartmental Safety Council.
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| Extent: |
Transcript: 763 leaves
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| Restrictions: |
Access: Open. Copyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1987. Permission required to cite, quote, and reproduce. Contact repository for information. Microfiche copy available for purchase. (Columbia University oral history collection, part VI, published by Meckler Publishing, Westport, CT).
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1954 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Carmody, John Michael, 1881-1963
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1881
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| Speaker occupation: |
Administrator
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| Age at speaking: |
73
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| Document date: |
1954
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| Interviewer: |
Albertson, Dean, 1920-
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| Historical events discussed: |
World War II, 1939-1945
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| Locations discussed: |
North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Executives; Government executives--United States; North America; Oral history; Publishers and publishing; United States; United States--Politics and government--1933-1945; World War II, 1939-1945
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Carmody, John Michael, 1881-1963; Industry; McGraw-Hill, Inc; New Deal, 1933-1939; United States--Federal Works Agency; United States--Maritime Commission; United States--National Labor Relations Board
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0018334-13777
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