| Title: |
Reminiscences of Gordon Browning
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| RLIN number: |
NXCP87-A5
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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: |
Early years and family background in Tennessee; education, law training; early experience in law and politics; World War I; Congressman, description of Washington political scene in the 1920s and 1930s; Senate campaign, 1934; Governor of Tennessee, 1937-1939, Tennessee Valley Authority, state finances; World War II; Governor, 1949-1953. Anecdotes of many political figures: Huey Long, Edward H. Crump, Kenneth McKeller, Estes Kefauver.
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| Extent: |
Transcript: 144 leaves
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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 1965 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Browning, Gordon, 1889-1976
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1889
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| Speaker occupation: |
Governor
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| Age at speaking: |
76
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| Document date: |
1965
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| Interviewer: |
Riggs, Joseph H.
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| Organizations discussed: |
Tennessee Valley Authority, Knoxville, TN
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| Historical events discussed: |
World War I, 1914-1918; World War II, 1939-1945
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| Locations discussed: |
North America; Tennessee; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Governors--Tennessee; Legislators--United States; North America; Oral history; Tennessee; Tennessee Valley Authority, Knoxville, TN; Tennessee--Politics and government; United States; United States--Politics and government--20th century; World War I, 1914-1918; World War II, 1939-1945
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Browning, Gordon, 1889-1976
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0018352-13795
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