| Title: |
Reminiscences of Ben Davidson
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| RLIN number: |
NXCP87-A63
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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: |
Childhood in Pittsburgh; education, Carnegie Institute of Technology, Columbia, 1921; early involvement with labor unions, 1920s-1930s; New York City public school teaching career; Director, Worker's School, 1925-29; political movements, 1920s-1940s; Director, American Labor Party, 1943-44; Executive Director, Liberal Party of New York State, 1944-77: founding convention, organizational development, fund raising, relationship of Democratic, Conservative and Liberal Parties in New York City and state; legal actions against Liberal Party; detailed chronological account of city, state, and national campaigns 1944-77. Impressions of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr., Robert F. Wagner, Herbert H. Lehman, Rudolph Halley, Alex Rose, John Lindsay, many others.
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| Extent: |
Transcript: 857 leaves, Tape: 15 reels, 300 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, 1984. Permission required to cite, quote, and reproduce. Contact repository for information. Microfiche copy available for purchase. (Columbia University oral history collection, part V, published by Meckler Publishing, Westport, CT).
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1978 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Davidson, Ben, 1900-
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1900
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| Speaker occupation: |
Politician
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| Age at speaking: |
78
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| Document date: |
1978
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| Interviewer: |
Edwin, Ed
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| Locations discussed: |
North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Labor unions; North America; Politicians; United States; United States--Politics and government--20th century
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
American Labor Party of the State of New York; Davidson, Ben, 1900-; Liberal Party of New York State; New York (NY)--Politics and government--20th century; New York (State)--Politics and government--20th century
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0018411-13854
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