| Title: |
Reminiscences of Gordon Davis
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| RLIN number: |
NXCP87-A66
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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, childhood on Chicago's South Side: race relations in Chicago, influence of father, William Davis; Williams College, BA, 1963, honorary PhD, 1983: comparison of racial relations with father's experience at Williams in 1920s; Columbia University, MA 1964; Harvard Law School, 1967; involvement with civil rights movement, 1963-68; courtship and marriage to Peggy Cooper; European travels; work with John V. Lindsay, especially 1971 presidential campaign; Budget Bureau, 1968-69; Planning Commission, 1973; Rupert Murdoch's purchase of NEW YORK magazine, 1976; Commissioner, Parks Department, 1978-83: administrative style, dealings with press, reaction to project proposal by Christo, 1982 anti-nuclear rally; impressions of Edward Koch, assessment of his relations with black community; New York City's School Chancellor appointment, 1983.
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| Extent: |
Transcript: 508 leaves, Tape: 10 cassettes
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| Restrictions: |
Access: Written permission required from interviewee. 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 1983 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Davis, Gordon
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker occupation: |
Lawyer; Public official
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| Document date: |
1983
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| Interviewer: |
Tanner, Estelle N.
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| Organizations discussed: |
Williams College, Williamstown, MA
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| Locations discussed: |
Massachusetts; New York; New York, NY; North America; United States; Williamstown, MA
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
African Americans--Civil rights; Government executives--New York; Lawyers; Massachusetts; Mayors--United States; New York; New York, NY; North America; Oral history; Race relations--United States; United States; Williams College, Williamstown, MA; Williamstown, MA
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Davis, Gordon; Koch, Ed, 1924-; New York (NY)--Dept of Parks; New York (NY)--Politics and government--1951-
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0018444-13887
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