| Title: |
Reminiscences of Robert Edward Merriam
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| RLIN number: |
NXCP88-A102
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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: |
Eisenhower Administration Project
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| Description: |
Early political career in Chicago, Washington; World War II: combat historian, 1944, Battle of the Bulge; early relationship with General Eisenhower; postwar housing in Chicago; Alderman, Chicago, 1947; Eisenhower administration; Adlai E. Stevenson; White House experiences; HOPE, People to People program; workings of Presidential office; Bureau of the Budget; deputy assistant to President for intergovernmental relations; Ad Hoc Committee on Metropolitan Area Problems; advisory committee on intergovernmental relations.
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| Extent: |
Transcript: 209 leaves, Tape: 2 reels
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| Restrictions: |
Access: Open. Copyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1976. Permission required to cite, quote, and reproduce. Contact repository for information. Microfiche copy available for purchase. (Columbia University oral history collection, part III, published by Meckler Publishing, Westport, CT).
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1969 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Merriam, Robert Edward, 1918-
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1918
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| Speaker occupation: |
Business executive
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| Age at speaking: |
51
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| Document date: |
1969
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| Interviewer: |
Mason, John T., 1909-
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| Locations discussed: |
Illinois; North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Government executives--United States; Illinois; Illinois--Politics and government; North America; United States; United States--Politics and government--1953-1961
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969; Merriam, Robert Edward, 1918-
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0018821-14264
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