| Title: |
Reminiscences of Percy Maxim Lee
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| RLIN number: |
NXCP88-A120
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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: |
League of Women Voters activities in Connecticut, election to National Board, 1942; Office of Price Administration support, 1941; refugee children; Carrie Chapman Catt Memorial Foundation, later Overseas Education Fund of League of Women Voters and Institute for Foreign Visitors; relationship of local, state and national Leagues; President, League of Women Voters, 1950-1958: McCarthyism and Freedom Agenda, policy on Brown decision (1954), support for United Nations, relations with State Department; member, College Grants Advisory Committee of Ford Foundation; water management efforts in Connecticut, 1955; reminiscences of family members, including Hiram Percy Maxim; Frances Glessner Lee, police work, "Nutshell Studies"; impressions of Anna Lord Strauss and other League of Women Voters leaders.
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| Extent: |
Transcript: 559 leaves, Tape: 10 cassettes
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| Restrictions: |
Access: Open. Copyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1980. Permission required to cite, quote, and reproduce. Contact repository for information. Microfiche copy available for purchase. (Columbia University oral history collection, part IV, published by Meckler Publishing, Westport, CT).
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1973 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Lee, Percy Maxim, 1906-
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1906
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| Speaker occupation: |
Former president
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| Age at speaking: |
67
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| Document date: |
1973
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| Interviewer: |
Gellhorn, Kitty
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| Organizations discussed: |
Ford Foundation, New York, NY; League of Women Voters, 1919-; U.S. Office of Price Administration; United Nations
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| Locations discussed: |
North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
African Americans--Segregation; Connecticut--Politics and government; Ford Foundation, New York, NY; League of Women Voters, 1919-; National security--United States; North America; Oral history; U.S. Office of Price Administration; United Nations; United States; United States--Politics and government--1945-; Women executives
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Lee, Percy Maxim, 1906-; Maxim family
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0019025-14468
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