| Title: |
Reminiscences of Sigmund Diamond
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| RLIN number: |
NXCP88-A168
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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 and early education; work with United Automobile Workers, Detroit, 1943-1948; doctoral candidate, Harvard, 1949-1954: relationship with faculty, job offer as Dean of Special Students, 1954; withdrawal of offer because of former membership in Communist Party; efforts of some faculty to intervene on his behalf; decision to inform prospective employers of events at Harvard and effects on job search, especially at Amherst and Columbia; visiting assistant professor at Columbia, 1955; links between Harvard and Federal Bureau of Investigation during McCarthy period.
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| Extent: |
Transcript: 67 leaves, Tape: 2 cassettes
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| Restrictions: |
Access: Open. Copyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1983. 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: |
Diamond, Sigmund
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker occupation: |
Activist; Educator
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| Document date: |
1983
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| Interviewer: |
Mernit, Ralph
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| Organizations discussed: |
Columbia University, New York, NY; Communist Party U.S.A.; Harvard University, Cambridge, MA; U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation
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| Locations discussed: |
North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Columbia University, New York, NY; Communist Party U.S.A.; Educators; Harvard University, Cambridge, MA; National security--United States; North America; U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation; United States
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Diamond, Sigmund
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0019551-14994
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