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Document Details


Title: Reminiscences of Lewis Lichtenstein Strauss
RLIN number: NXCP88-A21
Document type: Oral history
Accessibility: Free Only
Repository: Columbia University. Oral History Research Office
Collection: Eisenhower Administration Project
Description: Family background; religious upbringing in Richmond, Virginia; shoe salesman in the South; Herbert Hoover and Belgian War Relief, Food Administration, 1917-1919; Kuhn, Loeb, 1919-1947; Jewish Agricultural Society; Navy, World War II; Atomic Energy Commission, 1946-1950 and 1953-1958: May-Johnson Bill, security problems; Rockefeller Brothers Fund, 1950-1953.
Extent: Transcript: 177 leaves, Tape: 2 reels, Miscellaneous papers relating to oral history
Restrictions: Access: Open. Permission required to cite, quote, and reproduce. Contact repository for information.
Original Language: English
Time span: Not indicated ... to 1973 (Year of interview)
Speaker: Strauss, Lewis Lichtenstein, 1896-1974
Speaker gender: Male
Speaker date of birth: 1896
Speaker occupation: Financier; Government executive
Age at speaking: 77
Document date: 1973
Interviewer: Mason, John T., 1909-
Organizations discussed: U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
Historical events discussed: World War II, 1939-1945
Locations discussed: North America; United States
Topics discussed - ASP terms: Government executives--United States; North America; Oral history; U.S. Atomic Energy Commission; United States; United States--Politics and government--1945-; World War II, 1939-1945
Topics discussed - Other terms: Investment bankers; Kuhn, Loeb & Company; Strauss, Lewis Lichtenstein, 1896-1974; World War, 1914-1918--Civilian relief; World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, American
ASP release: 2005-06
Document code: OHI0019745-15188