| Title: |
Reminiscences of Richard Brandon Morris
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| RLIN number: |
NXCP88-A93
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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: |
New York, N.Y. childhood; education, City College, Columbia; Regional Director, Survey of Federal Archives, 1936-37; committee work with American historical associations, 1930s- ; A TREASURY OF GREAT REPORTING, THE SPIRIT OF '76, GOVERNMENT AND LABOR IN EARLY AMERICA, FAIR TRIAL, other writings; legal history; teaching at City College, 1927-49, Columbia 1946-61, visiting professorships; editing John Jay papers; world travels delivering lectures, researching books, promoting scholarly cooperation for American Revolution Bicentennial commemoration; impressions of Allan Nevins, Henry Steele Commager, other historians.
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| Extent: |
Transcript: 288 leaves, Tape: 1 reel and 12 cassettes, Miscellaneous papers relating to oral history
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| Restrictions: |
Access: Open. 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 1978 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Morris, Richard Brandon, 1904-1990
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1904
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| Speaker occupation: |
Historian
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| Age at speaking: |
74
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| Document date: |
1978
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| Interviewer: |
Morris, Berenice
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| Historical events discussed: |
American Revolution, 1775-1783
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| Locations discussed: |
North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
American Revolution, 1775-1783; Editors; Historians; Historiography; History--Study and teaching; North America; Oral history; United States
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Law--History and criticism; Morris, Richard Brandon, 1904-1990
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0020510-15952
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