| Title: |
Reminiscences of Mary Benson
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| RLIN number: |
NXCP89-A22
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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: |
Allard K. Lowenstein Project
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| Description: |
Recollections of Allard K. Lowenstein: first meeting, 1959, his concern over Communist infiltration of Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, his visits to London, his speeches, family life, his death; her position as secretary to Michael Scott, her trip to southern United States in the 1960s, sit-ins, 1963.
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| Extent: |
Transcript: 39 leaves, Tape: 1 cassette
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| Restrictions: |
Access: Written permission required from Lawrence Lowenstein. Copyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1988. 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 1987 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Benson, Mary
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| Speaker gender: |
Female
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| Speaker occupation: |
Civil rights worker
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| Document date: |
1987
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| Interviewer: |
Chafe, William
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| People discussed: |
Allard K. Lowenstein; Allard Kenneth Lowenstein; Lowenstein, Allard K., 1929-1980
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| Organizations discussed: |
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, US
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| Historical events discussed: |
U.S. Civil Rights Movement, 1954-1965
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| Locations discussed: |
North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
African Americans--Civil rights; African Americans--Social conditions; Allard K. Lowenstein; Allard Kenneth Lowenstein; Civil rights workers--United States; Lowenstein, Allard K., 1929-1980; North America; Oral history; Race relations--South Africa; Race relations--United States; Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, US; U.S. Civil Rights Movement, 1954-1965; United States
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Benson, Mary
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0020719-16160
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