| Title: |
Reminiscences of James McCauley Landis
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| RLIN number: |
NXCP89-A27
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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 background; childhood and education in Japan and United States; Harvard Law School ;early legal writings; secretary to Justice Louis Brandeis; professor, Harvard, 1926-34; government service, 1933-37; Dean, Harvard Law School, 1937-46; later government service: Civil Defense, World War II; Civil Aeronautics Board; Middle East; government studies and reports, 1953-60; 1956 and 1960 campaigns, elections; presidential adviser. Comments on Justices Felix Frankfurter, Oliver W. Holmes, and Benjamin Cardozo; Samuel Williston, Roscoe Pound, Franklin Roosevelt, Joseph P. Kennedy, John L. Lewis, Fiorello La Guardia, King Farouk, Lord Moyne.
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| Extent: |
Transcript: 685 leaves, Tape: 1 reel
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| Restrictions: |
Access: Open. Copyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1975. Permission required to cite, quote, and reproduce. Contact repository for information. Microfiche copy available for purchase. (Columbia University oral history collection, part II, published by Meckler Publishing, Westport, CT).
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1964 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Landis, James McCauley, 1899-1964
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1899
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| Speaker occupation: |
Government official; Lawyer
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| Age at speaking: |
65
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| Document date: |
1964
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| Interviewer: |
Gold, Neil
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| Organizations discussed: |
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
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| Locations discussed: |
North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Aeronautics, Commercial; Government executives--United States; Harvard University, Cambridge, MA; Law--Study and teaching; Lawyers; North America; Oral history; Presidents--United States--Election--1956; Presidents--United States--Election--1960; United States; United States--Politics and government--20th century
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Civil defense; Landis, James McCauley, 1899-1964
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0020783-16224
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