| Title: |
Reminiscences of Emory Scott Land
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| RLIN number: |
NXCP89-A28
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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: |
Naval History Project
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| Description: |
Naval Academy, athletics; early cruises; naval architecture, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Bureau of Ships, Bureau of Aeronautics; Harry Guggenheim and air research; Charles A. Lingbergh; Fleet Naval Construction, 1930-32; Chief, Bureau of Ships, 1933-37; Maritime Commission, 1937; Joseph Kennedy; Merchant Marine Academy; shipbuilding for National Defense Agency; William Knudsen; Liberty Ships; War Shipping Administration; Air Transport Association, 1946-53. Impressions of Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry Hopkins, Bernard Baruch, Jesse Jones.
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| Extent: |
Transcript: 227 leaves
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| Restrictions: |
Access: Open. Copyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1972. Permission required to cite, quote, and reproduce. Contact repository for information. Microfiche copy available for purchase. (Columbia University oral history collection, part I, published by Meckler Publishing, Westport, CT).
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1963 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Land, Emory Scott, 1879-1971
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1879
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| Speaker occupation: |
Naval officer
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| Age at speaking: |
84
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| Document date: |
1963
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| Interviewer: |
Mason, John T., 1909-
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| Organizations discussed: |
U.S. Navy
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| Historical events discussed: |
World War II, 1939-1945
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| Locations discussed: |
North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Aeronautics; North America; Oral history; Shipbuilding; U.S. Navy; United States; United States--Politics and government--20th century; World War II, 1939-1945
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Admirals; Aviation; Land, Emory Scott, 1879-1971
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0020787-16228
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