| Title: |
Reminiscences of Leon H. Keyserling
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| RLIN number: |
NXCP89-A39
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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: |
Parents; Columbia University, BA 1928; legislative assistant, 1933-37, advisor, 1938-46 to Senator Robert F. Wagner; New Deal legislation including drafting of National Industrial Recovery Act, housing acts, Wagner Act, 1935; member Wardman Park Group, 1946-52; Vice Chairman and Chairman, Council of Economic Advisors: comparison of Council of Economic Advisors, 1946-52 to Council of Economic Advisors of the 1970s; passage of Humphrey-Hawkins Bill; evaluation and comparison of Presidents Roosevelt and Truman and their Cabinets and advisors; views of federal economic policy through the Carter administration: function and policies of Federal Reserve Board, wage and price controls, relationship of unemployment and interest rates to inflation, taxation; impressions of Robert F. Wagner, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman.
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| Extent: |
Transcript: 206 leaves, Tape: 3 reels
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| Restrictions: |
Access: Open. Copyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1984. Permission required to cite, quote, and reproduce. Contact repository for information. Microfiche copy available for purchase. (Columbia University oral history collection, part V, published by Meckler Publishing, Westport, CT).
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1979 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Keyserling, Leon Hirsch, 1908-1987
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1908
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| Speaker occupation: |
Economist; Government official; Lawyer
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| Age at speaking: |
71
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| Document date: |
1979
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| Interviewer: |
Edwin, Ed.
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| Locations discussed: |
North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Economists; Government executives--United States; North America; Oral history; United States; United States--Politics and government--1933-1945; United States--Politics and government--1945-
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Council of Economic Advisors (US); Keyserling, Leon H. (Leon Hirsch), 1908-1987; New Deal, 1933-1939
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0020909-16350
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