| Title: |
Reminiscences of Florence Stewart Kerr
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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: |
Chicago Midwest Regional Director, Women's and Professional Projects, Works Progress Administration, 1935-38; Washington Assistant Commissioner, Works Progress Administration, 1939; Assistant Commissioner, Federal Works Administration, 1942-45; unskilled women's projects; Arts Project; Harry Hopkins; relationship with Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1939; impressions of many New Deal figures.
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| Extent: |
Transcript: 110 leaves, Tape: 1 reel
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| Restrictions: |
Access: Open. Copyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1976. Permission required to cite, quote, and reproduce. Contact repository for information. Microfiche copy available for purchase. (Columbia University oral history collection, part III, published by Meckler Publishing, Westport, CT).
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1974 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Kerr, Florence Stewart, 1890-1975
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| Speaker gender: |
Female
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1890
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| Speaker occupation: |
WPA Administrator
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| Age at speaking: |
84
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| Document date: |
1974
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| Interviewer: |
Roberts, Charles
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| Organizations discussed: |
U.S. Work Projects Administration
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| Locations discussed: |
North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Government executives--United States; New Deal, 1933-1939--United States; North America; U.S. Work Projects Administration; United States; United States--Politics and government--1933-1945; Women in the civil service; Women--Employment
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Kerr, Florence Stewart, 1890-1975; United States--Federal Works Agency
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0020912-16353
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