| Title: |
Reminiscences of Philip Elman
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| RLIN number: |
NXCP90-A3
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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; education at City College of New York, 1932-1936, and Harvard Law School, 1936-1939; law clerk to Judge Calvert Magruder, United States Court of Appeals, 1939-1940, and Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter, 1941-1943; experiences in Washington, D.C. during New Deal and World War II; attorney, Federal Commerce Commission, 1940-1941; impressions and analysis of United States Supreme Court; Office of Foreign Economic Coordination, State Department, 1943-1944; Office of the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, 1944-1945: caseload, atmosphere, relationship with Office of Attorney General, discussion of individual cases; role at Potsdam Conference, 1945; legal adviser to military government in; 520 |aBerlin, Germany, 1945-1946; assistant to Solicitor General, 1946-1961: comparison of incumbents, procedures, achievements; appointment to Federal Trade Commission, 1961: political appointments, relationship with other commissioners, recommendation process, cases, mergers, dissents, resignation 1970; impressions of Federal Trade Commission after 1970.
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| Extent: |
Transcript: 405 leaves, Tape: 19 cassettes
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| Restrictions: |
Access: Open. Copyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1989. Permission required to cite, quote, or reproduce. Contact repository for information.
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1984 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Elman, Philip, 1918-
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1918
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| Speaker occupation: |
Government executive; Lawyer
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| Age at speaking: |
66
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| Document date: |
1984
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| Interviewer: |
Silber, Norman Isaac
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| Organizations discussed: |
Federal Trade Commission; Harvard University. Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA; U.S. Department of Justice; U.S. Department of State; U.S. Supreme Court
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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: |
Federal Trade Commission; Government executives--United States; Harvard University. Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA; Law; Lawyers; New Deal, 1933-1939--United States; North America; Oral history; U.S. Department of Justice; U.S. Department of State; U.S. Supreme Court; United States; United States--Foreign relations--1945-; United States--Politics and government--1933-1945; United States--Politics and government--1945-; World War II, 1939-1945
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Elman, Philip, 1918-; Frankfurter, Felix, 1882-1965; Government litigation--United States; Law and politics; Military government; Procedure (Law)--United States; United States--Dept of Justice--Office of the Solicitor General; United States--Federal Commerce Commission
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0021153-16592
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