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Document Details


Title: Reminiscences of William S. Coffin, Jr.
RLIN number: NXCP91-A3
Document type: Oral history
Accessibility: Free Only
Repository: Columbia University. Oral History Research Office
Collection: Allard K. Lowenstein Project
Description: Personal recollections of Allard Lowenstein; recollections of Lowensteins speeches and oratory skill; Lowensteins wedding to Jennifer Littlefield; recruiting students from Yale for Mississippi Freedom Summer; Encampment for Citizenship, 1965; Lowensteins peer relationships; Lowenstein as mentor for young people; Lowensteins relations with family; 1968 presidential elections and Democratic National Convention; views on Lowensteins perception of obligation to society.
Extent: Transcript: 34 leaves, Tape: 1 cassette
Restrictions: Access: Closed until completion of book. Copyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1990. Permission required to cite, quote, and reproduce. Contact repository for information.
Original Language: English
Time span: Not indicated ... to 1989 (Year of interview)
Speaker: Coffin, William S., 1924-
Speaker gender: Male
Speaker date of birth: 1924
Speaker occupation: Clergyman
Age at speaking: 65
Document date: 1989
Interviewer: Chafe, William
Organizations discussed: Democratic Party, US
Locations discussed: North America; United States
Topics discussed - ASP terms: Clergy; Democratic Party, US; North America; Presidents--United States--Election--1968; Student movements; United States
Topics discussed - Other terms: Coffin, William S., 1924-; Lowenstein, Allard K. (Allard Kenneth), 1929-1980
ASP release: 2005-06
Document code: OHI0021254-16693