| Title: |
William A. Ridgely
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
U.S. Congress. Senate. Historical Office
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| Collection: |
Senate Oral History Project
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| Series: |
Item 1 of Series William A. Ridgely
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| Description: |
The Senate Disbursing Office pays the salaries of senators and staff, and keeps the Senate's financial records. Bill Ridgely started as a clerk, became head bookkeeper, and rose to Financial Clerk. He recounts the dramatic growth in Senate staff, the impact of computers, and the Disbursing Office's dealings with the Appropriations and Rules committees. Later, as Assistant Secretary of the Senate, he handled the Senate's participation in the International Parliamentary Union, including an eventful meeting in Havana, Cuba.
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| Extent: |
21 pages
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| URL: |
http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/resources/pdf/Ridgely1.pdf
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1982 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Ridgely, William A., 1922-1996
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
9-May-1922
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| Speaker place of birth: |
Upper Marlboro, MD; Maryland; United States; North America
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| Speaker race: |
White
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| Speaker occupation: |
Bookkeeper; Secretary of Senate
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| Age at speaking: |
60
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| Document date: |
09-Feb-1982
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| Interviewer: |
Ritchie, Donald A.
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| Organizations discussed: |
Interparliamentary Union; U.S. Congress. Senate
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| Locations discussed: |
District of Columbia; North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
District of Columbia; Federal government; Interparliamentary Union; North America; Oral history; Political science--United States; U.S. Congress. Senate; United States; United States--Officials and employees; United States--Politics and government; Work; Work environment
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0022071-22980
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