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Reminiscences and memoirs, 1900-1980

Summary Information

At a Glance

Call No.: Ms Coll\O.H.R.O
Bib ID 4079180 View CLIO record
Creator(s) Columbia University. Oral History Research Office
Title Reminiscences and memoirs, 1900-1980
Physical Description 6200 memoirs (6200 memoirs)
Language(s) English .
Additional Description http://www.columbia.edu/cu/libraries/inside/projects/findingaids/scans/pdfs/34_NE-O_33.pdf
Access You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.

Restricted to permission of the Oral History Research Office. Many of the reminiscences and memoirs carry restrictions as to their use and some are closed to use for stated periods.

This collection is located on-site.

Description

Summary

Typescript carbons of the reminiscences and memoirs of men and women prominent in American life including agriculture, art, book publishing, business, diplomacy, education, journalism, jurists, literature, labor movement, medicine, military history, New York City politics, and special projects such as the Eisenhower Administration, the Marine Corps, popular arts, the radio industry, and social security recorded on tape by the person concerned.

General Note

Oversized phonograph recordings in Flat Box 343 and in Speech Record Box 34 [Cage 6:57e]

Type of reproduction--Typescript carbon copies

Using the Collection

Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Restrictions on Access

You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.

Restricted to permission of the Oral History Research Office. Many of the reminiscences and memoirs carry restrictions as to their use and some are closed to use for stated periods.

This collection is located on-site.

Accruals

Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Source of acquisition--Oral History Research Office. Method of acquisition--Gift; Accession number--M-59.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Cataloged Christina Hilton Fenn 08/--/89.

Subject Headings

The subject headings listed below are found in this collection. Links below allow searches at Columbia University through the Archival Collections Portal and through CLIO, the catalog for Columbia University Libraries, as well as ArchiveGRID, a catalog that allows users to search the holdings of multiple research libraries and archives.

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Genre/Form

Heading "CUL Archives:"
"Portal"
"CUL Collections:"
"CLIO"
"Nat'l / Int'l Archives:"
"ArchivedGRID"
Oral histories (literary works) Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID

Subject

Heading "CUL Archives:"
"Portal"
"CUL Collections:"
"CLIO"
"Nat'l / Int'l Archives:"
"ArchivedGRID"
Agriculture -- United States Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Art -- United States Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Diplomacy Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Education -- United States Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Eisenhower, Dwight D (Dwight David), 1890-1969 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Folk art -- United States Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Journalism -- United States Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Labor movement -- United States Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Lawyers -- United States Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Literature Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Medicine -- United States Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
New York (N.Y.) -- Politics and government -- 1898-1951 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
New York (N.Y.) -- Politics and government -- 1951- Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Popular culture -- United States Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Publishers and publishing -- United States Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Radio broadcasting -- United States Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Social security -- United States Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
United States -- Commerce Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
United States -- Foreign relations Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
United States -- History, Military Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
United States -- Politics and government -- 1953-1961 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
United States -- Social life and customs Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
United States. Marine Corps Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID