Columbia Center for Oral History Portal > Oral history interviews with Joseph Pulitzer, Jr., 1954
| Creator: | Pulitzer, Joseph, 1913-1993 | Project: | Individual interviews oral history collection.
(see all project interviews) | Phys. Desc. : | sound file : digital preservation master, WAV files (96 kHz, 24 bit) transcript: 193 pages | | Location: | Columbia Center for Oral History | | Full CLIO record >> |
Biographical NoteLawyer, judge
Scope and ContentsFamily background, boyhood in New York, N.Y., primary and high school education; New York Law School, 1903-05; legal experience; Progressive Party, New York, N.Y., 1912, convention, 1916; Counsel to Register of New York County; Assistant District Attorney, New York County, 1918-1930; detailed description of District Attorney's office and relationship to other branches of government; New York County Democratic politics, 1919-1930; law practice, 1930-33; Counsel for Senate Banking and Currency Committee, 1933; detailed description of "Pecora investigation." Impressions of prominent figures in New York, N.Y. politics, including Charles Murphy and Mayors John Hylan and James Walker
Subjects- Churchill, Edward D. (Edward Delos), 1895-1972, interviewee.
- Interviews.
- Journalism.
- Newspapers.
- Oral histories (literary works)
- Pecora, Ferdinand, 1882-1971, interviewee.
- Publishers and publishing--Interviews.
- Pulitzer, Joseph, 1885-1955, interviewee.
- Pulitzer, Joseph, 1885-1955--Interviews.
- Sayre, Francis Bowes, 1885-1972, interviewee.
- Starr, Louis Morris, 1917-1980, interviewer.
- Wolman, Leo, 1890-1961, interviewee.
Access ConditionsCopyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1975
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