Reminiscences of Arthur Kaminsky [electronic resource]: oral history, 1991

Biographical Note

Attorney

Scope and Contents

Recollections of Allard K. Lowenstein [Lowenstein]; introduction to Lowenstein, Cornell University student government, 1967, Dump Johnson movement; involvement with Robert F. Kennedy presidential campaign: response to assasination, deepening commitment to Lowenstein; Lowenstein's New York congressional campaigns; campaign techniques, mistakes made in bids for office; ambivalence toward official endorsements of presidential candidates; Kaminsky's use of Lowenstein techniques in John Lindsay presidential bid, other campaigns; Lowenstein's death

Subjects

• Campaign management.
• Chafe, William H., 1942- interviewer.
• Democratic Party (U.S.)
• Interviews.
• Kaminsky, Arthur C.--Interviews.
• Lawyers--Interviews.
• Lowenstein, Allard K.
• Military campaigns--New York (State)--Congresses.
• Oral histories.
• Presidents--United States--Election--1968.
• United States--Politics and government--1960s.

Access Conditions

Copyright by the Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1992