Reminiscences of Carl McGowan [electronic resource] : oral history, 1969.

Biographical Note

Judge.

Scope and Contents

Youth in Chicago, World War II naval service; Stevenson as Governor of Illinois: divorce, recruitment of staff, relationship with Democratic Party, patronage system; 1952 campaign; Elks Club group; Stevenson's speeches; press relations; 1956 campaign; United Nations. Recollections of John F. Kennedy, Hubert Humphrey, Joseph McCarthy, Richard Nixon, Richard Daley, and others.

Subjects

• Democratic Party (U.S.)
• Interviews.
• Judges--Interviews.
• Luter, John, interviewer.
• McGowan, Carl, 1911-1987--Interviews.
• Oral histories.
• Presidents--United States--Election--1952.
• Presidents--United States--Election--1956.
• Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing), 1900-1965.
• United Nations.

Access Conditions

Copyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1977.