Reminiscences of Morris Lincoln Strauss, 1951

Biographical Note

Lawyer

Scope and Contents

Columbia College and Law School; law practice in Queens County; experiences as a trial lawyer; attorney with the New York, N.Y. Law Department, 1914; Mayor John P. Mitchel; August Belmont and rapid transit; Citizens Water Supply Rate case, 1921; assistant corporation counsel to Mayor John O'Brien; New York bench and bar; commentaries on the American scene

Subjects

• Interviews.
• Lawyers--Interviews.
• Municipal government.
• New York (N.Y.)--Politics and government--1898-1951.
• New York (State)--Politics and government--1865-1950.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• Phillips, Harlan B., interviewer.
• Practice of law.
• Strauss, Morris Lincoln, 1877-1953--Interviews.

Access Conditions

Copyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1980