Columbia Center for Oral History Portal > Reminiscences of Ben Davidson, 1978
Creator: | Davidson, Ben | Project: | Individual interviews oral history collection. (see all project interviews) | Phys. Desc. : | transcript: 857 pages sound file : digital preservation master, WAV files (96 kHz, 24 bit) | Location: | Columbia Center for Oral History | Full CLIO record >> |
Biographical NotePolitician
Scope and ContentsChildhood in Pittsburgh; education, Carnegie Institute of Technology, Columbia, 1921; early involvement with labor unions, 1920s-1930s; New Yok City public school teaching career; Director, Worker's School, 1925-29; political movements, 1920s-1940s; Director, American Labor Party, 1943-44; Executive Director, Liberal Party of New York State, 1944-77: founding convention, organizational development, fund raising, relationship of Democratic, Conservative and Liberal Parties in New York City and state; legal actions against Liberal Party; detailed chronological account of city, state, and national campaigns 1944-77. Impressions of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr., Robert F. Wagner, Herbert H. Lehman, Rudolph Halley, Alex Rose, John Lindsay, many others
SubjectsAccess ConditionsCopyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1984
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