Reminiscences of Emily Smith Warner, 1967

Biographical Note

Interviewee married John A. Warner

Scope and Contents

Recollections of father, Alfred E. Smith: boyhood and education, career in New York State Assembly, terms as Governor, 1928 campaign, civil rights stands, Prohibition; Tammany Hall; 1927 Governors' Conference; Smith's differences with Franklin D. Roosevelt. Impressions of Belle Moskowitz, Robert Moses, William Randolph Hearst, and Mayors James Walker and Fiorello La Guardia. Ordering of topics differs slightly in audio and transcript. Towards the end of the audio recordings, Warner addresses topics that relate to page 54 and 77a-e in the transcript

Subjects

• Democratic Party (U.S.)
• Interviews.
• Keylor, William R., 1944- interviewer.
• New York (State)--Politics and government--1865-1950.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• Smith, Alfred Emanuel, 1873-1944.
• United States--Politics and government--20th century.
• Warner, Emily Smith, 1901-1980--Interviews.

Access Conditions

Copyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1975