Columbia Center for Oral History Portal > Reminiscences of Richard Walker Bolling, 1983.
Creator: | Bolling, Richard, 1916-1991 | Project: | Individual interviews oral history collection. (see all project interviews) | Phys. Desc. : | Transcript 631 pages Sound recording 11 reels Miscellaneous papers relating to oral history | Location: | Columbia Center for Oral History | Full CLIO record >> |
Biographical NoteCongressman
Scope and ContentsBackground and early education; Army duty in Pacific, 1941-1946, on General MacArthur's staff; vice chairman of American Veterans Committee, 1946-1947; election to United States House of Representatives, 1948; political problems of first term; functioning of the House of Representatives, 1948-1982: committee work on Banking, Joint Economic and Rules committees, civil rights; legislative strategy of Kennedy administration; impressions of Presidents Harry Truman, Lyndon Johnson, and John F. Kennedy; Sam Rayburn and other political leaders
SubjectsAccess ConditionsCopyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1989
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