Reminiscences of George William Alger : oral history, 1952.

Biographical Note

Lawyer

Scope and Contents

Vermont boyhood; Law practice in New York City at the turn of the century; Moreland Commission; New York prisons; Moreland commissioner to investigate New York State Superintendent of Insurance in the guaranteed mortgage companies debacle on nearly two billion issues of bonds, 1933; New York City garment industry. Observations on social reformers, including Lillian Wald and Florence Kelley; Theodore Roosevelt

Subjects

• Alger, George W. (George William), 1872-1967.
• Insurance.
• Interviews.
• Law.
• Lawyers--Interviews.
• New York (N.Y.)--Politics and government--1898-1951.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• Phillips, Harlan B., interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• Social problems.
• United States--Social conditions--20th century.