Columbia Center for Oral History Portal > Reminiscences of Arthur Meier Schlesinger : oral history, 1959
Creator: | Schlesinger, Arthur M. 1888-1965 | Project: | Individual interviews oral history collection. (see all project interviews) | Phys. Desc. : | Transcript 1,266 pages Miscellaneous papers relating to oral history | Location: | Columbia Center for Oral History | Full CLIO record >> |
Biographical NoteHistorian, author
Scope and ContentsEarly childhood; college experiences at Ohio State, 1909-1913; graduate work, Columbia University; teaching at Ohio State during World War I; writing COLONIAL MERCHANTS AND THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION and NEW VIEWPOINTS IN AMERICAN HISTORY; liberal movement during World War I; University of Iowa, 1919-24; Harvard University from 1925, including Sacco-Vanzetti case, Harvard and academic freedom, graduate students; around the world trip, 1933; experiences at the University of Leiden, 1948; freedom of the press investigation, 1943-1945; editing the "History of American Life" series and the HARVARD GUIDE TO AMERICAN HISTORY; leading personalities in the American historical profession from about 1915. The material includes much correspondence
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