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Reminiscences of Miles Lanier Colean, 1975.

Creator: Colean, Miles Lanier, 1898-1980
Project: Individual interviews oral history collection.
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Phys. Desc. :Transcript 398 leaves Tape 20 reels Miscellaneous papers relating to oral history
Location: Columbia Center for Oral History
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Biographical Note

Consulting economist

Scope and Contents

Education, University of Wisconsin and Columbia, 1916-24; Federal Housing Administration, Director, Technical and Rental Housing Divisions; 1940, housing research, 20th Century Fund; 1945- , consultant, Mortgage Bankers Association; organization and functions of Federal Housing Administration; lending reforms; multiplication of housing agencies; private market vs. social welfare orientation; housing and lending industries in the Depression, World War II, postwar, Eisenhower and Nixon administrations; inflation, corruption, government control, sources of funds, sociological factors; impressions of Stewart McDonald, Guy Hollyday, Leon Keyserling

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