Reminiscences of Herbert Claiborne Pell, 1951.

Biographical Note

Congressman, diplomat

Scope and Contents

Early life, education; Tuxedo Park; Spanish-American War; Progressive era; European travel; election of 1912; Congressman from New York; 1919-1921; New York State Democratic chairman, 1921-1926; Syracuse convention, 1922; the Ruhr; Charles F. Murphy and the Democratic Convention of 1924; Italy and Fascism; Germany and Hitler's Reich; minister to Portugal, 1937-1941; coming of World War II; refugees; minister to Hungary, 1941; Hitler's timetable; returning home, 1942; United Nations Commission for Investigation of War Crimes; wartime London; reflections on corruption, education, intelligence, and progress; hopes for the future.

Subjects

• Democratic Party (U.S.)
• Diplomats--United States--Interviews.
• Interviews.
• Legislators--United States--Interviews.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• Pell, Herbert Claiborne, 1884-1961--Interviews.
• Phillips, Harlan B., interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• Political conventions--United States.
• United Nations.
• United States--Foreign relations--1933-1945.
• United States--Politics and government--1901-1953.
• War crimes.
• World War, 1939-1945.