Reminiscences of Lloyd Kirkham Garrison : oral history, 1982.

Biographical Note

Lawyer, government official.

Scope and Contents

Family; Harvard, BA 1920, LLB 1922; World War I experiences; political interests 1920-32; early law practice; dean of University of Wisconsin Law School 1932; chairmanships of National Labor Relations Board 1935 and National War Labor Board World War II; impressions of labor leaders; work with William Donovan on bankruptcy law reform in 1930s; work with Urban League, president 1947-52; politics and impressions of civil rights movement; clients counselled before House and Senate Committees on Un-American Activities; J. Robert Oppenheimer case; Storm King Mountain environmental action case; impressions of New York political scene and politicians during early 1960s.

Subjects

• Civil rights--United States.
• Conservation of natural resources.
• Edwin, Ed, interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• Garrison, Lloyd K. (Lloyd Kirkham), 1897-1991.
• Government executives--United States--Interviews.
• Interviews.
• Labor laws and legislation.
• Lawyers--Interviews.
• National Urban League.
• New Deal, 1933-1939.
• New York (State)--Politics and government--1951-
• Oral histories.
• Practice of law.
• United States--Economic policy--1933-1945.
• United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities.
• United States. National Labor Relations Board.
• United States. National War Labor Board (1942-1945)

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