Reminiscences of Henry L. McCarthy : oral history, 1977.

Biographical Note

Public administrator.

Scope and Contents

Early childhood in Catholic neighborhood near Boston; education; Redemptorist Novitiate, Lewis Institution, University of Chicago, c.1930; Professor of mathematics, Lewis Institute, 1931-1934; Midwest Regional Social Security Administrator, 1936-46; New Deal experiences; Director, Business Division, American Jewish Committee, 1947-48; experiences with New York Jewish and business leaders; Commissioner of Welfare, 1951-1959; Assistant Director, Public Aid Committee, Cook County, IL, 1962-73.

Subjects

• Chicago (Ill.)--Politics and government--1951-
• Davis, Cullom, interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• Depressions--1929--United States.
• Gangs--Illinois--Chicago.
• Interviews.
• McCarthy, Henry L., 1902-1979.
• Municipal officials and employees--Interviews.
• New Deal, 1933-1939.
• New York (N.Y.)--Politics and government--1951-
• Oral histories.
• Public welfare.
• United States--Politics and government--1933-1945.
• United States. Social Security Administration.

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