Columbia Center for Oral History Portal > Reminiscences of Arthur Goldschmidt , 1995.Biographical NoteCivil servant
Scope and ContentsChildhood: reminiscences of Fredericksburg, southern politics; education: Brackenridge High School (1927), AB Columbia University (1928-1932); thoughts about depression-era political issues in New York: Social Problems Club at Columbia, Roosevelt and La Guardia campaigns; creation of work relief programs during the Great Depression: National Recovery Administration, Civil Works Administration, Civilian Conservation Corps, Historic American Buildings Survey, Writer Project; other work: railroad investigation, United Federal Workers Union (1930s); impressions of Lyndon B. Johnson; career at Public Works Administration, Power Division (1938-1947): distribution of power, dam construction, river management, Southern Report, Federal Power Act, Tennessee Valley Authority Act, Flood Control and Harbors Act; ideas about atomic power, aluminum production during World War II; development National Rural Electrification Co-ops Association; work in the United Nations (1950-1970s): African river basin development, East Asian work, Australian Snow River Project, Mu River work, Mekong River Project, development of Middle East Technical Institute, Latin American economic training; United States Ambassador to ECOSOC (1967-1969); post-United Nations consulting; thoughts about Desert Storm
Subjects- Civil service--Interviews.
- Columbia University--Alumni and alumnae--Interviews.
- Dams--Design and construction.
- Germans--Texas.
- Goldschmidt, Arthur, 1910---Interviews.
- Ickes, Harold L. (Harold LeClair), 1874-1952.
- Immigrants--Texas.
- Interviews.
- Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973.
- Lilienthal, David Eli, 1899-1981.
- New Deal, 1933-1939.
- Oral histories (literary works)
- Piel, Gerard, interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
- Power resources--United States.
- Public service employment--United States.
- Public works.
- Reclamation of land--United States.
- Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945.
- Tennessee Valley Authority.
- United Nations. Economic and Social Council--Interviews.
- United States--Economic policy--1933-1945.
- United States--Officials and employees--Interviews.
- United States. Federal Civil Works Administration.
- United States. Public Works Administration.
- Water resources development--United States.
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