Reminiscences of William Meyers : oral history, 2001-2003.

Biographical Note

Retired/art dealer.

Scope and Contents

Background: childhood Brooklyn and Long Island, NY; residence in Battery Park City; education: St. Johns University law school; career: World War II military service, tax attorney, Certified Public Accountant, lawyer; 9/11: hearing news on radio while driving to Upstate New York, return to city, discovery that wife evacuated Battery Park City; post-9/11: role of television, concern for children, links between United States and Saudi Arabia, fear of general public, observations about American mentality, America's vulnerability, expectation of future attacks, speaking out against President George W. Bush, political concerns, art dealing business.

Subjects

• Interviews.
• Malpede, Karen, interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• Meyers, William--Interviews.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001--Personal narratives.
• September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001.

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