Reminiscences of Thomas Edmund Dewey, 1959
Reminiscences of Thomas Edmund Dewey, 1959
- Name
- Dewey, Thomas E. (Thomas Edmund), 1902-1971 (Interviewee)
- Phillips, Harlan B (Interviewer)
- Title
- Reminiscences of Thomas Edmund Dewey, 1959
- Abstract
- Family background, childhood in Michigan, music; legal education, University of Michigan and Columbia; early legal experience; Chief Assistant United States Attorney, 1931-1933; George Z. Medalie; political experience, 9th and 10th Assembly Districts, New York City; United States Attorney; Young Republican Club; Fiorello La Guardia; 1932 campaign, New York State; income tax and Samuel Seabury inves tigation; labor gangster cases; private practice, 1934; special prosecutor, 1935; rackets investigation and "Lucky" Luciano; New York County District Attorney, 1937: procedural changes, blue ribbon juries, Hines Case; campaigns 1938, 1939, 1940; United Service Organizations campaign, 1942
- Collection Name
- Individual interviews oral history collection
- Subjects
- Governors--New York (State); Practice of law; Crime; New York (State) Politics and government 1865-1950; New York (N.Y.) Politics and government 1898-1951; Dewey, Thomas E. (Thomas Edmund), 1902-1971
- Format
- oral histories
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 1959
- Physical Description
- 659 pages
- Note (Biographical)
- Lawyer, governor
- Note
- Interviewed by Harlan B. Phillips
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content - Catalog Record
- 15181851
- Also In
- Oral History Archives at Columbia
- Time-Based Media
- Time-Based Media
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-76v2-4p37
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.