Name
Morris, Richard B. (Richard Brandon), 1904-1989 (Interviewee)
Morris, Berenice (Interviewer)
Title
Oral history interview with Richard Brandon Morris, 1978
Other Titles
Reminiscences of Richard Brandon Morris, 1978
Abstract
New York, N.Y. childhood; education, City College, Columbia; Regional Director, Survey of Federal Archives, 1936-37; committee work with American historical associations, 1930s- ; A TREASURY OF GREAT REPORTING, THE SPIRIT OF '76, GOVERNMENT AND LABOR IN EARLY AMERICA, FAIR TRIAL, other writings; legal history; teaching at City College, 1927-49, Columbia 1946-61, visiting professorships; editing Joh n Jay papers; world travels delivering lectures, researching books, promoting scholarly cooperation for American Revolution Bicentennial commemoration; impressions of Allan Nevins, Henry Steele Commager, other historians
Collection Name
Individual interviews oral history collection
Subjects
Editors; Historians; Historiography; History--Study and teaching; Law--History; United States History Revolution, 1775-1783; Morris, Richard B. (Richard Brandon), 1904-1989
Format
oral histories; sound recordings
Genre
Interviews
Date
1978
Physical Description
sound file : digital preservation master, WAV files (96 kHz, 24 bit)
Note (Biographical)
Historian
Note (Funding)
Digital reproduction funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Note
Digitized by Safe Sound Archive, Philadelphia, 2010
Interviewed by Berenice Morris
Language
English
Library Location
Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content
Catalog Record
7141436
Also In
Oral History Archives at Columbia
Time-Based Media
Time-Based Media
Persistent URL
https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/teda-te38
Related URLs
Available digital content for this interview.