Oral history interview with Goldthwaite Higginson Dorr, 1962
Members of the Columbia University community may log in here to access this content.
Terms of Use: The copyright law of the United States (title 17, United States Code) governs the making of reproductions of copyrighted material. Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a reproduction. One of these specific conditions is that the reproduction is not to be used for any purpose other than your own private study, scholarship, or research. Any subsequent copying, downloading or distributing materials accessed by you in the Columbia University Libraries Digital Libraries Collection that are subject to copyright protection may constitute copyright infringement. In addition, Columbia University Libraries may employ technical measures to prevent any further copying, downloading, or distribution of the materials. A violation of these terms may subject you to potential liability for copyright infringement. For more information about copyright, fair use and permissions, refer to Columbia University Library’s Copyright Advisory Services at https://copyright.columbia.edu, and the Copyright & Permissions for Online Exhibitions & Digital Collections.
- Name
- Dorr, Goldthwaite Higginson, 1876-1977 (Interviewee)
- Link, Wendell (Interviewer)
- Ingersoll, William T (Interviewer)
- Burner, David, 1937- (Interviewer)
- Title
- Oral history interview with Goldthwaite Higginson Dorr, 1962
- Other Titles
- Reminiscences of Goldwaite Higginson Dorr, 1962
- Abstract
- Harvard, European travel; early law practice; assistant United States Attorney; War Department, 1917-19; renegotiating war contracts conversion to peace; law practice, New York; travels in Middle East, 1931; World War II, special assistant to Secretary of War; Hoover Commission on Law Observance, 1930-31; Cotton Textile Code and early days of National Recovery Administration, 1932-33; Cabinet Commi ttee to prepare joint plan with British for solution to Palestine problem, 1947; International Refugees and Displaced Persons Bills, 1947; International Relief Organization, 1948; problems of European migration, Migration Conference, 1950; representative of Defense Department at Council of Foreign Ministers meeting in Paris, 1949; travels; Joseph McCarthy era. Impressions of Presidents Theodore Roosevelt, William H. Taft, Herbert Hoover, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry Truman; of Henry L. Stimson, Robert P. Patterson, Benedict Crowell, Hugh Johnson, and many other political figures
- Collection Name
- Individual interviews oral history collection
- Subjects
- Government executives--United States; Lawyers; Law--United States; Practice of law; New Deal, 1933-1939; Political refugees; International agencies; United States Economic policy; United States Foreign relations 1945-1989; United States Politics and government 1933-1945; Dorr, Goldthwaite Higginson, 1876-1977; United States. War Department; United States. Department of Defense; United States. National Recovery Administration
- Format
- oral histories; sound recordings
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 1962
- Physical Description
- sound file : digital preservation master, WAV files (96 kHz, 24 bit)
- Note (Biographical)
- Lawyer
- Note
- Interviewed by Wendell Link in 1950, William T. Ingersoll in 1960, and David Burner in 1962
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content - Catalog Record
- 11612183
- Also In
- Oral History Archives at Columbia
- Time-Based Media
- Time-Based Media
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/cz9c-bv24
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.