doi:10.7916/nw93-zh88Oral history interview with Edward N. Costikyan, 1966-1970Costikyan, Edward N., 1924-oral historiessound recordingssound recording - nonmusicalPoliticians--United StatesWorld War, 1939-1945New York (N.Y.) Politics and government 1951-Costikyan, Edward N., 1924-Wagner, Robert F. (Robert Ferdinand), 1910-1991DeSapio, Carmine G. (Carmine Gerard), 1908-2004Democratic Party (U.S.)Part I: Childhood and education, New York, N.Y.: Horace Mann, Columbia, 1949; Army Infantry: Okinawa and Korea, 1943-1945; New York, N.Y. politics: New Democratic Club, 1951-1966; New York County Democratic leader, 1964; Robert Wagner as Mayor; Wagner-Carmine De Sapio feud; relationships with Reform leaders and other political figures, including anecdotes of Adlai Stevenson, Eleanor Roosevelt, Herbert Lehman, James Farley, Averell Harriman, Robert F. Kennedy. Detailed analysis and description of New York City mayoralty campaign and election, 1965. Part II: New York State Democratic Party politics, 1966-1970; breakdown of district leader-captain relationships; Constitutional Convention; national Democratic politics: 1968 preconvention, convention, and campaign; Robert Kennedy, Eugene McCarthy, and others. There is only audio for the last two sessions of Part I and all of Part II