Reminiscences of Henry Steele Commager, 1979
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- Name
- Commager, Henry Steele, 1902-1998 (Interviewee)
- Niven, John (Interviewer)
- Title
- Reminiscences of Henry Steele Commager, 1979
- Abstract
- Student, University of Chicago, 1918-1924; PhD, University of Copenhagen, 1924-1925; professor of history, New York Universtiy, 1926-1938; friendship with Samuel Eliot Morison; writing of GROWTH OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLIC; friendship with Allan Nevins, 1932-1971: Nevins's working habits, temperament, background in journalism, approach to history, relationship to Nicholas Murray Butler; role in establ ishment of Bancroft Fund; Professor of History, Columbia University, 1939-1959; professor of history, Amherst College, 1959- ; present state of Columbia University; comparison of American and European universities; critique of comtemporary American historians and their works
- Collection Name
- Individual interviews oral history collection
- Subjects
- Historians; Historiography--United States; History--Study and teaching; Commager, Henry Steele, 1902-1998; Nevins, Allan, 1890-1971; Morison, Samuel Eliot, 1887-1976; New York University; Amherst College; Columbia University
- Format
- oral histories; sound recordings
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 1979
- Note (Biographical)
- Historian
- Note
- Interviewed by John Niven
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content - Catalog Record
- 15310735
- Also In
- Oral History Archives at Columbia
- Time-Based Media
- Time-Based Media
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-98fz-hb48
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.