Oral history interview with Emory S. Land 1963
- Name
- Land, Emory Scott, 1879-1971 (Interviewee)
- Mason, John T., 1909-1998 (Interviewer)
- Title
- Oral history interview with Emory S. Land 1963
- Abstract
- Naval Academy, athletics; early cruises; naval architecture, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Bureau of Ships, Bureau of Aeronautics; Harry Guggenheim and air research; Charles A. Lingbergh; Fleet Naval Construction, 1930-32; Chief, Bureau of Ships, 1933-37; Maritime Commission, 1937; Joseph Kennedy; Merchant Marine Academy; shipbuilding for National Defense Agency; William Knudsen; Liberty S hips; War Shipping Administration; Air Transport Association, 1946-53. Impressions of Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry Hopkins, Bernard Baruch, Jesse Jones.
- Collection Name
- Naval history project
- Subjects
- Admirals; Aeronautics; Aviation; Shipbuilding; World War, 1939-1945; United States Politics and government 20th century; Land, Emory Scott, 1879-1971; United States. Navy
- Format
- oral histories
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 1963
- Physical Description
- 227 pages
- Note (Biographical)
- Naval officer.
- Note
- Interviewed by John T. Mason, Jr. on January 30, February 14, and March 4, 1963.
- Note (Provenance)
- Emory S. Land, Gift 1963
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content - Catalog Record
- 13887886
- Also In
- Oral History Archives at Columbia
- Time-Based Media
- Time-Based Media
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-4h5a-np70
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.