Oral history interview with William Phillips, circa 1988-96

 

Name
Phillips, William (Interviewee)
Dorman, Joseph, 1958- (Interviewer)
Title
Oral history interview with William Phillips, circa 1988-96
Abstract
Youth, New York City; City College of New York 1930s; John Reed Clubs; Partisan Review, founding of, role of Philip Rahv, editorial policies of, authors published by, and modernism, role in New York intellectual life; Communist Party of the United States (CPUSA), opposition to, founding of League of American Writers, popular front and popular front organizations, Waldorf Conference, intellectual in fluence of; Trotskyism; Anti-Communism 1930-1970; Congress for Cultural Freedom, influence of Central Intelligence Agency (CIA); McCarthyism; New York intellectuals, members of, influence of, role of Jews and Jewishness, political arguments among, cosmopolitanism of, relation to New Left, lasting influence of; teaching career, New York University; relationship of intellectual life and American universities
Collection Name
Arguing the World oral history collection
Subjects
New York (N.Y.) Intellectual life 20th century; Phillips, William
Format
oral histories; video recordings
Genre
Interviews
Date
circa 1988-96
Note (Biographical)
Writer
Note
Interviewed by Joseph Dorman
Note (Provenance)
Joseph Dorman, Gift 1998
Language
English
Library Location
Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
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Catalog Record
15146637
Also In
Oral History Archives at Columbia
Time-Based Media
Time-Based Media
Persistent URL
https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-mwep-0n44
Related URLs
Available digital content for this interview.