Oral history interview with William Jay Schieffelin, 1949
- Name
- Schieffelin, William Jay, 1866- (Interviewee)
- Albertson, Dean, 1920-1989 (Interviewer)
- Title
- Oral history interview with William Jay Schieffelin, 1949
- Other Titles
- Reminiscences of William Jay Schieffelin, 1949
- Abstract
- Investigations of corruption in New York City during the 1890s; Committee of 70, 1894; reform movements, Mayor William Strong and William Travers Jerome; president of the Citizens Union, 1908-41; Council on African Affairs and Negro leaders. Impressions of J.P. Morgan, Alfred E. Smith, Nicholas Murray Butler
- Collection Name
- Individual interviews oral history collection
- Subjects
- Social reformers; Businessmen; Social service; United States Race relations; New York (N.Y.) Politics and government 1898-1951; New York (State) Politics and government 1865-1950; Schieffelin, William Jay, 1866-; Citizens Union of the City of New York
- Format
- oral histories
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 1949
- Physical Description
- 126 pages
- Note (Biographical)
- Businessman, civic worker
- Note
- Selection of original full length interview
- Interviewed by Dean Albertson
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content
- Catalog Record
- 12286547
- Also In
- Oral History Archives at Columbia
- Time-Based Media
- Time-Based Media
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-p0k1-y736
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.