Name
Brownell, Herbert, 1904-1996 (Interviewee)
Edwin, Ed (Interviewer)
Title
Oral history interview with Herbert Brownell, 1968
Other Titles
Reminiscences of Herbert Brownell, 1968
Abstract
1952 pre-convention and election campaigns; Republican Party; selection of the Cabinet; other appointments; Justice Department and Attorney General's Office; immigration; integration; Emmett Till case; Brown case; Tidelands case; Bricker amendment; Julius and Ethel Rosenberg; Joseph R. McCarthy; Adam Clayton Powell; Civil Rights Act of 1957; Little Rock crisis; presidential incapacity legislation; national security; labor racketeering prosecution; anti-trust law enforcement; impressions of Dwight Eisenhower
Collection Name
Eisenhower administration project
Subjects
Politicians; Lawyers; Civil rights--United States; African Americans--Civil rights; School integration--Arkansas; Presidents--Election--1952.--United States; Internal security--United States; Law--United States; United States Politics and government 1953-1961; United States Race relations; Brownell, Herbert, 1904-1996; Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969; Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
Format
oral histories
Genre
Interviews
Date
1968
Physical Description
347 pages
Note (Biographical)
Lawyer, politician
Note
Interviewed by Ed Edwin on January 25, March 17, May 5, 1967; and January 31 and April 12, 1968
Note (Provenance)
Herbert Brownell, Gift 1967
Language
English
Library Location
Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content
Catalog Record
13752135
Also In
Oral History Archives at Columbia
Time-Based Media
Time-Based Media
Persistent URL
https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-xcab-nz03
Related URLs
Available digital content for this interview.