doi:10.7916/d8-yr3q-v480Reminiscences of Boris Basil Shishkin, 1957Shishkin, Boris, 1906-1986oral historiestextEducatorsEconomistsNew Deal, 1933-1939Labor unions--Officials and employeesSoviet Union History Revolution, 1917-1921United States Politics and government 1933-1945Shishkin, Boris, 1906-1986Columbia UniversityAmerican Federation of LaborEarly life and education in Russia; World War I and the Russian Revolution; flight to Istanbul; Columbia University during the late 1920s; role of American Federation of Labor in New Deal legislation; American Federation of Labor conventions, 1933-1936; impressions of William Green, John L. Lewis, Maurice Tobin, Matthew Woll, and other labor leaders