Name
Pecora, Ferdinand, 1882-1971 (Interviewee)
Shaughnessy, Donald F (Interviewer)
Title
Reminiscences of Ferdinand Pecora, 1962
Abstract
Family background, boyhood in New York, N.Y., primary and high school education; New York Law School, 1903-05; legal experience; Progressive Party, New York, N.Y., 1912, convention, 1916; Counsel to Register of New York County; Assistant District Attorney, New York County, 1918-1930; detailed description of District Attorney's office and relationship to other branches of government; New York County Democratic politics, 1919-1930; law practice, 1930-33; Counsel for Senate Banking and Currency Committee, 1933; detailed description of "Pecora investigation." Impressions of prominent figures in New York, N.Y. politics, including Charles Murphy and Mayors John Hylan and James Walker
Collection Name
Individual interviews oral history collection
Subjects
Lawyers; Judicial process--United States; Governmental investigations--United States; New York (State) Politics and government; United States Politics and government 1933-1945; New York (N.Y.) Politics and government 1895-1951; Pecora, Ferdinand, 1882-1971; Democratic Party (U.S.); Progressive Party (U.S. : 1912)
Format
oral histories; sound recordings
Genre
Interviews
Date
1962
Note (Biographical)
Lawyer, judge
Note
Interviewed by Donald F. Shaughnessy
Note (Provenance)
Ferdinand Pecora, Gift 1962
Language
English
Library Location
Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content
Catalog Record
14386623
Also In
Oral History Archives at Columbia
Time-Based Media
Time-Based Media
Persistent URL
https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/as9r-yr47
Related URLs
Available digital content for this interview.