Reminiscences of Ferdinand Pecora, 1962
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- 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.