Reminiscences of William Ambrose Prendergast, 1951
Abstract
Childhood on the East Side, New York City; business and finance; National Association of Credit Men, 1899-1905; national bankruptcy act, 1906; interest in politics, lecturing; New York City finances; the Office of Comptroller, 1909; New York State and City politics; Board of Estimate and Apportionment; Gaynor Charter; Progressive Party; 1912 Republican National Convention; new subway system, 1913; Mayor William Gaynor and New York City finances; Municipal Reference Library; New York State Constitutional Convention, 1915; Gary plan, 1915; legislative investigations, World War I, 1915-16; West Side improvement plan; "land deals," 1917; retrospections; impressions of prominent New Yorkers, including Theodore Roosevelt, Bainbridge Colby, Herbert Parsons, Henry L. Stimson
Municipal officials and employees; Bankers; Municipal finance; Municipal government; New York (N.Y.) Politics and government 1895-1951; New York (State) Politics and government 1865-1950; Prendergast, William A., 1867-1954; Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ); Progressive Party (U.S. : 1912)
