Name
Isaacs, Stanley M. (Stanley Myer), 1882-1962 (Interviewee)
Bombard, Owen W., 1922-2007 (Interviewer)
Title
Reminiscences of Stanley M. Isaacs, 1950
Abstract
Columbia University, New York Law School, 1905; settlement house work; Republican political activity, 1900-1912; fusion movement; Theodore Roosevelt and National Progressive Party, 1912, Convention, 1916; Draft Board, War Department under Secretary Newton D. Baker, 1917-1918; Republican platform, 1920; New York real estate, 1919-1937: mortgage participation, Lockwood Committee investigation, Teneme nt House Law, United Neighborhood Houses; campaign manager for Congresswoman Ruth Pratt, 1928, 1930; LaGuardia mayoralty campaigns, 1929, 1933; Samuel Seabury investigation; State Constitutional Convention, 1938; Manhattan Borough President, 1938-1941; East River Drive, acquisition of riparian rights; Robert Moses, Works Progress Administration; City Council from 1941; New York City mayoralty election, 1945; New York election, 1949. Recollections of Herbert Parsons, Ogden Mills, Kenneth Simpson, Irving Ives, Fiorello LaGuardia, Thomas Dewey, William O'Dwyer, Newbold Morris
Collection Name
Individual interviews oral history collection
Subjects
Politicians; Lawyers; Real property; New York (N.Y.) Politics and government 1898-1951; New York (State) Politics and government 1865-1950; Isaacs, Stanley M. (Stanley Myer), 1882-1962; Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ); Progressive Party (U.S. : 1912); United States. War Department
Format
oral histories
Genre
Interviews
Date
1950
Physical Description
260 pages
Note (Biographical)
Lawyer, politician
Note
Interviewed by Owen Bombard
Language
English
Library Location
Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content
Catalog Record
15197702
Also In
Oral History Archives at Columbia
Time-Based Media
Time-Based Media
Persistent URL
https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-s80r-nw33
Related URLs
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