Reminiscences of Stanley M. Isaacs, 1950
- 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
- Available digital content for this interview.