Reminiscences of Frederic René Coudert, 1950

Name: Coudert, Frederic R. (Frederic René), 1871-1955 (Interviewee); Nevins, Allan, 1890-1971 (Interviewer); Bombard, Owen W., 1922-2007 (Interviewer); Commager, Henry Steele, 1902-1998 (Interviewer)
Title: Reminiscences of Frederic René Coudert, 1950
Abstract: Recollections of his father; early political impressions, notably the "Cross of Gold" speech; Spanish-American War; Insular cases; New York politics, John P. Mitchel; legal adviser to British Government regarding legal controversies involving United States, especially British blockade and problems of international maritime law, 1915-1920; impressions of Woodrow Wilson, Sir Cecil Spring-Rice, Robert Lansing, Alexis Carrel, Benjamin Cardozo, Cornelius Clifford, Boris Bakhmeteff, Henri Bergson, Simon Flexner; Columbia University and Nicholas Murray Butler
Collection Name: Individual interviews oral history collection
Subjects: Lawyers; War, Maritime (International law); Spanish-American War, 1898; United States Foreign relations 1913-1921; New York (N.Y.) Politics and government 1898-1951; Coudert, Frederic R. (Frederic René), 1871-1955
Format: oral histories
Genre: Interviews
Date: 1950