Reminiscences of William Averell Harriman, 1979
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- Name
- Harriman, W. Averell (William Averell), 1891-1986 (Interviewee)
- Edwin, Ed (Interviewer)
- Title
- Reminiscences of William Averell Harriman, 1979
- Abstract
- Campaign for governor of New York, 1954; Governor, New York, 1955-1958: appointments, policies, programs, and problems; candidate for Democratic presidential nomination, 1952, 1956; Democratic politics, 1950s, national convention, 1956; negotiations with Soviet Union, 1974-79; special representative for various Democratic administrations; Democratic national politics, 1960-79; impressions of Leonid Brezhnev, Tito
- Collection Name
- Individual interviews oral history collection
- Subjects
- Governors--United States; Government executives--United States; Presidents--Election--1952.--United States; Presidents--Election--1956.--United States; Governors--New York (State); United States Politics and government 1945-1989; United States Foreign relations 1945-1989; New York (State) Politics and government 1951-; Harriman, W. Averell (William Averell), 1891-1986; Democratic Party (U.S.)
- Format
- oral histories
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 1979
- Physical Description
- 205 pages
- Note (Biographical)
- Government official
- Note
- Interviewed by Ed Edwin
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
- Catalog Record
- 15323737
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-1kz6-8860
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.