Reminiscences of Alger Hiss, 1975
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- Name
- Hiss, Alger (Interviewee)
- Ellis, Edward Robb (Interviewer)
- Title
- Reminiscences of Alger Hiss, 1975
- Abstract
- Role in, impressions of conferences at Yalta, Dumbarton Oaks, San Francisco; details and consequences of the "Pumpkin papers case;" political philosophy; opinions on the New Deal, cold war, McCarthyism, parallel trials (Ellsberg, Berrigan, Chicago Seven), books written about his trials; impressions of Justice Holmes, other Supreme Court justices, New Deal personalities, John Foster Dulles, Adlai St evenson
- Collection Name
- Individual interviews oral history collection
- Subjects
- Lawyers; Government executives--United States; New Deal, 1933-1939; Internal security--United States; United States Politics and government 1933-1945; United States Politics and government 1945-1989; Hiss, Alger; United States. Department of State
- Format
- oral histories
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 1975
- Physical Description
- 230 pages
- Note (Biographical)
- Lawyer, government official
- Note
- Interviewed by Edward Robb Ellis
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
- Catalog Record
- 15308211
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-3hdd-nq07
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.