Name
Tree, Marietta, 1917-1991 (Interviewee)
Davis, Kenneth (Interviewer)
Fritchey, Clayton (Interviewee)
Title
Reminiscences of Marietta Tree 1967
Abstract
Recollections of Adlai Stevenson; appointment to UN Human Rights Commission; US mission to the UN under Stevenson; Democratic Advisory Committee; Stevenson's relationship with Lyndon Johnson; 1952 campaign; press representation during the 1950's; 1956 campaign; Cuba missile crisis; NSC; Marine landing in Dominican Republic; last weeks of Stevenson's life and Stevenson funeral. Impressions of Eleano r Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, George Ball, John F. Kennedy.
Collection Name
Adlai E. Stevenson project
Subjects
Civic leaders; Diplomatic representatives; Diplomacy; Civic activism; United States Foreign relations 1950's; Tree, Marietta, 1917-1991; Fritchey, Clayton; Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing), 1900-1965; United Nations
Format
oral histories; sound recordings
Genre
Interviews
Date
1967
Note (Biographical)
Civic leader, diplomatic representative.
Note
Interviewed by Kenneth Davis on May 5, July 13, and October 9, 1967. The October 9 interview is a joint interview with Clayton Fritchey.
Note (Provenance)
Marietta Tree, Gift 1968
Language
English
Library Location
Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Catalog Record
13834079
Persistent URL
https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-3yjr-ay72
Related URLs
Available digital content for this interview.