Name
Brownell, Herbert, Jr., 1904-1996 (Interviewee)
Edwin, Ed (Interviewer)
Title
Reminiscences of Herbert Brownell 1977
Abstract
Childhood, education; corporate law practice, Lord & Day 1929-1953, 1957- ; work with Security and Exchange Commission law, New Deal administration while in New York State Assembly, 1934-1937; counsel for 1940 World's Fair, NY; responsibilities as Dewey's presidential campaign manager, 1944-1948; corporate law in 1940s-1950s; United States Attorney General, 1953-1957; 1973 Mexican-American Water T reaty dispute; impressions of Richard Nixon and Justice Warren Burger
Collection Name
New York bar project
Subjects
Lawyers; New Deal, 1933-1939; Corporation law; Presidents--Election--1944.--United States; Presidents--Election--1948.--United States; Law--United States; United States Politics and government 1953-1961; United States Politics and government 1933-1945; Brownell, Herbert, Jr., 1904-1996; Dewey, Thomas E. (Thomas Edmund), 1902-1971; Lord & Day; New York (State). Legislature; United States. Department of Justice
Format
oral histories; sound recordings
Genre
Interviews
Date
1977
Note (Biographical)
Lawyer, politician
Note
Interviewed by Ed Edwin on June 21 and July 21, 1977
Note (Provenance)
Herbert Brownell, Gift 1977
Language
English
Library Location
Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Catalog Record
13827142
Persistent URL
https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-ezxt-s883
Related URLs
Available digital content for this interview.