Name
Wadsworth, James Wolcott, 1877-1952 (Interviewee)
Bombard, Owen W., 1922-2007 (Interviewer)
Link, Wendell (Interviewer)
Albertson, Dean, 1920-1989 (Interviewer)
Title
Reminiscences of James Wolcott Wadworth, 1952
Abstract
Childhood and education; rural life in upstate New York; New York State Assembly, 1905-10; New York politics, 1910-15; United States Senate, 1915-27; Republican National Convention, 1916; World War I; Newton Baker; European travel; League of Nations and Senate debate; Warren Harding era; 1920 National Defense Act; Prohibition; United States House of Representatives, 1933-45; vignettes of political contemporaries. There is only audio for the following segments of the transcript: pages 95-98 and pages 179-191
Collection Name
Individual interviews oral history collection
Subjects
Legislators--United States; Prohibition; World War, 1914-1918; New York (State) Politics and government 1865-1950; United States Politics and government 1901-1953; Wadsworth, James Wolcott, 1877-1952; Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ); League of Nations; United States. Congress
Format
oral histories
Genre
Interviews
Date
1952
Physical Description
458 pages
Note (Biographical)
Senator, congressman
Note
Interviewed by Owen Bombard, Wendell Link, Dean Albertson
Language
English
Library Location
Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Catalog Record
15343945
Persistent URL
https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-gdqy-at57
Related URLs
Available digital content for this interview.