Reminiscences of Richard Walker Bolling, 1983
- Name
- Bolling, Richard, 1916-1991 (Interviewee)
- Edwin, Ed (Interviewer)
- Title
- Reminiscences of Richard Walker Bolling, 1983
- Abstract
- Background and early education; Army duty in Pacific, 1941-1946, on General MacArthur's staff; vice chairman of American Veterans Committee, 1946-1947; election to United States House of Representatives, 1948; political problems of first term; functioning of the House of Representatives, 1948-1982: committee work on Banking, Joint Economic and Rules committees, civil rights; legislative strategy of Kennedy administration; impressions of Presidents Harry Truman, Lyndon Johnson, and John F. Kennedy; Sam Rayburn and other political leaders
- Collection Name
- Individual interviews oral history collection
- Subjects
- Legislators--United States; World War, 1939-1945; Civil rights--United States; United States Politics and government 1945-1989; Bolling, Richard, 1916-1991; Democratic Party (U.S.); United States. Congress; United States. Congress Committees; United States. Congress Powers and duties
- Format
- oral histories; sound recordings
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 1983
- Note (Biographical)
- Congressman
- Note
- Interviewed by Ed Edwin
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
- Catalog Record
- 15309138
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-qxzm-gw20
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.