Reminiscences of Arthur Goldschmidt, 1995
- Name
- Goldschmidt, Arthur, 1910- (Interviewee)
- Piel, Gerard (Interviewer)
- Title
- Reminiscences of Arthur Goldschmidt, 1995
- Abstract
- Childhood: reminiscences of Fredericksburg, southern politics; education: Brackenridge High School (1927), AB Columbia University (1928-1932); thoughts about depression-era political issues in New York: Social Problems Club at Columbia, Roosevelt and La Guardia campaigns; creation of work relief programs during the Great Depression: National Recovery Administration, Civil Works Administration, Civi lian Conservation Corps, Historic American Buildings Survey, Writer Project; other work: railroad investigation, United Federal Workers Union (1930s); impressions of Lyndon B. Johnson; career at Public Works Administration, Power Division (1938-1947): distribution of power, dam construction, river management, Southern Report, Federal Power Act, Tennessee Valley Authority Act, Flood Control and Harbors Act; ideas about atomic power, aluminum production during World War II; development National Rural Electrification Co-ops Association; work in the United Nations (1950-1970s): African river basin development, East Asian work, Australian Snow River Project, Mu River work, Mekong River Project, development of Middle East Technical Institute, Latin American economic training; United States Ambassador to ECOSOC (1967-1969); post-United Nations consulting; thoughts about Desert Storm
- Collection Name
- Individual interviews oral history collection
- Subjects
- Civil service; Dams--Design and construction; Germans--Texas; Immigrants--Texas; New Deal, 1933-1939; Power resources--United States; Public service employment--United States; Public works; Reclamation of land--United States; Water resources development--United States; United States Officials and employees; United States Economic policy 1933-1945; Goldschmidt, Arthur, 1910-; Ickes, Harold L. (Harold LeClair), 1874-1952; Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973; Lilienthal, David Eli, 1899-1981; Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945; Columbia University Alumni and alumnae; Tennessee Valley Authority; United Nations. Economic and Social Council; United States. Federal Civil Works Administration; United States. Public Works Administration
- Format
- oral histories
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 1995
- Physical Description
- 818 pages
- Note (Biographical)
- Civil servant
- Note
- Interviewed by: Gerard Piel on April 23; May 10-11, and 18-19; July 19; September 7 and 21; and October 3-4, 1995
- Note (Provenance)
- Gift of: Arthur Goldschmidt
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
- Catalog Record
- 15323312
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-xbcw-s479
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.