Name
Colean, Miles Lanier, 1898-1980 (Interviewee)
Bruns, Scott (Interviewer)
Title
Oral history interview with Miles Lanier Colean, 1975
Other Titles
Reminiscences of Miles Lanier Colean, 1975
Abstract
Education, University of Wisconsin and Columbia, 1916-24; Federal Housing Administration, Director, Technical and Rental Housing Divisions; 1940, housing research, 20th Century Fund; 1945- , consultant, Mortgage Bankers Association; organization and functions of Federal Housing Administration; lending reforms; multiplication of housing agencies; private market vs. social welfare orientation; housi ng and lending industries in the Depression, World War II, postwar, Eisenhower and Nixon administrations; inflation, corruption, government control, sources of funds, sociological factors; impressions of Stewart McDonald, Guy Hollyday, Leon Keyserling
Collection Name
Individual interviews oral history collection
Subjects
Economists; Government consultants--United States; Housing--Finance; Housing policy; Depressions--1929--United States; United States Economic conditions 1918-1945; United States Economic conditions 1945-; Colean, Miles Lanier, 1898-; Mortgage Bankers Association of America; United States. Federal Housing Administration
Format
oral histories; sound recordings
Genre
Interviews
Date
1975
Note (Biographical)
Consulting economist
Note
Interviewed by Scott Bruns
Language
English
Library Location
Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Catalog Record
10102535
Persistent URL
https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/f21b-dm26
Related URLs
Available digital content for this interview.