Dwight D. Eisenhower Library Oral History Collection. 1962 - 1998. Oral History Transcripts. 1962 - 1998. Oral History Interviews with Eleanor Lansing Dulles

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Dwight D. Eisenhower Library Oral History Collection. 1962 - 1998. Oral History Transcripts. 1962 - 1998. Oral History Interviews with Eleanor Lansing Dulles

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This is a transcript of 23 oral history interviews with Eleanor Lansing Dulles. Dulles discussed her family background, education and professional career, with an emphasis on her work in economics and international finance. She described economic, political and cultural conditions in Europe after both world wars and in Africa and Asia in the 1950s. Dulles also talked about writing her books "The French Franc", "The Bank for International Settlements at Work", and "Business Cycles and International Depression." Additional subjects include labor unions, reparations, communism, refugees and diplomatic and consular service. Persons mentioned in the interviews include Allen W. Dulles, John Foster Dulles, Hilda W. Smith, Leo Pasvolsky, Mark Clark, Leopold Figl, Gamal Abdel Nasser, Konrad Adenauer, and Nikita Khrushchev. Organizations mentioned in the interviews include Bryn Mawr College, the London School of Economics and Political Science, Simmons College, the Social Security Board, the Bank for International Settlements and Radio Free Europe. An index to personal names is included at the end of the transcript.

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