Reminiscences of Eugene J. Lyons : oral history, 1976.

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Reminiscences of Eugene J. Lyons : oral history, 1976.

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United States Post Office: personnel management, supervisory positions, changes in the postal service; personnel management at the White House 1954-60: Canal Zone labor problems, Civil Service Commission, Eisenhower-Kennedy transition, Central Intelligence Agency, Richard M. Nixon, U-2 incident.

Transcript: 90 leaves.

Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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