Arthur Levitt project : oral history, 1983-1987.

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Arthur Levitt project : oral history, 1983-1987.

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The career of Arthur Levitt (1900-1980) is recounted by family, friends and associates, with particular emphasis on his redefinition of the role and function of New York State Comptroller, a post which he occupied from 1954-1978. His contribution to the office included a new concept of fiduciary responsibility and giving it the character of an aggressive auditor of state and local monies; he believed he had converted the office into a nonpartisan one, in the same sense as a judgeship. Participants and pagination: Charles Bensley, , restriction pending; John Jay Feeney, 97; Covington Hardee, 15; Louis Lefkowitz, 68; Arthur Levitt, Jr., , restriction pending; Dorothy Wolff Levitt, , restriction pending; Marion Murphy, 50; Edward V. Regan, 38; Charles Simon, 56; Maury Spanier, 34; Shirley Vogel, , restriction pending; William B. Volet, 60; Robert F. Wagner, , restriction pending; Malcolm Wilson, 31.

Transcripts: 449 leaves.

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