Papers, 1918-1930 and 1973.

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Papers, 1918-1930 and 1973.

Photocopied and typescript papers of Epstein, founder of the American Association for Old Age Security and a strong advocate of government old age pensions, unemployment benefits, and health insurance; and tape recordings and a transcript of an extensive 1973 oral history interview with his wife, Henriette Castex Epstein, on her and her husband's activities in the old age security movement and other biographical information.

0.2 c.f. (2 folders) and.11 tape recordings.

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Epstein, Abraham, 1892-1942

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Research Director, Pennsylvania Commission on Old Age Pensions, 1918-1921 and 1923-1927; Executive Secretary, American Association for Social Security, 1927-1942. From the description of Abraham Epstein papers, 1918-1945. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 493895947 Public officer, scholar, and specialist in social and old age security. From the description of Papers, 1922-1931. (Wayne State University). WorldCat record id: 2841437...

Epstein, Henriette Castex, interviewee.

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Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945

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Franklin Delano Roosevelt was born on January 30, 1882, in Hyde Park, New York. He was the son of James (lawyer, financier) and Sara (Delano) Roosevelt. He married Anna Eleanor Roosevelt on March 17, 1905, and had six children: Anna, James, Franklin, Elliott, Franklin Jr., John. He received his B.A. from Harvard in 1904 and later attended Columbia University Law School. Roosevelt was admitted to the Bar in 1907 and worked for the Carter, Ledyard, and Milburn firm in New York City from 1907 to 19...

American Association for Old Age Security.

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O'Connell, Janice, interviewer.

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