Papers of Michael P. Weber, 1963-1988.

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Papers of Michael P. Weber, 1963-1988.

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The 86 interviews in this collection were done between 1963 and 1984. They represent interviews conducted by Michael P. Weber in carrying out the research for his work, Don't Call Me Boss: David L. Lawrence, Pittsburgh's Renaissance Mayor (Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1988) or interviews gathered from other collections to which M.P. Weber had access. In this latter category are the interviews conducted by Father Thomas Donaghy which are on deposit at the LaSalle College Oral History Collection in Philadelphia and those conducted by various interviewers for the Stanton Balfour Pittsburgh Renaissance Oral History Project, AIS 1973:24, held by the Archives Service Center, University Library System, University of Pittsburgh. The interviews are listed in alphabetical order and include the date of the interview. Information about the number of pages for each transcript and the name of the interviewer are available at the Archives Service Center. Any name with an asterisk (*) refers to AIS 1973:24, Pittsburgh Renaissance Project: The Stanton Balfour Oral History Collection. Consult this collection for tapes and complete transcripts of these interviews and lectures.

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