Reminiscences of Samuel J. Battle : oral history, 1960.

ArchivalResource

Reminiscences of Samuel J. Battle : oral history, 1960.

Childhood and education; first Negro policeman in Manhattan; lieutenant and first Negro Parole Commissioner; race riots in Harlem; impressions of Eleanor Roosevelt, Mayors James Walker, Fiorello La Guardia, and William O'Dwyer, and other New York City political figures.

Transcript: 60 leaves.

Related Entities

There are 2 Entities related to this resource.

KELLY, JOHN K.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6df7hd8 (person)

Battle, Samuel J., 1883-1966

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w647663k (person)