Reminiscences of Bernard Shor: oral history, 1975.

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Reminiscences of Bernard Shor: oral history, 1975.

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Philadelphia childhood; sales work; bouncer, greeter for New York City speakeasies during Prohibition; construction, financing, management of two New York City restaurants, 1940-70; unionization of restaurant employees; impressions of celebrity friends; travels; Kefauver Committee Hearings, 1954.

Transcript: 216 leaves.Tape: 3 reels.

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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