Reminiscences of Gordon Browning : oral history, 1965.

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Reminiscences of Gordon Browning : oral history, 1965.

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Early years and family background in Tennessee; education, law training; early experience in law and politics; World War I; Congressman, description of Washington political scene in the 1920s and 1930s; Senate campaign, 1934; Governor of Tennessee, 1937-1939, Tennessee Valley Authority, state finances; World War II; Governor, 1949-1953. Anecdotes of many political figures: Huey Long, Edward H. Crump, Kenneth McKeller, Estes Kefauver.

Transcript: 144 leaves.

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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