Oral history interview with Edward N. Costikyan, 1966.

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Oral history interview with Edward N. Costikyan, 1966.

Childhood and education, New York, N.Y.: Horace Mann, Columbia, 1949; Army Infantry: Okinawa and Korea, 1943-45; New York, N.Y. politics: New Democratic Club, 1951-66; New York County Democratic leader, 1964; Robert Wagner as Mayor; Wagner-Carmine De Sapio feud; relationships with Reform leaders and other political figures, including anecdotes of Adlai Stevenson, Eleanor Roosevelt, Herbert Lehman, James Farley, Averell Harriman, Robert F. Kennedy. Detailed analysis and description of New York City mayoralty campaign and election, 1965.

Transcript: 677 leaves.Tape: 1 reel.

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