Reminiscences of William Hammatt Davis : oral history, 1958.

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Reminiscences of William Hammatt Davis : oral history, 1958.

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Work as Deputy Administrator and Compliance Director of National Recovery Administration; New York State Mediation Board; work as Chairman of National Defense Mediation Board and War Labor Board; impressions of James Byrnes, John L. Lewis, Herbert Lehman, George Meany, Robert Wagner and Robert Taft.

Miscellaneous papers relating to oral history.

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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