Reminiscences of Robert Ferdinand Wagner : oral history, 1979.

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Reminiscences of Robert Ferdinand Wagner : oral history, 1979.

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New York, N.Y. childhood; family background, influence of father's political career; education; New York Assemblyman, 1937-41; campaigns, New Deal political climate, health and housing reform efforts; World War II Army and Air Force experiences; law practice; reform efforts, 1946-49, City Tax Commission; Commissioner of Housing and Building, City Planning Commission; campaign, presidency, borough of Manhattan, 1949-53; mayor, New York, N.Y., 1954-65; pension, career, salary plans for city workers; Board of Education and school building difficulties; fiscal problems and policies; creation of City Administrator's Office; revamping city tax structure; relationship of state politics and legislation to New York, N.Y. affairs; Mitchell-Lama projects; rent control issues; establishment of Housing and Redevelopment Authority; transit, hospital, newspaper strikes and labor negotiations; creation of Department of Labor; 1965 New York, N.Y. mayoralty campaign; impressions of union leaders and politicians, including Alfred E. Smith, Thomas E. Dewey, Paul O'Dwyer, Mike Quill, Abraham Beame, John Lindsay, Robert Moses, Carmine DeSapio; presidential campaigns of 1964 and 1972; Harlem riots of 1968; impressions of many leaders: New York politicians, including J. Raymond Jones, Adam Clayton Powell, Hugh Carey, Edward Koch, Bella Abzug; national leaders, including Presidents Johnson, Nixon, Ford, and Carter, Nelson Rockefeller, Edmund Muskie, George. McGovern; and international figures including Pope John Paul II and Generalissimo Francisco Franco.

Transcript: 1263 leaves.Tape: 32 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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