Reminiscences of Corliss Lamont : oral history, 1984.

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Reminiscences of Corliss Lamont : oral history, 1984.

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Criticism of President Reagan's domestic policies; awakened interest in public issues while a student at Howard; past civil liberties law suits; the House Unamerican Activities Committee; impressions of the international peace situation and the nuclear arms race; belief in humanist philosophy and socialism; recent health trouble and its effect upon his lifestyle; giving money to various institutions and charities, concentration on civil liberties and environmental causes and humanist organizations; various awards received; impressions of Norman Thomas, Roger Baldwin and Fred Field.

Transcript: 57 leaves.

Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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