Leonard Miscall interviews, 1978-1979.

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Leonard Miscall interviews, 1978-1979.

Collection includes tape and 108 page transcript of an oral history interview with Miscall conducted December 6, 1978 and January 3, 1979 by Judith Horstman; also includes a three page index. Among those mentioned in the interview are Dean Acheson, Charles Blood, Irene Foote Castle, Ezra Cornell, Frank E. Gannett, J. A. Guggenheim, Herbert Hoover, Sid P. Kennedy, members of the Miscall family, Admiral Chester William Nimitz, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Alfred E. Smith, William Howard Taft, members of the Treman family, and others. Subjects include movie-making in Ithaca, New York; Cornell University; politics; the Great Depression; WPA; and many other topics.

.2 cubic ft., 1 tape recording.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7910027

Cornell University Library

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Smith, Alfred Emanuel, 1873-1944

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Guggenheim, J. A.

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Rosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945.

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Blood, Charles L., 1929-

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Kennecy, Sid P.

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Miscall, Leonard, 1897-1980.

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Treman family.

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Taft, William Howard, 1857-1930

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Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964

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Cornell University

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Cornell, Ezra, 1807-1874

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