Oral history interview with James Jacobs

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Oral history interview with James Jacobs

1984

https://clio.columbia.edu/catalog/8601964

Born 1944 in New York City; graduated from Harper College in Binghamton, NY (SUNY at Binghamton); graduate student at Princeton University focusing on working class politics; participant in political organizations and student movements: Weathermen (Weather Underground), New Lefts, Students for a Democratic Society, Northern Student Movement, Radical Education Project, Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee.

Transcript, 117 leaves; Sound recording, 3 audiocassettes

eng, Latn

Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8082864

Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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