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Guide to Research Collections Columbia UniversityOral History Project New York, NY Oral History: 1965, 144 pages. The interview with Gordon Browning by Joseph H. Riggs includes discussion of his early years and family background in Tennessee; education, law training; early experience in law and politics; World War I; Congressman, description of Washington political scene in the 1920s and 1930s; Senate campaign, 1934; Governor of Tennessee, 1937-1939, Tennessee Valley Authority, state finances; World War II; Governor, 1949-1953. Also contains anecdotes of many political figures: Huey Long, Edward H. Crump, Kenneth McKeller, Estes Kefauver. Tennessee State Library & Archives Nashville, TN Papers: In the Cordell Hull Papers, ca. 1901-1932, 750 items. Correspondents include Gordon Browning. An unpublished finding aid is available in the repository. Papers: In the Tennessee Historical Society Office Files, 1790-1985, approximately 2,500 items. Other authors include Gordon Browning. A register is available in the repository. |
