Interview with Dr. Harry S. Robertson
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Material Information

Title:
Interview with Dr. Harry S. Robertson
Alternate title:
Dr. Harry S. Robertson
Alternate title:
Harry S. Robertson
Creator:
Robertson, Harry S. ( Interviewee )
Donor:
Greg Bush
Publication Date:
Language:
English
Physical Description:
1 online resource (1 audio file (24 min.))

Subjects

Subjects / Keywords:
Robertson, Harry S. -- Interviews ( lcsh )
Physics teachers -- Florida -- Miami -- Interviews ( lcsh )
University of Miami -- Faculty -- Interviews ( lcsh )
Soviet Union -- In mass media ( lcsh )
Soviet Union -- Foreign public opinion, American ( lcsh )
Communism ( lcsh )
Genre:
Oral histories ( lcgft )
Interviews ( lcgft )
Spatial Coverage:
Florida -- Miami
Coordinates:
25.77427 x -80.19366

Notes

Summary:
Univversity of Miami physics professor Dr. Harry S. Robertson discusses his recollections of American public perception and media images of Russia during World War II and how those images changed after the war, Congress's investigation of the Communist threat, which received high attention from media, Senator Joseph McCarthy investigations, and persecution of some faculty during the time.
General Note:
Audio quality: good, has some noise.
General Note:
Interview originally recorded on audiocassette.Original cassette is number 069.

Record Information

Source Institution:
Greg Bush Oral Histories
Holding Location:
Florida International University
Rights Management:
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Resource Identifier:
FIGB000028

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Greg Bush Oral History Collection