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About Oral History
Digital Identifier
JFKOH-SEH-01
Interviewee(s)
Harris, Seymour E. (Seymour Edwin), 1897-1974
Biographical Note
(1897 - 1974) member, U.S. Board of Economic Welfare (1942); member, President’s Council of Economic Advisers (1950-1951); economic adviser to Adlai E. Stevenson (1954-1956), John F. Kennedy (1960), and C. Douglas Dillon (1961); senior consultant to the Secretary of the Treasury (1961-1968)
Interviewer(s)
Arthur Schlesinger Jr.
Access Restriction Status
Open
Use Restriction Status
None
Description
In this interview Harris discusses his work as an economic adviser to John F. Kennedy [JFK]; his interactions with JFK both before and after he became President; JFK’s evolving economic policies and how they were influenced over time; the interaction between the Council of Economic Advisers and the Department of the Treasury on various issues; and several different economic programs under President JFK, among other issues.
Date(s) of Materials
June 1964: 16-17
Deed Status
Deeded
Copyright Status
Donated to the United States
Collection
Series
Series 1. John F. Kennedy Oral History Interviews, 1964-2012.
Preferred Citation
Seymour E. Harris, recorded interview by Arthur Schlesinger Jr., June 16-17, 1964, (page number), John F. Kennedy Library Oral History Program.
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Use Restriction Note
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Associated Record
Accession Number
OH 1965-004
Transcript
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