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| Title | An Interview With Judge Howard Sachs |
| Abstract | Howard F. Sachs was chosen for the project as a representative of the Jewish community and as a judge in the federal court located in Kansas City, Missouri. He was born in Kansas City, Missouri in 1925 and grew up in the city attending the public schools. After World War II Sachs attended and graduated from the Harvard Law School. He practiced law here and was appointed a federal judge in 1979 for the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri. Sachs recounts in the interview his involvement with trying to change various types of discrimination in Kansas City.
Interviewers: Genevieve Robinson and William Ryan.; recorded August 6, 1988. Typescript (26 p.) is available. Transcriber: Karen Waldron. |
| Notes | 1 sound cassette (ca. 60 minutes): analog, stereo.; 5 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape; 1 sound disc; digital; 4 3/4 in. |
| Date | 1988-08-06 |
| Location | SC69-3, Box 2 |
| Collection | Kansas City Regional Oral History Project (SC69-3)
See finding aid: http://www.kchistory.org/u?/Local,37221 |
| Subject | Interviews
Ethnic groups
Judges
Lawyers
Judicial proceedings
Discrimination
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| Local Subject | Sachs, Howard F.
Courts--Federal
Jews
Oral History
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| Illustrations | No |
| Item Type | Archival Material
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| Access This Item | You may come to the Missouri Valley Room to listen to the interview. |
| Item ID | 218570 |
| CONTENTdm number | 38266 |
