Kenneth on Furniture Rankings in the State Department

Kenneth on Furniture Rankings in the State Department

United States. Dept. of State.

Such items as desks, chairs, rugs, and so on, were prescribed according to rank in the Department. "In the State, War, and Navy Building, which then became the State Department Building, the really posh offices for Assistant Secretaries and for political advisors or Undersecretaries would be very large rooms with high ceilings. All the ceilings were twenty-four feet up. What determined the quality of the room was its size, and whether you had a fireplace or not, and also a mirror. There were huge mirrors in the numbers one, two, and three offices, running almost from the floor to the ceiling.

Landon, Kenneth (1903-1993)

January 1, 1943

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Over a course of 13 years Kip Landon (Kenneth Landon Jr.) began recording stories from his parents, Margaret and Kenneth Landon, resulting in 95 hours of recordings. Beginning on July 20, 1976, recording finished in June, 1978. The project resumed again in 1982 for a few months. After a long break, the third recording period began in 1988 and concluded in March 1989.

Kenneth Landon (1903-1993)

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Box 82: Oral History: "The Landon Chronicles," CDs 51-75

Hour 67, clip 17

Sub-Series 8: Audio and Video

Series 1: Biographical