| Title: |
Reminiscences of Henry Merritt Wriston
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| RLIN number: |
NXCP87-A179
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
Columbia University. Oral History Research Office
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| Collection: |
Carnegie Corporation of New York Oral History Project, Part 1
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| Description: |
Relations between the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Carnegie Corporation; trustee of the Foundation, 1933-55; president of Lawrence College, 1925-37, and of Brown University, 1937-50; Frederick Keppel; functions of the Corporation; evaluation of programs and studies; Pennsylvania Study; study in applied mathematics; Alger Hiss case; Harvard Russian Research Center. Impressions of Foundation and Corporation officers and trustees.
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| Extent: |
Transcript: 219 leaves, Tape: 2 reels
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| Restrictions: |
Access: Open. Copyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1986. Permission required to cite, quote, and reproduce. Contact repository for information. Microfiche copy available for purchase. (Columbia University oral history collection, part VI, published by Meckler Publishing, Westport, CT).
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1967 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Wriston, Henry Merritt, 1889-1978
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1889
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| Speaker occupation: |
Educator
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| Age at speaking: |
78
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| Document date: |
1967
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| Interviewer: |
Grossner, Isabel S.
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| Organizations discussed: |
Brown University, Providence, RI; Carnegie Corporation of New York, New York, NY
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Brown University, Providence, RI; Carnegie Corporation of New York, New York, NY; Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations; College administrators; Educators; Endowment of research
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching; Educational research; Lawrence College; Wriston, Henry Merritt, 1889-1978
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0017707-13150
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