| Title: |
Reminiscences of William Harold Cowley
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| RLIN number: |
NXCP87-A62
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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: |
Individual Interview List Oral History Project
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| Description: |
Brooklyn childhood and education; American Steel and Wire Company; YMCA work, night school, Mt. Hermon, Clark School; Dartmouth, 1920-24; Western Electric Company; graduate work, Chicago, 1925-27; Board of Vocational Guidance and Placement, 1927; Ohio State University, Bureau of Educational Research, 1929-38; editing JOURNAL OF HIGHER EDUCATION; residential housing study, administering National Youth Administration, state educational conferences, bibliographic work; Carnegie Corporation; student personnel work; American Council on Education; President, Hamilton College, 1938-44; admissions and curriculum studies; Washington, 1942, role of education in war effort; Air Force programs at Hamilton; Professor of Higher Education, Stanford, from 1945; work with graduate students, fundamental concepts. Impressions of noted educators, including W.W. Charters, Robert Hutchins, Frederick Keppel, J.L. Morrill, James B. Conant, Harold Dodds.
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| Extent: |
Transcript: 768 leaves, Miscellaneous papers relating to oral history
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| Restrictions: |
Access: Open. Permission required to cite, quote, and reproduce. Contact repository for information.
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1962 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Cowley, William Harold, 1899-1978
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1899
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| Speaker occupation: |
Educator
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| Age at speaking: |
63
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| Document date: |
1962
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| Interviewer: |
Grinager, Patricia
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| Organizations discussed: |
Carnegie Corporation of New York, New York, NY; Hamilton College, Clinton, NY; Ohio State University, Columbus, OH; Stanford University, Stanford, CA; Young Men's Christian Association
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| Historical events discussed: |
World War II, 1939-1945
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| Locations discussed: |
North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Carnegie Corporation of New York, New York, NY; Education and state; Education, Higher; Educators; Hamilton College, Clinton, NY; North America; Ohio State University, Columbus, OH; Oral history; Stanford University, Stanford, CA; United States; World War II, 1939-1945; Young Men's Christian Association
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
American Council on Education; College presidents; Cowley, William Harold, 1899-1978; Education as a profession; Ohio State University--Bureau of Educational Research and Service; World War, 1939-1945--Education and the war
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0018405-13848
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