| Title: |
Reminiscences of John Warren Davis
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| RLIN number: |
NXCP87-A78
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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: |
Georgia childhood; University of Chicago; YMCA administrator, 1917-19; history of black colleges in Atlanta; evolution of segregated land-grant colleges in West Virginia; President, West Virginia State College, 1919-50: faculty recruitment, building program, establishment in North Central Association, 1926, Reserve Officers Training Corps for black colleges; black masonic lodges; first black member of National Education Association; American technical assistance to Liberia, role of Firestone in diplomatic relations; National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Legal Defense and Educational Fund, 1954- : impressions of Ralph Bunche, Mary McLeod Bethune, Roy Wilkins, Whitney Young, Carter Woodson, Harry S. Truman, Thurgood Marshall.
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| Extent: |
Transcript: 629 leaves, Tape: 6 reels
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| Restrictions: |
Access: Open. Copyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1984. Permission required to cite, quote, and reproduce. Contact repository for information. Microfiche copy available for purchase. (Columbia University oral history collection, part V, published by Meckler Publishing, Westport, CT).
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1976 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Davis, John Warren, 1888-1980
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1888
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| Speaker occupation: |
Educator
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| Age at speaking: |
88
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| Document date: |
1976
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| Interviewer: |
Gellhorn, Kitty
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| Organizations discussed: |
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Baltimore, MD; National Education Association; West Virginia State College, Charleston, WV; Young Men's Christian Association
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| Locations discussed: |
North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
African American universities and colleges; African Americans--Education; African Americans--Legal status, laws, etc.; African Americans--Segregation; Civil rights--United States; National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Baltimore, MD; National Education Association; North America; Oral history; Racism--United States; United States; West Virginia State College, Charleston, WV; Young Men's Christian Association
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
African American universities and colleges--Administration; College presidents; Davis, John Warren, 1888-1980; NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund; North Central Association of Colleges and Schools (US)
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0018573-14016
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