| Title: |
Reminiscences of J. Curtis Dixon
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| RLIN number: |
NXCP87-A95
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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: |
Family background, early schooling; Mercer and Columbia Universities; World War I; career as teacher, principal, businessman, school superintendent in Richland, Georgia; State Supervisor of School Administration and Finance; county schools survey; State agent for Negro schools; graduate work, Teachers College; General Education Board; Rosenwald Fund; rural education conferences; Jeanes teachers; Vice Chancellor, University of Georgia, 1940-42; Vice President, Mercer University, 1942-46; Southern Education Foundation, 1945-65: moving headquarters to Atlanta, staff, financing, programs, travel, charter; analysis of Negro educational institutions; training for principals; effect of 1954 desegregation decision.
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| Extent: |
Transcript: 513 leaves, Tape: 5 reels
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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 1967 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Dixon, J. Curtis, 1894-
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1894
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| Speaker occupation: |
Educator
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| Age at speaking: |
73
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| Document date: |
1967
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| Interviewer: |
Hawkins, Robbin
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| Organizations discussed: |
Mercer University, Macon, GA
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| Locations discussed: |
Georgia; North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
African Americans--Education; African Americans--Segregation; Education--Georgia; Georgia; Mercer University, Macon, GA; North America; Oral history; Philanthropinism; Rural schools; School administrators; United States
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Dixon, J. Curtis, 1894-; Educational fund raising; General Education Board (New York, NY); Julius Rosenwald Fund; Southern Education Foundation
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0018744-14187
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