| Title: |
Reminiscences of Luther Harris Evans
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| RLIN number: |
NXCP88-A158
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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: |
Early life and education: University of Texas, Stanford, Yale, Pennsylvania Military College; instructor at New York University, Dartmouth, Princeton; Works Progress Administration, 1935-1939; director of Historical Records Survey; director of Legislative Reference Service; Librarian of Congress, 1945-1953; new projects, programs; establishment of Council of National Library Association; United Nations Education, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO): United States National Commission, 1946; Executive Board, 1949, director-general, 1953, delegate to General Conference, 1947-1951; UNESCO program development: education, agriculture, mass communication, financial aid; Brookings Institution; National Education Association; automation project; United States Commission for Refugees; American Civil Liberties Union. Impressions of Harry Hopkins, Archibald MacLeish, Torres Bodet, Henry Cabot Lodge, Dag Hammarskjold, Lyndon Johnson.
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| Extent: |
Transcript: 844 leaves, Tape: 1 reel
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| Restrictions: |
Access: Open. Copyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1972. Permission required to cite, quote, and reproduce. Contact repository for information. Microfiche copy available for purchase. (Columbia University oral history collection, part I, published by Meckler Publishing, Westport, CT).
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1965 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Evans, Luther Harris, 1902-
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1902
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| Speaker occupation: |
Educator; Librarian
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| Age at speaking: |
63
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| Document date: |
1965
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| Interviewer: |
Hogan, Thomas F.
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| Organizations discussed: |
American Civil Liberties Union, 1920-; Brookings Institution, Washington, DC; Library of Congress, Washington, DC; National Education Association; U.S. Work Projects Administration; United Nations. Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization
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| Locations discussed: |
North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
American Civil Liberties Union, 1920-; Brookings Institution, Washington, DC; Educators; Government executives--United States; International agencies; Librarians; Library of Congress, Washington, DC; Library science--Societies, etc; National Education Association; New Deal, 1933-1939--United States; North America; Oral history; Political refugees; U.S. Work Projects Administration; United Nations. Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization; United States; United States--Foreign relations--1945-; United States--Politics and government--1933-1945
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Evans, Luther Harris, 1902-
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0019443-14886
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