| Title: |
Reminiscences of Spurgeon Milton Keeny
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| RLIN number: |
NXCP89-A42
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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 life; Gettysburg College, 1910-14; Rhodes Scholar, 1916-18; civilian officer YMCA, World War I, in Mesopotamia; YMCA relief and refugee placement officer, Soviet Union, Esthonia, Poland, 1918-21; marriage; American Relief Administration, Moscow, 1922-24; social and educational work, National Council of YMCA's, 1924-42; impressions of New York City; member and chief of United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration mission, Italy, 1944-47: relief and reconstruction programs, resettlement of displaced persons and prisoners of war; liquidation of United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration funds and establishment of food and drug supply systems, family planning programs, programs; 520 |ato control and eradicate yaws, tuberculosis, cholera and malaria; Asia Representative, Population Council, 1963-76: family planning programs in Taiwan, South Korea, Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore; impressions Ivan Pavlov, Herbert H. Lehman, Fiorello LaGuardia, Danny Kaye.
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| Extent: |
Transcript: 421 leaves, Tape: 12 reels, Miscellaneous papers relating to oral history
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| Restrictions: |
Access: Open. Permission reuqired 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 1980 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Keeny, Spurgeon Milton, 1893-1988
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1893
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| Speaker occupation: |
International relief administrator; United Nations official
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| Age at speaking: |
87
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| Document date: |
1980
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| Interviewer: |
Jessup, Frederick Peterson
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| Organizations discussed: |
United Nations. United Nations International Children's Fund, New York, NY; Young Men's Christian Association
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Birth control; Public health; United Nations. United Nations International Children's Fund, New York, NY; Young Men's Christian Association
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
International Relief; Keeney, Spurgeon Milton, 1983-; Underdeveloped areas--Rehabilitation
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0020948-16388
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