Oral history interview with Devereux Colt Josephs, 1968
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- Name
- Josephs, D. C. (Devereux Colt), 1893-1977 (Interviewee)
- Grossner, Isabel S (Interviewer)
- Title
- Oral history interview with Devereux Colt Josephs, 1968
- Abstract
- Personal background, vice president, later president of Teachers Insurance Annuity Association, 1939-45; president, Carnegie Corporation, 1946-48; philosophy of Corporation; projects, selection of staff; Alger Hiss; impressions of trustees and staff.
- Collection Name
- Carnegie Corporation project. Part 1
- Subjects
- Executives; Endowments--Officials and employees; Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations; Endowment of research; Josephs, D. C. (Devereux Colt), 1893-1977; Carnegie Corporation of New York; Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association
- Format
- oral histories
- Genre
- Interviews
- Origin Information
- 1968
- Physical Description
- sound files : digital preservation master, WAV files (96 kHz, 24 bit); 192 pages
- Note (Biographical)
- Business executive.
- Note (Funding)
- Digital reproduction of audio funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
- Note
- Audio digitized by Safe Sound Archive, Philadelphia, 2010.
- Sound quality is poor at times.
- Interviewed by Isabel S. Grossner on December 16, 22, 1966; January 4, 1967; October 15, 1968.
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Oral History Archives at Columbia, Columbia University
- Copyright Status
- In Copyright
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-n18y-f740