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1. Oral history interview with Alan Pifer, 1967
Pifer, Alan J.
- Name: Pifer, Alan J. (Interviewee)
- Format: oral histories
- Date: 1967
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation project. Part 1
- Abstract: Introduction to the Carnegie Corporation; Commonwealth program: Ashby Commission, travels, especially in Africa; vice president, Carnegie Corporation, 1963-67: relationships with board members and staff, decision-making, programs and ideas, education of African Americans, the disadvantaged, educational television; role of foundations; presidency of Carnegie Corporation; sketches of officers, particularly John Gardner, James Perkins, Stephen Stackpole.
2. Oral history interview with Alger Hiss, 1968
Hiss, Alger
- Name: Hiss, Alger (Interviewee)
- Format: oral histories
- Date: 1968
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation project. Part 1
- Abstract: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and its relations with Carnegie Corporation; role of trustees; impressions of Russell Leffingwell, Arthur Page, Whitney Shepardson.
3. Oral history interview with Alice Hoctor, 1967
Hoctor, Alice
- Name: Hoctor, Alice (Interviewee)
- Format: oral histories
- Date: 1967
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation project. Part 1
- Abstract: Studies at Columbia University; early temporary secretarial positions for Carnegie Corporation, 1927-1932; becoming a permanent Carnegie Corporation employee; birth of Hoctor’s first child, 1933-1934; work and salary in the Carnegie investment office; relations between Carnegie Investment and Treasury departments, 1935-1946; merger of investment and treasury departments into Treasury and Investment Office; changes in personnel and administration, 1947-1952; title change to Administrative Assistant, relocation of Carnegie Corporation to new building, 1953-1954; changes in Hoctor’s salary and benefits package over the course of her career; advantages and limitations for women employees at Carnegie. Impressions of Ernest A. Farintosh, James W. Campbell, Herbert C. Lee, Robert A. Franks.
4. Oral history interview with Arthur Singer, 1969
Singer, Arthur
- Name: Singer, Arthur (Interviewee)
- Format: oral histories
- Date: 1969
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation project. Part 1
- Abstract: Introduction to Carnegie Corporation; nature of a foundation officer's work; automation, job-training, programs for the disadvantaged; Commission on Public Television; Center for Urban Education; Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Impressions of John Gardne r, Alan Pifer, and others.
5. Oral history interview with Benjamin DeKalbe Wood, 1967
Wood, Ben D. (Ben DeKalbe), 1894-1986
- Name: Wood, Ben D. (Ben DeKalbe), 1894-1986 (Interviewee)
- Format: oral histories
- Date: 1967
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation project. Part 1
- Abstract: Educational background; teaching at Columbia College; New York experiment with modern language tests, 1925-27; Pennsylvania Study, 1927; Educational Records Bureau; Frederick Keppel and other Corporation officers; educational tesing programs.
6. Oral history interview with Bernard R. Berelson, 1967
Berelson, Bernard, 1912-1979
- Name: Berelson, Bernard, 1912-1979 (Interviewee)
- Format: oral histories
- Date: 1967
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation project. Part 1
- Abstract: Carnegie grants for library studies, graduate education, behavioral science; Educational Testing Service; Ford Foundation and Carnegie Corporation.
7. Oral history interview with Bethuel Matthew Webster, 1968
Webster, Bethuel M. (Bethuel Matthew), 1900-1989
- Name: Webster, Bethuel M. (Bethuel Matthew), 1900-1989 (Interviewee)
- Format: oral histories
- Date: 1968
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation project. Part 1
- Abstract: Relationship of Carnegie Corporation with Office of Scientific Research and Development and the National Defense Research Committee; recollections of Levering Tyson and Frederick Keppel.
8. Oral history interview with Caryl Parker Haskins, 1967
Haskins, Caryl P. (Caryl Parker), 1908-2001
- Name: Haskins, Caryl P. (Caryl Parker), 1908-2001 (Interviewee)
- Format: oral histories
- Date: 1967
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation project. Part 1
- Abstract: History of Carnegie Institution of Washington; Carnegie Corporation grant for psychophysical research, 1948; consultant for Carnegie Corporation, 1950, trustee, 1955; President, Carnegie Institution, 1956; evaluation of grants and programs; views on A ndrew Carnegie; relations between Institution and Corporation; impressions of Devereux Josephs, Charles Dollard, John Gardner, and other Carnegie officers and trustees.
9. Oral history interview with Charles Dollard, 1966
Dollard, Charles, 1907-1977
- Name: Dollard, Charles, 1907-1977 (Interviewee)
- Format: oral histories
- Date: 1966
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation project. Part 1
- Abstract: Career with Carnegie Corporation; assistant to president, 1938-45; executive associate, 1945-47; Vice President, 1947-48; President, 1948-54; grants in social sciences; Commonwealth program; discussion of policies, program, and personnel. Impressions of Frederick Keppel, Devereux Josephs, John Gardner, Florence Anderson, and others.
10. Oral history interview with Clarence Edward Beeby, 1968
Beeby, C. E. (Clarence Edward), 1902-1998
- Name: Beeby, C. E. (Clarence Edward), 1902-1998 (Interviewee)
- Format: oral histories
- Date: 1968
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation project. Part 1
- Abstract: Carnegie Commonwealth Program in New Zealand; New Zealand Council for Educational Research, 1934-63; effect on New Zealand educational policy; travel grants, museum development, public libraries, rural education, National Library Association, publicat ions, adult education.
11. Oral history interview with Constance McCue, 1967
McCue, Constance
- Name: McCue, Constance (Interviewee)
- Format: oral histories
- Date: 1967
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation project. Part 1
- Abstract: Administrative systems of the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
12. Oral history interview with Cornelius De Kiewiet, 1968
De Kiewiet, C. W. (Cornelius William), 1902-1986
- Name: De Kiewiet, C. W. (Cornelius William), 1902-1986 (Interviewee)
- Format: oral histories
- Date: 1968
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation project. Part 1
- Abstract: Carnegie Corporation program for education in developing African nations; British participation. Impressions of Alan Pifer, Stephen Stackpole, Whitney Shepardson, Charles Dollard, and John Gardner.
13. Oral history interview with David Riesman, 1968
Riesman, David, 1909-2002
- Name: Riesman, David, 1909-2002 (Interviewee)
- Format: oral histories
- Date: 1968
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation project. Part 1
- Abstract: Initial Carnegie Corporation-funded work on national policy study at Yale University; funding the publication of study findings, 1947-1949; publication of THE LONELY CROWD: A STUDY OF THE CHANGING AMERICAN CHARACTER, 1950; FACES IN THE CROWD: INDIVIDU AL STUDIES IN CHARACTER AND POLITICS, 1952; community studies in Kansas City; INDIVIDUALISM RECONSIDERED, 1953; TIME Magazine cover, 1954; Bureau of Applied Research, 1955; Carnegie grant for study on higher education; CONSTRAINT AND VARIETY IN AMERICAN EDUCATION, 1956; work for Fund for the Republic. Thoughts on being a Carnegie grant recipient; impact of grants on his work; the grant-seeking process; the Social Science Research Council (SSRC); CARNEGIE QUARTERLY; geographical distribution of grants; Henry S. Reuss’ committee on research and development; funding of politically divisive research; controversy surrounding Harvard University’s Russian Research Center; McCarthyist investigation of researchers; Carnegie’s task force on the role of states. Impressions of John W. Gardner, Everett C. Hughes, Harold D. Lasswell, Eugene V. Rostow.
14. Oral history interview with Devereux Colt Josephs, 1968
Josephs, D. C. (Devereux Colt), 1893-1977
- Name: Josephs, D. C. (Devereux Colt), 1893-1977 (Interviewee)
- Format: oral histories
- Date: 1968
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation project. Part 1
- 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.
15. Oral history interview with Donald Ramsey Young, 1967
Young, Donald, 1898-1977
- Name: Young, Donald, 1898-1977 (Interviewee)
- Format: oral histories
- Date: 1967
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation project. Part 1
- Abstract: Postdoctoral studies at University of Pennsylvania; joining Social Science Research Council (SSRC) as Secretary for Fellowships and Grants-in-Aid, 1932; objectives and membership of SSRC at time of joining; early interactions with Carnegie Corporation ; process of fellowship administration at SSRC; joint programs with National Research Council and American Council of Learned Societies under Conference Board of Associated Research Councils; supervising United States Employment Service classification of occupations under Wagner-Peyser Act, 1933; Charles A. Beard and THE IDEA OF NATIONAL INTEREST, 1934; Frederick Osborn study of foster children, 1937; Ralph Bunche, Gunnar Myrdal and AN AMERICAN DILEMMA, 1938-1944; Samuel A. Stouffer and THE AMERICAN SOLDIER, 1941-1949; Executive Director of SSRC, 1945-1947; Institute for Advanced Study investigation of sociological aspects of atomic energy, 1946; THE RECRUITMENT, SELECTION AND TRAINING OF SOCIAL SCIENTISTS, 1947-1948; the General Education Board and evaluation of SSRC fellowship programs; Stuart Chase and THE PROPER STUDY OF MANKIND, 1948; conveying technical aspects of sociology to the general public; President of SSRC, 1948; conference on development of university area studies programs; departure from SSRC to become director of Russell Sage Foundation, 1948; consultant to United States Joint Army & Navy Committee on Welfare and Recreation; negotiation of relocation of New York School of Social Work to former Andrew Carnegie Mansion, 1949; involvement with Common Council for American Unity; thoughts on American Council on Education and Educational Testing Service; the Carnegie Corporation’s influence on the field of American sociology as a whole; Harvard University’s Russian Research Center and Department of Social Relations; thoughts on the Carnegie Corporation’s staff and its publication CARNEGIE QUARTERLY; the Russell Sage Foundation’s publication of THE FOUNDATION DIRECTORY; creation of the Foundation Library Center, 1956; comparison of Carnegie with the Rockefeller Foundation and Ford Foundation. Impressions of Frederick P. Keppel, Charles Dollard, D.C. Josephs, Frederick Osborn.
16. Oral history interview with Dorothy Rowden Loemker, 1967
Loemker, Dorothy Rowden
- Name: Loemker, Dorothy Rowden (Interviewee)
- Format: oral histories
- Date: 1967
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation project. Part 1
- Abstract: First experiences with Carnegie Corporation at meeting of American Library Association (ALA), 1927; editing work for Carnegie; coming to work as secretary at American Association for Adult Education (AAAE), ongoing adult education studies, 1928-1934; National Advisory Council on Radio in Education (NACRE); working with former AAAE collaborator and Columbia University Teachers College professor Levering Tyson to develop educational radio programming for CBS, 1934-1938; ADULT EDUCATION IN ACTION; work on adult education studies for AAAE; consulting work for ALA; AAAE’s struggles for funding; Morse A. Cartwright’s dismissal to Teachers College; editing ADULT EDUCATION JOURNAL; reflections on Cartwright’s falling out with AAAE, 1939-1951. Impressions of Morse A. Cartwright, Francis Keppel, Levering Tyson, Lyman Bryson.
17. Oral history interview with Earl James McGrath, 1967
McGrath, Earl J., 1902-1993
- Name: McGrath, Earl J., 1902-1993 (Interviewee)
- Format: oral histories
- Date: 1967
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation project. Part 1
- Abstract: Relations with the Carnegie Corporation, 1933-67; University of Buffalo; American Council on Education, 1938; University of Kansas City, 1953-56; Institute for Higher Education, Teachers College, 1956_67: selection of staff, fiscal problems, research programs, study of Negro colleges. Impressions of John Gardner and other Corporation officials.
18. Oral history interview with Edward Pendleton Herring, 1967
Herring, Pendleton, 1903-2004
- Name: Herring, Pendleton, 1903-2004 (Interviewee)
- Format: oral histories
- Date: 1967
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation project. Part 1
- Abstract: Carnegie Corporation and social sciences; American Political Science Association; case study method in public administration; investigation of polling procedures following 1948 election; impressions of Devereux Josephs and James T. Shotwell.
19. Oral history interview with E.G. Malherbe, 1967
Malherbe, E. G. (Ernst Gideon), 1895-
- Name: Malherbe, E. G. (Ernst Gideon), 1895- (Interviewee)
- Format: oral histories
- Date: 1967
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation project. Part 1
- Abstract: Doctoral studies at Columbia University Teachers College, 1920; initial meetings with Carnegie Corporation in South Africa, 1927; CARNEGIE COMMISSION OF INVESTIGATION ON THE POOR WHITE PROBLEM IN SOUTH AFRICA; recruiting experts on Afrikaners and work ing with the Dutch Reformed Church; traveling the country to survey rural communities; publication of five-volume report, thoughts on Carnegie funding of Jeanes School in Rhodesia, 1928-1932; becoming Director of National Bureau of Education and Social Research; publication of EDUCATIONAL AND SOCIAL RESEARCH IN SOUTH AFRICA; articles in TEACHERS COLLEGE INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION YEARBOOK; commissioning grants from Carnegie; investigating education in the Southern United States and CULTURE IN THE SOUTH; starting South Africa’s national film library; developing children’s art center in Pretoria; Carnegie British Dominions and Colonies travel grant program; working and traveling with educators from Australia, New Zealand, and Canada; EDUCATIONAL ADAPTATIONS IN A CHANGING SOCIETY; dissolution of the Bureau of Education during WWII, 1932-1943; becoming Principal of the University of Natal; founding University of Natal Institute for Social Research with support from Carnegie; interest in interdisciplinary research; Carnegie doctoral fellowship scholars at Natal, 1943-1955; Carnegie party at Harvard Club for heads of Commonwealth Nation universities and subsequent touring of American universities, impressions of U.S. colleges, 1958; EDUCATION AND OUR EXPANDING HORIZONS: PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON EDUCATION, 1960-1962; President of South African Institute on Race Relations, 1967; thoughts on Carnegie Libraries in South Africa; Carnegie initiatives in South Africa as a whole. Impressions of Frederick P. Keppel, Whitney H. Shepardson, Arthur Lismer, J.F.W. Grosskopf.
20. Oral history interview with Eric Clarke, 1967
Clarke, Eric, 1890-1968
- Name: Clarke, Eric, 1890-1968 (Interviewee)
- Format: oral histories
- Date: 1967
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation project. Part 1
- Abstract: Initial impressions of Carnegie Corporation; organizing Carnegie music grant program, selecting albums for inclusion in Carnegie music sets, 1933-1934; MUSIC IN EVERYDAY LIFE; Andrew Carnegie Centenary concerts; move to Association of American College s, 1935-1936; Carnegie grants to Peabody Institute, Columbia University, Princeton University, Yale University, University of Saskatchewan; Library of Congress music program; Baltimore Department of Education music grant; American Council of Learned Societies, Community Musical Study, 1939-1944; coming to work at Metropolitan Opera; Federal Arts Program projects. Impressions of Frederick P. Keppel, John M. Russell, Robert M. Lester, Walter A. Jessup.