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41. Oral history interview with John C. Honey, 1968
Honey, John C
- Name: Honey, John C (Interviewee)
- Format: oral histories
- Date: 1968
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation project. Part 1
- Abstract: Association with Carnegie Corporation of New York from 1957 through early 1960s; impressions of John Gardner and James Perkins.
42. Oral history interview with John Edmund Fitzgerald Wood, 1968
Wood, John Edmund Fitzgerald, 1903-1987
- Name: Wood, John Edmund Fitzgerald, 1903-1987 (Interviewee)
- Format: oral histories
- Date: 1968
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation project. Part 1
- Abstract: Experiences as the Carnegie Corporation's Counsel; interpretation of the charter.
43. Oral history interview with John McFarlane Russell, 1967
Russell, John M., 1903-1986
- Name: Russell, John M., 1903-1986 (Interviewee)
- Format: oral histories
- Date: 1967
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation project. Part 1
- Abstract: Carnegie Corporation, 1930-39; journey to New Zealand, Australia, and South Africa, 1927; evaluation of educational systems in Dominions; description of Corporation office, officers, and trustees; daily routine; recollections of grants and special pro grams; Myrdal Study; Commonwealth Program; Harvard, 1940-42; Markle Foundation from 1945. Impressions of Frederick Keppel, Morse Cartwright, Charles Dollard, Florence Anderson, and others.
44. Oral history interview with John William Gardner, 1969
Gardner, John W. (John William), 1912-2002
- Name: Gardner, John W. (John William), 1912-2002 (Interviewee)
- Format: oral histories
- Date: 1969
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation project. Part 1
- Abstract: First impressions of Carnegie Corporation, 1946; area studies; Harvard Russian Research Center; Afro-American Institute; President of Carnegie Corporation, 1955-67; relations with trustees, other Carnegie organizations, staff selection; evaluation of foundation work. Impressions of Corporation officers and trustees.
45. Oral history interview with Joseph Esrey Johnson, 1968
Johnson, Joseph E. (Joseph Esrey), 1906-1990
- Name: Johnson, Joseph E. (Joseph Esrey), 1906-1990 (Interviewee)
- Format: oral histories
- Date: 1968
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation project. Part 1
- Abstract: Relationship between Carnegie Corporation and Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
46. Oral history interview with Karl Worth Bigelow, 1968
Bigelow, Karl W. (Karl Worth)
- Name: Bigelow, Karl W. (Karl Worth) (Interviewee)
- Format: oral histories
- Date: 1968
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation project. Part 1
- Abstract: Carnegie grants for African educational programs; Teachers College, Columbia University; Afro-Anglo-American Program in teacher education; International Cooperation Administration; Teachers for East Africa; Agency for International Development; Peace Corps; Overseas Liaison Committee.
47. Oral history interview with Katherine Ford, 1968
Ford, Katherine
- Name: Ford, Katherine (Interviewee)
- Format: oral histories
- Date: 1968
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation project. Part 1
- Abstract: Coming to work at Carnegie Corporation, working for Eric Clarke in preparation for Andrew Carnegie Centennial, 1935; becoming secretary to Frederick P. Keppel, 1936; day-to-day administrative work at Carnegie; transition of Carnegie Corporation presid ency from Keppel to Walter A. Jessup, 1941; Jessup’s death and D.C. Joseph’s assumption of Carnegie presidency, 1944-1945; transition from working in office of President to Carnegie Commonwealth program, Charles Dollard becoming Carnegie President, 1948; Stephen Henry Stackpole becoming head of Commonwealth initiative, 1953. Impressions of Frederick P. Keppel, Stephen Henry Stackpole, Charles Dollard, Robert M. Lester.
48. Oral history interview with Kenneth George Holland, 1967
Holland, Kenneth George, 1907-1977
- Name: Holland, Kenneth George, 1907-1977 (Interviewee)
- Format: oral histories
- Date: 1967
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation project. Part 1
- Abstract: Early involvement with Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 1932-1933; American Council on Education; American Youth Commission, 1935-1940; early planning of Fulbright program and the Fulbright Act, 1946; serving as permanent U.S. representativ e of UNESCO in Paris; becoming president of Institute of International Education 1948-1950; survey of international exchange programs; ten-year Carnegie Grant to IIE, history of the IIE; IIE foundation grants and government contracts; expansion of IIE and purchase of new headquarters; the African-American Institute (AAI); Tom Mboya and Kennedy Airlift scholarships for Kenyan students; African Scholarship Program of American Universities; the American Council on Education’s Africa Liaison Committee, 1956-66. Impressions of Charles Dollard, John W. Gardner, Pendleton Herring, Robert M. Lester.
49. Oral history interview with Lawrence Arthur Cremin, 1968
Cremin, Lawrence A. (Lawrence Arthur), 1925-1990
- Name: Cremin, Lawrence A. (Lawrence Arthur), 1925-1990 (Interviewee)
- Format: oral histories
- Date: 1968
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation project. Part 1
- Abstract: Contacts with the Carnegie Corporation; Teachers College; THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE SCHOOL; National Academy of Education 1964-1965; Behavioral Science Center, Stanford University, 1963; Carnegie grant for a history of American education, 1964; Instit ute of Philosophy and Politics of Education, 1964. Impressions of Lloyd Morrisett, James B. Conant, and others.
50. Oral history interview with Lloyd N. Morrisett, 1967
Morrisett, Lloyd, 1929-
- Name: Morrisett, Lloyd, 1929- (Interviewee)
- Format: oral histories
- Date: 1967
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation project. Part 1
- Abstract: First association with the Carnegie Corporation, 1957; experiences as staff member, later vice president of Corporation, 1958-67: staff members; program areas; cognitive research; Educational Testing Service; daily routine. Impressions of Corporation officers and trustees.
51. Oral history interview with Lois Murkland, 1966
Murkland, Lois
- Name: Murkland, Lois (Interviewee)
- Format: oral histories
- Date: 1966
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation project. Part 1
- Abstract: Coming to work at Carnegie Corporation, 1934; day-to-day office life and administrative duties at Carnegie; grantmaking procedures; preparing documentary materials for Congressional investigation committee; 1935-1943; working for Social Science Resear ch Council; Public Library Inquiry; 1944-1945. Impressions of Robert M. Lester, Frederick P. Keppel, Florence Anderson, Durand F. Miller.
52. Oral history interview with Morris Hadley, 1966
Hadley, Morris, 1894-
- Name: Hadley, Morris, 1894- (Interviewee)
- Format: oral histories
- Date: 1966
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation project. Part 1
- Abstract: Serving as Trustee of Stock of Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association (TIAA); Carnegie Corporation grants to TIAA; 1939-1946; becoming Carnegie Corporation trustee, 1947; assignment to Carnegie House Properties Committee concerning Andrew Carnegie Mansion at E 91st St; the New York Public Library’s bids for the Carnegie Mansion and the ultimate use of the building by the Columbia University School of Social Work, 1949; Institute for Pacific Relations; visiting Japan; 1948-1953; negotiations between Hadley and Henry Wriston of Carnegie Foundation for Advancement of Teaching regarding relationship between two Carnegie organizations, 1953; Carnegie Corporation 50 year history in Annual Report, 1961. Hadley’s thoughts on the Carnegie Corporation board and its grantmaking policy; Carnegie’s operational schedule and election process for new board members; the possibility of women and African Americans one day becoming Carnegie board members; the day-to-day life of a board member; the Carnegie Corporation philosophy of giving; Gunnar Myrdal’s AN AMERICAN DILEMMA; changes in Carnegie’s grantmaking during Hadley’s tenure and differences between its Presidents; operations of the Carnegie Corporation Finance Committee; government investigations of the Carnegie Corporation during the McCarthy era; creation of the FOUNDATION DIRECTORY and the Foundation Library Center. Impressions of D.C. Josephs, R.C. Leffingwell, Nicholas Murray Butler, Charles Dollard.
53. Oral history interview with Morse Adams Cartwright, 1967
Cartwright, Morse A. (Morse Adams), 1890-
- Name: Cartwright, Morse A. (Morse Adams), 1890- (Interviewee)
- Format: oral histories
- Date: 1967
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation project. Part 1
- Abstract: Assistant to Frederick Keppel at the Carnegie Corporation, 1924-1926; developing a program; policies; trustees and staff; studies at the Rockefeller Foundation; adult education; American Association for Adult Education; executive director, Des Moines Experiment; leisure programs; the Association's relationship with the Carnegie Corporation; Teachers College, comments on grants through the years. Impressions of Frederick Keppel, Walter Jessup, Devereux Josephs, and other Corporation officials.
54. Oral history interview with Paul Herman Buck, 1967
Buck, Paul Herman, 1899-1978
- Name: Buck, Paul Herman, 1899-1978 (Interviewee)
- Format: oral histories
- Date: 1967
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation project. Part 1
- Abstract: Discussion of grants received from Carnegie Corporation and programs carried out in educational fields at Harvard University.
55. Oral history interview with R. McAllister Lloyd, 1967
Lloyd, R. McAllister, 1898-1985
- Name: Lloyd, R. McAllister, 1898-1985 (Interviewee)
- Format: oral histories
- Date: 1967
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation project. Part 1
- Abstract: Vice President of Bank of New York; becoming President of Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association (TIAA) at request of new Carnegie Corporation President Devereux C. Josephs, 1945; negotiations for additional financial support from Carnegie Corpora tion; shuffling of investments; annuities and life insurance; transition from TIAA President to Chairman, 1946-1947; structure of TIAA and its trustees; relations with Carnegie Institution of Washington, creation of College Retirement Equities Fund (CREF), 1948-1952; pensions and increasing life spans of teachers; major medical and disability. Impressions of D.C. Josephs, Vannevar Bush, R.C. Leffingwell, William C. Greenough.
56. Oral history interview with Ralph Winfred Tyler, 1967
Tyler, Ralph W. (Ralph Winfred), 1902-1994
- Name: Tyler, Ralph W. (Ralph Winfred), 1902-1994 (Interviewee)
- Format: oral histories
- Date: 1967
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation project. Part 1
- Abstract: First connections with the Corporation, 1934; Eight-Year Study; chairman, Department of Education, University of Chicago, 1938; work for Corporation over the years; Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences; Carnegie study of American educa tion. Impressions of various academic figures. See also Spencer project.
57. Oral history interview with Rene D'Harnoncourt, 1968
D'Harnoncourt, Rene, 1901-1968
- Name: D'Harnoncourt, Rene, 1901-1968 (Interviewee)
- Format: oral histories
- Date: 1968
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation project. Part 1
- Abstract: Relations of Carnegie Corporation and American Federation of Art.
58. Oral history interview with Robert E. Ward,, 1967
Ward, Robert E
- Name: Ward, Robert E (Interviewee)
- Format: oral histories
- Date: 1967
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation project. Part 1
- Abstract: Joining University of Michigan Center for Japanese Studies; development of the University’s Japanese studies program and early Carnegie Corporation financial support, 1947-1948; field work in Okayama, Japan and VILLAGE JAPAN, 1950-1959; POLITICAL MODE RNIZATION OF JAPAN project; THE POLITICS OF THE DEVELOPING AREAS, 1960-1966. Discussion of the University of Michigan’s Far East studies degree programs; the current state of U.S. Japanese language education; the development and structure of university area studies departments; interest in Japanese studies in the years following WWII; receiving departmental funding from private foundations and the U.S. government and potential conflicts of interest; comparisons between working with Carnegie, the Ford Foundation, and the Social Science Research Council; how social science, political science, and the humanities relate to area studies; collaborating with Japanese scholars and the restrictions of academia in postwar Japan. Impressions of William W. Marvel, Pendleton Herring, Robert A. Hall, John W. Gardner.
59. Oral history interview with Robert Hoppock, 1968
Hoppock, Robert, 1901-1995
- Name: Hoppock, Robert, 1901-1995 (Interviewee)
- Format: oral histories
- Date: 1968
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation project. Part 1
- Abstract: Field Secretary of National Vocational Guidance Association, 1930; termination at NVGA and first meeting with Frederick P. Keppel; Keppel’s request to Morse A. Cartwright of American Association for Adult Education to provide financial support for Hop pock, 1931; creation of National Occupational Conference, 1932-1933; creating budgets for NOC; relation of NOC to AAAE; creation of Council of Guidance and Personnel Associations; occupational studies; readability testing with New Jersey high school students and publication of results in OCCUPATIONS, 1936; OCCUPATIONAL ABSTRACTS; OCCUPATIONAL INDEX; grants given by Carnegie Corporation based on advice of NOC; dissolution of NOC, 1939; Hoppock’s continued publication of OCCUPATIONAL ABSTRACTS and OCCUPATIONAL INDEX under Occupational Index, Inc; subsequent work at NYU. Impressions of Frederick P. Keppel, Morse A. Cartwright, Edwin Augustus Lee, Franklin J. Keller.
60. Oral history interview with Robert Joseph Wert, 1967
Wert, Robert Joseph, 1922-
- Name: Wert, Robert Joseph, 1922- (Interviewee)
- Format: oral histories
- Date: 1967
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation project. Part 1
- Abstract: Graduate student, Stanford University; Carnegie Corporation staff, 1954-59; relations with college and unversity administrators; programs; report on education in the South; relations with other foundations and with Carnegie affiliates; "The American S helf"; Committee on Education; return to Stanford. Impressions of various Corporation officers.