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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 Caryl P. Haskins 1997
Haskins, Caryl P. (Caryl Parker), 1908-2001
- Name: Haskins, Caryl P. (Caryl Parker), 1908-2001 (Interviewee)
- Format: oral histories
- Date: 1997
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation project. Part 2
- Abstract: Childhood: born Schenectady, New York; secondary eduction: Albany Academy; Yale University, Ph.B., 1930; Harvard University: Ph.D., 1935; director, Haskins Laboratories, 1935-1955: founding in New York City with Franklin Cooper, electrochemistry and m icrobiology work; president, Carnegie Institution, 1955-1971; co-founder with Alan J. Pifer, chairperson, Haskins Committee on Board Diversity, women's role on the board; chairperson, Carnegie Board of Trustees, 1975-1980; member, National Defense Research Committee, Office of Scientific Research and Development, advising on U.S. entry into World War II; Army/Navy Scientific Advisory Policy Counselor; board member Asia Foundation; Carnegie Institute, development of proximity fuse; interest in and travel to Africa; reminiscences of colleagues.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. Oral history interview with Elena O. Nightingale 1998
Nightingale, Elena O
- Name: Nightingale, Elena O (Interviewee)
- Format: oral histories
- Date: 1998
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation project. Part 2
- Abstract: Childhood: Italy; emigration to United States, 1939; BS zoology, Barnard College; Ph.D., Rockefeller University, 1961; biomedical research interests; MD received from New York University; clinical genetics fellowship, Georgetown University; policy fel lowship, National Academy of Sciences; director, Division of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Institute of Medicine [IOM]; executive director, Division on Health Policy, Research, and Education, Harvard University; faculty positions: New York University, Cornell University, Johns Hopkins University, George Washington University, Georgetown University; senior program officer Carnegie Corporation until 1994: founding Carnegie Council on Adolescent Development, "Starting Points" report, health science and child development-related grant awards; Carnegie Corporation international program development: World Health Organization and university health education, Pan-American Health Organization, Mexican Health Foundation; human rights work: chairperson, Committee on Scientific Freedom and Responsibility of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, chairperson, IOM’s Committee on Health and Human Rights; board member, Amnesty International, USA and Physicians for Human Rights; co-author, The Breaking of Bodies and Minds: Torture, Psychiatric Abuse, and the Health Profession, 1985; scholar-in-residence, National Academy of Sciences; reminiscences of colleagues.
7. Oral history interview with Eli N. Evans, 1999
Evans, Eli N
- Name: Evans, Eli N (Interviewee)
- Format: oral histories
- Date: 1999
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation project. Part 2
- Abstract: Born, Durham, North Carolina; family background: Jewish immigrant grandfather, son of E.J. Evans, mayor of Durham 1950-1963, Zionist upbringing; education: University of North Carolina, B.A., Yale Law School J.D.; early professional experience: speec h writer for governor Terry Sanford, the Lyndon B. Johnson campaign 1964, the Barry M. Goldwater campaign; White House staff of resident White House intellectual Eric F. Goldman, rejoined Terry Sanford as staff director of the Future of American States, a Carnegie Corporation of New York [Carnegie] funded enterprise; senior program director of the Carnegie Corporation 1967-1977; president of Charles H. Revson Foundation 1977-2003; author of The Provincials: A Personal History of Jews in the South; discussion of Carnegie presidents Frank Keppel, John Gardner, Alan Pifer, David A. Hamburg; activities at the Carnegie Corporation: funding of projects in favor of the civil rights movement, Children's Television Workshop, Israeli-Palestinian Sesame Street, Children's Defense Fund; reflections on the limits of Carnegie, philosophy of philanthropy, states as engines of experimentation, public library system, art of grant-making, role of venture philanthropists
8. Oral history interview with Frederick Herbert Jackson, 1967
Jackson, Frederick H. (Frederick Herbert), 1919-2015
- Name: Jackson, Frederick H. (Frederick Herbert), 1919-2015 (Interviewee)
- Format: oral histories
- Date: 1967
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation project. Part 1
- Abstract: Carnegie Corporation, 1955-64; mathematics program, university self-studies, honors programs, Chinese and Japanese language programs; evaluation of grants, daily routine, board of trustees; role of foundation officer; Afro-American education; administ rator at New York University, 1964. Impressions of John Gardner, James Perkins, Florence Anderson.
9. Oral history interview with Isabelle Neilson, 1967
Neilson, Isabelle
- Name: Neilson, Isabelle (Interviewee)
- Format: oral histories
- Date: 1967
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation project. Part 1
- Abstract: Work as secretary to Alfred Zantzinger Reed during his research on legal education at Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching; work in Carnegie Cooperative Investment Office, 1936-1939; coming to work at investment office of Carnegie Corpo ration; taking business courses at New York University; transferring to role as Secretary to the President under Devereux C. Josephs; decision to pursue secretarial work in lieu of further exploring investments; establishment of Russian Research Center at Harvard University; 1939-1948; working as secretary to Columbia University President Frank D. Fackenthal; Charles Dollard, 1948-1955; secretary to John W. Gardner; Carnegie’s dealings with the New York Public Library, 1955-1967. Impressions of D.C. Josephs, Herbert C. Lee, Charles Dollard, Frank Diehl Fackenthal.
10. Oral history interview with James Winchester Campbell, 1967
Campbell, James Winchester, 1903-
- Name: Campbell, James Winchester, 1903- (Interviewee)
- Format: oral histories
- Date: 1967
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation project. Part 1
- Abstract: Associations with the Carnegie Corporation in 1925 and 1928-29; sale of US Steel bonds; accountant for Corporation, 1933; impressions of the Treasurer's office and other parts of the Corporation, fiscal matters; Assistant Treasurer, 1953; Treasurer, 1 961; the role of the treasurer in a foundation. Impressions of various foundation personalities.
11. 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.
12. Oral history interview with Thomas A. Troyer, 2000
Troyer, Thomas A., 1933-2022
- Name: Troyer, Thomas A., 1933-2022 (Interviewee)
- Format: oral histories
- Date: 2000
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation project. Part 2
- Abstract: Childhood in Omaha, Nebraska; education at Harvard University and University of Michigan Law School; service with Colorado Air National Guard; work at the Department of Justice; work on civil rights policy in office of Attorney General; study of tax p olicy at Office of the Treasury; corporate reorganization law; effects of taxation on foundation income; involvement with Carnegie Corporation; membership on Carnegie board of directors; role of foundations in student ransom case; Carnegie's direction under Bud Taylor's leadership; policy decisions concerning South Africa; previous experiences at the Stern Fund; family conflicts on the Stern board of directors; establishment of National Board for Professional Teaching Standards; Carnegie Corporation's relationship with US Congress; effects of tax legislation on domestic foundations; conflict resolution activities of Carnegie Corporation; influence of partisanship on foundations; future of non-profit institutions in US