Oral history interview with David C. Speedie 1999
Oral history interview with David C. Speedie 1999
- Name
- Speedie, David C., 1946- (Interviewee)
- Zane, Sharon (Interviewer)
- Title
- Oral history interview with David C. Speedie 1999
- Other Titles
- Reminiscences of David C. Speedie : oral history, 1999
- Abstract
- Childhood: born Stirling, Scotland; University of Saint Andrews: M.A., English, 1964-1968, B.Phil., English, faculty position, Middle English, Anglo-Saxon studies; Kennedy fellowship, Harvard University, 1971-1972; bicentennial coordinator, United States Embassy, Washington, D.C.; head of Cultural Affairs Council, Philadelphia; W. Alton Jones Foundation: program officer, development of New American Plays, Secure World programs; Carnegie Corporation, 1992-present: program officer, post-Cold War studies, promotion to program chair; philosophy of grantmaking; differences among American, European philanthropies; diversity in foundation staff; reminiscences of colleagues.
- Collection Name
- Carnegie Corporation project. Part 2
- Subjects
- Endowments--United States; Charities; Conflict management; Peace-building; Philanthropists; American Revolution Bicentennial, 1976; Education, Secondary--Scotland; Former communist countries Foreign relations; Russia (Federation) Foreign relations United States; United States Foreign relations Russia (Federation); Speedie, David C., 1946-; Carnegie Corporation of New York
- Format
- oral histories
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 1999
- Physical Description
- 130 pages
- Note (Biographical)
- Philanthropist.
- Note (Funding)
- Digital reproduction funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
- Note
- Digitized by Safe Sound Archive, Philadelphia, 2010.
- Interviewed by: Sharon Zane on January 28, 1999, February 10, 1999, March 3, 1999, and June 17, 1999 in New York City.
- Service copy (44 kHz, 16 bit) and rendered version (96 kHz, 24 bit) of sound file derived from a digital preservation master digitized at 96 kHz, 24 bit.
- Note (Provenance)
- Gift of: David C. Speedie III
- Note (Copyright)
- Copyright by The Carnegie Corporation of New York, 2005.
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content - Catalog Record
- 7586796
- Also In
- Carnegie Corporation Oral History Project [Staging]
- Oral History Archives at Columbia
- Copyright Status
- In Copyright
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-j7yt-7793
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.