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
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
Persistent URL
https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-j7yt-7793
Related URLs
Available digital content for this interview.