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Name

Barr, Rebecca (Interviewee)

Kranz, Bella (Interviewer)

Dreeben, Robert

Title

Oral history interview with Rebecca Barr and Robert Dreeben 1984

Abstract

Area of research: effects of school on children; introduction to Spencer Foundation through H. Thomas James; reaction to Spencer Foundation procedures and policies; education studies and structure; publication and implications of research; application of findings; relationship of Spencer Foundation to grantees and their research; development of grant proposal.

Collection Name

Spencer Foundation project

Subjects

Sociologists; Psychologists; Education--Research; Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations; Educational psychology; Barr, Rebecca; Dreeben, Robert; Spencer Foundation

Format

oral histories; sound recordings

Genre

Interviews

Date

1984

Note (Biographical)

Rebecca Barr is an educational psychologist; Robert Dreeben is a sociologist.

Note

Interviewed by Bella Kranz.

Digitzed from analog recordings: Original available in the Columbia Center for Oral History, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Libraries

Note (Provenance)

Rebecca Barr and Robert Dreeben, Gift 1985

Language

English

Library Location

Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
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Catalog Record

13505102

Also In

Oral History Archives at Columbia

Time-Based Media

Time-Based Media

Persistent URL

https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-4z8j-cf54

Related URLs

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