Oral history interview with Geoffrey C. Andrew, 1968
Oral history interview with Geoffrey C. Andrew, 1968
- Name
- Andrew, Geoffrey C (Interviewee)
- Grossner, Isabel S (Interviewer)
- Title
- Oral history interview with Geoffrey C. Andrew, 1968
- Abstract
- Early interactions with Carnegie Corporation while working at Upper Canada College, 1930-1932; President, University of British Columbia, 1947-1962; grant to develop University of British Columbia Department of Anthropology, 1951; studies on French Canadians and First Nations peoples; travel grant to tour schools in the U.S., U.K. and Germany, 1952-53; Carnegie involvement in development of Nationa l Conference of Canadian Universities and Colleges, later Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada, 1957-1962; Executive Director of Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada, 1962; travel grants for Canadian educators to visit Africa; working with Cornelius W. de Kiewiet of Overseas Liaison Committee to establish University of Basutoland, Bechuanaland Protectorate and Swaziland (formerly Pius XII Catholic University College, now National University of Lesotho). Impressions of Stephen Henry Stackpole, Norman MacKenzie, John W. Gardner, Alan J. Pifer.
- Collection Name
- Carnegie Corporation project. Part 1
- Subjects
- Educators; Education and state; Andrew, Geoffrey C; Carnegie Corporation of New York
- Format
- oral histories
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 1968
- Physical Description
- 72 pages
- Note (Biographical)
- Executive Director, Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada; President, University of British Columbia.
- Note
- Interviewed by Isabel S. Grossner on September 30, 1968.
- Note (Copyright)
- Copyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1986.
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content - Catalog Record
- 13026924
- 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-nzcj-m328
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.