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.
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
Persistent URL
https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-nzcj-m328
Related URLs
Available digital content for this interview.