Oral history interview with Alan Pifer 1967
Oral history interview with Alan Pifer 1967
- Name:
- Pifer, Alan J (Interviewee); Grossner, Isabel S (Interviewer)
- Title:
- Oral history interview with Alan Pifer 1967
- Other Titles:
- Reminiscences of Alan Pifer : oral history, 1967
- Abstract:
- Introduction to the Carnegie Corporation; Commonwealth program: Ashby Commission, travels, especially in Africa; vice president, Carnegie Corporation, 1963-67: relationships with board members and staff, decision-making, programs and ideas, education of African Americans, the disadvantaged, educational television; role of foundations; presidency of Carnegie Corporation; sketches of officers, particularly John Gardner, James Perkins, Stephen Stackpole.
- Collection Name:
- Carnegie Corporation project. Part 1
- Subjects:
- Executives; Endowments; Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations; Education and state; Endowments--Officials and employees; Pifer, Alan J; Carnegie Corporation of New York
- Format:
- oral histories
- Genre:
- Interviews
- Date:
- 1967
- Physical Description:
- sound files : digital preservation master, WAV files (96 kHz, 24 bit); 253 pages
- Note (Biographical):
- Foundation executive.
- Note (Funding):
- Digital reproduction of audio funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
- Note:
- Audio digitized by Safe Sound Archive, Philadelphia, 2010.Interviewed by Isabel S. Grossner on August 22, 23; September 13; October 4, 10; November 28, 1967.
- 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:
- 7522625
- Digital Project:
- Carnegie Digital Past and Future
- Copyright Status:
- In Copyright
- Persistent URL:
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-kngf-zv61