Oral history interview with James R. Smothers, Jr. 1981
Oral history interview with James R. Smothers, Jr. 1981
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- Name
- Smothers, James R (Interviewee)
- Goodson, Martia (Interviewer)
- Title
- Oral history interview with James R. Smothers, Jr. 1981
- Abstract
- World War II service, education; Director of Admissions, Fisk University during early 1950s; United Negro College Fund: African scholarship program of American universities, civil rights movement and effect on black colleges, and on fund raising; administration turnover, bureaucracy; educational testing.
- Subjects
- Educators; African Americans--Education; Educational fund raising; Educational tests and measurements; United States Race relations; Smothers, James R; United Negro College Fund
- Format
- oral histories; sound recordings
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 1981
- Note (Biographical)
- Educator.
- Note
- Interviewed by Martia Goodson on September 30 and October 8, 1981.
- Note (Provenance)
- James R. Smothers, Jr. Gift 1981
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content - Catalog Record
- 13500861
- Also In
- Oral History Archives at Columbia
- Time-Based Media
- Time-Based Media
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-2mc0-3x23
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.