Reminiscences of Albert Anthony Giesecke, 1962

Name: Giesecke, Albert Anthony, 1880-1968 (Interviewee); Mason, John T., 1909-1998 (Interviewer)
Title: Reminiscences of Albert Anthony Giesecke, 1962
Abstract: Youth and education; Ministry of Education in Peru, 1909; Rector of University of Cuzco, 1910-23; Director General of Education of Peru, 1923-31; educational problems and policies in Latin America, student strikes; archeological discoveries and collections; Inter-American Conferences; American Embassy in Lima from 1931; Tacna-Arica Plebiscite Commission 1925-26. Impressions of Hiram Bingham, Axel Wenner-Gren, Paul Fejos, Gen. John J. Pershing, and many others
Collection Name: Individual interviews oral history collection
Subjects: Archaeologists; Educators; Archaeology; Education; Latin America Politics and government 1830-1948; Peru Politics and government 1919-1968; Peru Antiquities; Peru History 1829-; Giesecke, Albert Anthony, 1880-1968
Format: oral histories
Genre: Interviews
Physical Description: 438 pages

Note (Biographical): Educator, archeologist
Note: Interviewed by John T. Mason, Jr.
Language: English
Library Location: Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content
Catalog Record: 13853124
Also In: Oral History Archives at Columbia; Time-Based Media; Time-Based Media
Persistent URL: https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-r9jq-nj09
Related URLs: Available digital content for this interview.