Reminiscences of Flora Macdonald Rhind, 1969
Reminiscences of Flora Macdonald Rhind, 1969
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- Name
- Rhind, Flora Macdonald, 1904-1985 (Interviewee)
- Grossner, Isabel S (Interviewer)
- Title
- Reminiscences of Flora Macdonald Rhind, 1969
- Abstract
- Background and education; experience with General Education Board and Rockefeller Foundation, 1933-64: requests received, limitations on grants, procedures in handling, program meetings, docket conferences, trustee meetings, evaluation of programs; responsibilities of Secretary's office, relation with counsel; social science program; fellowships and grants-in-aid; evolution of general education pro gram; Laura Spelman Rockefeller Memorial, Education Policies Commission, American Council on Education, American Youth Commission; development of southern program: Southern Fellowships Fund, Southern Regional Education Board, Southern Education Fund, George Peabody College, state agents for rural schools; European program; congressional investigations, travel in connection with programs; Villa Serbelloni; retirement. Impressions of Raymond Fosdick, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., John D. Rockefeller 3rd, Beardsley Ruml, George Vincent, Edmund E. Day, Dean Rusk, John Foster Dulles, J. George Harrar, many others
- Collection Name
- Rockefeller Foundation oral history collection
- Subjects
- Women executives; Endowments--Officials and employees; Education--Research; Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations; Social problems--20th century.--United States; Southern States; Rhind, Flora Macdonald, 1904-1985; Rockefeller Foundation; General Education Board
- Format
- oral histories; sound recordings
- Genre
- Interviews
- Origin Information
- 1969
- Date
- 1969
- Note (Biographical)
- Foundation officer
- Note
- Interviewed by Isabel S. Grossner
- Note (Provenance)
- Flora Macdonald Rhind, Gift 1969
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content - Catalog Record
- 15211466
- Also In
- Time-Based Media
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-y68n-fs50
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.