Oral history interview with John William Gardner, 1969
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- Name
- Gardner, John W. (John William), 1912-2002 (Interviewee)
- Grossner, Isabel S (Interviewer)
- Title
- Oral history interview with John William Gardner, 1969
- Other Titles
- Reminiscences of John William Gardner : oral history, 1969
- Abstract
- First impressions of Carnegie Corporation, 1946; area studies; Harvard Russian Research Center; Afro-American Institute; President of Carnegie Corporation, 1955-67; relations with trustees, other Carnegie organizations, staff selection; evaluation of foundation work. Impressions of Corporation officers and trustees.
- Collection Name
- Carnegie Corporation project. Part 1
- Subjects
- Executives; Endowments--Officials and employees; Endowment of research; Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations; Education--Research; Gardner, John W. (John William), 1912-2002; Carnegie Corporation of New York; Harvard University. Russian Research Center
- Format
- oral histories
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 1969
- Physical Description
- sound files : digital preservation master, WAV files (96 kHz, 24 bit); 224 pages
- Note (Biographical)
- Foundation executive, government official.
- Note (Funding)
- Digital reproduction of audio funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
- Note
- Audio digitized by Safe Sound Archive, Philadelphia, 2010.
- Sound quality is poor at times.
- Interviewed by Isabel S. Grossner on September 28, 29, 1967; June 24, 25, 1969.
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content - Catalog Record
- 7521404
- Also In
- Oral History Archives at Columbia
- Carnegie Corporation Oral History Project [Staging]
- Copyright Status
- In Copyright
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-2tmx-j989
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.