Oral history interview with Benjamin E. Mays 1980
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- Name
- Mays, Benjamin E. (Benjamin Elijah), 1894-1984 (Interviewee)
- Goodson, Martia (Interviewer)
- Title
- Oral history interview with Benjamin E. Mays 1980
- Abstract
- Childhood, education: Bates College BA 1920, University of Chicago MA 1925, PhD 1935; early work experience and teaching positions; president of Morehouse College 1940-67; planning, organization and objectives of United Negro College Fund (UNCF), fundraising for UNCF; president of UNCF, 1958-61; challenges and changes in UNCF.
- Collection Name
- United Negro College Fund project
- Subjects
- African American executives; College presidents; African Americans--Education; Educational fund raising; Mays, Benjamin E. (Benjamin Elijah), 1894-1984; United Negro College Fund; Morehouse College (Atlanta, Ga.)
- Format
- oral histories; sound recordings
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 1980
- Note (Biographical)
- Educator; interviewee d.1984.
- Note
- Interviewed by Martia Goodson on August 12 and October 20, 1980.
- Note (Provenance)
- Benjamin E. Mays, Gift 1982
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
- Catalog Record
- 13500771
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-43b1-z434
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.