Name
Kimball, Lindsley, 1894-1992 (Interviewee)
Goodson, Martia (Interviewer)
Title
Oral history interview with Lindsley Kimball 1980
Abstract
Vice president United Service Organization 1942; director and vice president Central Education Board, Rockefeller Foundation, 1950s; member board United Negro College Fund: 1944 and 1955 fund raising campaigns, convocations, women's committee, role of John F. Kennedy in 1963 fund raising campaign, location of headquarters, relationship with Urban League, effect of 1954 Brown v. Board of Education d ecision, impact of civil rights movement, relationship with college presidents, problems of cooperation between colleges, quality of education at colleges, philosophy of fund raising and philanthropy; John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
Collection Name
United Negro College Fund project
Subjects
Executives; Educational fund raising; Kimball, Lindsley, 1894-1992; United Negro College Fund; Rockefeller Foundation
Format
oral histories; sound recordings
Genre
Interviews
Date
1980
Note (Biographical)
Foundation executive.
Note
Interviewed by Martia Goodson on December 15, 1980.
Note (Provenance)
Lindsley Kimball, Gift 1981
Language
English
Library Location
Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Catalog Record
13500704
Persistent URL
https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-erzp-1g44
Related URLs
Available digital content for this interview.