Oral history interview with Jewel Plummer Cobb 1985
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- Name
- Cobb, Jewel Plummer, 1924-2017 (Interviewee)
- Kranz, Bella (Interviewer)
- Title
- Oral history interview with Jewel Plummer Cobb 1985
- Abstract
- academic background; discontent at the University of Michigan abd subsequent transfer to Talladega College in Alabama, New York University graduate school; observations of working environment of Spencer Foundation Board of Directors; need for increased support of minority scholarships; description of work as University President, California State College at Fullerton.
- Collection Name
- Spencer Foundation project
- Subjects
- African American women executives; Women college teachers; College presidents; Education--Research; Minorities--Scholarships, fellowships, etc; Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations; Cobb, Jewel Plummer, 1924-2017; Spencer Foundation
- Format
- oral histories; sound recordings
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 1985
- Note (Biographical)
- University president, biologist.
- Note
- Interviewed by Bella Kranz on December 10, 1985.
- Digitzed from analog recordings: Original available in the Columbia Center for Oral History, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Libraries
- Note (Provenance)
- Jewel Plummer Cobb, Gift 1986
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
- Catalog Record
- 13505480
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-vvj5-h535
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.