Name
Evans, Luther Harris, 1902-1981 (Interviewee)
Hogan, Thomas F (Interviewer)
Title
Oral history interview with Luther Harris Evans, 1965
Other Titles
Reminiscences of Luther Harris Evans, 1965
Abstract
Early life and education: University of Texas, Stanford, Yale, Pennsylvania Military College; instructor at New York University, Dartmouth, Princeton; Works Progress Administration, 1935-1939; director of Historical Records Survey; director of Legislative Reference Service; Librarian of Congress, 1945-1953; new projects, programs; establishment of Council of National Library Association; United Nat ions Education, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO): United States National Commission, 1946; Executive Board, 1949, director-general, 1953, delegate to General Conference, 1947-1951; UNESCO program development: education, agriculture, mass communication, financial aid; Brookings Institution; National Education Association; automation project; United States Commission for Refugees; American Civil Liberties Union. Impressions of Harry Hopkins, Archibald MacLeish, Torres Bodet, Henry Cabot Lodge, Dag Hammarskjold, Lyndon Johnson
Collection Name
Individual interviews oral history collection
Subjects
Government executives--United States; Librarians; Educators; New Deal, 1933-1939; International agencies; Library science--Societies, etc; Political refugees; United States Politics and government 1933-1945; United States Foreign relations 1945-1989; Evans, Luther Harris, 1902-1981; Library of Congress; Unesco; American Civil Liberties Union; Brookings Institution; National Education Association of the United States; United States. Works Progress Administration
Format
oral histories
Genre
Interviews
Date
1965
Physical Description
sound files : digital preservation master, WAV files (96 kHz, 24 bit); 844 pages
Note (Biographical)
Educator, librarian; interviewee d.1981
Note (Funding)
Digital reproduction funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Note
Digitized by Safe Sound Archive, Philadelphia, 2010
Interviewed by Thomas F. Hogan
Language
English
Library Location
Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Catalog Record
7024619
Persistent URL
https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-j521-0m02
Related URLs
Available digital content for this interview.