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Oral history interview with Lindsley Kimball [electronic resource], 1980

Creator: Kimball, Lindsley, 1894-1992
Project: United Negro College Fund project.
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Phys. Desc. :Sound file: digital preservation master, WAV files (96kHz, 24 bit)
Location: Columbia Center for Oral History
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Biographical Note

Foundation executive.

Scope and Contents

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 decision, 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.

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