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Oral history interview with Benjamin E. Mays [electronic resource], 1980

Creator: Mays, Benjamin E. 1894-1984
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

Educator; interviewee d.1984.

Scope and Contents

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.

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