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Oral history interview with Jean Karp, 1990.

Creator: Karp, Jean
Project: Northside Center for Child Development project.
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Phys. Desc. :Sound recording 1 audiocassette Transcript: 24 pages
Location: Columbia Center for Oral History
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Scope and Contents

Early teaching career; employment at Northside Center for Child Development; description of Northside Center from 1952 onwards, including its organization, clients, and structural changes; role of Mamie Clark; role of Kenneth Clark; expansion of programs in the 1970s and the effects of the fiscal crisis of the 1970s; staff changes; Kate Harris as director; philosophy of Northside and approaches to clients; reflections on tenure at Northside.

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Copyright by the Northside Center for Child Development, Inc., 1991.

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