Oral history interview with Stephen Henry Stackpole, 1998.

Biographical Note

Director of Carnegie Corporation Commonwealth Program

Scope and Contents

Childhood: born Andover, Massachusetts, son of school minister; Harvard University: A.B., history, 1933; teacher, Governor Dummer Academy, 1933-1935; secretary for President James Conant, Harvard University, 1935-1937; assistant dean, Harvard University, 1937-1940; administrator, Carnegie Corporation, 1940; participant, Commonwealth program; participant, Association for Teacher Education in Africa; shifts in Carnegie administration; economic, political problems at African universities; participation in African Studies Association; Carnegie salaries; reminiscences of colleagues.

Subjects

• Carnegie Corporation of New York.
• Education, Higher--Africa.
• Educational assistance--Developing countries.
• Endowments--Officials and employees--Interviews.
• Endowments--United States.
• Interviews.
• Oral histories.
• Stackpole, Stephen Henry, 1911---Interviews.

Access Conditions

Copyright by The Carnegie Corporation of New York, 1999.