Oral history interview with Frederick Douglass Patterson, 1981.

Biographical Note

College president.

Scope and Contents

President, Tuskegee Institute, 1935-1953: problems of fund raising, changes in philanthropy; United Negro College Fund, 1944- : COURIER article proposal, establishment, purpose, philosophy, foundation support, citiies targeted for fund raising campaigns; changes in organization, relationship with member colleges and college presidents, effect of Brown vs Board of Education on campaign, setting campaign goals.

Subjects

• African Americans--Education.
• College presidents--Interviews.
• Educational fund raising.
• Goodson, Martia, interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• Interviews.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• Patterson, Frederick D. (Frederick Douglass), 1901-1988--Interviews.
• Tuskegee Institute.
• United Negro College Fund.