Columbia Center for Oral History Portal > Oral history interview with Hollis L. Caswell, 1968.
Creator: | Caswell, Hollis L. 1901-1988 | Project: | Individual interviews oral history collection. (see all project interviews) | Phys. Desc. : | Transcript 262 pages Sound recording 1 reel | Location: | Columbia Center for Oral History | Full CLIO record >> |
Biographical NoteEducator
Scope and ContentsFamily, education; experiences as graduate student at Teacher's College (TC); consultant to Southern state departments of education, General Education Board; school surveys, curricula, national associations; return to TC, 1937-1962: head of department of curriculum and teaching, 1937-1947, director, division of instruction, 1938-1950, president, 1954-1962; relations with Fund for Advancement of Education and Carnegie Corporation; teaching as a profession, teachers' unions, trustees, administration; travel; consultant to WORLD BOOK ENCYCLOPEDIA; retirement. Vignettes of James Russell and William Russell, Professor George Strayer, James B. Conant and many others in education
SubjectsAccess ConditionsCopyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1975
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