Reminiscences of Harry James Carman, 1961

Biographical Note

Educator

Scope and Contents

Board of Higher Education, New York City, 1938-61: practices and policy, budgets, relationships with city and state administrations, problems of tenure, day and evening sessions; Russell case; Rapp-Coudert Committee and Strayer committee; impressions of Mayors Fiorello La Guardia, William O'Dwyer, and Robert F. Wagner

Subjects

• Carman, Harry J. (Harry James), 1884-1964--Interviews.
• College of the City of New York (1926-1961)
• Education--New York (State)--New York.
• Educators--Interviews.
• Higher education and state.
• Interviews.
• New York (N.Y.)--Politics and government--1898-1951.
• New York (N.Y.)--Politics and government--1951-
• New York (N.Y.). Board of Higher Education.
• New York (State). Legislature.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• Russell, Bertrand, 1872-1970.
• Shaughnessy, Donald F., interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr

Access Conditions

Copyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1980