Oral history interview with Willard Earl Givens, 1968.

Biographical Note

Educator

Scope and Contents

Early life and education, Columbia, 1915, Union Theological Seminary, 1915; teaching experiences in Hawaii; Superintendent of Schools, Oakland, California, 1925-27; National Education Association, Executive Secretary, 1935-52. Impressions of Harry Emerson Fosdick, Henry Sloane Coffin

Subjects

• Education--Societies, etc.
• Educational law and legislation.
• Executives--Interviews.
• Givens, Willard E. (Willard Earl), 1886-1971--Interviews.
• Hopper, Paul, interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• Interviews.
• National Education Association of the United States.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• School administrators--Interviews.
• Teachers--Political activity.

Access Conditions

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