Columbia Center for Oral History Portal > Oral history interview with Lindsley Kimball, 1980.
Creator: | Kimball, Lindsley, 1894-1992 | Project: | United Negro College Fund project. (see all project interviews) | Phys. Desc. : | Transcript 78 pages. Sound recording 2 audiocassettes. | Location: | Columbia Center for Oral History | Full CLIO record >> |
Biographical NoteFoundation executive.
Scope and ContentsVice president United Service Organization 1942; director and vice president Central Education Board, Rockefeller Foundation, 1950s; member board United Negro College Fund: 1944 and 1955 fund raising campaigns, convocations, women's committee, role of John F. Kennedy in 1963 fund raising campaign, location of headquarters, relationship with Urban League, effect of 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision, impact of civil rights movement, relationship with college presidents, problems of cooperation between colleges, quality of education at colleges, philosophy of fund raising and philanthropy; John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
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