Oral history interview with Barbara Jones, 1990.

Biographical Note

Secretary, fundraiser.

Scope and Contents

Childhood and early education, Pittsburgh; University of Pittsburgh; acquaintance with Kenneth and Mamie Clark through mutual friend; Secretary to Mamie Clark, 1948-1979, Northside Center for Child Development [Northside], continuation of duties following Mamie Clark's resignation, 1985; additional responsibilities in fundraising; variety, scope of fundraising arrangements; egalitarian work environment, fairness of sliding scale fees; board/ staff parties, sense of community; jump in staff size with move to Schomburg building; changes in policy with the arrival of Medicaid; weathering of financial crises; Northside's approach, reputation, influence in the field.

Subjects

• Clark, Kenneth Bancroft, 1914-2005.
• Clark, Mamie Phipps.
• Fund raisers (Persons)--Interviews.
• Interviews.
• Jones, Barbara--Interviews.
• Lee, Jonathan, interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• Medicaid--New York (State)
• Northside Center for Child Development.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• Psychiatric clinics--Child development--New York (State)--New York--Fund-raising.
• Psychiatric clinics--Financial crises.
• Psychiatric clinics--Work environment.
• Secretaries--Interviews.

Access Conditions

Copyright by the Northside Center for Child Development, Inc., 1990.