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Oral history interview with Hollis L. Caswell, 1968

Creator: Caswell, Hollis L. 1901-1988
Project: Individual interviews oral history collection.
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Phys. Desc. :sound file : digital preservation master, WAV files (96 kHz, 24 bit) transcript: 262 pages
Location: Columbia Center for Oral History
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Biographical Note

Educator

Scope and Contents

Family, 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

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Copyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1975

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