Columbia Center for Oral History Portal > Oral history interview with Luther Harris Evans, 1965
Creator: | Evans, Luther Harris, 1902-1981 | Project: | Individual interviews oral history collection. (see all project interviews) | Phys. Desc. : | sound files : digital preservation master, WAV files (96 kHz, 24 bit) transcript: 844 pages | Location: | Columbia Center for Oral History | Full CLIO record >> |
Biographical NoteEducator, librarian; interviewee d.1981
Scope and ContentsEarly life and education: University of Texas, Stanford, Yale, Pennsylvania Military College; instructor at New York University, Dartmouth, Princeton; Works Progress Administration, 1935-1939; director of Historical Records Survey; director of Legislative Reference Service; Librarian of Congress, 1945-1953; new projects, programs; establishment of Council of National Library Association; United Nations Education, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO): United States National Commission, 1946; Executive Board, 1949, director-general, 1953, delegate to General Conference, 1947-1951; UNESCO program development: education, agriculture, mass communication, financial aid; Brookings Institution; National Education Association; automation project; United States Commission for Refugees; American Civil Liberties Union. Impressions of Harry Hopkins, Archibald MacLeish, Torres Bodet, Henry Cabot Lodge, Dag Hammarskjold, Lyndon Johnson
SubjectsAccess ConditionsCopyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1972
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