Oral history interview with Alice Hoctor, 1967.

Biographical Note

Assistant to the Treasurer, Carnegie Corporation of New York.

Scope and Contents

Studies at Columbia University; early temporary secretarial positions for Carnegie Corporation, 1927-1932; becoming a permanent Carnegie Corporation employee; birth of Hoctor’s first child, 1933-1934; work and salary in the Carnegie investment office; relations between Carnegie Investment and Treasury departments, 1935-1946; merger of investment and treasury departments into Treasury and Investment Office; changes in personnel and administration, 1947-1952; title change to Administrative Assistant, relocation of Carnegie Corporation to new building, 1953-1954; changes in Hoctor’s salary and benefits package over the course of her career; advantages and limitations for women employees at Carnegie. Impressions of Ernest A. Farintosh, James W. Campbell, Herbert C. Lee, Robert A. Franks.

Subjects

• Administrative assistants--Interviews.
• Carnegie Corporation of New York.
• Endowments--Officials and employees.
• Grossner, Isabel S., interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• Hoctor, Alice--Interviews.
• Interviews.
• Investments.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• Secretaries--Interviews.
• Women employees--Economic conditions.