Reminiscences of W. McNeil Lowry : oral history, 1968.

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Reminiscences of W. McNeil Lowry : oral history, 1968.

Childhood and education; service in Office of War Information, domestic branch, 1942-43; political correspondent, Washington, 1947-52; career as program director and vice president, humanities and the arts, Ford Foundation, 1957-67.

Transcript: 296 leaves.

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United States. Office of War Information

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Burns, Joan Simpson

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Author and editor Joan Simpson Burns worked at Partisan Review, Readers' Subscription Book Club, CBS/Columbia Records and Harcourt Brace in New York City. She is the author of The Awkward Embrace: The Creative Artist and the Institution in America (1975) and editor of The Dechronization of Sam Magruder, a novel by her father George Gaylord Simpson (1996). She has lived in Williamstown, Mass., since 1969 when she married historian James MacGregor Burns; both had children from previous marriages. ...

Ford foundation

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Philanthropic organization established in 1936 by Henry and Edsel Ford from profits of the Ford Motor Company. From the description of Grant files, [ca. 1936-1986]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155532303 ...

Lowry, W. McNeil (Wilson McNeil), 1913-

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Art administrator; director of humanities and arts, Ford Foundation, 1957-1964, vice-president of Ford Foundation, 1964-1974. From the description of W. McNeil Lowry interviews, 1981 Oct. 19-1982 Apr. 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220187886 W. McNeil Lowry, art administrator, director of humanities and arts, Ford Foundation, 1957-1964, and vice-president of Ford Foundation, 1964-1974. From the description of Oral history interview with W. McNeil Lowry, 1981 ...