Reminiscences of Vernon Eulion Jordan, Jr. : oral history, 1981.

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Reminiscences of Vernon Eulion Jordan, Jr. : oral history, 1981.

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Early life and career; United Negro College Fund executive director, 1970-71: foundation and corporate fund raising, member institutions, reorganization and recruitment, publicity campaigns, private contributions, rap sessions, creation of Communications, Women's and Institutional Service Divisions; impressions of Frederick Patterson, John D. Rockefeller 3rd, Cyrus Vance, Edna Jones, William Trent.

Transcript: 46 leaves.Tape: 1 cassette.

Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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