Reminiscences of Charles Vincent Kidd : oral history, 1963.

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Reminiscences of Charles Vincent Kidd : oral history, 1963.

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Postwar science and national policy work; problems of financing, equipping postwar research; initiation of Public Health Service grant program; work on Public Health Service's Research Planning Council; educating scientific community to responsible spending; questions on how to direct, organize research, issues of academic freedom; establishment of university research grant programs; role of voluntary organizations; relationship of medical schools and individual practitioners; categorical vs. general research funding.

Transcript: 68 leaves.

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

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