Reminiscences of J. Curtis Dixon : oral history, 1967.

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Reminiscences of J. Curtis Dixon : oral history, 1967.

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Family background, early schooling; Mercer and Columbia Universities; World War I; career as teacher, principal, businessman, school superintendent in Richland, Georgia; State Supervisor of School Administration and Finance; county schools survey; State agent for Negro schools; graduate work, Teachers College; General Education Board; Rosenwald Fund; rural education conferences; Jeanes teachers; Vice Chancellor, University of Georgia, 1940-42; Vice President, Mercer University, 1942-46; Southern Education Foundation, 1945-65: moving headquarters to Atlanta, staff, financing, programs, travel, charter; analysis of Negro educational institutions; training for principals; effect of 1954 desegregation decision.

Transcript: 513 leaves.Tape: 5 reels.

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

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

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