Reminiscences of Lindsley Fiske Kimball : oral history, 1980.

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Reminiscences of Lindsley Fiske Kimball : oral history, 1980.

Vice president United Service Organization 1942; director and vice president Central Education Board, Rockefeller Foundation, 1950s; member board United Negro College Fund: 1944 and 1955 fund raising campaigns, convocations, women's committee, role of John F. Kennedy in 1963 fund raising campaign, location of headquarters, relationship with Urban League, effect of 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision, impact of civil rights movement, relationship with college presidents, problems of cooperation between colleges, quality of education at colleges, philosophy of fund raising and philanthropy; John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Transcript: 78 leaves.Tape: 2 reels.

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