Reminiscences of Karl Worth Bigelow : oral history, 1967.

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Reminiscences of Karl Worth Bigelow : oral history, 1967.

Carnegie grants for African educational programs; Teachers College, Columbia University; Afro-Anglo-American Program in teacher education; International Cooperation Administration; Teachers for East Africa; Agency fo International Development; Peace Corps; Overseas Liaison Committee.

Transcript: 138 leaves.Tape: 2reels.

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Educator. From the description of Reminiscences of Karl Worth Bigelow : oral history, 1967. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122684178 Bigelow (1899-1980) was a professor of higher education at Teachers College, Columbia University, 1936-1963. He was an active leader in organizations and programs that worked for educational development in Africa. Much of his African work was done under the auspices of Teachers College. From the d...

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The World Center for Women's Archives was created by Mary Ritter Beard in 1936 to collect material on women in the United States and abroad on the grounds that without documents women would continue to be excluded from written history. A secondary purpose was to encourage research an teaching on women's history. The WCWA was disolved in 1941 due to financial problems, and the outbreak of World War II; collections were distributed to Radcliffe and Smith Colleges, and other universities and librar...

Grossner, Isabel S.

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Columbia University. Teachers College.

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