Oral history collection, 1975-1986.

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Oral history collection, 1975-1986.

Transcripts of approximately 75 interviews with Ford Foundation trustees, staff members, and program officers. Approximately half of the collection is currently open to research. Among those available includes David E. Bell, Bernard Berelson, Eugene Black, Carl Borgman, Philip Coombs, Donald David, Chester Davis, James Ellis, Mark Ethridge, Alvin Eurich, Clarence Faust, W.H. Ferry, Benson Ford, Melvin Fox, Bernard Gladieux, Kermit Gordon, Laurence Gould, Reuben Gustavson, Gordon Harrison, Henry Heald, Vivian Henderson, F.F. Hill, John Howard, Robert Hutchins, Milton Katz, George Kennan, Edwin Land, John Loudon, W. McNeil Lowry, Donald Marquis, Dorothy Marshall, John J. McCloy, Porter McKeever, James Morrill, Waldemar Nielsen, William Nims, Lilian Plante, Donald Price, Richard Sheldon, Joseph Slater, Carl Spaeth, Shepard Stone, Mitchell Sviridoff, Patricia Wald, Bethuel Webster, Thomas Wright, Paul Ylvisaker, and James Webb Young.

ca. 25 cubic ft.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6881037

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