Reminiscences of David C. Speedie : oral history, 1999.

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Reminiscences of David C. Speedie : oral history, 1999.

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Childhood: born Stirling, Scotland; University of Saint Andrews: M.A., English, 1964-1968, B.Phil., English, faculty position, Middle English, Anglo-Saxon studies; Kennedy fellowship, Harvard University, 1971-1972; bicentennial coordinator, United States Embassy, Washington, D.C.; head of Cultural Affairs Council, Philadelphia; W. Alton Jones Foundation: program officer, development of New American Plays, Secure World programs; Carnegie Corporation, 1992-present: program officer, post-Cold War studies, promotion to program chair; philosophy of grantmaking; differences among American, European philanthropies; diversity in foundation staff; reminiscences of colleagues.

transcript: 115 leaves.sound recordings: 4 sound cassettes (212 min.) : digital.

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

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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...