Oral history interviews of the Philanthropy : History of Fund-raising Oral History Project, 1988.

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Oral history interviews of the Philanthropy : History of Fund-raising Oral History Project, 1988.

Project consists of 20 interviews with prominent American philanthropists from the 1920s-1980s.

Transcripts: 20 v.Sound recordings: 42 sound cassettes (ca. 60 min. each)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7587550

Indiana University

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