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ORAL HISTORIES AND INTERVIEWS WITH LOWRY |
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| 1 | Truman Library--oral history interview by Jerry N. Hess, transcript (see "Grain lobby story by Lowry--correspondence," Box 43), 1968-69 | ||||||||||||
| Subjects covered in oral history: | |||||||||||||
| Biography, pp. 1-3 | |||||||||||||
| Grain lobby and Commodity Credit Corporation, pp. 3-20, 1948 | |||||||||||||
| Democratic National Convention, pp. 20-26, 1948 | |||||||||||||
| Clark Clifford, pp. 26-34 | |||||||||||||
| Charles Murphy, pp. 34-35 | |||||||||||||
| Truman press conferences, pp. 35-37 | |||||||||||||
| Senator Russell, pp. 38-41 | |||||||||||||
| First meeting with Truman, pp. 42-44 | |||||||||||||
| McCarthyism, pp. 44-51 | |||||||||||||
| White House Staff under Truman, pp. 51-54 | |||||||||||||
| Evaluation of Truman, pp. 55-56 | |||||||||||||
| Lowry speech for Dwight D. Eisenhower re McCarthyism, pp. 56-60 | |||||||||||||
| Ford Foundation Oral History Project Interview by Charles T. Morrissey and Ronald J. Grele (2 volumes), 1972-74 | |||||||||||||
| Subjects covered in oral history: | |||||||||||||
| Initial contact with Ford Foundation (FF), pp. 1-3, 1948 | |||||||||||||
| Hired by William McPeak for FF, pp. 4-6, 1953 | |||||||||||||
| Contrast between Hoffman and Gaither Administrations of FF, pp. 6-11 | |||||||||||||
| FF grants to education and Fund for the Advancement of Education, pp. 11-43 | |||||||||||||
| FF and Fund for Adult Education, pp. 44-50 | |||||||||||||
| Overview of FF, pp. 50-71, 1953 | |||||||||||||
| Origin of FF involvement in arts and humanities, pp. 71-79 | |||||||||||||
| Relations between President Heald and FF trustees, pp. 79-106 | |||||||||||||
| Resignation of Heald and selection of replacement, pp.107-110 | |||||||||||||
| Relationship between president and trustees after Heald, pp. 110-119 | |||||||||||||
| Roles of WML in FF, pp. 119-135, 1953 on | |||||||||||||
| Office of Policy and Planning, pp. 136-163 | |||||||||||||
| FF and federal government: Cox and Reece hearings, pp. 164-194 | |||||||||||||
| WML and Tax Reform Act of 1969, pp. 194-236 | |||||||||||||
| McPeak and philosophy of philanthropy, pp. 237-255 | |||||||||||||
| FF and International Press Institute, pp. 257-279 | |||||||||||||
| FF role in journalism, pp. 279-282 | |||||||||||||
| Question of WML's future role in FF , pp. 283-311, as of March 6, 1973 | |||||||||||||
| Question of WML's future role in FF, pp. 313-343, as of April 24, 1973 | |||||||||||||
| President Bundy and arts and humanities, pp. 343-346 | |||||||||||||
| Foundation of FF humanities and arts program, pp. 347-369 | |||||||||||||
| Exploratory program for repertory theatre, pp. 370-376 | |||||||||||||
| Exploratory program of grants-in-aid, pp. 376-383 | |||||||||||||
| Exploratory program in repertory theatre, pp. 383-403 | |||||||||||||
| FF and ballet, pp. 406-415 | |||||||||||||
| Proposals for expansion of arts program, pp. 416-420 | |||||||||||||
| American opera composers program and Sacco and Vanzetti controversy, pp. 420-431 | |||||||||||||
| Expansion of arts program, pp. 431-442 | |||||||||||||
| Question of WML's future role in FF , pp. 443-471, as of August 27, 1973 | |||||||||||||
| WML's retirement from FF and plans for new foundation, pp. 472-501, as of November 16, 1973 | |||||||||||||
| FF Division of Humanities and Arts and Greece, pp. 502-505 | |||||||||||||
| New FF building and arts, pp. 505-508 | |||||||||||||
| FF and film, pp. 508-510 | |||||||||||||
| Joseph Papp, pp. 510-517 | |||||||||||||
| Non-program grants, pp. 519-20, 528-30 | |||||||||||||
| Lincoln Center, pp. 520-528 | |||||||||||||
| Symphony Orchestra Program, pp. 530-536 | |||||||||||||
| Cash Reserve Program, pp. 537-542 | |||||||||||||
| Economic survey of the arts, pp. 543-546 | |||||||||||||
| Museums, pp. 546-548 | |||||||||||||
| University presses, pp. 548-550 | |||||||||||||
| U. S. Bicentennial, pp. 550-551 | |||||||||||||
| Scholarly multivolume sets, pp. 551-552 | |||||||||||||
| Tulane Jazz Archives, pp. 552-554 | |||||||||||||
| Historical preservation, pp. 554-557 | |||||||||||||
| Business Committee for the Arts, pp. 557-559 | |||||||||||||
| Aspen Institute for the Humanities, pp. 559-561 | |||||||||||||
| Literary translations, pp. 561-564 | |||||||||||||
| New York Public Library, pp. 564-565 | |||||||||||||
| WML's retirement from FF and planned new foundation, pp. 566-584, as of May 21, 1974 | |||||||||||||
| Humanities and Arts Division and programs for minorities, pp. 584-586 | |||||||||||||
| FF and archaeology, pp. 586-589 | |||||||||||||
| Dissemination of humanistic scholarship, pp. 589-593 | |||||||||||||
| Grant to Lionel Trilling, pp. 593-594 | |||||||||||||
| Grant to Henry Ford Hospital, pp. 594-596 | |||||||||||||
| Question of personal influences on WML's grants policies, pp. 597-604 | |||||||||||||
| The Awkward Embrace by Joan Simpson Burns--includes quotes from interviews with Lowry, 1975 | |||||||||||||
| Oral History for Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, interview by R. W. Baum, October 19 - November 9, 1981 | |||||||||||||
| Subjects covered in oral history: | |||||||||||||
| October 19 interview: | |||||||||||||
| Philosophy of art museums, pp. 1-6 | |||||||||||||
| Grants to artists, pp. 7-10 | |||||||||||||
| Audience for art, pp. 10-12 | |||||||||||||
| Philosophy of artistic philanthropy, pp. 12-21 | |||||||||||||
| Avant-garde music, pp. 22-34 | |||||||||||||
| October 26 interview: | |||||||||||||
| Origin of humanities and arts program, pp. 2-14 | |||||||||||||
| History of public policy on arts in U.S., pp. 14-22 | |||||||||||||
| Exploratory program in humanities and arts, pp. 22-34 | |||||||||||||
| Expansion of humanities and arts program, pp. 34-38 | |||||||||||||
| U. S. government role in arts, pp. 38-45 | |||||||||||||
| November 9 interview: | |||||||||||||
| WML trip to Europe, pp. 2-41, 1957-58 | |||||||||||||
| Dancing: A Ford Foundation Report by Elizabeth Kendall--contains interview with Lowry, 1983 | |||||||||||||
| Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts Oral History Project-Interview with Lowry by Sharon Zane, January 11, 1990 - March 19, 1991 | |||||||||||||
| Subjects covered in oral history: | |||||||||||||
| WML's life before joining Navy, pp. 1-8 | |||||||||||||
| WML in Navy, pp. 8-15 | |||||||||||||
| WML in journalism, pp. 16-21 | |||||||||||||
| WML hired by FF, pp. 24-33 | |||||||||||||
| Humanities and arts program, pp. 33-41 | |||||||||||||
| FF and Lincoln Center, pp. 41-57 | |||||||||||||
| FF and Metropolitan Opera, pp. 58-75 | |||||||||||||
| FF and American opera composers program, pp. 64-72 | |||||||||||||
| WML and Beaumont Theater, pp. 75-84 | |||||||||||||
| Lincoln Center and New York City Center of Music and Drama, pp. 84-91 | |||||||||||||
| Nelson Rockefeller and Lincoln Center, pp. 87-94 | |||||||||||||
| FF and large grant to Lincoln Center, pp. 94-98 | |||||||||||||
| Artistic significance of Lincoln Center, pp. 98-102 | |||||||||||||
| Acoustics of Lincoln Center, pp. 102-107 | |||||||||||||
| FF and Lincoln Center, pp. 108-111 | |||||||||||||
| Juilliard and Lincoln Center, pp. 113-134 | |||||||||||||
| Alice Tully, pp. 134-136 | |||||||||||||
| Philharmonic and Lincoln Center, pp. 136-141 | |||||||||||||
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