Ford Foundation, 1952-1959

1952-1953, 1955, 1957, 1959. Doctor Konvitz participated in a meeting of scholars knowledgeable about Liberia, which was convened for September 19, 1957, by the Ford Foundation. The purpose of the meeting was to explore the possibility of expanding American knowledge ad academic resources relating to Liberia. Confidential reports and memorandum regarding the need for an interdisciplinary social and economic study of Liberia are included (August 9, 1957). Correspondence with Doctor Rose Goldsen, Department of Sociology at Cornell, alluding to a proposal to the Ford Foundation Behavioral Sciences Division "For an Interdisciplinary Research Seminar and Empirical Investigation of the Impact of Operating Relief Systems on Behavior, Attitudes, and Values of Social Groups." Konvitz and several other Cornell scholars agreed to participate in the proposed seminar and research.