Southern Fellowships Fund and Council of Southern Universities records, 1952-1964 [microfilm manuscript].

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Southern Fellowships Fund and Council of Southern Universities records, 1952-1964 [microfilm manuscript].

Office files of Robert MacDonald Lester, recording secretary of the Council of Southern Universities and executive director of the Southern Fellowships Fund. The records include applications, agendas and minutes of meetings, correspondence, and financial records.

25 microfilm reels.

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Council of Southern Universities, Inc. Southern Fellowships Fund

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Lester, Robert M. (Robert MacDonald), 1889-1969

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Teacher; foundation administrator and consultant. From the description of Robert Lester papers, 1879-1969. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 32520383 Robert MacDonald Lester (1889-1969) was an author, teacher and employee of the Carnegie Institute of New York. His published works include Forty Years of Carnegie Giving (1941). Lester was also the recording secretary of the Council of Southern Universities and executive director of the Southern Fellowships Fund. ...

Southern Fellowships Fund.

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The Council of Southern Universities was organized in 1952 as an association of nine major southern universities. The Southern Fellowships Fund was a subsidiary set up by the Council to administer a General Education board grant "to strengthen the faculty in southern colleges and universities" in fourteen states. From the description of Southern Fellowships Fund and Council of Southern Universities records, 1952-1964 [microfilm manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 25028321 The C...