Board of Trustees records, 1882-1937.

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Board of Trustees records, 1882-1937.

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The series consists of records of the Board of Trustees of the John F. Slater Fund from 1882-1937. The records include the minutes of the meetings of the Board of Trustees dating from the fund's inception through 1937, when the Slater Fund merged with the Negro Rural School Fund, Inc. to form the Southern Education Foundation. The minutes include the reports of the General Agent, Treasurer's statements, lists of appropriations to schools, reports from schools that received money from the Slater Fund, and by-laws of the organization. Annual reports from the President of the Slater Fund to the Board of Trustees from 1932-1937 are also included in this series. The material in this series also includes a set of reports on a variety of subjects relating to education in the South, written mostly by members of the Board of Trustees. Financial records include correspondence with officers of banks and investment companies regarding the status of investments made by members of the Board of Trustees. Additional records include the minutes of the Educational Committee, a standing committee of the Board, from 1895-1913; correspondence to and from Wallace Buttrick (1903-1910), a former Secretary and Board member; and the correspondence and administrative records of George Dickerman, a Field Agent of the Slater Fund, from 1907-1916.

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Atlanta University Center, Robert W. Woodruff Library

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Atlanta University Center, Robert W. Woodruff Library

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