Board of Trustees records, 1908-1937.

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Board of Trustees records, 1908-1937.

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The series consists of the records of the Board of Trustees of the Negro Rural School Fund, Inc. from 1908-1937. The records include minutes, correspondence, and financial records. There are materials covering the original by-laws and the organizational structure of the Fund along with the article of incorporation. The minutes, generated from both the Board of Trustees and the Executive Committee, illustrate the functions of the Fund and the various committees under it, and gives insight into the different administrators such as James Dillard and Booker T. Washington and their duties. The financial records, coming out of the Executive Committee provide documentation into the handling of the Foundation's appropriations, presidential expenses, Jeanes Teacher's salaries, and the general handling of monies.

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Atlanta University Center, Robert W. Woodruff Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7406471

Atlanta University Center, Robert W. Woodruff Library

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Dillard, J. H. 1856-1940.

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Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915

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Booker T. Washington was an African American educator and public figure. Born a slave on a small farm in Hale's Ford, Virginia, he worked his way through the Hampton Institute and became an instructor there. He was the first principal of the Tuskegee Institute, and under his management it became a successful center for practical education. A forceful and charismatic personality, he became a national figure through his books and lectures. Although his conservative views concerned many critics, he...

Negro Rural School Fund, Inc.

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The Negro Rural School Fund, also known as the Anna T. Jeanes Foundation, was created in 1907 in order to financially assist the rural community schools for African Americans in the South. The Fund was used primarily to assist the work of African American industrial teachers by extending school terms, supplementing their salaries, and building new facilities. From the description of Board of Trustees records, 1908-1937. (Robert W. Woodruff Library of the Atlanta University Center, In...