James Hardy Dillard correspondence and administrative records, 1904-1940.

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James Hardy Dillard correspondence and administrative records, 1904-1940.

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The series consists of records of James Hardy Dillard as President of the Negro Rural School Fund, Inc. (also known as the Anna T. Jeanes Foundation) from 1908-1931 and as director of the John F. Slater Fund from 1910-1930, consisting mostly of correspondence generated as a result of his work in both organizations, although records relating to the Negro Rural School Fund far outweigh those of the Slater Fund. Also included in this series are a variety of other types of records amassed due to his service in these organizations and from outside activities. Most of the correspondence consists of incoming letters from members of the Board of Trustees of the Funds, education officials and specialists from Southern States, teachers, executives, and clergy. Among the notable correspondents are Will Alexander, Trevor Arnett, Benjamin Brawley, Virginia Randolph, William A. Slater, and Booker T. Washington. The correspondence and administrative records mostly relate to financial matters of both Funds and educational issues in specific states such as industrial education for African Americans.

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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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John F. Slater Fund

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The John F. Slater Fund was organized in April 1882 as an educational fund to assist African Americans after Emancipation and the Civil War. Through grants, the Slater Fund helped to develop private black colleges and four-year high schools for blacks, stimulated vocational and industrial training, and originated the idea of county training schools. In 1937, the fund merged with the Negro Rural School Fund, Inc. (also known as the Anna T. Jeanes Foundation) to form the Southern Education Foundat...

Slater, William A.

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Brawley, Benjamin Griffith, 1882-1939

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Professor of English and writer on African American literary and social history; faculty member at Howard University and Morehouse College; president of Alabama Baptist Normal and Theological School. From the description of Benjamin Griffith Brawley papers, 1917-1936. (Moorland-Spingarn Resource Center). WorldCat record id: 741693799 1882, April 22 Born to Edward M. and Margaret Saphronia (Dickerson) Brawley, ...

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...

Alexander, Will Winton, 1884-1956

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Agriculturist, authority on race relations, educator. From the description of Oral history interview with Will Winton Alexander, 1952. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309722753 ...

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...

Dillard, J. H. 1856-1940.

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Randolph, Virginia.

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Virginia Randolph is a poet and a resident of Anamosa, Iowa. She is the niece of newspaper columnist Elizabeth Wherry. From the description of Papers of Virginia Randolph, 1929-1993. (University of Iowa Libraries). WorldCat record id: 233116934 ...

Arnett, Trevor, 1807-1955.

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