John Curtis Dixon correspondence and administrative records, 1943-1964.

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John Curtis Dixon correspondence and administrative records, 1943-1964.

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The series consists of records of John Curtis Dixon, as Executive Director of the Southern Education Foundation, from 1943-1964. The records include correspondence to a variety of educators, business leaders, and foundation and government agency executives from the South. Most of the letters closely relate to the central focus of the Southern Education Foundation at the time, which was supervision of rural schools and projects directly related to supervision. The series also contains a substantial amount of administrative records. Such records include surveys profiling Atlanta University, Allen University, and Benedict College; correspondence with state education leaders in the South; training programs for educators in Southern States; and files for states requesting grants-in-aid from the Southern Education Foundation. Also included are records relating to Foundation's efforts to acquire funds for building a facility in Atlanta.

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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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Southern Education Foundation

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The Southern Education Foundation is the result of the consolidation of four successful foundations: the George Peabody Fund, the John F. Slater Fund, the Negro Rural School Fund, Inc. (also known as the Anna T. Jeanes Foundation), and the Virginia Randolph Fund. Originating in July 1937, and spanning over a fifty year period, the Southern Education Foundation's purpose is to improve the quality of education for African Americans in the South. From the description of John A. Griffin ...

Benedict College

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Atlanta University

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Dixon, J. Curtis, 1894-

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Allen University

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