The Southern Education Foundation records include the administrative files of the John F. Slater Fund (1882-1937), the Negro Rural School Fund (Anna T. Jeanes Fund)(1907-1937), and the Southern Education Foundation (SEF). The records of these organizations document the activities of philanthropists and educators in helping to provide African Americans in the South with greater educational opportunities. The records of both the John F. Slater Fund and the Anna T. Jeanes Fund include minutes of meetings, annual reports, financial records, and application forms from various states requesting educational aid. The materials in this digital collection represent photographs and scrapbooks ranging from the 1930s to the 1960s. and audio recordings from a meeting in 1997. At the AUC Robert W. Woodruff Library we are always striving to improve our digital collections. We welcome additional information about people, places, or events depicted in any of the works in this collection. To submit information, please contact us at DSD@auctr.edu. 
Jun 20, 2019

Southern Education Foundation Records

The Southern Education Foundation records include the administrative files of the John F. Slater Fund (1882-1937), the Negro Rural School Fund (Anna T. Jeanes Fund)(1907-1937), and the Southern Education Foundation (SEF). The records of these organizations document the activities of philanthropists and educators in helping to provide African Americans in the South with greater educational opportunities. The records of both the John F. Slater Fund and the Anna T. Jeanes Fund include minutes of meetings, annual reports, financial records, and application forms from various states requesting educational aid. The materials in this digital collection represent photographs and scrapbooks ranging from the 1930s to the 1960s. and audio recordings from a meeting in 1997.

At the AUC Robert W. Woodruff Library we are always striving to improve our digital collections. We welcome additional information about people, places, or events depicted in any of the works in this collection. To submit information, please contact us at DSD@auctr.edu. 
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A man demonstrates on a fishing pole to a class.
Southern Education Foundation Records
Students in a Classroom, circa 1954
Date Created
1949/1959
Description
A man demonstrates on a fishing pole to a class.
Subject
African Americans--Education, Groups and organizations, Associations, institutions, etc., Children, Portraits and people
Collection
Southern Education Foundation Records
View of unidentified group sitting in the grass around a woman.
Southern Education Foundation Records
Teacher and Students, circa 1953
Date Created
1948/1958
Description
View of unidentified group sitting in the grass around a woman.
Subject
African Americans--Education, Groups and organizations, Associations, institutions, etc., Portraits and people
Collection
Southern Education Foundation Records
A teacher and students in a classroom.
Southern Education Foundation Records
A Teacher and Students, circa 1953
Date Created
1948/1958
Description
A teacher and students in a classroom.
Subject
African Americans--Education, Groups and organizations, Associations, institutions, etc., Portraits and people
Collection
Southern Education Foundation Records
View of a teacher and students.
Southern Education Foundation Records
A Teacher and Students, circa 1953
Date Created
1948/1958
Description
View of a teacher and students.
Subject
African Americans--Education, Groups and organizations, Associations, institutions, etc., Portraits and people
Collection
Southern Education Foundation Records
View of students sitting in a classroom.
Southern Education Foundation Records
Students, circa 1953
Date Created
1948/1958
Description
View of students sitting in a classroom.
Subject
African Americans--Education, Groups and organizations, Associations, institutions, etc., Portraits and people
Collection
Southern Education Foundation Records
A teacher writes on a chalk board about skills and abilities of curriculum planning.
Southern Education Foundation Records
A Teacher and Students, circa 1953
Date Created
1948/1958
Description
A teacher writes on a chalk board about skills and abilities of curriculum planning.
Subject
African Americans--Education, Groups and organizations, Associations, institutions, etc., Portraits and people
Collection
Southern Education Foundation Records
A teacher writes on a chalk board in a classroom of students.
Southern Education Foundation Records
A Teacher and Students, circa 1952
Date Created
1947/1957
Description
A teacher writes on a chalk board in a classroom of students.
Subject
African Americans--Education, Groups and organizations, Associations, institutions, etc., Portraits and people
Collection
Southern Education Foundation Records
A group of unidentified people sit in a room at a gathering.
Southern Education Foundation Records
Party Gathering, November 4, 1947
Date Created
1947-11-04
Description
A group of unidentified people sit in a room at a gathering.
Subject
African Americans--Education, Groups and organizations, Associations, institutions, etc., Portraits and people
Collection
Southern Education Foundation Records
Three unidentified people look over paperwork.
Southern Education Foundation Records
Reading, circa 1951
Date Created
1946/1956
Description
Three unidentified people look over paperwork.
Subject
African Americans--Education, Groups and organizations, Associations, institutions, etc., Portraits and people
Collection
Southern Education Foundation Records
A group portrait of unidentified people stand in front of a building.
Southern Education Foundation Records
Group Portrait, July 14, 1950
Date Created
1945/1955
Description
A group portrait of unidentified people stand in front of a building.
Subject
African Americans--Education, Groups and organizations, Associations, institutions, etc., Portraits and people
Collection
Southern Education Foundation Records
A group protrait of unidentified people.
Southern Education Foundation Records
Group Portrait, circa 1950
Date Created
1945/1955
Description
A group protrait of unidentified people.
Subject
African Americans--Education, Groups and organizations, Associations, institutions, etc., Portraits and people
Collection
Southern Education Foundation Records
A group protrait of unidentified people.
Southern Education Foundation Records
Group Portrait, circa 1950
Date Created
1945/1955
Description
A group protrait of unidentified people.
Subject
African Americans--Education, Groups and organizations, Associations, institutions, etc., Portraits and people
Collection
Southern Education Foundation Records
A group protrait of unidentified people.
Southern Education Foundation Records
Group Portrait, circa 1950
Date Created
1945/1955
Description
A group protrait of unidentified people.
Subject
African Americans--Education, Groups and organizations, Associations, institutions, etc., Portraits and people
Collection
Southern Education Foundation Records
A group portrait of people at the Jeanes conference. Written on recto: April 2-4, 1936
Southern Education Foundation Records
Jeanes Conference, April 2, 1936
Date Created
1936-04-02
Description
A group portrait of people at the Jeanes conference. Written on recto: April 2-4, 1936
Subject
African Americans--Education, Groups and organizations, Associations, institutions, etc., Portraits and people
Collection
Southern Education Foundation Records
A group portrait of unidentified people stand in front of a statue of Booker T. Washington.
Southern Education Foundation Records
Group With Statue, circa 1940
Date Created
1935/1945
Description
A group portrait of unidentified people stand in front of a statue of Booker T. Washington.
Subject
African Americans--Education, Groups and organizations, Associations, institutions, etc., Portraits and people
Collection
Southern Education Foundation Records
A list of statistical tables.
Southern Education Foundation Records
"Conference on Colleges for Negro Youth," January 4-5, 1934
Date Created
1934-01-04
Description
A list of statistical tables.
Subject
African Americans--Education, Demographic surveys, Groups and organizations
Collection
Southern Education Foundation Records
Endowments and the institutions that support them.
Southern Education Foundation Records
"Endowment and Value of Plant, Colleges for Negro Youth," June 30, 1933
Date Created
1933-06-30
Description
Endowments and the institutions that support them.
Subject
African Americans--Education, Demographic surveys, Groups and organizations
Collection
Southern Education Foundation Records
Information on the number of teachers employed, degrees granted, and annual expenses.
Southern Education Foundation Records
"Colleges for Nergo Youth," June 30, 1933
Date Created
1933-06-30
Description
Information on the number of teachers employed, degrees granted, and annual expenses.
Subject
African Americans--Education, Demographic surveys, Groups and organizations
Collection
Southern Education Foundation Records
A list of figures for enrollment in colleges.
Southern Education Foundation Records
"Enrollment in Colleges for Negro Youth," June 30, 1933
Date Created
1933-06-30
Description
A list of figures for enrollment in colleges.
Subject
African Americans--Education, Demographic surveys, Groups and organizations
Collection
Southern Education Foundation Records
A list of data from colleges.
Southern Education Foundation Records
"Indebtedness of Colleges for Negro Youth," June 30, 1933
Date Created
1933-06-30
Description
A list of data from colleges.
Subject
African Americans--Education, Demographic surveys, Groups and organizations
Collection
Southern Education Foundation Records