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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  • Subjects = Groups and organizations
Title Date Created Description Subject Collection
Children Particpate in an Activity, circa 1960 1955/1965 View of children working on an activity. African Americans--Education, Groups and organizations, Associations, institutions, etc., Children, Portraits and people Southern Education Foundation Records
Children Particpate in an Activity, circa 1960 1955/1965 View of children working on an activity. African Americans--Education, Groups and organizations, Associations, institutions, etc., Children, Portraits and people Southern Education Foundation Records
Children Reading, circa 1960 1955/1965 View of children reading. African Americans--Education, Groups and organizations, Associations, institutions, etc., Children, Portraits and people Southern Education Foundation Records
Unidentified Group, circa 1960 1955/1965 A child speaks on a microphone while others stand behind him. African Americans--Education, Groups and organizations, Associations, institutions, etc., Children, Portraits and people Southern Education Foundation Records
Children Particpate in an Activity, circa 1960 1955/1965 View of four children working on a project. African Americans--Education, Groups and organizations, Associations, institutions, etc., Children, Portraits and people Southern Education Foundation Records
Children Particpate in an Activity, circa 1960 1955/1965 View of children working on an activity. African Americans--Education, Groups and organizations, Associations, institutions, etc., Children, Portraits and people Southern Education Foundation Records
Children in a Classroom, circa 1960 1955/1965 Children and their teacher sit in a circle for an activity. African Americans--Education, Groups and organizations, Associations, institutions, etc., Children, Portraits and people Southern Education Foundation Records
Children Particpate in an Activity, circa 1960 1955/1965 View of children working on an activity. African Americans--Education, Groups and organizations, Associations, institutions, etc., Children, Portraits and people Southern Education Foundation Records
People Praying, circa 1960 1955/1965 A woman and a group of children pray before a meal. African Americans--Education, Groups and organizations, Associations, institutions, etc., Children, Portraits and people Southern Education Foundation Records
Children Sing in a Choir, circa 1960 1955/1965 View of children singing. African Americans--Education, Groups and organizations, Associations, institutions, etc., Children, Portraits and people Southern Education Foundation Records
Students, June 2, 1953 1953-06-02 View of students sitting in a classroom. African Americans--Education, Groups and organizations, Associations, institutions, etc., Portraits and people Southern Education Foundation Records
Student Group, circa 1953 1953 A group portrait of student and teacher outside of a class building. African Americans--Education, Groups and organizations, Associations, institutions, etc., Portraits and people Southern Education Foundation Records
Dannette Marie Sanders Paperwork, circa 1955 1950/1960 Paperwork covering Dannette Marie Sanders' teaching experience. African Americans--Education, Groups and organizations, African American women Southern Education Foundation Records
Three Men Play Baseball, circa 1955 1950/1960 View of three men playing baseball. Groups and organizations, Associations, institutions, etc., Events and programs Southern Education Foundation Records
People Square Dance, circa 1955 1950/1960 Unidentified people square dance. Written on recto: The square dance was only one of the recreational activities that made the workshop social a pleasant friendly affair. African Americans--Education, Groups and organizations, Associations, institutions, etc., Portraits and people Southern Education Foundation Records
Group in a Library, circa 1955 1950/1960 An unidentified group looks at books in a library. Written on recto: An intellectual moment in the library when principals select ideas that may be carried back home, and find that books are important resources. African Americans--Education, Groups and organizations, Associations, institutions, etc., Portraits and people Southern Education Foundation Records
People Get on a Bus, circa 1955 1950/1960 A view of people board a bus. African Americans--Education, Groups and organizations, Associations, institutions, etc., Portraits and people Southern Education Foundation Records
People in a Dining Room, circa 1955 1950/1960 View of men eating in a dining room after the last evaluation conference. Written on recto: In the dining room after the last evaluation conference the men talk freely on the strong and weak points of the meeting. As one principal said in terms of the Baptist and Methodist churches with which the schools are so closely identified, "This last meeting with all the superintendents and state officials present was like an experience meeting, or better still a 'telling-your-determination meeting' for we committed ourselves publicly to certain actions and asked others to help us spiritually and materially." African Americans--Education, Groups and organizations, Associations, institutions, etc., Portraits and people Southern Education Foundation Records
Dean Murphy and Others, circa 1955 1950/1960 Dean Murphy talks to a group. Written on recto: Dean Murphy tells the group a human interest story which clinches a point in human relations in educational administration. African Americans--Education, Groups and organizations, Associations, institutions, etc., Portraits and people Southern Education Foundation Records
People in a Classroom, circa 1955 1950/1960 View of students and teachers in a classroom. African Americans--Education, Groups and organizations, Associations, institutions, etc., Portraits and people Southern Education Foundation Records