Rural School Exploration Simon Study, 1934 - 1937

This collection features statistics, memoranda, letters, and payment records related to James F. Simon's "The Simon Study", a social experiment to explore the cultural factors affecting black education in the rural South, from 1934-1937. Key figures in the correspondence include Dr. Charles S. Johnson, Mr. Buford Junker, Mr. Lewis Jones. The materials document all memoranda regarding the development of the Southern Georgia Teachers College in Statesboro, Georgia towards the "Compendium of Rural Schools in the South" in 1934. In addition, the collection includes all checks received by Dr. Johnson, the director of Fisk University, towards work on the "Compendium on Rural Life and Education".