Improving Teachers
This collection contains documents, compendia, expenditures, and correspondence pushing for the improvement of rural education in the South. Ida Nance Givens pushed for an "Improvement of Teachers in Service" project, where teachers in schools would be trained to become more adept in vocational activities - Foreman and Schotlandville were schools involved in this project. Mr. Edwin R. Embree had plans for publishing a booklet discussing good teaching practices for teachers to adopt in schools; colleagues, such as Mrs. Catherine J. Duncan and Mr. J. E. Brewton, showed extreme interest in the making of this booklet.
- Title
- Improving Teachers in the Rural South
- Description
- This collection contains documents, compendia, expenditures, and correspondence pushing for the improvement of rural education in the South. Ida Nance Givens pushed for an "Improvement of Teachers in Service" project, where teachers in schools would be trained to become more adept in vocational activities - Foreman and Schotlandville were schools involved in this project. Mr. Edwin R. Embree had plans for publishing a booklet discussing good teaching practices for teachers to adopt in schools; colleagues, such as Mrs. Catherine J. Duncan and Mr. J. E. Brewton, showed extreme interest in the making of this booklet.
- Identifier
- fisk_rf_sf_323_00003
- Subject
- Julius Rosenwald Fund, 20th Century—History, African American history, Embree, Edwin R. (Edwin Rogers), 1883-1950, Johnson, Charles Spurgeon, 1893-1956, Elvidge, Dorothy A., 1906-1994, Whiting, Helen Adele, 1885-1959, Brewton, John Edmund, 1898-1982, Bond, Horace Mann, 1904-1972, Wright, Arthur D. (Arthur Davis), 1885-1947, Junker, Buford H. (Buford Helmholz), 1911-, Jones, Lewis Wade, 1910-1979, Owen, W. H. (William Horace), 1874-1957, Dixon, J. Curtis (John Curtis), 1894-1975,
- Date
- 1937-07-08/1938-02-14
- Format
- Type
- text
- Rights
- Fisk University John Hope and Aurelia E. Franklin Library reasonably believe that the items made available in our digital collections are not restricted by copyright or related rights. However, these materials are publicly accessible, some restrictions on further use may still apply. Permitted uses for those items are limited to research, educational, and scholarly purposes under U.S. Copyright Law Title 17, §108 U.S.C. Besides educational uses, you need to obtain permission from Fisk University Franklin Library. Please contact archives@fisk.edu.
- Source
- School Fund, Box 323, Julius Rosenwald Fund Archives, 1917-1948, John Hope and Aurelia E. Franklin Library
- Publisher
- John Hope and Aurelia E. Franklin Library
- Item sets
- School Fund