Rural School Program: Pine Mountain Valley School, 1937

This collection contains correspondence between the Julius Rosenwald Fund, the Georgia State Department of Education, and the Georgia Pine Mountain Valley Rural Community Corporation concerning efforts to appoint a new principal for the Pine Mountain Valley School following the resignation of Mr. Ernest H. Thomas. Ultimately, Mr. Claude E. Boggs is selected to succeed Mr. Thomas as the teacher of vocational agriculture and superintendent of the Pine Mountain Valley Rural Community School. The collection also includes copies of the P.M.V. Echo, a magazine published weekly by the Pine Mountain Valley Rural Organized Community in Hamilton, Georgia, specifically the August 7, 1937, and August 28, 1937, issues. Additionally, the collection contains an application for financial aid submitted to the Julius Rosenwald Fund by the Pine Mountain Valley Rural School to support a demonstration project in rural education. It also contains a list of activities and accomplishments of Pine Mountain Valley Rural Organized Community. Key mentions in this collection include Mr. W. T. Bennett, Mr. M. D. Mobley, Mr. L. M. Lester, and Mr Wiley B. Wisdom.