Negro Rural Schools: Warm Springs, Georgia, 1934 - 1935

This collection contains correspondence between the Julius Rosenwald Fund, President Franklin D. Roosevelt and the White House, and the Georgia State Department of Education regarding the study of Negro schools and communities in the Warm Springs District of Georgia. Included in the collection is a report titled "Statistical Summary of a Survey of the Warm Springs Colored School District," written by Mr. L. S. Molette for the State Department of Education (Division of Vocational Education). Additionally, the correspondence features discussions between the Julius Rosenwald Fund and the White House concerning efforts to secure federal aid to supplement the Fund's existing resources for the construction of a Negro school in Warm Springs, Georgia. Key mentions in this collection includes Mr. Robert L. Cousins, Miss Gay B. Shepperson, and Mr. W. I. Nunn.

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Title
Negro Rural Schools: Warm Springs, Georgia, 1934 - 1935
Description
This collection contains correspondence between the Julius Rosenwald Fund, President Franklin D. Roosevelt and the White House, and the Georgia State Department of Education regarding the study of Negro schools and communities in the Warm Springs District of Georgia. Included in the collection is a report titled "Statistical Summary of a Survey of the Warm Springs Colored School District," written by Mr. L. S. Molette for the State Department of Education (Division of Vocational Education). Additionally, the correspondence features discussions between the Julius Rosenwald Fund and the White House concerning efforts to secure federal aid to supplement the Fund's existing resources for the construction of a Negro school in Warm Springs, Georgia. Key mentions in this collection includes Mr. Robert L. Cousins, Miss Gay B. Shepperson, and Mr. W. I. Nunn.
Identifier
fisk_rf_sf_338_00014
Subject
Julius Rosenwald Fund, 20th Century—History, African American history, Smith, S. L. (Samuel Leonard), 1875-1956, Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945, Embree, Edwin R. (Edwin Rogers), 1883-1950, Dixon, J. Curtis (John Curtis), 1894-1975, Peabody, George Foster, 1852-1938
State
Georgia
Date
1934-04-09/1935-12-27
Format
pdf
Type
Text
Rights
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Source
Projects/Persons Requesting Aid, Box 338, 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