Administrative and Financial Documents, Julius Rosenwald Fund 1914-1933

A curated collection of letters, payment vouchers, receipts, expenditure statements, reimbursement statements, financial documents, and correspondence between the Julius Rosenwald Fund and the General Education Board. This collection encompasses records of administrative activities, schoolhouse construction reports, budget and refund data, financial reports, and philanthropic efforts carried out by the Julius Rosenwald Fund. This collection also includes records spanning fifteen southern states from 1920 to 1930, detailing a decade of progress in schoolhouse construction, the value and per-capita value of public school property, data on increased attendance, and schoolhouse property values for Negroes compared to the cost of Rosenwald schools.