Correspondence Regarding Special Aid to Backward Counties
A curated collection of letters, payment vouchers, receipts, expenditure statements, financial documents, and correspondence among members of the Julius Rosenwald Fund discussing plans to increase the Rosenwald Fund allotment by 50% for counties with a Negro population of 5% or more. This collection also includes a copy of the report detailing, by state, the first Rosenwald school built in counties with 5% or more Negro population, made possible by the additional 50% aid.
- Title
- Correspondence Regarding Special Aid to Backward Counties in the Rural South 1928-1931
- Description
- A curated collection of letters, payment vouchers, receipts, expenditure statements, financial documents, and correspondence among members of the Julius Rosenwald Fund discussing plans to increase the Rosenwald Fund allotment by 50% for counties with a Negro population of 5% or more. This collection also includes a copy of the report detailing, by state, the first Rosenwald school built in counties with 5% or more Negro population, made possible by the additional 50% aid.
- Identifier
- fisk_rf_sf_331_00004
- Subject
- The Julius Rosenwald Fund, 20th Century—History, African American history, Smith, S. L. (Samuel Leonard), 1875-1956, Stern, Alfred Kaufman, 1897-1986, Newbold, N. C. (Nathan Carter), 1871-1957
- Date
- 1928-11-07/1931-11-07
- 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
- Projects/Person Requesting Aid, Box 326, 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