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• Outline of an Experimentation at Foreman Rosenwald School and Related Correspondence.
  This collection contains an outline of a proposed five-year experimentation program for the creation of a Rosenwald School in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana. The outline details proposed projects including the extension of the school term, organizations for community betterment, evening classes, health and hygiene improvement, classroom instruction enhancement, and addressing the general needs of the Foreman School. The collection also includes correspondence between the Julius Rosenwald Fund, and various people in Louisiana, talking about the Foreman Rosenwald School. The correspondence discuss school visists, the condition of the school grounds, and library, selection of library books, fellowship applications, and salary payments. The correspondence were from 1934 through 1936.
• Reports on Rosenwald Schools in Louisiana for Rosenwald School Day
  This collection contains a number of reports for the Rosenwald School Day Program for schools in various counties and parishes in Louisiana prepared by the Louisiana State Department of Education for the Julius Rosenwald Fund. The collection also contains Summary Reports and School Report and Guide for Scoring for inspection for Rosenwald Schools.
• Various Documents on Funding and Correspondence between The Julius Rosenwald Fund and the Louisiana State Department of Education
  This collection features various correspondence between The Julius Rosenwald Fund and the State Department of Education comprising information on funding, various reports on Rosenwald Schools, budgets, checks, refund checks, inspection reports and disbursements (for extension of terms, transportation of pupils, libraries, and construction). The correspondence were all in 1931.
• Reports of Schools in Counties in Louisiana
  This collection contains various correspondence to and from the Julius Rosenwald Fund and the Louisiana State Department of Education comprising receipts and disbursements of funds, checks, annual reports on the Julius Rosenwald schools, applications for aid, budgets, receipts, and disbursements. The correspondence were all in 1930.
• Various Documents on Funding for and Reports of Rosenwald Schools in Louisiana
  This collection contains various correspondence to and from the Julius Rosenwald Fund and the Louisiana State Department of Education about receipts and disbursements of funds, checks, inspection reports of schools in the counties, reports on Rosenwald School Day in all the counties, reports of schools erected, application for aid for Rosenwald schools to be built in various counties, as well as request for additional funds for counties that do not have any Rosenwald School. The correspondence ranged from 1928 to 1929.
• Various Documents on Funding for Rosenwald Schools in Louisiana
  This collection comprises various documents including checks for working capital refund for various counties in Louisiana from the Julius Rosenwald Fund to the Louisiana State Department of Education, building funds request, budgets, receipts. disbursements, allotments and reports on the Rosenwald Schools in all the counties in Louisiana.
• Various Documents on Funding for Rosenwald Schools in Louisiana
  This collection comprises various documents detailing records of disbursements of funds for the Rosenwald Schools, records of contributions for school buildings from the Rosenwald Fund, and the community, records of allotments and budgets for the Rosenwald Schools, and checks for refunds for working capital from the Rosenwald Fund to the Louisiana State Department of Education.
• Letters Containing Checks for Building Agents
  This collection comprises letters containing checks from the Julius Rosenwald Fund ranging to the Louisiana State Department of Education for half of the salary and expenses of the Building Agent for each month. The checks were issued monthly from January 1927 to June 1930. The collection also contains some correspondence from the Louisiana State Department of Education to the Julius Rosenwald Fund for reduction in salaries because of the Great Depression.
• Letters Containing Checks for Building Agents
  This collection comprises letters containing checks from the Julius Rosenwald Fund ranging to the Louisiana State Department of Education for half of the salary and expenses of the Building Agent for each month. The checks were issued monthly from July 1923 to December 1926.
• Reports of Schools on Rosenwald School Days
  This collection mainly features several reports on schools in various counties on their execution of the Rosenwald School Day. There were receipts for funds spent, school reports and guides for scoring schools for Rosenwald School Day. There are also some general reports on the schools, their buildings, and the community, and some statistics on spending on Kentucky Schools. The reports range from March 1930 to March 1934.
• Annual Reports of Rosenwald Schools in Kentucky
  This collection features three annual reports (1929-1930, 1930-1931, 1931-1932) from the Kentucky State Department of Education to the Julius Rosenwald Fund. These reports detailed receipts and disbursements of funds for constructions of Rosenwald Schools in various counties in Kentucky, extensions of school terms, transportation of students, and libraries.
• Correspondence for Budgets for Rosenwald Schools
  This collection features letters to and from The Julius Rosenwald Fund in Nashville, Tennessee to the Kentucky State Department of Education in Frankfort, Kentucky detailing budgets for transportation of students, applications for new schools, building of schools, rural and high school libraries, and teacher's homes. It also contains some information on pay disparities between white and black teachers, statistics on public schools in the state of Kentucky, a shortage of black students at one of the schools, and a biennial report for the State of Kentucky. The correspondences ranged from March 1928 to December 1929.
• Correspondence for Budgets for Rosenwald Schools and Teacher's Homes
  This collection features letters to and from The Julius Rosenwald Fund in Nashville, Tennessee to the Kentucky State Department of Education in Frankfort, Kentucky detailing budgets for applications for schools, building of schools, and teacher's homes. The dates for the letters ranged from January 1922 to June 1927.
• Correspondence of Checks for a Rosenwald Building Project
  This collection features a series of letters corresponding to checks issued by The Julius Rosenwald Fund to various superintendents of the Kentucky State Department of Justice detailing $100 payments for one-half salary and expenses for the Negro Building agent every month, ranging from July, 1923 to June, 1924
• Automobile Transactions related to the Julius Rosenwald Fund
  This collection contains correspondence, documents, and reports related to the purchase, sale, insurance, repairs, and general management of automobiles associated with the Julius Rosenwald Fund. It includes communications with private individuals and insurance companies such as Allstate Insurance Company regarding policy agreements, claims, and vehicle transactions. Notable records include Correspondence involving Mr. James F. Simon, Miss Allie B. Cheney, Miss Ruth Lockman, and Mr. Buford H. Junker, particularly about Cheney’s resignation and the transfer of her Fund-owned car, which was placed in storage at Mr. J. T. Swann’s Garage while awaiting sale. Discussions with the Motor Vehicle Division of the State Revenue Commission regarding its sale are also documented. Additionally, the collection includes records related to Juanitta Reddick, a Red Oak School teacher, who is set to receive a car from the Fund for transportation assistance. Subsequently, the collection also has Records of Rosenwald Fund using the Biltmore Garage and the 7th Avenue Garage and Motors for storage of its vehicles.
• Proposed Program for the Improvement of the Rural South
  This collection contains documents related to the study and improvement of rural schools in the southern United States. Sponsored by the Julius Rosenwald Fund and conducted by the Division of Surveys and Field Studies at George Peabody College, the materials include detailed statements of accounts, comprehensive reports, and analysis of rural schools. The study aimed to identify effective strategies for enhancing education in these areas. A classified bibliography is included, categorizing resources according to their relevance to rural education and its various functions. Additionally, the collection features Proposed program and Budget outlining the continuation of efforts to improve southern rural education, along with a timeline and personnel details for the planned initiatives. This collection serves as a valuable historical record of efforts to address educational disparities in the rural South and offers insight into early educational reform movements in the region.
• Progress Report for the Brewton-Bond Study, 1938
  This collection contains progress report and proposed procedure for the Brewton-Bond study, a special study of rural elementary schools in the South, sponsored by the Julius Rosenwald Fund and conducted by the Division of Surveys and Field Studies at George Peabody College for Teachers in Nashville, Tennessee in 1938. It also includes Correspondence between the Rosenwald Fund and Mr. Doak S. Campbell, director of the Division of Surveys and Field Studies, regarding the study’s progress, updates, findings, and expenses. Additionally, the collection features reports on white rural schools in Georgia, payment vouchers documenting expenditures from the study's budget, and records of salary payments to the study's organizers. It also contains a weekly editorial newspaper, "My Weekly Reader," obtained by Mr. Bond during his visit to a rural school in North Louisiana, as well as a copy of the article "The Little Red Schoolhouse Challenge," written by Mr. John E. Brewton. The collection concludes with a document titled "The Status of Supervision of Schools for Negroes" in the Southeastern States, also authored by Mr. John E. Brewton.
• Creating New Material for Rural Education in the South
  This collection contains documents and correspondence to and fro Mr. Edwin R. Embree about plans for creating new educational material tailored for schools in the rural South. Many of his colleagues - including Mr. Charles S. Johnson, Mr. Clark Foreman, Mr. T. J. Woofter Jr., and Mr. Edmund deS. Brunner - referred others to move forward with this endeavor. Those referred include Miss Virginia Mae Argrett, Mrs. Elizabeth Healy Ross, Mrs. Edith Webb Williams, and Miss Helen Hay Heyl.
• Planning and Development of Rural Education Progam
  This collection contains correspondence, receipts, and documents from Mr. John E. Brewton describing the state of rural schools in the South. Further documents highlighted the development of rural education program in the South, including suggestions from Mr. Edwin R. Embree and Mr. Charles S. Johnson. School mentioned include Tuskegee Institute, Jackson College, Fort Valley State College, West Georgia College, and University of Georgia.
• Improving Teachers in the Rural South
  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.
• Addressing Medical Care and Health Education in Rural Areas
  This collection contains documents and memoranda highlighting the situation of health care in rural communities. Plans involved understanding people's perception of health care - people in rural areas - and creating health educational programs for schools and teachers. Questions were currated by Mr. Michael M. Davis towards understanding the general concesus of health care in rural areas; response to these questions were compiled and addressed in Rural School Conference, 1936.
• Restructuring Rural Education in the South, 1935
  This collection contains invoices, work orders, and correspondence to and fro Mr. Edwin E. Embree about plans for reorganizing rural education in the south, which was published in a 1935 article called "Rural Education". Response to the article were met with concerns, but it piqued the interest of many involved in the Rural Education project. Bulletins of Mr. Embree's plans were offered to be distributed to those who showed high interest, many of which include: Mr. Albert S. Cook, E. A. Duke, Mr. William G. Carr. There was also mention of an "Improvement and Beautification Day" set for March 6, 1936.
• Sassar's Mill School in Wayne County, North Carolina
  Photo of Sassar's Mill School in Wayne County, North Carolina
• Crescent City School in Putnam County, Florida
  Photo of Crescent City School in Putnam County, Florida
• White Springs School in Hamilton County, Florida
  Photo of White Springs School in Hamilton County, Florida