Calhoun Colored School, 1909

This series is comprised of papers generated from the office of the Board of Trustees of the John F. Slater Fund, a private, tax-exempt fund established in 1882 for the education of African Americans in the South. The records include the proceedings of the Board of Trustees dating from the Fund's inception through 1937, when the Slater Fund merged with the Anna T. Jeanes Foundation to form the Southern Education Foundation. The proceedings include the reports of the General Agent, Treasurer's Statements, lists of appropriations to schools, reports from schools that received money from the Slater Fund, and by-laws of the organization. Annual reports from the President of the Slate Fund to the Board of Trustees from 1932-1937 are in this series. Also included are reports on a variety of subjects relating to education in the South, written mostly by members of the Board of Trustees. Financial records include correspondence with officers of banks and investment companies regarding the status of investments made by members of the Board of Trustees. Additional records include the minutes of the Educational Committee, a standing committee of the Board, from 1895-1913; correspondence to and from Wallace Buttrick (1903-1910), a former Secretary and Board member; and the correspondence and administrative records of George Dickerman (1907-1916), a Field Agent for the Slater Fund. The material is arranged into eight subseries, some of which are further subdivided. Most of the material is arranged chronologically, with the exception of the correspondence and administrative records of the Field Agent and of the Secretary.