Correspondence related to the Peabody Education Fund received by J. L. M. Curry and others from 1867 to 1880.

Correspondence related to the Peabody Education Fund received by J. L. M. Curry and others from 1867 to 1880.

During Reconstruction, Curry served as the general agent for the Peabody Education Fund and the John F. Slater Fund, organizations that established free public schools in the South and provided support to African American colleges and normal schools. These letters discuss a proposal for additional n...

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Correspondence related to the Peabody Education Fund received by J. L. M. Curry and others from 1867 to 1880.
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Aiken, William, 1806-1887; Curry, J. L. M. (Jabez Lamar Monroe), 1825-1903; Dockray, F. A. (Frederick A.), approximately 1840-; Eaton, George N.; Eaton, John, 1829-1906; Ellis, George Edward, 1814-1894; Evarts, William Maxwell, 1818-1901; Fairchild, E. H. (Edward Henry), 1815-1889; Fultz, Elizabeth Sears; Gibson, Randall Lee, 1832-1892; Gregory, E. S.; Jackson, Henry R. (Henry Rootes), 1820-1898; Keiley, Anthony M., 1835-1905; Riggs, George Washington, 1813-1881; Rives, William Cabell, 1793-1868; Sears, Barnas, 1802-1880; Sears, W. B.; Smith, J. A.; Stearns, Eben S. (Eben Sperry), 1819-1887; Stuart, Alexander H. H. (Alexander Hugh Holmes), 1807-1891; Waite, Morrison R. (Morrison Remick), 1816-1888; Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915; Wetmore, Samuel; Whipple, Henry Benjamin, 1822-1901; Winthrop, Robert C. (Robert Charles), 1809-1894; Peabody Education Fund (Staunton, Va.); Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute; African Americans--Education--Alabama; African Americans--Education--Southern States; Education--Alabama; Education--Southern States; Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877); Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)--Alabama
description During Reconstruction, Curry served as the general agent for the Peabody Education Fund and the John F. Slater Fund, organizations that established free public schools in the South and provided support to African American colleges and normal schools. These letters discuss a proposal for additional normal schools in Texas; book bills for several schools; funding of teachers' salaries, scholarships, and school supplies; Peabody Board of Trustees visit to the Peabody Normal School; the search for a Model School teacher; examination for a scholarship appointment; the building fund for the Model School; redistribution of scholarships among the white population; appropriations for the Knoxville school; legislative appropriations for "common schools" and the Teachers' Institute in Georgia; Booker T. Washington's expression of thanks to the Peabody Fund for appropriations to Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute; and disposition of the Peabody Fund.
spelling Correspondence related to the Peabody Education Fund received by J. L. M. Curry and others from 1867 to 1880.During Reconstruction, Curry served as the general agent for the Peabody Education Fund and the John F. Slater Fund, organizations that established free public schools in the South and provided support to African American colleges and normal schools. These letters discuss a proposal for additional normal schools in Texas; book bills for several schools; funding of teachers' salaries, scholarships, and school supplies; Peabody Board of Trustees visit to the Peabody Normal School; the search for a Model School teacher; examination for a scholarship appointment; the building fund for the Model School; redistribution of scholarships among the white population; appropriations for the Knoxville school; legislative appropriations for "common schools" and the Teachers' Institute in Georgia; Booker T. Washington's expression of thanks to the Peabody Fund for appropriations to Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute; and disposition of the Peabody Fund.1867-188018671860-1869; 1870-1879; 1880-1889Aiken, William, 1806-1887; Curry, J. L. M. (Jabez Lamar Monroe), 1825-1903; Dockray, F. A. (Frederick A.), approximately 1840-; Eaton, George N.; Eaton, John, 1829-1906; Ellis, George Edward, 1814-1894; Evarts, William Maxwell, 1818-1901; Fairchild, E. H. (Edward Henry), 1815-1889; Fultz, Elizabeth Sears; Gibson, Randall Lee, 1832-1892; Gregory, E. S.; Jackson, Henry R. (Henry Rootes), 1820-1898; Keiley, Anthony M., 1835-1905; Riggs, George Washington, 1813-1881; Rives, William Cabell, 1793-1868; Sears, Barnas, 1802-1880; Sears, W. B.; Smith, J. A.; Stearns, Eben S. (Eben Sperry), 1819-1887; Stuart, Alexander H. H. (Alexander Hugh Holmes), 1807-1891; Waite, Morrison R. (Morrison Remick), 1816-1888; Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915; Wetmore, Samuel; Whipple, Henry Benjamin, 1822-1901; Winthrop, Robert C. (Robert Charles), 1809-1894; Peabody Education Fund (Staunton, Va.); Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute; African Americans--Education--Alabama; African Americans--Education--Southern States; Education--Alabama; Education--Southern States; Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877); Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)--AlabamaTextBroadsides (Notices); Correspondence; Fliers (Printed matter); Promissory notesCurry, J. L. M. (Jabez Lamar Monroe)J. L. M. Curry family papersLPR48, Box 3Alabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama 36130EnglishThis material may be protected under U. S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S. Code) which governs the making of photocopies or reproductions of copyrighted materials. You may use the digitized material for private study, scholarship, or research. Though ADAH has physical ownership of the material in its collections, in some cases we may not own the copyright to the material. It is the patron's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in our collections.http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/voices/id/18596
title Correspondence related to the Peabody Education Fund received by J. L. M. Curry and others from 1867 to 1880.
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