Anne C. Stouffer Foundation Records, 1960s-1990s

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Summary

Creator:
Anne C. Stouffer Foundation
Abstract:

The Anne C. Stouffer Foundation was established in 1967 by Anne Forsyth of Winston-Salem, N.C., to promote the integration of preparatory schools in the South. Over its eight years of operation, the Foundation helped 142 students, chiefly African Americans, gain admission to preparatory schools in North Carolina, Virginia, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, and other southern states. A driving force in the Foundation's work was novelist John Ehle, who was active in recruiting and placing students. By 1975, the Foundation's goal of preparatory school integration was largely achieved, and the program was halted.

The collection includes correspondence, reports, student files, photographs, audiocassettes, and other materials relating to the Anne C. Stouffer Foundation's work in integrating southern prepartory schools. Also included are some materials regarding grape growing that belonged to John Ehle, and materials regarding efforts to establish a music conservatory program in South Africa.

Extent:
6500 items (10 linear feet)
Language:
Materials in English
Library Catalog Link:
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Background

Biographical / historical:

The Anne C. Stouffer Foundation was established in 1967 by Anne Forsyth of Winston-Salem, N.C., to promote the integration of preparatory schools in the South. Over its eight years of operation, the Foundation helped 142 students, chiefly African Americans, gain admission to preparatory schools in North Carolina, Virginia, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, and other southern states. A driving force in the Foundation's work was novelist John Ehle, who was active in recruiting and placing students. By 1975, the Foundation's goal of preparatory school integration was largely achieved, and the program was halted.

Scope and content:

Correspondence, reports, student files, photographs, audio tapes, and other materials relating to the Anne C. Stouffer Foundation's work in integrating preparatory schools in North Carolina, Virginia, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, and other southern states. Also included are some materials regarding grape growing that belonged to John Ehle, and materials regarding efforts to establish a music conservatory program in South Africa.

Acquisition information:

Received from John Ehle of Winston-Salem, N.C., in May 1990 and November 1994 (Acc. 94164).

Processing information:

Processed by: Manuscripts Department Staff, 1990s; and Margaret Dickson, March 2007

Encoded by: Margaret Dickson, March 2007

Updatedby: Laura Hart, February 2020; Dawne Howard Lucas, May 2021

Sensitive materials statement:

Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. § 132 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. § 126-22 et seq.). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assumes no responsibility.

Access and use

Restrictions to access:

This collection contains materials which are closed. The Library closed all materials in boxes 1 through 5 and audiocassettes (C-4556/1-61) because these records contain personally identifying information about minor students who participated in the Stouffer Foundation's program. These materials are closed and are not accessible for research or duplication of any type until 1 January 2049.

Restrictions to use:

Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], in the Anne C. Stouffer Foundation Records #4556, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Location of this collection:
Louis Round Wilson Library
200 South Road
Chapel Hill, NC 27515
Contact:
(919) 962-3765
wilsonlibrary@unc.edu