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Size | 10 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 6500 items items) |
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. |
Creator | Anne C. Stouffer Foundation |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
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
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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.
Back to TopCorrespondence, 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.
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Correspondence, notes, articles, and other items, 1966-1979The 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. Related to the Anne C. Stouffer Foundation and specifically to individual boys and girls participating in the program |
Audiocassette C-4556/1-61
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Interviews with program participants, 1970sThe 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. Processing note: Preservation masters of cassettes C-4556/1-19 are stored and embargoed in the Carolina Digital Repository. |
Box 6 |
Statistical analysis of the Anne C. Stouffer Foundation's study on social tolerance |
Box 7 |
Financial materials relating to the Anne C. Stouffer Foundation, and a December 1975 issue of Ebony that features an article on the Foundation |
Box 8 |
Financial materials, Mount Vernon 1972 Summer Conference materials, Quail Roost Conference materials, photograph negatives, reunion materials, and other items |
Box 9 |
Report on the Stouffer scholarship program, reunion materials, and punch cards from the Anne C. Stouffer Foundation's study on social tolerance and analysis of the results of the study's questionnaire |
Box 10 |
Punch cards from the Anne C. Stouffer Foundation's study on social tolerance |
Box 11 |
Questionnaires and other materials from the Anne C. Stouffer Foundation's study on social tolerance |
Box 12 |
Questionnaire analysis materials from the Anne C. Stouffer Foundation's study on social tolerance, "A Better Chance" reports, and diagnostic testing materials |
Box 13 |
"A Better Chance" reports, Talent Search program reports, correspondence, photographs, and other materials |
Box 14 |
Correspondence, North Carolina Awards materials, Awards Committee for Education materials, and other materials |
Box 15 |
Materials regarding grape growing that belonged to John Ehle, and materials regarding efforts to establish a music conservatory program in South AfricaIt is unclear as to how these materials relate to the other materials in the collection. |