Hempstead County Rural Education Materials
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Content Description
The collection contains one unsigned typescript letter to Wallace Buttrick, requesting support for Hempstead County schools, and three reports compiled by Hempstead County teacher R. E. Tate for the Jeanes Foundation's Negro Rural School Fund.
Dates
- 1914-1917
Language of Materials
Collection materials are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
Please call (479) 575-8444 or email specoll@uark.edu at least two weeks in advance of your arrival to ensure availability of the materials.
Conditions Governing Use
No Use Restrictions Apply.
No Interlibrary Loan.
Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).
Biographical / Historical
Hempstead County is located in southwest Arkansas.
The Negro Rural School Fund, or Jeanes Fund, was a program funded by the Anna T. Jeanes Foundation of New York to support education for Black students in rural communities. Teachers whose positions were funded by this program were known as "Jeanes Teachers" or "Jeanes Supervisors."
Extent
0.01 Linear Feet (1 folder)
Arrangement
Materials are arranged chronologically.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The Hempstead County Rural Education Materials were purchased from McBride Rare Books of Dobbs Ferry, New York on February 26, 2024.
Processing Information
Processed by Katrina Windon; completed March 2024.
Source
- McBride Rare Books (Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.) (Bookseller, Organization)
- Title
- Hempstead County Rural Education Materials
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Katrina Windon
- Date
- March 2024
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Department Repository
University of Arkansas Libraries
365 N. McIlroy Avenue
Fayetteville AR 72701 United States
(479) 575-8444
specoll@uark.edu