Martha Schofield Scholarship Fund
Scope and Contents
This small collection contains papers relating to the Martha Schofield Scholarship Fund.
Dates
- Creation: 1975-1980
Creator
- Martha Schofield Scholarship Fund (Committee) (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
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Biographical / Historical
The Fund is a memorial to Martha Schofield who founded a school for African-American youth in 1868 at Aiken, SC. The school became known as the Schofield Normal and Industrial School and continued for 82 years. In 1950 it was transferred to the Aiken City Board of Education. On Sept. 20, 1952, a resolution also was adopted by the Schofield Board placing the memorial fund with Trustees of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends as trustee. Friends Fiduciary, as successor to Trustees of PYM, is the current trust for this fund and oversees the work of the Martha Schofield Distribution Committee,
The awards for scholarship are restricted to students from Schofield High School or other high schools Aiken County, South Carolina.
Sanford P. Bradby (1900-1978) had been principal of the Schofield School from 1930-1935 and was chairman of the Schofield Scholarship Fund Committee. His wife succeeded him after his death.
James H. Young of Wilmington, DE, was President of the Board of Trustees.
Extent
0.42 linear ft. (1 box ( 5 folders))
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This small collection contains papers relating to the Martha Schofield Scholarship Fund, named after Quaker educator Martha Schofield, and restricted to students from Aiken County, South Carolina.
Arrangement
The collection is organized into three series. The series are:
- History of the Fund
- Correspondence
- Reference Material
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Physical Location
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Estate of James H. Young, 1982
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Received from estate of James H. Young, who served as president of the Board of Trustees.
Subject
- Martha Schofield Scholarship Fund (Committee) (Organization)
- Title
- An Inventory of the Martha Schofield Scholarship Fund Records, 1975-1980
- Author
- FHL staff
- Date
- 2001
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
- Sponsor
- Encoding made possible by a grant by the Gladys Kriebel Delmas Foundation to the Philadelphia Consortium of Special Collections Libraries
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