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An Inventory of the Martha Schofield Scholarship Fund Records, 1975-1980Finding Aid Prepared by FHL staffEncoding made possible by a grant by the Gladys Kriebel Delmas Foundation to the Philadelphia Consortium of Special Collections Libraries2001
BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL NOTEThe 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. The Scholarship Fund was started in 1954. The awards for scholarship are restricted to students who have attended Aiken County, South Carolina, schools and the Martha Schofield Junior High School. 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. Return to the Table of Contents SCOPE AND CONTENT OF THE RECORDSThis small collection contains papers relating to the Martha Schofield Scholarship Fund. Return to the Table of Contents SELECTED SEARCH TERMSThis collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Friends Historical Library (TRIPOD). Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings: Return to the Table of Contents The collection is organized into three series. The series are: For current information on the location of materials, please consult the Library's online catalog. Return to the Table of Contents DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDSSer. 1. History of the Fund
Ser. 2. Correspondence
Ser. 3. Reference Material
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