%eadnotat; ]> 4048scfu An Inventory of the Martha Schofield Scholarship Fund Records, 1975-1980 Finding Aid Prepared by FHL staff Encoding made possible by a grant by the Gladys Kriebel Delmas Foundation to the Philadelphia Consortium of Special Collections Libraries Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College. 2001 Text converted and initial EAD tagging provided by Apex Data Services, December 2000. ENG Martha Schofield Scholarship Fund Records, 1975-1980 FHL staff Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College. 2001 Descriptive Summary Records, 1975-1980 RG 4/048 Martha Schofield Scholarship Fund 1 box ; 5 folders Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College.

Swarthmore, Pennsylvania 19081-1399 U.S.A.

For current information on the location of materials, please consult the Library's online catalog. 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.

Repository:

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, PA 19081-1399

Phone: (610) 328-8496 FAX: (610) 690-5728

BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL NOTE

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. 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.

SCOPE AND CONTENT OF THE RECORDS

This small collection contains papers relating to the Martha Schofield Scholarship Fund.

The collection is organized into three series. The series are:

History of the Fund Correspondence Reference Material

For current information on the location of materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.

ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Accession information

Gift of Estate of James H. Young, 1982

Provenance

Received from estate of James H. Young, who served as president of the Board of Trustees.

Access

Collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions

Copyright has not been assigned to Friends Historical Library All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in to the Director. Permission for publication is given on behalf Friends Historical Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by reader.

Preferred Citation

[Indicate the cited item or series here], Martha Schofield Scholarship Fund, Records, 1975-1980, RG 4/048, Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College.

Related Material

Martha Schofield Papers, RG 5/134

SELECTED SEARCH TERMS

This 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:

Martha Schofield Scholarship Fund Society of Friends -- Education Quakers -- South Carolina Quakers -- Charities Quakers -- Education -- Schools Schools -- South Carolina Education -- South Carolina Afro-Americans -- Education -- South Carolina South Carolina -- Afro-Americans -- Education DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS

Note to Researchers: To request materials, please note both the location and box numbers shown below:

Ser. 1. History of the Fund Annual Report of the Fiduciary Corp. of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends. 1979 1 Ser. 2. Correspondence Correspondence 1 3 folders

Primarily correspondence between James H. Young, President of the Board of Trustees, and Sanford P. and Lelia A. Bradby of Aiken, S.C., chairmen of the scholarship selection committee. Includes names of recipients, and colleges and universities attended.

Ser. 3. Reference Material Newspaper clippings 1 Obituary of Sanford P. Bradby 1