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¢ ’ Norwich, Connecticut - In leaving this fund, SLATER fo indicated the wish that it be used in "providing a thot Christian education for the lately emancipated freed~ rs re men and their successors." a 62-—- 7 ;- “yep {a eft ~ Sy ye 1 af | tw Th ZS ; wong y Ji The George Peabody Fund, created by an individual. of. . |, ., I | aap av name from the te of Massachusetts in ‘the amount, ° (8p SERS REBE EE OF Seroemen oF te meee Bey} 5A 469 Nov 12 1964 frre ? AAygyee KS U7 INDEXED IN | df: tA bE orp { ie a s Office Meme, 2. }AUM + UNITED ST:. *S GOVERNMENT TO ? DIRECTOR, FBI DATE: November 6, 19h4 Bayt HOTTEL, sab, Washinston Field Division ee Bs TION CONCERNING —_—_—> co ra In accordance with £élepb' nic instructi received fron fg on November , 19hh,/the foll ‘“Snformation was obtained concerning the above named individual and thé Southern Education Founda- tion, Inc. (also known as thd’southern Educational and Trust Company). SOUTHERN EDUCATION FOUNDATION, ING. 726 jackson place, N. We | The files of the Washington Field Office contain no reference to this organization. The records of Dun and Bradstreet, 235 Washington Building contain e reference to this Foundation indicating that its presi- dent is ARTHUR D. WRIGHT, who is also associated with the Manufacturers Trust Company of New York City as Treasurers These records reflect that the Foundation was incorporated under the laws of the state of New york in 1937 as an educational institution having no capital stocke It was formuleted to take over the administration of certain funds created for the purpcse of uplifting and educating the negro race in this countrys Tha records indicate there are thirty~five members of the Board of Directors, all of whom are referred to as being prominent in educational and financial circumstances. President WRIGHT, on January 3, 19k), stated that the funds of the Foundation were in the amount of over three million doliars. The Foundation is- given a good rating by Dun end Bradstreete In a pamphlet published by the Southern Education Foundation, - entitled "The Ae Be Ce of the S. Ee Fe", it is stated that the Foundation is composed of four funds, all of which are used to improve the educational and living conditions of the negro racee The four funds are briefly described as follows: h hn Slater Fund, created on March lh, 1:82. through a gilt of one million dollars by Slater of The John Fe § oO FUL 3 b * ™