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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in the Anne C. Stouffer Foundation Records #4556, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information

Received from John Ehle of Winston-Salem, N.C., in May 1990 and November 1994 (Acc. 94164).

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• African Americans--Southern States--Education--History--20th century.
• Anne C. Stouffer Foundation.
• Ehle, John, 1925-
• Forsyth, Anne.
• Music instruction and study--South Africa.
• Preparatory school students--Southern States.
• Preparatory schools--Southern States.
• School integration--Southern States.
• Southern States--Education--History--20th century.
• Viticulture.

The Anne C. Stouffer Foundation was established in 1967 by Anne Forsyth of Winston-Salem, N.C., to promote the integration of preparatory schools in the South. Over its eight years of operation, the Foundation helped 142 students, chiefly African Americans, gain admission to preparatory schools in North Carolina, Virginia, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, and other southern states. A driving force in the Foundation's work was novelist John Ehle, who was active in recruiting and placing students. By 1975, the Foundation's goal of preparatory school integration was largely achieved, and the program was halted.

Correspondence, reports, student files, photographs, audio tapes, and other materials relating to the Anne C. Stouffer Foundation's work in integrating preparatory schools in North Carolina, Virginia, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, and other southern states. Also included are some materials regarding grape growing that belonged to John Ehle, and materials regarding efforts to establish a music conservatory program in South Africa.