Phoenix tribune., 1922-06-24
COMPLETE HISTORY
Of THE negro WILL
BE Completed SOON
Especial To The Tribune)

WASHINGTON, ID. c., June 23.-
DR.. Carter G. Woodson, the Director
of the Association for the study of
Negro Life and History, has recently
secured $25,0OO from the Carnegie
Corporation and an additional $4,000
from the Laura Spelman Rockefeller
Memorial. This fund is to be used to
further research in the neglected field
Of Negro History and to publish the
results of such investigation. These
substantial contributions mark a new
epoch in the history of the Associa-
ton. Whereas the work has here
tofore been largely the effect of DR..
Woodson fighting the battle almost by
himself 1t will now be possible for the
Association to carry out more inten-
sive program and attain its important
detectives.
Beginning with the new fiscal year
from July 1, 1922, to June 23, 1928, the
Association will undertake the follow
ing:
O To continue to edit the Journal
of Negro History, quarterly scienti-
fic magazine which has been regularly
published since January, 1916.
(2) To conduct research restricted
at present to the efforts of
One investigator in the field of the
Free Negro Prior to 1861.
Another investigator in Negro Re-
construction History.
(S) To train for this sort of work
few Negro students who will be
given fellowships in accredited grad
uate schools with adequate libraries
containing collections bearing on Nc
gro life and History.
The investigators will begin their
work the first of July. Before the
opening of the universities in the fall
the students to undergo special train
ing will be selected by the Committee
on Scholarships and Fellowships. Any
one knowing of young college gra-
duates with an honorable record in
this filed will render the Association
a service by giving it information as
to their qualifications to function in
this capicity.
The Association for the Study Of
Negro Life and History was organized
in Chicago September 9, 1915, and was
incorporated under the laws of the
District of Columbia October 8, 1915.
Headquarters were then opened in
Washington and on January 1, 1916,
the Director published the first num-
ber of the Journal of Negro History.
The purposes of this society are to
collect sociological and historical doc
uments, to publish books on Negro
life and history, to promote the scien-
tific study of the Negro through clubs
and schools, and to bring about har-
mony between the races by interpret
ing the one to the other. The Journal
of Negro History and other publica-
tions Of the Association are there
fore read by all classes of both races
in the North and South and abroad.
The Association is endorsed by such
distinguished men as Harold H. Swift,
Morton D. Hull, Bishop w. D. John
son, Bishop Elias Cottrell, Bishop G..
c. Clement, Frank o. Lowden, William
]. Schieffelin, and Julius Rosenwald.
1t has the cooperation of such scholars
as Roland G. Usher, John M. Mecklin,
Jerome Dowd, Kelly Miller, G. H.
Wesley, William Renwick Riddell,
Charles E. Chapman, J. Franklin
Jameson. Henry Churchill King, Wal
ter Weyl, Frederick L. Hoffman, A.
H. Stone, R. E. Park, William e.
Dodd, Carl Russell Fish, Edward
Charming, and Oswald Garrison VIII
lard
During its seven years Of struggle
it has succeeded in spite Of handicaps
in directing worldwide attention to
the neglected field of Negro history
by publishing articles and documents
giving facts which are generally un-
known In organizing and stimulating
local clubs and classes the Associa-
tion has done much to change the at
titude of communities toward the
Negro.