Samuel Ready Scholarships, Inc. Records
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Scope and Contents
The Samuel Ready Scholarships, Inc. Records document the adminstration and functions of the organization in their work providing funds to selected Baltimore private schools in order to support female students through scholarships awards. The collection includes organizational materials in addition to the records of the board of trustees, office of the presidents, and committees dating between 1977 and 2003. Materials are mainly textual and include minutes, correspondence, reports, student files, and publications.
Dates
- Creation: 1977-2003
Creator
- Ready, Samuel, 1789-1871 (Person)
- Samuel Ready Scholarships, Inc. (Organization)
- Trustees of the Samuel Ready School for Female Orphans (Organization)
- Samuel Ready School (Baltimore, Md.) (Organization)
- Trustees of the Samuel Ready School for Female Orphans (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
To the extent that they own copyright, the donor has assigned the copyright of this collection to the University Foundation. However, copyright for some items in this collection are held by their respective creators.
Historical Note
When the Samuel Ready School in Baltimore, Maryland closed its doors in 1977, a scholarship organization known as Samuel Ready Scholarships was incorporated in order to continue Ready's mission of creating educational opportunities for young women in Maryland. This organization provides funds to six Baltimore private schools in order to create scholarships for girls based on a combination of academic merit and financial need. Schools supported by the Ready Scholarships include: The Bryn Mawr School, Friends School, Garrison Forest School, Institute of Notre Dame, Roland Park Country School, and St. Paul's School for Girls.
Extent
8.00 Linear Feet (8 containers)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
Collection is organized in 6 series:
- Organizational Records, 1976-1997
- Board of Trustees, 1978-1997
- Office of President, 1982-1986
- Scholarship Committee, 1977-1997
- Investment Committee, 1978-1998
- General Records
Custodial History
The collection was donated to the University of Baltimore by Herbert B. Williams in December 1977.
Processing Information
Collection was reprocessed by Ben Blake in 2016. Some materials in the collection are uninventoried.
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
- Title
- Finding aid for the Samuel Ready Scholarships, Inc. Records
- Author
- Finding aid created by Archives staff. Revised by Aiden Faust (2011). Revised by Ben Blake (2016). Revised by Laura Bell (2020).
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Baltimore Studies Archives Repository
H. Mebane Turner Learning Commons, Room 104
1415 Maryland Avenue
Baltimore Maryland 21201 USA
410-837-4253
specialcollections@ubalt.edu