Reports and essays by the Southern Education Board, many composed by Dr. Charles D. McIver and Edwin Alderman between 1901 to 1906. Topics include financial reports and summaries of McIver and Alderman as district directors of the Southern Education Board, H. L. Whitfield of the department of public education of Jackson, Mississippi, normal colleges, teacher education, taxation for education, funding for education, two essays by Dr. McIver, "Address on Local Taxation" and "The Peabody Fund and its Work in the Southern States".