Penn School papers, 1862-1976 (inclusive), [microform].

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Penn School papers, 1862-1976 (inclusive), [microform].

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The papers consist of correspondence, trustees minutes, financial records, annual reports, and photographs concerning the history of Penn School, an industrial and agricultural school for blacks established in 1862 on St. Helena Island, South Carolina. Penn School was incorporated as Penn Normal, Industrial, and Agricultural School in 1901, but relinquished its educational functions in 1948 and became Penn Community Services, Inc. The papers contain correspondence and other materials documenting the interest of many whites in black education, including such figures as Laura M. Towne, Ellen Murray, Rossa Belle Cooley, and Grace Bigelow House, principals of Penn School for most of its existence.

33 reels.

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Penn Community Services

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Cooley, Rossa B. (Rossa Belle), 1873-

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House, Grace Bigelow, 1877-

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Towne, Laura M. (Laura Matilda), 1825-1901

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Penn School (Saint Helena Island, S.C.)

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The Penn School on Saint Helena Island, S.C., was founded during the Civil War by northern philanthropists and missionaries for former plantation slaves in an area occupied by the United States Army. Over the years, with continuing philanthropic support, it served as school, health agency, and cooperative society for rural African Americans of the Sea Islands. The first principals were Laura M. Towne and Ellen Murray, followed around 1908 by Rossa B. Cooley and Grace B. House, and in 1944 by How...

Murray, Ellen, 1834-1908.

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