A brochure cover depicting three black girls and text.

Item Information

Title

Subject

Raw material - eager for an education

Description

A brochure cover depicting three black girls and text.

Creator

Penn Center, Inc.

Source

Penn School Papers

Publisher

UNC Libraries Wilson Special Collections Library

Date

Undated

Rights

Use of this item is controlled by Penn Center, Inc. Please do not contribute to the erasure of their story by using it without their permission. You can call 843-838-2432 or email info@penncenter.com to learn more about the history of St. Helena's Island

Identifier

https://exhibits.lib.unc.edu/exhibits/show/erasureandresilience/item/7477

Text

[Image of three black girls]
Caption: Raw material – eager for an education

Penn Normal Industrial and Agricultural School

St. Helena Island, South Carolina
Established in 1862 The oldest School for Negroes in the United States.
Rossa B. Cooley, Principal Grace B. House, Assistant Principal

Penn School needs your help in raising $50,000 to meet its present obligations and to enable it to go forward with its great work.

SOME OF THE CONTRIBUTORS TO PENN SCHOOL
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The General Education Board
The Phelps-Stokes Board

Mrs. A. Farwell Bemis
Mr. Julius Rosenwald
Mr. John T. Emlen
Mrs. Samuel Sachs
Mr. Arthur Curtiss James
Mr. Henry Van Sinderen
Mr. Clarence H. Kelsey
Miss. Mary P. Winsor
Miss. Alice M. Longfellow
Mrs. W. Roach Wister

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