Article: A Day's Work at Penn School
Subject
Penn School
Title
Article: A Day's Work at Penn School
Date
1933
Type
Article
Description
The Harvard Library provides a 1933 article written, by Rossa Belle Cooley, that provides an account of daily life at Penn School - one of the country's first schools for formerly enslaved African Americans established on St. Helena Island in Beaufort County, South Carolina - during its seventy-first year of operation in 1933. Cooley was serving as principal of Penn School at the time of this publication, and the article offers insight into her experience at the school. Also included is a financial report, a list of contributors to the Penn School, and several pictures.
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Publisher
Widener Library, Harvard University (Contributor: Cooley, Rossa B., Creator, Penn Center)
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“Article: A Day's Work at Penn School,” Project Reconstruction, accessed May 17, 2024, https://projectreconstructionus.com/items/show/706.