Historical Brochure: Penn Normal, Industrial and Agricultural School

Penn School

Historical Brochure: Penn Normal, Industrial and Agricultural School

1902

Historical Brochure

The Widener Library at Harvard University presents a 1902 brochure for the Penn School, one of the first schools for formerly enslaved African Americans established on St. Helena Island in Beaufort, South Carolina. The brochure includes a list of the board of trustees, a perspective on missionary teachers Laura Matilda Towne and Ellen Murray's work there, new educational and operational matters.

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Widener Library, Harvard University (Contributor: Penn School)

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