Journal of the Rural School Exploration Number 7
This collection contains Volume 7 of Journal of the Rural School Exploration. The journal includes a historical account of the Penn School on St. Helena Island, South Carolina, tracing its origins to federal efforts in 1862 to rehabilitate freed slaves through supervised agriculture and education. It details the early challenges of transitioning from slavery to wage labor, the establishment of schools by northern missionaries, and the evolution of Penn School from repetitive academic instruction to practical training in farming, carpentry, and home economics.
- Title
- Journal of the Rural School Exploration Number 7
- Description
- This collection contains Volume 7 of Journal of the Rural School Exploration. The journal includes a historical account of the Penn School on St. Helena Island, South Carolina, tracing its origins to federal efforts in 1862 to rehabilitate freed slaves through supervised agriculture and education. It details the early challenges of transitioning from slavery to wage labor, the establishment of schools by northern missionaries, and the evolution of Penn School from repetitive academic instruction to practical training in farming, carpentry, and home economics.
- Identifier
- fisk_rf_sf_335_00009
- Subject
- Julius Rosenwald Fund, 20th Century—History, African American history, Woofter, Thomas Jackson Jr. 1893-1972, Cooley, Rossa B. (Rossa Belle), 1873-, House, Grace Bigelow, 1877-, Pierce, E. L. (Edward Lillie), 1829-1897,
- State
- South Carolina
- School Name
- Penn School on St. Helena Island
- Date
- 1935
- Format
- Type
- Text
- Rights
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- Source
- Projects/Persons Requesting Aid, Box 335, Julius Rosenwald Fund Archives, 1917-1948, John Hope and Aurelia E. Franklin Library.
- Publisher
- John Hope and Aurelia E. Franklin Library
- Item sets
- School Fund