Piney Woods School Collection
Newsletters, fundraising materials, promotional and historical materials from the Piney Woods Country Life School (or Piney Woods School), located in Rankin County, Mississippi.
More About This Collection
Date of Original
1923/2003
Subject
Piney Woods School
African American schools--Mississippi
African Americans--Education
Education--Mississippi
Location
United States, Mississippi, Rankin County, Piney Woods, 32.06265, -89.99286
Type
StillImage, Text
Description
Newsletters, fundraising materials, promotional and historical materials from the Piney Woods Country Life School (or Piney Woods School), located in Rankin County, Mississippi. Founded in 1909 by Dr. Laurence C. Jones, the school was created to provide much-needed educational opportunities to the local African-American population. From its inception, the school's curriculum has emphasized vocational and occupational training as well as traditional academics. Piney Woods School remains in operation and admits students from across the United States and internationally.
Language
eng
Contributing Institution
John Davis Williams Library. Department of Archives and Special Collections
Search Results
2. Piney Woods Pupils Too Busy for Trouble
3. Request for money to help pay librarians
4. Endowment needed letter
5. The Reader's Digest: "The Little Professor Of Piney Woods"
6. "Awake Throughout the Land" Book (Cover)
7. Letter requesting monetary donations to help build boys' dormitory
8. Jackson Daily News article on fundraising efforts and fundraising letter
9. Letter requesting funds to replace old pipes
10. Christmas fundraising letter
11. Commencement Program (1946)
12. Commencement Program Front (1950)
13. Collection of Jackson Daily News clippings about Piney Woods and fundraising letter
14. Commencement Program Front (1948)
15. Letter from faculty requesting donations
16. "A Brief Historical Sketch of the Early Days of the Piney Woods School" (Cover)
17. Piney Woods School Envelope
18. Letter requesting donations
19. "Southern Notes" Vol. 1, No. 3
20. Commencement Program Front (1949)
21. "The Pioneer" Vol. 13 No. 11-12
22. Letter requesting funds
23. New Years Greetings Addressed Envelope
24. New Years Greeting with verse
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