Items and Collections

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.

Metadata URL
https://egrove.olemiss.edu/pineywoods/

Language
eng

Contributing Institution
John Davis Williams Library. Department of Archives and Special Collections

Rights

Use quotation marks to search as a phrase
Use "+" before a term to make it required (Otherwise results matching only some of your terms may be included)
Use "-" before a word or phrase to exclude
Use "OR", "AND", and "NOT" (must be capitalized) to create complex boolean logic
You can use parentheses in your complex expressions
Truncation and wildcards are not supported

This Search	Will Find
“Montgomery Bus Boycott”	Records that have the exact phrase Montgomery Bus Boycott
Albany OR Augusta +integration	Records with the word integration that also contain the words Albany and/or Augusta
King -Martin	Records with the name King but not the name Martin
“Freedom Rides” AND Carter	Records containing the phrase “Freedom Rides” and the name Carter
Selma AND (Lewis OR Williams)	Records containing the words Selma and Lewis or Selma and Williams

Subject Education--Mississippi

Clear All

1. Under a Cedar Tree At Piney Woods

Creator:: Emmerich, J. Oliver
Date of Original:: 2003-04-25/2003-04-27
Collection:: Piney Woods School Collection
Contributing Institution:: John Davis Williams Library. Department of Archives and Special Collections

2. Piney Woods Pupils Too Busy for Trouble

Creator:: Press-Telegram (Long Beach, Calif.)
Date of Original:: 1990-10/1990-12
Collection:: Piney Woods School Collection
Contributing Institution:: John Davis Williams Library. Department of Archives and Special Collections

3. Request for money to help pay librarians

Creator:: Chandler, Zilpha Ellen E.
Date of Original:: 1973-07/1973-09
Collection:: Piney Woods School Collection
Contributing Institution:: John Davis Williams Library. Department of Archives and Special Collections

4. Endowment needed letter

Creator:: Chandler, Zilpha Ellen E.
Date of Original:: 1972-07/1972-09
Collection:: Piney Woods School Collection
Contributing Institution:: John Davis Williams Library. Department of Archives and Special Collections

5. The Reader's Digest: "The Little Professor Of Piney Woods"

Creator:: Reader's Digest Association
Date of Original:: 1970-08-27
Collection:: Piney Woods School Collection
Contributing Institution:: John Davis Williams Library. Department of Archives and Special Collections

6. "Awake Throughout the Land" Book (Cover)

Creator:: Freedoms Foundation At Valley Forge
Date of Original:: 1970-05-22
Collection:: Piney Woods School Collection
Contributing Institution:: John Davis Williams Library. Department of Archives and Special Collections

7. Letter requesting monetary donations to help build boys' dormitory

Creator:: Jones, Laurence Clifton, 1884-1975
Date of Original:: 1968
Collection:: Piney Woods School Collection
Contributing Institution:: John Davis Williams Library. Department of Archives and Special Collections

8. Jackson Daily News article on fundraising efforts and fundraising letter

Creator:: Jones, Laurence Clifton, 1884-1975
Date of Original:: 1967-01-13
Collection:: Piney Woods School Collection
Contributing Institution:: John Davis Williams Library. Department of Archives and Special Collections

9. Letter requesting funds to replace old pipes

Creator:: Jones, Laurence Clifton, 1884-1975
Date of Original:: 1967-01/1967-03
Collection:: Piney Woods School Collection
Contributing Institution:: John Davis Williams Library. Department of Archives and Special Collections

10. Christmas fundraising letter

Creator:: Jones, Laurence Clifton, 1884-1975
Date of Original:: 1966
Collection:: Piney Woods School Collection
Contributing Institution:: John Davis Williams Library. Department of Archives and Special Collections

11. Commencement Program (1946)

Creator:: Piney Woods School
Date of Original:: 1965-11-21
Collection:: Piney Woods School Collection
Contributing Institution:: John Davis Williams Library. Department of Archives and Special Collections

12. Commencement Program Front (1950)

Creator:: Piney Woods School
Date of Original:: 1962-12
Collection:: Piney Woods School Collection
Contributing Institution:: John Davis Williams Library. Department of Archives and Special Collections

Items and Collections

Refine

Type

Creator

Subject

Location

State

Year

Medium

Rights

Collection Name

Contributing Institution

Piney Woods School Collection

More About This Collection

Search Constraints

Search Results