EDITH MITCHELL DABBS PAPERS, #4285, 1791; 1860-1963
Material related to the Penn Normal Industrial and Agricultural School and/or to life on
St. Helena Island, South Carolina, compiled by Dabbs, collector and writer of the island's
history. The collection includes an article or speech entitled "African Music," a short
history of the Penn School; copy of a transcript of the diary of Laura M. Towne (1862-1864), one of the founders of the Penn School; a
letter written by a plantation owner's wife (1791); and photographs
of sketches of buildings on the island (sketches produced in the 1860s).
