Laura Matilda Towne, 1825 – 1901
These resources about Laura M. Towne, a missionary teacher to the newly freed people on St. Helena who founded Penn School in 1862, are available through the Beaufort County Library. Latest update: 8 March 2013
Web based resources: African American Registry entry about Laura Towne found at http://aaregistry.org/historic_events/view/laura-m-towne-was-primetime-educator. SC 372.757 UNI University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.The Penn School papers in the Southern Historical Collection of the University of North Carolina Library, Chapel Hill. Finding Aid also available online at http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/inv/p/Penn_School.html. Pathfinder to Penn School […]