Education: Piney Woods School

File — Box: 74

Identifier: Series 4

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

This collection contains news releases, reports, brochures, flyers, small published and unpublished items, and other ephemeral materials documenting the history, events, customs and social lives of peoples in the Appalachian region of the United States.

Dates

Creation: 1900 - 2010
Creation: Majority of material found within 1970 - 2010

Creator

From the Collection: Hutchins Library (Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

Open for research. Records can be accessed in the Reading Room, Berea College Special Collections and Archives, Hutchins Library, Berea College.

Historical note

The Piney Woods Country Life School (or The Piney Woods School) is a co-educational independent historically African-American boarding school for grades 9–12 in Piney Woods, unincorporated Rankin County, Mississippi, 21 miles south of Jackson. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piney_Woods_Country_Life_School accessed 2026 April 2.