To reduce the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) in New York City, all NYPL locations are temporarily closed until further notice. Learn more and find out about remote access for Library services.

About Digital Collections
Browse
Search only public domain materials
Search Browse About
Search only public domain materials
Items Collections Divisions
Digital Collections Using Images Using Data
Items Portrait of Sea Island School teacher Miss Harriet W. Murray, with students Elsie and Puss
+ o - ^
previous next

Portrait of Sea Island School teacher Miss Harriet W. Murray, with students Elsie and Puss

More Details Cite This Item

Library division & collection with this item:

LIBRARY DIVISION
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division

  • Lawrence D. Reddick photograph collection
  • Slavery
  • Slavery
  • Slavery
  • Slavery
  • Slavery
  • Slavery
  • Slavery
  • Slavery
  • Jamaica, 1880-1900
  • Robin W. Winks blacks in Canada photograph collection
  • Slavery
  • Slavery
  • Slavery
  • Slavery
Previous Next

COLLECTION
Miscellaneous nineteenth century collections

View as book

This Item

Portrait of Sea Island School teacher Miss Harriet W. Murray, with students Elsie and Puss

View this item elsewhere:

Title
Portrait of Sea Island School teacher Miss Harriet W. Murray, with students Elsie and Puss
Collection

Miscellaneous nineteenth century collections

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1866-02
Library locations
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division
Topics
Murray, Harriet W
Penn School (Saint Helena Island, S.C.)
Women teachers
African American students
Freedmen -- United States
African Americans -- Education -- Southern States
Schools -- South Carolina
Genres
Photographs
Physical Description
Extent: 26 x 21 cm ; black and white
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
Photo Order: 50944
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 8dda62b0-d3b4-0130-c75d-58d385a7b928
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Item timeline of events

  • 1866: Created
  • 2013: Digitized
  • 2020: Found by you!
  • 2021

MLA Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Portrait of Sea Island School teacher Miss Harriet W. Murray, with students Elsie and Puss" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1866. http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/4d898c30-d6cd-0130-4047-58d385a7bbd0

Chicago/Turabian Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Portrait of Sea Island School teacher Miss Harriet W. Murray, with students Elsie and Puss" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 28, 2020. http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/4d898c30-d6cd-0130-4047-58d385a7bbd0

APA Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. (1866). Portrait of Sea Island School teacher Miss Harriet W. Murray, with students Elsie and Puss Retrieved from http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/4d898c30-d6cd-0130-4047-58d385a7bbd0

Wikipedia Citation

<ref name=NYPL>{{cite web | url=http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/4d898c30-d6cd-0130-4047-58d385a7bbd0 | title= (still image) Portrait of Sea Island School teacher Miss Harriet W. Murray, with students Elsie and Puss, (1866)|author=Digital Collections, The New York Public Library |accessdate=March 28, 2020 |publisher=The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations}}</ref>

Portrait of Sea Island School teacher Miss Harriet W. Murray, with students Elsie and Puss