IOWA WOMEN’S ARCHIVES
UNIVERSITY OF IOWA LIBRARIES
IOWA CITY, IOWA
GRACE MORRIS ALLEN JONES
(1876-1928)
PAPERS, 1927-1975 (bulk 1927-1928)
6 items (photocopies)
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ACQUISITION: |
The papers
(donor no. 380) were donated by the
Piney Woods Country Life School in 1996. |
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ACCESS: |
The papers
are open for research. |
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COPYRIGHT: |
Originals of these papers are housed at the Piney Woods Country Life School. To quote from these materials, please request permission from Angela Stewart, Piney Woods Country Life School Archives, P.O. Box 92, Piney Woods, Mississippi 39148. |
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PROCESSED BY: |
Kristen Rassbach, 1997 and
Kathryn M. Neal, 1998. |
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REVISED: |
Kathryn Neal , 1998, version WORD97. |
Biography
Grace Morris Allen Jones, educator, was born
in Keokuk, Iowa on January 7, 1876 and grew up in Burlington, Iowa. In 1902, she established the Grace M. Allen
Industrial School in Burlington for African-American students. The school was so successful that white
students began to attend. Allen employed
both African-American and white teachers.
She closed the school in 1906.
In 1912, she married Dr. Laurence Jones, a
University of Iowa graduate who founded the Piney Woods Country Life School in
Piney Woods, Mississippi. Grace Jones
was proficient at fundraising for the Piney Woods School and also taught
laundry, sewing, domestic science, weaving and textiles, and basketry courses
there. Jones was a member of the
Mississippi State Federation of Colored Women's Clubs. As part of her club work, she taught the
women of the area about child rearing and nutrition.
Jones was deeply involved in women's issues and was
particularly concerned about the welfare of children. She led an effort to establish a training school for African-American
children, which resulted in the founding of a school by the Mississippi State
Federated Colored Women's Clubs in 1928.
That institution, based in Learned, Mississippi, eventually was
purchased by the State of Mississippi and renamed Oakley School. Jones was also concerned about health care
and sanitation issues, particularly the number of tuberculosis cases among
blacks in the same state. In 1923, she
organized a state conference on health and welfare.
She died from the after-effects of pneumonia in
1928.
Scope and
Content Note
The Grace Morris Allen Jones papers date from »1927 to 1975 and contain 6 photocopied items. The papers include a photocopied section
from Who's Who in Colored America (1927),
three newspaper clippings about Jones, an article that Jones wrote for The Palimpsest, and a dedication address
Jones presented at the Piney Woods Country Life School.
Related
Collections
Additional information on Grace Morris Allen Jones
is housed at the Piney Woods Country Life School Archives, Piney Woods, MS
39148. Tel: (601) 845-2114.