Calendar:

May 31, 2013
Last Fridays: Blues on the Burwell Lawn summer concert series

June 1, 2013
Elizabeth Keckly Lecture at Dickerson Chapel AME Church

June 8, 2013
The Homefront in Hillsborough: Civil War Living History Event












Research

Browse the list of images

As part of our research on the over 200 young women who attended classes at the Burwell School, we have photographed sites, scanned documents and collected items associated with Burwell School students or members of the Robert Burwell family. Digital versions are available on this web site, listed alphabetically below.

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Fairview

Fairview in Milton, NC, photographed by Kent Williams.

 


Harriotte Middleton Gillespie Cole

Harriotte Middleton Gillespie Cole  (1827-1919) is depicted telling stories of the Civil War to little William Meade Prince and his mother at the old Cone house in Chapel Hill, NC.

 


Jane Williamette Bell

Photograph of Jane Williamette Bell , copied from the original in March 1965. Gift of Mrs. Ruth H. Bateman, granddaughter of Jane Williamette Bell.

 


Lavinia Ellis Cole's Art Featured on the Cover of Popular Gardening

Cover of a 1957 issue of Popular Gardening featuring Lavinia Ellis Cole 's artwork.

 


Longwood

Built by Saunders and traded to John T. Garland, Longwood became the permanent home of the Garlands and was perhaps where Victoria Garland was born and lived as a child.

Photographed by Kent Williams in February 2009.

 


Mary Bailey Easley's Pocket Money Account

Mary Bailey Easley 's pocket money account lists her expenses for July 1852, which includes peaches, postage, ribbon, and a napkin ring.

 


Rosanna Berry

Rosanna Berry 

 


 

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