Pine Mountain Settlement School
Series 09: BIOGRAPHY – Staff
Alphabetical List of PMSS Workers
1913-1930
PMSS worker. Luigi Zande is on the left; Evelyn Wells is second from right, c. 1915. [X_099_workers_2484_mod.jpg]
TAGS: PMSS workers 1913-1930, list of staff in the early days of PMSS, boarding school’s early staff, Pine Mountain Settlement School, Harlan County KY
BIOGRAPHY Alphabetical List of PMSS Workers (Staff) 1913-1930
The ALPHABETICAL LIST OF PMSS WORKERS 1913-1930 is a list of Pine Mountain Settlement School staff during the boarding school years. The list does NOT include the workers (staff) from 1931 until the boarding school closure in 1949.
ALPHABETICAL LIST OF PMSS WORKERS 1913-1930
| NAME | DATE | POSITION | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abbott, Anna | 1924 | Office | |
| Adams, Caroline | 1921 | Housemother | |
| Alderman, Mrs. Alice | 1924-25 | Big Laurel | |
| Andrews, Alice | 1917-21 | Housemother | |
| Argetsinger, Glenn | 1927-28, 1929 | Teacher | GLENN ARGETSINGER Staff |
| Atkins, Mary | 1920-21 | Teacher | |
| Barber, Emma | 1923-24 | Teacher | |
| Barber. Ruth | 1919 | Teacher | |
| Bassett, Kendall | 1926-28 | Teacher | KENDALL T. BASSETT Staff |
| Batchelder, Alice | 1923 | Summer worker | |
| Baugh, Mr. | 1914 | Farmer | |
| Bell, Addie | 1923-24 | Housemother (Far House) | |
| Benedict, Imogene | 1918-1919 | Asst. to Miss Gaines | |
| Bilbrey, Daisy | 1921-22 | Fireside Industries | |
| Bingham, [?] | 1925 | Summer, Line Fork | |
| Bishop, Evangeline | 1913 | Teacher | |
| Blackburn, Mary | 1919-20 | Bookkeeper | MARY BLACKBURN Staff |
| Blackwell, [?] | 1916 | Housemother | |
| Bolles, Dorothy | 1923-28 | Dancing | DOROTHY BOLLES Staff |
| Bradner, Harriet | 1915 | Farm | |
| Bradner, Ruth | 1915 | Housekeeper | |
| Brewster, Margery | 1919-20 | Teacher | |
| Briscoe, Mrs. Helen | 1918 | Nurse | |
| Brockschlager, Anna | 1926-28 | Outdoor Worker-Big Laurel | ANNA BROCKSCHLAGER Staff |
| Brooks, [?] | 1920 | Housemother | |
| Brown, Anna | 1925 | Housemother | |
| Browning, Louise Will | 1921-28, 1929 | Teacher and Housemother | WILLIAM AND LOUISE WILL BROWNING Staff |
| Browning, William | 1921-28, 1929 | Farmer | WILLIAM AND LOUISE WILL BROWNING Staff |
| Bryant, [?] | 1921 | Housemother Practice House | |
| Buchan, Evelyn | 1916 | Office | |
| Burger, Sallie | 1925-27 | Teacher | |
| Burks, Marguerite | 1923 | Teacher and Big Laurel | |
| Burns, Mrs. Martha | 1921, 1925-28, 1930 | Dairy | MARTHA BURNS Staff |
| Butler, Alice | 1920 | Teacher, Housemother | |
| Butler, Harriet | 1918-23 | Nurse, Big Laurel | HARRIET BUTLER Staff |
| Butler, Marguerite | 1914-22 | Teacher and Extension Worker | MARGUERITE BUTLER Staff |
| C... , Mrs. Belle Soge...[?] | Teacher | ||
| Campbell, Ruth E. | 1927-28 | Teacher | RUTH ELIZABETH CAMPBELL Staff |
| Canterbury, Edith | 1916-17 | Teacher | EDITH CANTERBURY Staff |
| Cardwell, Susie Lee | 1923 | Teacher | |
| Carpenter, Valley | 1927-28. 1929 | Teacher [?], Little Laurel | |
| Cary, Hazel | 1919-20 | Teacher | |
| Cathcart, Celia (see Holton) | |||
| Cauldwell, [?] | 1928-29 | [?] | |
| Childs, Alberta | 1923-24 | Housemother and teacher | |
| Christensen, Abby ("Winnie") Wench | 1924-28 | Housemother | ABBY WINCH CHRISTENSEN Guide |
| Clark, Mary Eliza | 1921 | Summer Worker | |
| Cold, Bertha | 1916 | Dietician | BERTHA COLD Staff |
| Cold, Edith | Teacher | EDITH COLD Staff | |
| Collins, [?] | 1916 | ||
| Collins, Emma | 1921-22 | Asst. to Miss Gaines | |
| Conner, Jessie | 1921 | Teacher | |
| Coolidge, Margaret | 1921-23 | Scouting, Office | |
| Cooper, Margaret | 1925 | Housemother | |
| Cox, Ruth | 1925 | Summer Worker | |
| Craft, Mrs. | 1918 | Summer Worker | |
| Craft, Virginia | 1918 | Summer Worker | |
| Creaghead, Elizabeth | 1917 | Summer Worker | |
| Cunningham, Mary | 1923, 1925-28 | Dancing | |
| Dana, Mary H. | 1914 | Office | |
| Daniels, Florence | 1925-28 | Fireside Industries | FLORENCE DANIELS Staff |
| Darracott, Nell | 1921-22 | Office | |
| Davies, Mary Ellen | 1921 | Line Fork | MARY ELLEN DAVIES Staff |
| Davis, Clara | 1913-1915 | Nurse | CLARA DAVIS Staff |
| Davis, Rachael | 1924-26 | Housemother and Office | |
| Dayhuff, Helen | 1927 | Housemother | |
| de Long, Ethel (see: Zande) | |||
| Dennis, Ruth | 1920, 1923, 1927-28 | Line Fork | RUTH DENNIS Staff |
| Denton, Blanche | 1927-28, 1929 | Teacher | |
| Deschamps, Leon F. | 1916-27 | Forestry, Farm | LEON DESCHAMPS Staff |
| Dickason, Miriam | 1920 | Summer Worker | |
| Dorsey, Clarence | 1919 | Farm | |
| Dorsey, Mrs. Clarence | 1919 | Farm | |
| Doughtery, Marguerite | 1923 | Teacher | |
| Dunbar, Minnie | 1921-23 | Big Laurel | |
| Durgin, Mrs. Helen | 1918-19 | Housemother | |
| Edgerton, Lillian | 1921 | Summer Worker | |
| Emerson, Marguerite | 1926-28 | Country Cottage | MARGUERITE EMERSON Staff |
| Engberg, Sara | 1917 | Outdoor Worker | |
| Epler, Dr. Blanch | 1914-15 | Summer Worker | |
| Everitt, Evelyn | 1925 | Teacher | |
| Eversole, MacClellan | 1925-26 | Teacher | |
| Fagg, Helen | 1918 | Summer Worker | |
| Fagg, Mrs. E.B. | 1918 | Summer Worker | |
| Fawcett, Edna | 1917-19 | Farm, Housekeeper, Teacher | |
| Fightmaster, Pearl | 1927-28 | Big Laurel | PEARL FIGHTMASTER Staff |
| Fordyce | 1915 | Housekeeper | |
| Foster, Duncan | 1918 | Teacher | |
| Gaines, Ruth B. | 1914-28 | Housekeeper | RUTH B. GAINES Staff |
| Gallagher, Sarah | 1928 | General Assistance | |
| Garfield, Lucretia | 1919-22 | Scouting | LUCRETIA GARFIELD Staff |
| Gaunt, Bessie V. | 1922-28 | Bookkeeper and Housemother | BESSIE V. GAUNT Staff |
| Gilbert, Fanny | 1922-24 | Farm | |
| Gill, Laura D. | 1921-22 | Teacher | |
| Goodale. Dora Hill Read | DORA HILL READ GOODALE | ||
| Greiner, Gladys | 1917 | Outdoor Worker | |
| Gulliver, Eunice | 1923 | Summer Worker | |
| Halliday, Anne Pillow | 1924-25 | Teacher | ANNE P. HALLIDAY Staff |
| Hannon, Helen | 1914 | Summer Worker | |
| Hanson, Mrs. Wayne | 1918-19 | Outdoor Worker | |
| Harpham, Emily | 1920 | Line Fork Worker | EMILY C. HARPHAM Staff |
| Hartridge, Lyn | 1919 | Office | |
| Hatfield, Minnie | 1923-24 | Teacher | |
| Heinz, Caroline | 1925-27 | Secretary and Housemother | CAROLINE HEINZ Staff |
| Heist, Norma | 1916 | Summer Worker | |
| Hellekson, Ruth | 1916 | Summer Worker | |
| Heney, Eva | 1924-27 | Nurse | |
| Henneberger, Anna | 1921-22 | Big Laurel | ANNA HENNEBERGER Staff |
| Hepler, Jane | 1926 | Summer Worker | |
| Hill, Emily (Creech) | 1925-28 | [?] | EMILY HILL CREECH Student Staff |
| Hill, Emma J. | 1921-23 | Asst. to Miss Gaines | |
| Himmelsbach, Julia | 1921 | Summer Worker | |
| Himmelsbach, Marion | 1922 | Summer Worker | |
| Hirschy, Mrs. N. | 1926 | Housemother | |
| Hoague, Christine | 1920 | Summer Worker | |
| Hobart, Ella | 1927 | Housemother | |
| Holladay, Iva | 1923 | Big Laurel | |
| Holton, Celia Cathcart | 1915, 1918-19 | Teacher | CELIA CATHCART Staff Trustee |
| Horwitz, Frances | 1918 | Summer Worker | |
| Hottenstein, Mrs. Emily | 1924-26 | Teacher | |
| Hughes, Ann | 1925 | Housemother | |
| Hughes, John | 1915 | Summer Worker | |
| Humes, Margaret | 1921 | Outdoor and Office | |
| Huse, Grace | 1918-23 | Physician | Dr. GRACE HUSE Staff |
| Hutchins, Geneva | 1922 | Housemother | |
| Hynes, Agnes | 1923-24 | Teacher | |
| Irwin, Ethel | 1918 | Summer Worker | |
| Jeacock, Blanche | 1919 | Housemother | |
| Jenkins, Barbara | 1927 | Outdoors | |
| Jones, [?] | 1919 | Summer Worker | |
| Jones, Emily | 1925-28 | Bookkeeper | |
| Kahler, Mrs. Fannie | 1923 | Line Fork | |
| Key, Betty | 1927-28 | Nurse | |
| King, Laura J. | 1924 | Housemother | |
| Knollenberg, Lillie | 1916 | Bookkeeper | |
| Krauss, Anna | 1925-26 [27?] | Big Laurel | |
| Lansing, Miss Gertrude | 1918-19 | Farm | |
| Larrabee, Euphemia | 1916 | Nurse | |
| Larseen, [?] | 1925 | Summer, Preaching | |
| Lavender, Frances | 1918-19 | Nurse | FRANCES LAVENDER Staff |
| Lawson, Nina | 1919 | Housemother | |
| Lee, Hortense | 1919 | Summer Worker | |
| Lewis, Aileene | 1923 | Big Laurel | |
| Lewis, Annie | [?] | Line Fork | |
| Light, Mrs. Ella C. | 1915-16 [26?] | Housemother | |
| Lincoln, Margaret | 1915, 1916 | Office | |
| Little, Abby N. | 1916-18 | Physician | Dr. ABBY NOYES LITTLE Staff |
| Little, Helen | 1924 | Line Fork | HELEN F. LITTLE Staff |
| Love, Emily Rockwell | 1921 | Housemother | |
| Manee, James | 1920-21 | Office | |
| Manee, Mrs. James | 1920-21 | Office | |
| Mann, Nell | 1920 | Summer Worker | |
| Manson, Mildred | 1920-21 | Teacher | |
| McCarthy, [?] | 1917 | Summer Worker | |
| McClennan (sic, McLennan), Isabel McMeekin | 1919 | Summer Worker | ISABEL McLENNAN McMEEKIN Staff |
| McCorkle, Constance | 1924 | Housemother | |
| McCullough, Ethel | 1914 | Summer Worker | ETHEL McCULLOUGH Staff |
| McGovern, Elizabeth | 1923 | Housemother | |
| McIntire, Ruth | 1916 | Outdoor Worker | |
| McKay, Hazel | 1924 | Nurse, Big Laurel | HAZEL HELEN MACKAY Staff |
| McKaye, Robin | 1919 | Summer Worker | |
| McReynolds, Nina | 1927 | Big Laurel | NINA McREYNOLDS Staff |
| McSwain, Horace | 1913-14 | Farmer | HORACE E. McSWAIN Staff |
| Medcalf, Anne Ruth | 1921-24 | Nurse, Line Fork | ANNE RUTH MEDCALF Staff |
| Melcher, Margaret | 1917 | Housemother | |
| Melville, Angela | 1916-18, 1919-20 | Office | ANGELA MELVILLE Interim Director |
| Merrill, Ellen | 1913 | Teacher | |
| Merrow, Llewella | 1926 | Physician, Line Fork | Dr. LLEWELLA MERROW Staff |
| Milner, Virginia Helm | 1918 | Summer Worker | |
| Minshall, Julia | 1918 | Housemother | |
| Montgomery, Harriet | 1917 | Summer Worker | |
| Moser, Mrs. E.B. | 1927-28 | Teacher | |
| Mumford, Mable | 1921-22 | Line Fork | MABEL MUMFORD Staff |
| Murray, Beatrice | 1916 | Teacher | |
| Nesbitt, Charles | 1923-24 | Big Laurel | CHARLES F. NESBITT Staff |
| Newman, Eve | 1913-15 | Secretary | EVE NEWMAN Staff |
| Nicholson, Lucy | 1923-24 | Fireside Industries | LUCY NICHOLSON Staff |
| Norton, Ethel | 1924-25 | Teacher | ETHEL S. NORTON Staff |
| Noyes, Martha (sic, Margery) | 1917 | Housemother | |
| Olds, Florence | 1915 | Summer Worker | |
| Painter, Sidney | 1920` | Summer Worker | |
| Palmer, Frances | 1920 | Nurse, Line Fork | FRANCES PALMER CONQUIST Staff |
| Parke, Mrs. Roberta | 1927-28 | Teacher | |
| Parkinson, Marguerite | 1917-22 | Teacher and Housemother | |
| Pavey, Anna | 1920-22 | Line Fork and Housemother | ANNE PAVEY Staff |
| Peabody, Carol | 1919 | Summer Worker | |
| Peabody, Margaret | 1919 | Summer Worker | |
| Peabody, Mrs. Jeanette | 1919, 1924 | Summer, Housemother | |
| Peck, Margery | 1918-19 | Office | MARGERY PECK Staff |
| Peters, Anna K. | 1919-21 | Nurse, Big Laurel | |
| Pettit, Katherine | 1913-28 | Executive Committee | KATHERINE PETTIT Director |
| Phelps, Rachel | 1919 | Teacher | |
| Phillips, Dorothy | 1915 | Summer Worker | |
| Piel, Bertha | 1923-24 | Teacher | |
| Price, Jessica | 1927 | Housemother | |
| Purbrick, Marian | 1928 [?] | Nurse | MARIAN PURBRICK Staff |
| Ratliff, Alice | 1926-27 | Housemother | |
| Ray, Dorcas | [?] | Summer Worker | |
| Read, Marion Pugh | 1914 | Housekeeper | |
| Reeves, Florence | 1922 | Housemother | FLORENCE REEVES Staff |
| Reitz, Martha | 1927-28 | Housemother | |
| Renz, Eleanora | 1924-25 | Teacher | |
| Rhodus, Eva | 1923-24 | Housemother, Teacher | |
| Ritchie, Sabrina | 1922-23 | Fireside Industries | |
| Rittenhouse, Katherine | 1914 | Summer Worker | CATHERINE RITTENHOUSE Staff |
| Robbins, Lilliath | 1917-19 | Teacher, Housemother | LILLIATH ROBBINS BATES Staff |
| Roderick, Charlotte | 1919 | Nurse | |
| Roeder, Rita | 1923-24 | Line Fork and Teacher | RITA REBECCA ROEDER Staff |
| Roettinger, Elisabeth | 1914, 1915 | Summer Worker | ELISABETH ROETTINGER Staff |
| Rogers, Mrs. Clark | 1918 | Summer Worker | |
| Ross, Jessie | 1926 | Housemother | |
| Rothery, Margaret | 1914-15 | Teacher | |
| Rouse, Margery | 1920 | Big Laurel | |
| Rucker, Anita | 1926 | Summer Worker | |
| Sandidge, Daisy | 1920-21 | Teacher | |
| Sandstrom, Esther | 1919-20 | Nurse | |
| Schopbach, Katherine | 1919 | Outdoor Worker | |
| Schubert, Leah | 1919-20 | Bookkeeper | |
| Scott, Edith | 1918-19 | Bookkeeper | |
| Secor, Joy | 1917-18 | Teacher | |
| Settle, Mary Winifred | 1917, 1918 | Summer Worker | |
| Seymour, Clare | 1916 | Summer Worker | |
| Sheltman, Constance [Ethel ?] | 1920 | Bookkeeper | |
| Shipley, Elizabeth | 1917-18 | Teacher | |
| Sidelinger, Mabel | 1920-22 | Teacher | DORA and MABEL SIDELINGER Staff |
| Sidelinger, Mrs. Eldora | 1922-23 | Country Cottage | DORA and MABEL SIDELINGER Staff |
| Simmons, Miss | 1921 | Teacher, Line Fork | |
| Simmons, Nellie | 1924-25 | Teacher | |
| Skidmore, Mrs. Mary | 1923 | Nurse, Line Fork | MARY SKIDMORE Staff |
| Slusser, Florence | 1923 | Housemother | |
| Smith, Elizabeth | 1922-24 | Teacher, Line Fork | |
| Smith, Mary Anne | 1926 | Teacher | |
| Sommers, Cora D. | 1921 | Line Fork | |
| Spenser, Louise | 1918 | Housemother | |
| Stapelton, Ida, Dr. | 1926-28 | Line Fork | Dr. IDA STAPLETON and Rev. ROBERT STAPLETON Reports Guide |
| Stapelton, Robert, Rev. | 1926-28 | Line Fork | Dr. IDA STAPLETON and Rev. ROBERT STAPLETON Reports Guide |
| Stockin, Eleanor | 1924-25 | Fireside Industries | |
| Stone, Wilmer | 1914-22 | Housemother | HELEN WILMER STONE VINER Staff |
| Storer, Edith | 1916-17 | Teacher | |
| Storer, Emily | 1919-21 | Big Laurel | EMILY STORER Staff |
| Stoughton, Norma | 1913-14 | Bookkeeper | |
| Strong, Helen | 1916-18 [?] | Teacher | |
| Sudo, Maya | 1921-24 | Nurse | MAYA SUDO Staff |
| Swinerton, Lena | 1920-21 | Asst. Miss Gaines and Line Fork | |
| Swisshelm, Dorothy | 1927 | Summer, Line Fork | DOROTHY SWISSHELM Staff |
| Talbot, Ruth | 1923 | Teacher | |
| Thompson, Margery | 1917 | Summer Worker | |
| Thorp, Erica | 1916-17 | Teacher | |
| Vallette, Alice | 1921-22 | Big Laurel | |
| Van Bezey, Annette | 1923-24 | Country Cottage, Teacher, Housemother | |
| Van Meter, Martha | 1919 | Summer Worker | |
| Walker, Cornelia | 1922-23 | Teacher, Line Fork | |
| Walker, Margaret | 1917-18 | Nurse | |
| Ware, Carolina | 1921 | Summer Worker | |
| Warner, Jennie | [?] | Housemother | |
| Warner, Mrs. Eva S. | 1927-28 | Teacher | |
| Warren, John | 1925-26 | Big Laurel | |
| Warren, Mrs. John | 1925-26 | Big Laurel | |
| Watkins, Nellie | 1914 | Summer Worker | |
| Watts, Margaret | 1914-15 | Teacher | |
| Webb, Nancy | 1921-22 | Housemother | |
| Weber, Cora Lee | 1926 | Housemother | |
| Wells, Evelyn | 1915-28 | Secretary | EVELYN K. WELLS Staff Interim Director |
| Wheat, Marie Moss | 1922 | Outdoor Worker | |
| Wheeldon, Constance | 1925-26 | Housemother and Teacher | |
| Whiting, Elizabeth | 1922 | Housemother | |
| Whitis, Sallie Belle | 1926-27 | Big Laurel | |
| Whitmore, Mrs. Laura | 1919, 1922 | Housemother | |
| Whitmore, Virginia | 1918-19 | Teacher | |
| Whittaker, Mable | 1921, 1923-24 | Office | |
| Will, Louise (See Browning) | |||
| Wilson, Clara | 1913, 1922-24 | Housemother | |
| Wise, Jean | 1921 | Summer Worker | |
| Withington, Alfreda, Dr. | 1924-28 | Physician | Dr. ALFREDA WITHINGTON Staff |
| Wood, Harriette | 1923-28 | Teacher | |
| Work, Mary | 1924-27 | Teacher, Country Cottage | |
| Wright, Ethel | 1919-20 | Teacher | |
| Wright, Katherine | 1919-21, 1923-25, 1927-28 | Teaching, Scouting, Office | KATHERINE B. WRIGHT Staff |
| Wrigley, Elizabeth | 1917 | Subst. Housekeeper | |
| Wulf, Anna | 1925-28 | Teacher and Big Laurel | ANNA WULF PISHZAK Staff |
| Zande, Ethel de Long | 1913-28 | Executive Committee | ETHEL DE LONG ZANDE Director |
| Zande, Luigi | 1914-28 | Superintendent of Grounds, Construction Teacher | LUIGI ZANDE Staff |
| Zulich, Marie | 1916 | Summer |
See Also:
BIOGRAPHY A–Z – Lists of Trustees, Students, Staff, Community Residents, Friends and Visitors with Links to their Biographies
BIOGRAPHY PMSS Workers Guide 1913 to Present – Flat File of 1,009 Records and Images of the Original Staff List 1913-1930 (page #6478)
BIOGRAPHY Staff Directory 1913 to Present – Database of 1,009 Staff Members from 1913 to Present (page #48629)
