Pine Mountain Settlement School
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OCTOBER 2025
10/4 ADMIN GENERAL 1925-1927 Correspondence – Creech Cabin – Summaries and images of the letters of PMSS Co-directors Pettit and Zande concerning Creech Cabin (Aunt Sal’s Cabin), fundraising, and letters of recommendation. Colorful anecdotes and personal accounts in these letters reveal glimpses into the co-directors’ lives.
10/1 Summaries of a Trustee’s correspondence with Pine Mountain Settlement School staff were added to the following pages containing images of his 1929 letters:
DARWIN D. MARTIN 1929 Correspondence Part 1 (January 18 – December 27, 1929) – The letters between Martin and Katherine Pettit, Angela Melville, and Mary Rockwell Hook discuss the power line, fundraising, donations to PMSS from Martin, fire insurance, recruiting new board members, Isaac Creek flood, Line Fork fire, Intermountain log train, Larkin Company orders, survey, goat-raising, Zande House insurance.
DARWIN D. MARTIN 1929 Correspondence Part 2 – IN PROGRESS
SEPTEMBER 2025
9/30 CHRISTOPHER ROGERS Student – Biography of the full and varied life of “Kit” Rogers, who was deeply dedicated to the School. He was the son of Burton Rogers (Teacher, Director, 1942-1973) and Mary Rogers (Environmental Education Leader, 1942-1993). Written by his brother, Peter Rogers, and niece, Caroline Rogers Jones.
9/26 BUILT ENVIRONMENT Barn Corn Crib Repair Photographs – Color photographs of improvements to the corn crib located on the farm at Pine Mountain Settlement School.
9/17 Summaries of a Trustee’s correspondence with Pine Mountain Settlement School staff were added to the following pages containing images of his 1928 letters:
DARWIN D. MARTIN 1928 Correspondence Part 1 (January 6 – July 20, 1928)
DARWIN D. MARTIN 1928 Correspondence Part 2 (July 21 – September 26, 1928)
DARWIN D. MARTIN 1928 Correspondence Part 3 (October 1 – December 28, 1928)
The letters primarily cover room furnishings sent to PMSS by Martin (PMSS Trustee and head of the Larkin Company); dealing with Delco Light Company and Kentucky Utilities Company concerning electrical power to the School, and Angela Melville’s fundraising tour.
AUGUST 2025
8/28 DARWIN D. MARTIN Correspondence Guide – Updates to a chronological list of links to letters between PMSS staff and Martin, PMSS trustee and consultant and a leading executive with Larkin Company in Buffalo, NY.
8/27 DARWIN D. MARTIN 1921 Correspondence – Images and summaries of 1921 correspondence of a leading executive with Larkin Company in Buffalo, NY, and a generous trustee of PMSS. The letters are primarily between Martin and Director Ethel Zande, concerning acquiring a dog and ordering supplies and clothing for the School from the Larkin Company.
8/24 GOVERNANCE BOT 1949 Correspondence – Summary of a letter from Arthur Dodd, a PMSS teacher, to Director Benjamin concerning one-year leave and resignation after 17 years of service.
8/23 GOVERNANCE BOT 1948 Correspondence – Summary of a memo from Evelyn Wells to Board chairman and secretary, concerning delivery of records accumulated during her term as secretary.
8/22 GOVERNANCE BOT 1945 Correspondence – Summaries of letters among PMSS Board members, staff, director, and others, such as H.R.S. Benjamin, Evelyn K. Wells, Burton Rogers, and J.S. Crutchfield, National Information Board, and auditors.
8/21 GOVERNANCE BOT 1943 Correspondence – Summaries of letters among PMSS trustees concerning the hiring of William Webb as acting director and funding for Line Fork, PMSS’s extension center.
8/21 GOVERNANCE BOT 1942 Correspondence – Summaries of letters among PMSS trustees, director, and staff concerning Morris’s leave for WWII duty and search for an acting director.
8/20 GOVERNANCE BOT 1941 Correspondence – Images and summaries of letters to Board members from a trustee’s wife, criticizing Director Morris’s new developments at the School.
8/19 GOVERNANCE BOT 1940 Correspondence – Images and a summary of a three-page letter of advice from Trustee Angela Melville to the Director Glyn Morris.
8/18 GOVERNANCE BOT 1936 Correspondence – Images and summaries of PMSS Board letters with a focus on gifts for a recreational building and the Chapel organ.
8/17 GOVERNANCE BOT 1935 Correspondence – Images and summaries of PMSS Board of Directors’ letters, providing insight into the operations of the School’s governing body. These 1935 letters reflect the Board’s concerns about Director Pettit’s suggestion that Berea College take over management of PMSS.
8/11 GOVERNANCE BOT 1929 Correspondence – Image and summary of a letter of recommendation for Glyn Morris, who later served as director of the School.
8/9 THOMAS BOYD Trustee – Biography of a lifelong scholar and advocate who represented Berea College on the PMSS Board from 1982 until 2002. As a Berea professor (1977-2006), he impressed upon hundreds of young people the importance of social equality and sustainable living to the betterment of their world.
8/8 PUBLICATIONS RELATED 1956 Economic Data on Eastern Kentucky Coal Field – Images of a 32-page economic report on the coal field of eastern Kentucky in 1956 with key economic data for the period. The subject matter relates primarily to population shifts, major fields of economic activity, the pattern of employment wages and per capita income, and bank deposits in showing developments within the area.
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