Pine Mountain Settlement School
Series: PHOTOGRAPHS
Virginia and Ray Garner
110 Photograph Stills for PMSS Film
1941 Set 1 (Images #001-036)
Student in Print Shop class. Photograph by Virginia and Ray Garner, sponsored by Harmon Foundation, 1941. [garner_ray-27-copy]
VIRGINIA AND RAY GARNER 110 Photograph Stills for PMSS Film 1941 Set 1 (Images #001-036)
TAGS: Virginia Garner, Ray Garner, photograph stills for PMSS film, Harmon Foundation, Co-op store, print shop, butchering, mountains, cabins, children, re-enactments, buildings, students, community, aerial view of campus, staff
Virginia and Ray Garner came to Pine Mountain Settlement School in 1941 under the auspices of the Harmon Foundation, a philanthropic organization that sponsored many film projects and artists between the years of 1922-1967.
Organized by William Harmon, the Foundation was charged to support artists who would use their talents to encourage the general public to explore other cultures through the arts. Beginning in 1922 the Harmon Foundation initiated the Division of Visual Experiment that was established to encourage creative individuals to “put vital experiences into visual form.” The Garners’ PMSS project fell under this division.
Storage at Appalshop
The following photographic collection located in the Pine Mountain Settlement School Archive is derived from the 16 mm silent EK “A” wind positive print from Agfa camera original, currently housed with other photographic materials at Appalshop in Whitesburg, Kentucky, near Pine Mountain Settlement School.
For preservation purposes, the Harmon film set given to Pine Mountain Settlement School was deposited in the film vault at Appalshop in Whitesburg, Kentucky, by the School’s Director at the time. The condition of the Pine Mountain film set when stored at Appalshop in the first quarter of the twentieth century was as follows:
16 mm silent EK “A” wind positive print from Agfa camera original. Contained in a 16 mm 7.25″ Dupont rusted brown can. Can label says 1941-1942; EK print date coded tri/tri 1921, 1941, 1961. At the time of storage the print was in stable condition but needed RePlasticizing to lie flat for telecine; few only splices; should be able to make video master w/o preservation first, except for RePlasticizing Treatment; 4% fater RePlas. No vinegar syndrome. [date examined: 2007-01-10]
UPDATE: Film was damaged or lost in the Whitesburg, KY, Appalshop flood of July 28, 2022. Condition pending.
Other Harmon Foundation Film Sets
Slides of the Pine Mountain Settlement film was included among 13 slide sets of the Garners’ work that continues to be housed in the National Archives. Those sets are detailed below.
- Tuskegee Institute, Alabama
- Sweden — all phases of modern life
- “Turn of the Tide“– originally a film depicting the events leading to the creation of a cooperative enterprise among lobster fisherman in Maine
- Hampton Institute, Virginia — overview of the institute
- Boston — historical sites in the city and its environs
- Washington, D.C. — interior and exterior views of three monuments and aerial views of the city
- Mexico — scenes in the village of Tehuantepec; portrayal of life in the Sierra Madre Mountains of northwestern Mexico
- Haiti — homes and home life; schools and children; arts and crafts; plants and natural life. Photographs taken by American artist John Green of Worcester, Massachusetts.
- New York City — aerial shots of the city; scenes of office buildings; and landmarks.
- Nova Scotia — scenes of Sidney Steel Plant; miners; co-ops, Evangeline statue; Cape Breton; landscapes; villages; home arts and craft.
- Apple Pickers from the Bahamas — as a result of an agreement between the United States and Great Britain, the U.S. Department of Agriculture in 1946 hired Bahamians to meet a manpower shortage
- Creative Hands — Crafts of the Southern Highlanders — at the Folk School of Brasstown, North Carolina, in the 1940s. Examples of native woodcarving; wrought iron work; weaving; and scenes of the land; houses; and individuals.
- “From Every Mountainside” — The Pine Mountain Settlement School (1942) — views of the buildings; classes; student; teachers at the school (which was created in 1913 to give vocational, moral, and academic education to children of Harlan County, Kentucky). Also shown are Appalachian countryside, homes, and rural life.
For the full record, SEE the more comprehensive NARA record for the Harmon Foundation Collections 1922-1967. https://catalog.archives.gov/id/559208 The NARA collection is unrestricted.
GALLERY: VIRGINIA AND RAY GARNER 110 Photograph Stills for PMSS Film 1941 Set 1 (Images #001-036 – Contains Duplicates)
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- 001 Co-op store. Patsy Hall, far right. [garner_ray-1]
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- 002 Co-op store. Patsy Hall, far right. [garner_ray-2]
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- 003 Co-op store. Patsy Hall, far right. [garner_ray-3]
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- 004 Student in Print Shop class. [garner_ray-4]
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- 005 Class on butchering meat. William Hayes instructor. [garner_ray-5]
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- 006 Class on butchering meat. William Hayes instructor. [garner_ray-6]
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- 007 Class on butchering meat. Agriculture training class. William Hayes, instructor. [garner_ray -7]
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- 008 View of mountains. [garner_ray-8]
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- 009 View of Pine Mountain valley. From a collection of stills for a PMSS film, 1941, by Virginia and Ray Garner. [garner_ray-9]
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- 010 Cabin seen from below. (Practice House?) [garner_ray-10]
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- 011 Cabin seen from below (Practice House?) [garner_ray -11]
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- 012 Cooking(?) outdoors with iron kettle. [garner_ray-12]
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- 013. Cooking(?) outdoors with iron kettle. [garner_ray-13]
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- 014-Copy Co-op store. Patsy Hall to far right. [garner_ray-14-Copy]
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- 015 Smiling child. [garner_ray-15]
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- 016-Copy Co-op store. Patsy Hall to far right. [garner_ray-16-Copy]
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- 017 Arrival at Pine Mountain: re-enactment of Pettit and party arrival at school(?) [garner_ray-17.jpg]]
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- 018 Arrival at Pine Mountain: re-enactment of Pettit and party arrival at school(?) [garner_ray-18]
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- 019 Aunt Sal’s Cabin in snow at PMSS.[garner_ray-19.jpg]
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- 020 Laurel House II. [garner_ray-20]
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- 021 Laurel House II. [garner_ray-21]
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- 025 Chapel, east entry. [garner_ray-25]
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- 026 Students. [garner_ray-26]
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- 027-Copy Student in Print Shop class. [garner_ray-27-Copy]
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- 028-Copy Butchering class. William Hayes, instructor. [garner_ray-028-Copy]
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- 029 Family(?) of five. [garner_ray-29]
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- 030 Family(?) of five. [garner_ray-30]
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- 032-Copy Butchering in Agricultural training class. William Hayes, instructor. [garner_ray-32-Copy]
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- 033-Copy View of mountains. [garner_ray-33-Copy]
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- 034-Copy View of Pine Mountain valley. [garner_ray-34-Copy]
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- 035 Aerial view of campus,1941. [garner_ray-35]
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- 035-Copy. Aerial view of PMSS campus, 1941. [garner_035-Copy]
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- 036 Aerial view of PMSS campus, 1941. [garner_ray-36]
See Also:
GARNER Photograph Stills for PMSS Film 1941 Set 2 (Images #037-086)
GARNER Photograph Stills for PMSS Film 1941 Set 3 (Images #100-149)
GARNER Photograph Stills for PMSS Film 1941 Set 4 (Images #150-205)
VIRGINIA AND RAY GARNER Visitors (Biographies)
See Also:
PHOTOGRAPHS Guide
