ALLEN LONG Student Records

Pine Mountain Settlement School
Series 09: BIOGRAPHY – Trustees
ALLEN LONG Student Records, 1947-1948
Allen Long, Student, 1947-1949
Allen Long, Trustee, c. 2007-2014
Rev. Allen Eugene Long (1933-2023)

Board of Trustees seated on the steps at Boy’s House, 2007. [2007_board_001.jpg] Allen Long, center in grey jacket.

Seniors, [boys] 1947. [nace_1_056a.jpg]

TAGS: Allen Long, Allen Eugene Long, Pine Mountain Settlement School students, President of the PMSS Board of Trustees, United Methodist minister, PMSS student records, application to PMSS, student self-evaluation letters to parents, principal’s letters to parents, Arthur W. Dodd

ALLEN LONG Student Records 1947-1959

Rev. Long was a United Methodist minister and served churches in Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina from 1955 until his retirement in 1998.

He was a boarding student at Pine Mountain Settlement School in the late 1940s and later served as President of the School’s Board of Trustees, 2007-2014.

The Reverend Allen Eugene Long, of Pacolet, SC, was born to Ray and Mae Long on July 22, 1932, in Shoopman, KY. He died in 2023. (See his biography for further information.)

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SUMMARIES

[Note: Letters from PMSS staff in the PMSS Collections are carbon copies, typewritten and often unsigned, and meant for the Office files. The original signed documents were sent to the correspondents. The following summaries are in the order of the image numbers and not necessarily in chronological order.]

001 June 23, 1947. STUDENT APPLICATION BLANK
Name: Allen Eugene Long
Born: July 22, 1932, in Shoopman, McCreary County, Ky.
Previous School: Kodak in Perry County, KY, in 1946-47
Ready to Enter: First year of high school
Grade Skipped: 7th
Father; Ray Long, a miner
Mother; Mae Long, housekeeper
Reason for coming to PMSS: “Because it teaches more things you can learn like mechanic class and I think it is a very fine school.”

002 STUDENT APPLICATION (Cont’d, p. 1) My Autobiography
Address: Barridge, Perry County, Ky. – My home for 10 years
Former Addresses: Vicco, Carrs Fork, Sassafras
Father: Ray Long, 40 years old, born at Barren Fork, KY
Mother: Mae Anderson, 35 years old, born in Tatesville [?], KY

003 STUDENT APPLICATION (Cont’d, p. 2)
2 Sisters: Dora Virginia (“Jenny”) Long, age 4; Shelia Long, age 11
1 Brother: Glen Edward Long, age 9

004 STUDENT APPLICATION (Cont’d, p. 3)
Books at home: 22
Magazines and newspapers; Southern Farmer, Southern Agriculture, Grit, and Knoxville Journal
Musical instruments: None
My duties: “Getting in water, coal and kindle (sic)…and going to the store.”
Schools attended: Kodak, Vicco, Carrs Fork, Yellow Creek

005 STUDENT APPLICATION (Cont’d, p. 4)
Earned $5 a week selling papers.
Interests: Playing baseball and basketball; “…reading short stories. history of countries and fiction”; geography
Future Occupation: “I have decide[d] on none yet”

006 STUDENT APPLICATION (Cont’d, p. 5)
My parents would like me to be a printer.
Belonged to: Boy Scouts
Church I attend; Presbyterian in Kodak
When I finish school, I should like to live in: A town because “I believe I can get a good job there.”

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This form is adapted from the form “My Autobiography” of The Alliance for the Guidance of Rural Youth.

007 June 23, 1947. HOME AND PARENTS RECORD (p. 1)
[Generally the same information as above.]

008 HOME AND PARENTS RECORD (Cont’d, p. 2)
Mother’s father; H.C. Anderson, Manchester, Ky.

009 HOME AND PARENTS RECORD (Cont’d, p. 3)

010 HOME AND PARENTS RECORD (Cont’d, p. 4)
Health, Education, Interests, and Occupation

011 [Duplicate of 010]

012 July 2, 1947. Copy of typewritten form letter on PMSS letterhead to Allen Eugene Long, Barridge, Ky., from Arthur W. Dodd, Principal, PMSS, who invites Allen Long to PMSS in September and provides the start date. Dodd asks that Long pay a $1.00 breakage deposit when he arrives, bring his “most recent Sugar Stamp,” and only the clothing listed in the catalog. He encloses a medical examination blank and a dentist’s certificate form to be filled out by the doctor and dentist. “If you are found to need glasses, or to have tonsils or appendix removed, it will be necessary for you to take care of this before you come because we are unable to do such work at the School.” Long must send an entrance fee of $10.00 to save his space.

013 December 30, 1947. Carbon copy of a typewritten letter to Mr. and Mrs. Ray Long in Vicco, Ky., from the Principal, sending “a joint report on Allen’s progress. The student writes a self-appraisal in the form of a letter and I will supplement this with additional data so you may get a clear picture of his development.” About Long, the Principal writes that he “has made a satisfactory adjustment” to PMSS and is “well-behaved at all times…”

014 MISSING

015-018 December 18, 1947. Four-page handwritten letter to Mr. and Mrs. Ray Long from Allen Long, describing the progress of his studies at PMSS. 015 “We have to make three copies. One is a rough draft, another is kept on file by Mr. Dodd, while the last one is sent to you all.” 016 He writes about his classes in science, math, Bible, and civics. “In Bible [class] I never had it before. So it was hard for about the first month. But now it is one of my most interesting subjects….” 017 He continues describing his classes: English, woodworking, auto mechanics, and print shop. 018 The event which has meant more to me this term is the stir-off. I had never been to one before, so it was very pleasant going to one. Leisure activities include games, study, and woodworking.

019 June 8. 1948. Carbon copy of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Long in Rockwood, Tennessee, from the Principal, reporting that Allen was promoted to Sophomore year of high school and enclosing his written evaluation. “Allen made excellent progress in his industrial work this year, doing well in the Print Shop and also in his work with Mr. Cheney. He has made satisfactory gains in each of his studies. He is intelligent and conscientious and very promising as a citizen and as a student.”

020-022 May 20, 1948. Three-page handwritten letter to Mr. and Mrs. Ray Long in Rockwood, Tennessee, describing the progress of his studies at PMSS. 020 “I have more concern for people than I used to…. I tried to cooperate and see other people’s side of things which I never did before.” He tells about his work in printing, the barn, woodworking; he has gained about 24 pounds. 021 He describes what he has learned in his other studies: science, Bible, math, civics, English, woodwork. 022 He lists his goals.

023 August 31, 1948. Typewritten letter from T.R. Eutsler, Superintendent, (on letterhead for Rockwood [TN] Public Schools), requesting “a transcript of the high school credits earned in your school by Allen Long.”

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024 March-May 1948. Work Report – Carpentry Shop, Frank Cheney
025 September-December 1947. Civics – B[urton] Rogers
026 1947-1948. Science –Ronald A. Henderson
027 December 16, 1947. English (Upper Group) – Mary E. Hurff
028 February, 12, 1947 and Jan-May 1948.. Bible – Fenn
029 May 22, 1948. Woodworking – Cheney
030 December 21, 1947. Auto and General Mechanics – Charles J. Link
031 May 20, 1948. Houseparent’s Appraisal of Students – Mrs. Hottenstein, Far House
032 December 19, 1947. Arithmetic – Arthur Dodd
033 December 1947. Houseparent’s Appraisal of Students – Mrs. Linh [Link?], Far House
034 September-October, 1947. Work Report – Printing, Gordon Nichols
035 November-January, 1948. Work Report – Printing, Gordon Nichols
036 January-March, 1948. Work Report – Dairy, William Hayes
037 September 1, 194[?]. Stanford Achievement Test
038 September 1, 194[?]. Profile Chart: Stanford Achievement Test
039 September 16, 1947. Otis Self-Administering Tests of Mental Ability
040 Page 2 of the above test
041 Page 3 of the above test
042 Page 4 of the above test