Pine Mountain Settlement School
Series 09: BIOGRAPHY – Staff
Frances Lavender
Nurse 1918-1919

Frances Lavender, Nurse, 1918 – 1919

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TAGS: Frances Lavender, Mrs. Rex Truman, Pine Mountain Settlement School, nurses, donors, photograph albums, Dear Friend letters, Ethel de Long Zande

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Frances Lavender came to Pine Mountain as part of the nursing staff in 1918 and stayed for one year. Like many staff at the School she served in several functions. Also, like many of the workers at Pine Mountain, her stay was short but formative for life. She never forgot the brief time spent at the School and remained in contact with Pine Mountain, particularly with co-director and co-founder  Ethel de Long Zande in the years before Mrs. Zande’s death, and later with other staff.

She was apparently from Pennsylvania and may possibly have trained in education at the University of Texas. Little is known of her early education or how she came to Pine Mountain. Any additional information would be appreciated. Box 29 of the Director’s Files (Personnel) contains a file that carries her correspondence spanning the years 1928, 1932-1935, 1944, and 1946. Individual items remain to be scanned.

The waning years of her life were spent in Pasadena, California, where she moved following her marriage to Rex Truman. She had children and, at her direction, her descendants passed along her photograph album to the School.

A staunch supporter of the School following her departure, she made many contributions, generally small in scale but consistent for the length of her life. Letters of correspondence with Ethel de Long Zande and others are testimony to her ongoing fondness for the School and its formative influence on her life.

FRANCES LAVENDER ALBUM

A small photograph album containing intimate images of Frances Lavender at the School and the many community members with whom she worked. The album is exceptional in its level of photographic description and the annotations can be used to identify many members of the School staff and the community of service.

FRANCES LAVENDER – CORRESPONDENCE AND EPHEMERA

This page provides links to letters that Frances Lavender had collected and added to her album of photographs. The letters report on the activities of the School and the efforts to fund programs over the course of some thirty years. Many are form letters (“Dear Friend” letters) soliciting donations to the School and detailing the progress the School made during specific years.

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Title	Frances Lavender
Title	Mrs. Rex Truman ; Mrs. Frances Lavender Truman ;
Identifier	FRANCES LAVENDER
Creator	Pine Mountain Settlement School, Pine Mountain, KY
Alt. Creator	Ann Angel Eberhardt ; Helen Hayes Wykle ;
Subject Keyword	Frances Lavender ; Pine Mountain Settlement School ; Frances Lavender ; Mrs. Rex Truman ; Pine Mountain Settlement School ; Ethel de Long Zande ; nurses ; donors ; photograph albums ; Dear Friend letters
Subject LCSH	Lavender, Frances. Pine Mountain Settlement School (Pine Mountain, Ky.) — History. Harlan County (Ky.) — History. Nurses — Kentucky. Nurses — Appalachian Region, Southern. Appalachians (People) — Medical care. History of Medicine, 20th Cent — Kentucky.
Date	2008-06-30 ; 2014-11-16 ; 2015-03-27 ;
Publisher	Pine Mountain Settlement School, Pine Mountain, KY
Contributor	n/a
Type	Collections ; text ; image ;
Format	Original and copies of documents and correspondence in file folders in filing cabinet
Source	Series 09: Biography – Staff
Language	English
Relation	Is related to: Pine Mountain Settlement School Collections, Series 09: Biography – Staff.
Coverage Temporal	1918 – 1919
Coverage Spatial	Pine Mountain, KY ; Harlan County, KY ; Pennsylvania ; Texas ; Pasadena, CA ;
Rights	Any display, publication, or public use must credit the Pine Mountain Settlement School. Copyright retained by the creators of certain items in the collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Donor	Frances Lavender Family
Description	Core documents, correspondence, writings, and administrative papers of Frances Lavender ; clippings, photographs, books by or about Frances Lavender ;
Acquisition	n/d
Citation	“[Identification of Item],” [Collection Name] [Series Number, if applicable]. Pine Mountain Settlement School Institutional Papers. Pine Mountain Settlement School, Pine Mountain, KY.
Processed By	Helen Hayes Wykle ; Ann Angel Eberhardt ;
Last Updated	2008-06-30 hhw ; 2015-03-06 hhw ; 2015-09-09 hhw ; 2018-04-06 aae ;
Bibliography	Source FRANCES LAVENDER – CORRESPONDENCE AND EPHEMERA. Series 09: Biography – Staff/Personnel. Pine Mountain Settlement School Institutional Papers. Pine Mountain Settlement School, Pine Mountain, KY. Internet resource.

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