Pine Mountain Settlement School
Series 09: BIOGRAPHY – Staff
Series 10: BUILT ENVIRONMENT
Series 14: MEDICAL
Line Fork Settlement Workers
Reports, Publications Guide
1920-1941
Workers at Little Laurel Cabin next to School House. [107_line_fork_003b4.jpg]
TAGS: Line Fork Settlement workers reports and publications, letters, narratives, Line Fork Settlement workers, trachoma, clinics, Gilley (Letcher Co.) KY, wool, looms, nurses, doctors, cabin plans
LINE FORK SETTLEMENT WORKERS Reports Publications Guide
1920-1941
1920 REPORTS
Letters from Marguerite Butler [Bidstrup] [Extensive collection of letters and reports – 1914 – 1923]
Personal narrative from Frances Palmer [Conquist], “My Six Months at Line Fork Settlement,” regarding time at Line Fork, 1920. Part of Line Fork Album. [13 pages and photographs].
Personal narrative from Emily C. Harpham, “The Aeroplane Comes to Line Fork.” Also, Harpham writes of her experiences as a teacher for PMSS’s Line Fork Settlement in “A Day in a Kentucky Mountain School.” December 17, 1920, College Club of Akron Bulletin.
Personal narrative from Isabel McLennan [McMeekin], “The Beginning of Line Fork,” regarding her time at Line Fork, 1920. [13 pages]
Personal narrative from Martha Van Meter, “Some Early Experiences at Line Fork,” regarding her time at Line Fork, 1920. [11 pages]
1921 REPORTS
Personal narrative from Mary Ellen Davies, “Impressions at Line Fork,” regarding time at Line Fork, 1920. [4 pages]
Letter to Cara H. Sommers
Letter from E.B. Hale to Katherine Pettit regarding schools, June 20th, 1921
ANNE RUTH MEDCALF Correspondence I 1921-1922
1922 REPORTS
ANNE RUTH MEDCALF Line Fork Settlement Report, n.d. [possibly 1922]
Letter from Cara H. Sommers, Feb. 4, 1922
ANNE RUTH MEDCALF Report to Miss Pettit 11 Feb 1922
Letter to Cara H. Sommers, Feb. 13, 1922
ANNE RUTH MEDCALF Letter to Marguerite Butler 14 Mar 22
Letter to Cara H. Sommers, April 7, 1922
Letter from George Clark to Marguerite Butler, April 10, 1922
Letter from George Clark to Marguerite Butler, June 10, 1922
Letter from Katherine Pettit to Anna Van Meter, June 29. 1922
Letter to Marguerite Butler from Marian Williamson, August 14, 1922
1923 REPORTS
Clinic Inspections, Bureau of Trachoma, October 6th, 1923 [3 pages]
Line Fork Report, Rita Rebecca Roeder, Industrial Worker at Line Fork, July 14 – Oct. 1. [6 pages, handwritten]
Line Fork Settlement Clinic Inspections by Dr. O.B. Kobert, Director, Bureau of Trachoma, Oct. 8, 1923 [3 pages]
ANNE RUTH MEDCALF Correspondence II 1923-1924
1924 REPORTS
Report from Marguerite Butler to K. Pettit, January 30, 1924 [6 pages]
Report from Marguerite Butler to K. Pettit, February 21, 1924 [8 pages]
Report from Marguerite Butler to K. Pettit, March 2, 1924 [6 pages]
Report from Marguerite Butler to K. Pettit, July 31, 1924 [7 pages]
Letter to Katherine Pettit from Geddes Smith, Managing Editor, The Survey, October 23, 1924
Letter from Katherine Pettit to Abner Jones, Co. Superintendent, Public Instruction, Harlan, KY, November 17, 1924 [1 page]
Letter from Anne Ruth Medcalf to Geddes Smith, Managing Editor, The Survey, November 8, 1924. [4 pages]
Letter to Katherine Pettit from Marian Williamson, R.N., Executive Secretary of The Kentucky Crippled Children Commission, Louisville, KY, December 22, 1924. [2 pages]
Letter from Katherine Pettit to Mrs. Newt Fields, Gilley, Letcher Co., KY, December 31, 1924. [1 page]
Letter from Marguerite Butler to Katherine Pettit, Sunday afternoon, n.d., 1924 [4 pages]
Letter from Marguerite Butler to Katherine Pettit, Tuesday night, n.d., 1924 [6 pages]
ANNE RUTH MEDCALF 1924 “In the Line Fork Country” published in the American Child Health Magazine, December 1924.
1925 REPORTS
Report from Ann Ruth Medcalf to Katherine Pettit, April 1, 1925 [2 pages]
Report from Helen Little to Katherine Pettit, Thursday, n.d., 1925 [2 pages]
Letter accompanying 8-page report from Helen Little to Katherine Pettit, Monday, n.d., 1925 [1 page]
Report from Helen Little to Katherine Pettit, May 8, 1925 – May 31, 1925, includes suggestions for programs [8 pages] Line Fork Settlement Plan and Suggestions [for services],
Observations regarding the sale of second-hand clothing to community, from Helen Little [?] accompanying Report [?], n.d., 1925.
Report from Helen Little to Katherine Pettit, n.d. 1925 [3 pages]
Report from Helen Little to Katherine Pettit, July 1925. “I’m still a little shaky …” [3 pages]
Letter from S.A. Mathiasen, Director, Pocono Peoples College, Henryville, PA. to Helen Little. July 29, 1925. “In reference to Miss Rose Heylek, I would recommend to Miss Pettit that she try her out …” [1 page]
Report from Catherine Hoague for Helen Little to Katherine Pettit, July 31, 1925. “I’m writing this letter at Miss Little’s request … [2 pages]
Report from Helen Little to Katherine Pettit, August 3, 1925. “When I got back I found that Dr. Eastabrook had been here …” [1 page]
Report from Helen Little to Katherine Pettit, August 9, 1925. “Enclosed you will find my report, which I hope is what you want…. ” [1 page]
Report from Helen Little to Katherine Pettit, Sunday, A.M, n.d, 1925. “As I was down at Manon Cornett’s last night, helping ….” [1 page]
Report from Helen Little to Katherine Pettit, Thursday A.M., n.d., 1925. “I may not have made myself clear about Rose coming down. I did not mean to suggest …” [4 pages]
Report from Helen Little to Katherine Pettit. n.d., 1925. “There were fifty or more out at church this morning. The children didn’t come for games ….” [1 page]
Report from Helen Little to Katherine Pettit, August 13, 1925. “Manon Cornett now has six pounds of wool, which he will sell to you for .60 cents a pound, if you will let …” [2 pages]
Report from Helen Little to Katherine Pettit, August 28, 1925. “In a recent letter you say ‘What you make in the course of time, from sales of brooms, stools, etc. could go for equipment …’ [2 pages]
Report from Helen Little and Catherine Hoague to K. Pettit, August n.d., 1925. “The following graphs will show the actual status of the work …” [4 pages]
Report fromHelen Little to Katherine Pettit, September n.d., 1925. “This month has been characterized by outdoor activities…” [1 page]
Report from Helen Little to Katherine Pettit, Saturday, n.d., 1925. “I am sure all the pieces of the loom which arrived here are here now …” [1 page]
Report from Helen Little to Katherine Pettit, Friday n.d., 1925. “Miss Hoague went up, and got back all but one lb. of the eight pounds of wool …” [1 page]
Report from Helen Little to Katherine Pettit, n.d., 1925. “I am concerned about Polly’s health. I asked her to see Miss Heney about her cough …” [1 page]
Memo from Helen Little to Katherine Pettit, n.d., 1925. “In regard to the people doing their own packages; I have made a rule for them …” [1 page]
Report from Mary Skidmore, Public Health Nurse, to Katherine Pettit, September 1925. “The writer has spent almost the entire month of September getting acquainted …” [1 page]
Report from Helen Little to Katherine Pettit, October 4, 1925. “The work at Line Fork is of so varied a nature as to defy classification. No one day is like another …” [3 pages]
Helen Little, October 1925 [8 pages]
Report from Helen Little to Katherine Pettit, October 29, 1925 [Location ??]
1926 REPORTS
MARGUERITE BUTLER REPORTS – See GUIDE TO MARGUERITE BUTLER LETTERS 1914 – 1970
1927 REPORTS
Report from Dorothy Swisshelm to Katherine Pettit, June 21 – July 30, 1927
1928 REPORTS
1929 REPORTS
ARCHITECTURAL PLANNING FOR SECOND CABIN – Mary Rockwell Hook
1930 REPORTS
1931 REPORTS
1932 REPORTS
1933 REPORTS
1934 REPORTS
1935 REPORTS
1936 REPORTS
Report from Dr. Ida Stapleton to Katherine Pettit, July 24, 1936 [4 pages]
Letter from Dr. Ida Stapleton to Miss Annie R. Lewis, September 3, 1936 [3 pages]
1937 REPORTS
1938 REPORTS
1939 REPORTS
1940 REPORTS
1941 REPORTS
See Also:
LINE FORK Settlement
MEDICAL – Introduction
MEDICAL Guide
MEDICAL Staff Lists
