ANNIE LEE GOINS Correspondence

Pine Mountain Settlement School
Series 09: BIOGRAPHY – Staff
Annie Lee Goins, Home Economics, 1937-1940s
Annie Lee Goins Correspondence 1927-1940

054 Kitchen workers. [garner_ray -54.jpg]

TAGS: Annie Lee Goins Correspondence, Pine Mountain (KY) Settlement School, education, Home Economics, industrial education, Morganton NC, Berea (KY) College, Mr. (Glyn) Morris, telegrams, Fern Hall, Dr. Clark Bailey, Farm Security Administration, lesson plans, foodways, nursing, menu-planning, child guidance, health, home management, clothing

ANNIE LEE GOINS CORRESPONDENCE, November 1937 – September 1940

CONTENTS: ANNIE LEE GOINS CORRESPONDENCE – GENERAL

n.d. Application Rating Form: Underlined by an unnamed reference, indicating applicant’s interests, personal habits, appearance, personality, and culture. [001]

n.d. Registration Blank: “Berea College Bureau of Appointments, Office of the Alumni Secretary”. Typewritten entries for “Annie Lee Goins”, indicating her degree, birthplace and date, health, college distinctions, extra curricula; academic training; college hours; experience; references. [002]

n.d. Form: “Berea College Bureau of Appointments, Office of the Alumni Secretary”. Mrs. Russell Measel, Asst. Matron in Boarding House, underlined characteristics that she felt applied to Annie Lee Goins in such categories as physical, mental, moral, social, temperament, general. [003]

n.d. Form: “Berea College Bureau of Appointments, Office of the Alumni Secretary”. Mrs. Ben Welsh, Matron in Boarding House, underlined characteristics that she felt applied to Annie Lee Goins. [004]

n.d. Form: “Berea College Bureau of Appointments, Office of the Alumni Secretary”. Miss Eunice M. True, Director of Dept. of Home Economics, underlined characteristics that she felt applied to Annie Lee Goins. [005]

November 18, 1937. Handwritten letter from Miss Annie Lee Goins, Morganton, NC, to Mr. (Glyn) Morris. Expresses interest in teaching home economics at PMSS; will attend Berea Homecoming; asks for directions to PMSS. [006]

November 18, 1937. Western Union Telegram from Annie Lee Goins, Morganton, NC, to Glyn Morris. Interested in teaching home economics; asks for details; will be in Berea at Thanksgiving.
November 20, 1937. Western Union Telegram from Annie Lee Goins, Morganton, NC, to Glyn Morris. Change in travel plans. [007]

November 16, 1937. (?) Morgan, Berea (KY) College, Office of the Alumni Secretary, to Mr. (Glyn) Morris. Both Morris and the district supervisor of NYA, Louisville, are interested in hiring Goins and feels PMSS is best for her. [008]

July 27, 1938. [Unsigned] ? to Miss Goins, Berea (KY) College. Encloses copy of Goins’ schedule; asks for an outline for home mechanics course for 2 groups; advises how and what to teach the groups; advises coordinating with the subjects covered by Mrs. Keith and Miss Hill; suggests reading “Fundamentals of Teaching Home Economics” by Iva Spafford. [009-009a]

May 18, 1938. Address sides of two postcards: To Mr. Glyn Morris (postmarked Morganton, NC, September 5, 1938); To Miss Fern Hall (postmarked Berea KY, May 18, 1938). [010]

May 18, 1938. Message side of postcard to “Miss (Fern) Hall” from “L. Goins”, providing her Berea College address.
n.d, no addressee. Message side of postcard indicating arrival plans; from “A. Lee Goins” [010a]

August 22, 1938. [Unsigned, probably Morris] ? to Miss Goins, Berea (KY) College. Reminder of series of informal conferences before classes begin; asks Goins to join in sample-group meeting regarding the “Coop” group. [011]

August 27, 1938. A. Lee Goins, Morganton, NC, to Mr. (Glyn) Morris. Describes her preparations and thoughts for teaching Home Economics; offers to return early to help clean Girls’ Industrial [Building]. [012]

September 2, 1938. [Unsigned, probably Morris] ? to Miss Goins, Morganton, NC. Relates Mrs. Morris’s response regarding cleaning Girls’ Industrial Building; Old Log is ready for Goins’ arrival. [013]

March 7, 1938. [Unsigned, probably Morris] ? to Miss Goins. Praises the dinner and the boys who cooked it. [014]

February 5, 1938. Prescription blank. Dr. Clark Bailey, Harlan, KY, to Mr. Morris. Certifies that he finds Annie Lee Goins with “no infections or contagious disease.” [015]

n.d. Handwritten note [by Morris?] with “The Office” letterhead. “Talked to Miss Gaines – July 12th – approximately – for one month or 4 wks @$ [?] – …Miss G. would be housemother. [017]

November 18, 1938. [Unsigned, probably Morris] to Miss Goins. Asks for outline of work expected from Ruby Ayers and Mary Williams this year and their progress so far. [018]

June 7, 1939. Handwritten by A. Lee Goins, Morganton, NC, to Mr. Morris. Describes her plans for arriving in Harlan. Handwritten notation: “Sent note to Wilson 6/8/39” [019]

August 17, 1939. A. Lee Goins, Morganton, NC, to Mr. Morris. Asks to return early to begin lesson planning; will pay $5 a week for board and room. [016]

August 24, 1939. Fern Hall to Miss Goins, Morganton, NC. Morris has given Goins permission to return to P.M. early. [020]

October 21, 1939. [Unsigned, probably Morris]. ? to Miss Goins. Arranges for Goins to relieve Miss Holbrook as weekend substitute. [021]

October 30, 1939. Gladys Morris to Miss Goins. New rule for requests made of the kitchen. [022]

n.d. “Sunday P.M.”. [Unsigned]. Handwritten by [Annie Lee Goins?] to Mr. Morris. [023-023a]

April 20, 1940. [Unsigned]. [025]

August 23, 1940. R. S. Ryan, Regional Personnel Advisor, Farm Security Administration, Raleigh, NC, to “Superintendent”, PMSS; Considering application from Annie L. Goins, McKee, KY; requests information concerning her employment with PMSS. [026]

September 23, 1940. Regional Personnel Advisor, Farm Security Administration, Raleigh, NC, to “Superintendent”, PMSS; Second request for information concerning Annie L. Goins’ PMSS employment. [027]

September 24, 1940. [Unsigned]. “Principal” to R.S. Ryan, Regional Personnel Advisor, Raleigh, NC. Verifies information concerning Annie L. Goins’ PMSS employment; enclosing personality scale. [028]

n.d. Photograph of Annie Lee Goins, c. 1937. [029]

 

GALLERY I:  ANNIE LEE GOINS Correspondence – GENERAL

CONTENTS: “TIP TO TOE” HOME ECONOMICS PROGRAM PLAN by Annie Lee Goins, 1937

“‘Tip to Toe’ chart that may be used to check personal habits of cleanliness.” Consisted of a daily checklist covering hair, teeth, sleep, washing, exercise, intestinal elimination, meals, cosmetics, nails, posture, clothing. [goins_a_food_001.jpg]

“Test to check general information of both new and old students.”
Pages 1-2; Lists 100 true-or-false statements about food, childcare and nursing the sick. [goins_a_food_002.jpg] and [goins_a_food_003.jpg]
Page 3: Essay questions about nursing the sick or injured; testing menu-planning for the sick or injured; fill-in-the-blanks statements about preparing and serving food in various situations. [goins_a_food_004.jpg]

Lists of objectives for the following Units: Foods, Grooming, Child Guidance, Health, Home Management, Clothing; list of references (books and authors, strip films). [goins_a_food_005.jpg] and [goins_a_food_006.jpg]

GALLERY II: “TIP TO TOE”

See Also:
ANNIE LEE GOINS Staff Biography