FRED J. BURKHARD Correspondence

Pine Mountain Settlement School
Series 09: Staff/Personnel

FRED J. BURKHARD Correspondence

TAGS: Fred J. Burkhard Correspondence ; printing equipment ; print shops ; PMSS Print Shop ; printers ; Glyn Morris ; H.R.S. Benjamin ; The Casey County News ;

  1. 1937 July 8.  Glyn Morris to Fred Burkhard (Telegram)
  2. 1937 n.d. Fred Burkhard to Glyn Morris, from Louisville, KY
  3. 1937 July 9. Fred Burkhard to Glyn Morris, from Louisville, KY (telegram)
  4. 1937 July  13. Glyn Morris to Fred Burkhard
  5. 1937 July 19. Fred Burkhard to Glyn Morris
  6.  1937 July 23. Glyn Morris to Fred Burkhard
  7. 1938 February 28. [Glyn Morris] to Fred Burkhard
  8. 1938 Fred Burkhard Professional Reading LIst
  9. 1938 [?] Glyn Morris [?] to Fred Burkhard
  10. 1938 [?] Fred Burkhard to Fern Hall (Hayes)
  11. 1939 April 11. Fred Burkhard to Glyn Morris
  12. 1940 February 26. Fred Burkhard to Glyn Morris
  13. 1940 June 21. Arthur Dodd to Fred Burkhard
  14. 1947 March 12. H.R.S. Benjamin to Fred Burkhard
  15. 1947 March 14. Fred Burkhard to H.R.S. Benjamin

The following FRED J. BURKHARD CORRESPONDENCE consists of images and transcriptions of telegrams, memos and letters between Burkhard and PMSS staff. The correspondence is dated from July 1937 to March 1947. Fred J. Burkhard was Print Shop operator and teacher from 1937 to 1940 at the Pine Mountain Settlement School.

See also: FRED J. BURKHARD Biography

GALLERY – Fred J. Burkhard Correspondence (20 items, 25 pages)

TRANSCRIPTION

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July 8, 1937

Fred Burkhard
668 South Thirty-fourth St.
Louisville, Kentucky

Would you be interested position printing instructor Pine Mountain Settlement School New shop equipment two pressed number five Mergenthaler Linotype stop If interested please wire collect Putney, Kentucky suggesting time you could come here our expense for interview or if this impossible time I could see you.
Glyn Morris

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[letterhead] FRED J. BURKHARD
668 SOUTH 34TH STREET – LOUISVILLE – KENTUCKY

Mr. Glyn Morris
Putney, Ky.

Dear Mr. Morris:

In the telegram I sent you I suggested I come to Pine Mountain this coming week-end for the interview mainly because we are very busy where I am now employed.

I have looked forward to a position as you have to offer, however, your telegram gave me little information as to the nature of work I am to do.

I shall expect word from you before coming this week-end.

Very truly yours,
Fred Burkhard

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3 CKS 0
DU LOUISVILLE KY 220pm JULY 9 1937

GLYN MORRIS
PINE MOUNTAIN SETTLEMENT SCHOOL
PUTNEY KY

INTERESTED POSITION SUGGEST WEEK END JULY SEVENTEENTH INTERVIEW LETTER FOLLOWS

FRED BURKHARD
35P

1937

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July 13, 1937

Mr. Fred Burkhard
668 South 34th Street
Louisville, Kentucky

Dear Mr. Burkhard:

I have received your wire and I am glad to know that you are interested in the position about which I wired you. If it is possible I should like very much to have you come to Pine Mountain this week-end as you suggested.

You probably know Howard Burdine is here with us as well as Arthur Dodd, who is a graduate of Berea. We have an interesting school here. We are trying out a practical program in education. We have recently erected a new industrial building in which the print shop is located. It is equipped with two presses, paper cutter, Linotype machine and all of the other necessary implements which one would find in a small print shop. We are interested in doing a finer, artistic printing.

The easiest way to get here is to take the L & N train from Louisville, then take a taxi from Harlan. If however, you can let us know when to expect you we can have some one meet you, as this is much cheaper than taking a taxi.

Sincerely yours,

Glyn Morris
Director

Dictated by Mr. Morris but signed in his absence.

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[letterhead] FRED J. BURKHARD
668 SOUTH 34TH STREET – LOUISVILLE – KENTUCKY

July 19, 1937

Dear Mr. Morris:

Although its definitely a bit late I wish to thank you for a pleasant week-end in your valley.

Dearings sends all its rollers to:

Upton Printers Roller Co.
1215 W. Market St.
Louisville, Ky.

I find myself writing down a dozen addresses I have never had to worry about before where I can reach certain supplies I think we shall be able to use.

I hope your potatoes sprout well.

Respectfully,
[signed] Fred Burkhard
Fred Burkhard

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July 23, 1937

Mr. Fred J. Burkhard
668 South 34th Street
Louisville, Kentucky

Dear Mr. Burkhard:

I have sent the rollers off today to the Upton Printer Roller Co.

We shall be glad to see you here on Wednesday, August 4th.

Cordially yours,
[unsigned]

1938

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[letterhead] MEMORANDUM From the Director’s Desk

February 28, 1938

Dear Fred:

Thank you for your monthly sales and production report for February.

May I tell you “officially” that you are doing a swell job.

Yours,
[unsigned]

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[letterhead] THE PRINT SHOP
PINE MOUNTAIN SETTLEMENT SCHOOL – PINE MOUNTAIN – KENTUCKY
Fred J. Burkhard
Printer and Instructor

PROFESSIONAL READING LIST FOR SECOND SEMESTER —1938

Lewis, Chas. D. The Rural Community and its Schools 1937. 350 pp

Carrel, Alexis. Man the Unknown. Harper Bros. 1935 N.Y. 320 pp.

Meredith, C.M. The Country Weekly. Bruce Humphries, Boston. 1937 180 pp.

Hewitt-Bates, J.S. Bookbinding for Schools Manual Arts Press, Peoria, Ill. 1935. 125 pp.

Polk, Ralph W. Platon Presswork for Secondary Schools Manual Arts Press, Peoria, Ill. 1937. 150 pp.

Lynd, Robert S. Middletown in Transition. Harcourt, Brace and Co. N.Y. 1937 509 pp.

Morell, Peter. Poisons, Potions and Profiles Knight Bros. N.Y. 1937 300 pp.

Dreier, Thomas. The Power of Print — and Men. Brooklyn, N.Y. 1936. 161 pp.

Lincoln, Mildred E. Teaching About Vocational Life International Textbook Co. Scranton, Pa. 1937 500 pp (Some Skimming here.)

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Burkhard          Professional Reading List

Brewer, John M. Education as Guidance, Macmillan Co. N.Y. 1935. pp 1-550

Bosing, Nelson L. Progressive Method of Teaching in Secondary Schools. Houghton Mifflin Co. N.Y. 1935 Chap VI, VII, VIII, XVII.

Bond, F. F. Breaking into Print, McGraw-Hill Co. N.Y. 1933 pp. 209

Woolley, E. C. and Scott, F.W. College Handbook of Composition, D.C. Heath, N.Y. 1931, 350 pp (Mostly skimmed)

Stieglitz, Julius; (editor) Chemistry in Medicine. The Chemical Foundation, N.Y. 1928 pp. 720 (One half skimmed)

Ephraim, Jerome W. Take Care of Yourself. Simon and Schuster N.Y. 1937. pp 280

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[letterhead] THE OFFICE

[handwritten] Dear Mr. B.

We are under pressure to finish the stage so that Mr. Callahan may go on his vacation — as well as in need of additional help which we cannot afford. Beginning with next Monday I should like to have you help Mr. Callahan with the stage in any way you can.

Sincerely yours
[unsigned — most likely Glyn Morris]

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Fern:

Mr. Morris told me some time ago that he could get me, through his seminary, an autographed Moffitt translation of the Bible. This was to be somewhere in the neighborhood of $10.00. He said the office could attend to it if I left a signed check.
Thanks,
Burk

1939

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letterhead] THE PRINT SHOP
Fred J. Burkhard, Supt.
PINE MOUNTAIN SETTLEMENT SCHOOL
PINE MOUNTAIN, KENTUCKY

April 11, 1939

Dear Mr. Morris:

This is to notify you that I intend to be at Carnegie Tech. this summer for six weeks beginning June 23 and ending August 5. I suppose it will be necessary to have a couple of extra days for traveling.

Respectfully yours,
[signed] Fred
Fred Burkhard

1940

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[letterhead] THE PRINT SHOP

Feb. 26, 1940

Mr. Morris:

Kole (Cal?) Whitehead asked me for a story about the new Laurel House, but I stalled telling him that I would mention the fact to you, and that you would probably be glad to give him all the information necessary.
Burk

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June 21, 1940

Mr. Fred J. Burkhard
Liberty
Kentucky

Sorry to rush you. Conference expected Tuesday. Furnishings not safe.
Arthur Dodd

1947

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March 12, 1947

Mr. Fred Burkhard
Liberty, Ky.

Dear Sir:-

Mr. [Arthur] Dodd in a conversation gave me your name and address and informed me that you might be sold on a proposition that is causing me some concern.

Some time ago, in fact nine months ago we ordered a 12 by 18 press to fill in on our work. To date it has not been delivered though we have had several assurances that it would soon be on the way. Fault of the times, of course, and mere man is not always to be blamed. Therefore, I find myself now faced with the task of getting out the April letter, without the equipment required. Mr. Dodd tells me that you might be able to do the job for us.

This is the brief of the conditions attached:-

a. That you would supply the paper as per sample enclosed, or near it.
b. That we would supply the written material.
c. That we would proofread it.
d. That we would supply you with two cuts.
e. That we would like the work done either the last week of March or at the latest the first week in April.
f. That we would need 6000 copies.
g. That we would fold here for mailing.
h. That we provide the envelopes here.

If you can take on this job we would appreciate an early reply from you, with your statement of the cost to us.

Yours very sincerely,
H.R.S. Benjamin

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[letterhead] The Casey County News
The Only Newspaper Published in Casey County * Superior Job Printing
FRED J. BURKHARD, Editor and Owner
LIBERTY, KENTUCKY

March 14, 1947

Mr. H.R.S. Benjamin, Director
Pine Mountain Settlement School
Pine Mountain, Ky.

Dear Mr. Benjamin:

Having spent many an hour overtime and worked for the improvement of your Print Shop, I still feel that I have an interest in that place as well as Pine Mountain as a whole.

There is nothing I would like better than to turn out another newsletter, particularly when you people still flatter me by using my original format. But I simply can’t make it at present.

We are constantly snowed under with job work, and our newspaper has to come out once a week regardless. The boys and I are putting in from 70 to 80 hours a week here with about the same type of equipment you have in the job printing line.

I certainly hope you folks can get some good equipment in your place and turn out the work yourselves. I have no doubt but that it will pay you.

Very cordially yours,
[signed] Fred J. Burkhard
Fred J. Burkhard

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March 17, 1947

Mr. Fred J. Burkhard
The Casey County News
Liberty, Kentucky

Dear Mr. Burkhard:

Thank you so much for the prompt reply to my letter of the 12th. I am indeed sorry that you cannot do the April Letter and are so snowed under with other work.

However, I suppose when there is nothing to do we must be more concerned!

All good wishes for your success,
Very sincerely,
H.R.S. Benjamin

See also: 

ESTHER WELLER BURKHARD Biography
ESTHER WELLER BURKHARD CORRESPONDENCE

FRED J. BURKHARD Biography
FRED J. BURKHARD Correspondence (PMSS)
FRED J. BURKHARD Personal Correspondence

ESTHER AND FRED BURKHARD PHOTOGRAPHS

FRED J. AND ESTHER BURKHARD Guide to Papers