Pine Mountain Settlement School
Series 07: Directors
KATHERINE PETTIT CORRESPONDENCE 1925
KATHERINE PETTIT CORRESPONDENCE 1925 displays images and a list of contents of letters dated February through November 1925 to/from Katherine Pettit, PMSS Co-Founder.f
TAGS: Katherine Pettit Correspondence 1925 ; Katherine Pettit ; Ethel de Long (Zande) ; Line Fork ; workers ; Little Laurel timber ; Intermountain ; Henry Creech ; Columbus Creech ; Mr. Wilson ; land purchases ; Antioch College teacher exchange ; Sun Up benefits ; Hindman Settlement School ; Notes ; Kentucky Committee for Mothers and Babies ; nurse-midwives ; Mary Breckinridge ; Mary E. Smith ; W. Bertrain (Berta) Ireland ; Scotland ;
GALLERY: KATHERINE PETTIT CORRESPONDENCE 1925 (February – November)
CONTENTS: KATHERINE PETTIT CORRESPONDENCE 1925 (February – November)
February 5, 1925. [unsigned] EZ to “Kate” (Katherine Pettit), Lexington, KY. Managing Line Fork workers. [001]
February 9, 1925. [unsigned] EZ to “Kate” (Katherine Pettit), Lexington, KY. Sell Little Laurel timber to Intermountain? Henry & Columbus [Creech]. [002]
February 16, 1925. [unsigned] EZ to “Kate” (Katherine Pettit), Lexington, KY. [PMSS letterhead]. Purchase Mr. Wilson’s land? [Miss Pettit’s handwritten reply begins on same page: KP would like to buy it and asks for details.] [003-004]
February 26, 1925. [unsigned] EZ to “Kate” (Katherine Pettit), Lexington, KY. Fundraising strategy for Mr. Wilson’s land offer. [005]
February 26, 1925. [unsigned] EZ to “Kate” (Katherine Pettit), Lexington, KY. What to do about Antioch teacher exchange? Declined Sun Up benefit. “Quare Women” material, Uncle Solomon, and Una at Hindman; Notes. [006-007]
March 29, 1925. Mary Breckinridge, Lexington, to K. Pettit, P.M. Asks KP to join committee for nurse-midwives program; other members; asks for advice. [008-009]
May 20, 1925. Mary Breckinridge, Lexington, to K. Pettit, Pine Mt. Ky Committee for Mothers and Babies to meet; will visit P.M. in June with Bertrain Ireland. [010]
May 21, 1925. Mary Breckinridge, Lexington, to K. Pettit, Pine Mt. Asks for horses; travel plans. [011]
July 1, 1925. “The History of the Old Time Shoe Last”, Mary E.Smith’s narrative about Hyram Cornett’s shoe-making. [012]
August 23-25, [no yr]. W. Berta Ireland, Hyden, KY, to Miss Pettit. Handwritten thanks for hosting Miss Caffin, Miss Rockstroh, and herself at P.M. [013-014]
September 28, 1925. W. Bertrain Ireland, Trinity House, Brooklyn, NY, to Miss Pettit. [Handwritten]. Suggests book “Vegetable Dyes” by Sir Wm Crook. [015-016]
November 24, 1925. W. Berta Ireland, Brooklyn, NY, to Miss Pettit. [Handwritten]. Carnegie Report; visiting Scotland. [017-020]
GUIDE TO KATHERINE PETTIT CORRESPONDENCE, 1911 – 1936
KATHERINE PETTIT BIOGRAPHY
KATHERINE PETTIT BOOK COLLECTION
KATHERINE PETTIT COMMONPLACE BOOK
KATHERINE PETTIT PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM
KATHERINE PETTIT – “Weaving at PMSS – Beginnings”