Pine Mountain Settlement School
Series 9: Staff/Personnel
ROBERT STARBUCK
Maintenance, Tool House Construction 1950; June 1951 – July 1953
![Margaret Nace and Robert Starbucks at their wedding, c. early 1950s. Laurel House, living room. [X_100_workers_2595_mod.jpg]](https://pinemountainsettlement.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/X_100_workers_2595_mod-1024x703.jpg)
Margaret Nace and Robert Starbucks at their wedding, c. early 1950s. Laurel House, living room. [X_100_workers_2595_mod.jpg]
TAGS: Robert Starbuck ; Pine Mountain Settlement School ; Quakers ; Margaret Nace ; Dorothy Nace ; Infirmary (Hill House) ; Earlham College ;
When the young Robert Starbuck arrived at Pine Mountain Settlement School (PMSS) in 1950 to work in maintenance, he became acquainted with two sisters already employed by the School, one of which would have a transformative impact on his life.
Even before Robert Starbuck met the sisters, the isolated School, surrounded by mountainous terrain and serving people in great need of health and education services, must have been a change for him. As the son of a doctor of veterinary medicine, Robert came from a Quaker upbringing in the village of Port William, Ohio,
The sisters, Margaret Nace and Dorothy Nace, were been working in the PMSS Office for six years before Robert Starbuck arrived and both eventually met their future husbands at the School. In Margaret’s case, her chosen life partner was Robert Starbuck.
After their marriage on the School’s campus, the Starbuck couple moved into the Infirmary building, also known as Hill House. In July 1953 they left the school to relocate in Salem, Ohio. According to a January 1948 letter to Margaret from Edith Cold, a PMSS teacher during Dorothy’s years at the School, the Starbucks were by then living at Earlham, possibly Earlham College in Richmond, Indiana.
The 1940 U.S. Census records that Robert E. Starbuck was born c. 1927 in Ohio to Dr. Earl J. Starbuck and Mary Leah (Flammer) Starbuck. He had two older sisters, Helen E. Starbuck and Marjorie E. Starbuck.
SEE ALSO:
DOROTHY NACE Biography
MARGARET NACE Biography
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Title |
Robert Starbuck |
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Alt. Title |
Robert E. Starbuck |
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Identifier |
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Creator |
Pine Mountain Settlement School, Pine Mountain, KY |
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Alt. Creator |
Ann Angel Eberhardt ; Helen Hayes Wykle ; |
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Subject Keyword |
Robert Starbuck ; Pine Mountain Settlement School ; Quakers ; Margaret Nace ; Dorothy Nace ; Infirmary (Hill House) ; Earlham College ; Dr. Earl J. Starbuck ; Mary Leah (Flammer) Starbuck ; |
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Subject LCSH |
Starbuck, Robert, — born c. 1927. |
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Date |
2016-03-14 |
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Publisher |
Pine Mountain Settlement School, Pine Mountain, KY |
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Contributor |
n/a |
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Type |
Collections ; text ; image ; |
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Format |
Original and copies of documents and correspondence in file folders in filing cabinet |
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Source |
Series 9: Staff/Personnel |
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Language |
English |
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Relation |
Is related to: Pine Mountain Settlement School Collections, Series9: Staff/Personnel. |
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Coverage Temporal |
1950 – 1953 |
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Coverage Spatial |
Pine Mountain, KY ; Harlan County, KY ; Port William, OH ; Salem, OH ; Richmond, IN ; |
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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. |
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Donor |
n/a |
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Description |
Core documents, correspondence, writings, and administrative papers of Robert Starbuck; clippings, photographs, books by or about Robert Starbuck ; |
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Acquisition |
n/d |
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Citation |
“[Identification of Item],” [Collection Name] [Series Number, if applicable]. Pine Mountain Settlement School Institutional Papers. Pine Mountain Settlement School, Pine Mountain, KY. |
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Processed By |
Helen Hayes Wykle ; Ann Angel Eberhardt ; |
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Last Updated |
2017-01-19 aae ; |
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Bibliography |
Sources “Robert Starbuck.” DOROTHY NACE ; MARGARET NACE ; EDITH COLD ; GUIDE TO BURTON ROGERS FILES ; GUIDE TO PMSS WORKERS 1913-2000s. Series 9: Staff/Personnel. Pine Mountain Settlement School Institutional Papers. Pine Mountain Settlement School, Pine Mountain, KY. Internet resource. “United States Census, 1940,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KW68-2VT : accessed 15 March 2016), Robert Starbuck in household of Earl J Starbuck, Port William Village, Liberty Township, Clinton, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 14-10, sheet 3B, family 81, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 3042. |
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