E. J. CARR PLANT CENTER Guide to Medicinal Plants

Pine Mountain Settlement School
Series 23: E. J. CARR PLANT CENTER
Guide to Medicinal Plants

Ellwood J. Carr Collection. [Picture-106.jpg]

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E. J. CARR PLANT CENTER Guide to Medicinal Plants

Ellwood Jerome Carr (1909-2005), Naturalist and Donor of the “E. J. Plant Center”
Located in the former Girls Industrial Building

Ellwood Jerome Carr, who preferred to be called “Bud” throughout his life, was 95 years old when he died on March 26, 2005, in Brodhead, Kentucky. His long life as a naturalist was regularly punctuated with accomplishment and his contribution to the botanical knowledge of southeastern Kentucky is well-known to those interested in the flora of this region.

The collection represented in these 16 photographs is held today in the former Girls Industrial Building which now houses the School’s Industrial Kitchen. The Kitchen, which trains the local community in food preservation, baking, nutrition, and other food-related skills, delights in the opportunity to showcase regional plants and seeds that were once used to both feed and heal early settlers in the Appalachians and other regions. While not currently an integral part of the training in the kitchen, the collection provides familiarity with the regional history of botanical specimens for both medicinal and nutritional use.

Medicinal herb specimens collected by E. J. Carr and held at Pine Mountain Settlement School. [P1130922-1-e1498341371785.jpg]

GUIDE: E. J. CARR PLANT CENTER Medicinal Plants

ELLWOOD J. CARR BIOGRAPHY

The biography of the self-taught botanist Ellwood J. Carr is fascinating and the authors of this slide narrative regarding his life and passion for botany are inspiring and motivating for those who want to journey with Carr on his quest for knowledge of the botanical world, particularly that of the Central Appalachians. See also: E. J. CARR About the Donor

ELLWOOD J. CARR AND MEDICINAL PLANTS

See especially the plant specimens below and read about Carr’s voracious appetite for learning about the world around him. Carr was not formally trained but had the capacity and the drive to become one of Kentucky’s most knowledgeable botanists.

ELLWOOD J. CARR HERBARY

“The Herbary of Carr” was a large repository of botanical specimens located in the family general store at Chenoa, Kentucky. It was “The Herbary” and the associated material that Ellwood J. Carr, a naturalist, gave to Pine Mountain Settlement School and that constitutes the center of the Ellwood J. Carr Botanical Collection at the School.

ELLWOOD J. CARR AND RECIPES (some medicinals)

A series of recipes that Carr concocted and shared with his many cooking with Native Plants classes. Some recipes will quickly leave one wondering how they could possibly manage to eat such food while other recipes are mouth-watering and familiar to many who have foraged and found the experience of eating from nature’s bounty a tasty delight.