GOVERNANCE BOT 1943 Correspondence

Pine Mountain Settlement School
Series 03: GOVERNANCE CORRESPONDENCE
PMSS Board of Trustees
1943 Correspondence

West Wind. In winter snow, seen from below on southeast side, c. 1943. Photo using filtered lens by Arthur Dodd. [II_14-02_west_wind_0476_mod.jpg]

TAGS: governance, BOT 1943 Correspondence, Board of Trustees of Pine Mountain Settlement School correspondence, Evelyn K. Wells, Glyn Morris, William Webb, J.S. Crutchfield, C.N. Manning, Fanny Gratz, Line Fork Settlement, temperance, Arthur Dodd

GOVERNANCE BOT 1943 Correspondence

July – August 1943

[Note: Letters from PMSS staff in the PMSS Collections are carbon copies, typewritten, unsigned, and meant for the Office files. The original signed documents were sent to the correspondents. Letters from others are typewritten originals unless specified otherwise. The following list of contents is in chronological order and not necessarily in the order of the image numbers.

[Note: The following may not be a complete listing of letters and/or their images for the year. This page will be updated with additional material as it is found and processed.]

IMAGE# & DATE	ITEM	PAGES
032-032a July 10, 1943	Possibly Evelyn K. Wells to Glyn Morris concerning the hiring of William Webb as acting director. Offers a summary of his work experience, interests, family	2
August 2, 1943	J. S. Crutchfield to C.N. Manning enclosing letter concerning Line Fork received from Evelyn Wells with enclosures from Fanny Gratz and Janet Grant. Mr. and Mrs. Mesler hired for work.	1
August 2, 1943	J.S. Crutchfield to William Webb concerning developing other sources of income for Line Fork work.	1
August 9, 1943	Fanny Gratz to Evelyn Wells concerning the “Line Fork situation.” Katherine Pettit left a fund for education on temperance in any part of the mountains where needed, not at PMSS. Fund was administered by a Committee of which Mrs. Bullock was a member. When she learned of the plans, Bullock objected to money from the fund ($75) being used to supplement the salary of Mr. and Mrs. Baker, who had been hired to direct the work at Line Fork. If the right people were found, Bullock supported the Line Fork work.	2
August 13, 1943	Fanny Gratz to J.S. Crutchfield concerning Line Fork funding.	1
August 16, 1943	J,S. Crutchfield to Fanny Gratz concerning her interpretation of Mrs. Bullock’s “attitude toward the Line Fork project.” Mr. Webb is endeavoring to arrange to be relieved of the contract with Mr. and Mrs. Mesler and is hoping to engage on a month to month basis. Mr. and Mrs. Crawford.	1
004-?September 29, 1943	Arthur Dodd to Evelyn Wells expressing serious concerns with Mrs. Webb’s ability to manage the school’s accounts and difficulty addressing the issue with Mr. Webb. Doesn’t want to repeat the “unfortunate experience of the 1940 winter and spring.” [IMAGE OF 2nd PAGE IS MISSING]	3