BOOK Collections

Pine Mountain Settlement School
Series 28: BOOK COLLECTIONS
Series 40: BIBLIOGRAPHIES
 Collections of Books and Periodicals at PMSS

BOOKS Collections

Annex storage room for photographic collections and rare books in the Archive/Library room, 2013. Located in Boys House. [P1140189.jpg]

BOOK Collections


TAGS: books, periodicals, periodicals, Courtney Moser, Helen de Long, Katherine Pettit, Ethel de Long Zande, reading lists, Library (Boys House), Community School library, Mary Rogers, E. J. Carr Collection, rare and special book collections


The book and periodical collections in the LIBRARY at Pine Mountain Settlement School are not fully inventoried. There are three large BOOK COLLECTIONS housed in the LIBRARY (Boys House). These include materials retained from the Community School LIBRARY under the direction of Mary Rogers during the 1950s through the 1980s; the E.J. Carr Collection; and the rare and special book collections held in the small ANNEX adjacent to the large collections and reading room.

COMMUNITY SCHOOL LIBRARY

Only a fraction of the large Community School Library books were retained following the closure of the Community School and the remainder have seen many other reductions as the years have passed. George Brosi, the then editor of Appalachian Heritage and also a book dealer evaluated the PMSS collections and made recommendations regarding collection retentions. In 2018 an attempt by Sky Marietta, wife of Director Geoff Marietta, to further reduce the holdings of the legacy library, chose to retain only those books that were related to the Environmental Education program. The remainder of the holdings were sold and given away to the Pine Mountain Community. The Environmental Education book retentions were then housed in the Archive room for reference use by the program staff and community, on request. All catalog cards of the original library maintained by staff member, Mary Rogers, were retained.

The E. J. Carr Collection Books resided in the “Plant Center” (Girl’s Industrial) during the early years of the Environmental Education program maintained by Ben Begley. When work began on the creation of an Industrial Kitchen in the “Plant Center” space (Girl’s Industrial), the E.J. Carr Collection of Herbal and Medicinal books were moved to the Archive room in the Library (Boy’s House).

The Elizabeth Culbreth Book Collection is the most recent addition to our special book collections. The Culbreth Collection covers books not included in the general archival holdings  that were recommended for purchase or collection to honor “Liz,” or “Libby” as some remember her. Her service on the Pine Mountain Settlement School Board of Trustees for over thirty years, gives her the distinction of the longest serving Board member on the Pine Mountain Settlement School Board of Trustees. It is an honor she also holds as the longest serving Board member of the Berea College Board of Trustees. Elizabeth retired from the Pine Mountain Settlement School Board in 2018 but retains close ties with her colleagues and with the School.

The Special and Rare Book Collections in the Annex Room are arranged alphabetically by author and number several hundred books. The are currently being inventoried. Many of the books related to Appalachia and to Pine Mountain Settlement School are signed editions or have an important relationship to the School. Two separate small collections represent the libraries of Katherine Pettit and that of Helen de Long and family, including her sister Ethel de Long Zande, many with original book-plates. See the list below for specific donations and holdings.

This guide to book and periodical collections held by Pine Mountain Settlement School will continue to be a work in progress. As we inventory our remaining books, receive gifts of books. add new titles, and refine subject areas to meet educational need, the inventory in many of the collections listed, will increase.

To follow the progress of this inventory of our book and periodical collections, go to any of the linked pages found below.


See Also:
BIBLIOGRAPHIES
BIBLIOGRAPHIES Guide

BOOKS and PERIODICALS at PMSS Collections Guide


BOOK Collections

ABOUT BOOKS

ABOUT PERIODICALS (Not PMSS)

BOOKS KATHERINE PETTIT Book Collection

BOOKS Helen de Long Family Book Donation

BOOKS Elizabeth Culbreth Appalachian Books Collection

BOOKS That Mention PMSS

BOOKS Dance Collections A-L

BOOKS Dance Collections M-Z

BOOKS 1924 Recommended Books List of PMSS

BOOKS Helen Kuhn Donation

BOOKS Courtney Lomax/Moser Donation

BOOKS New Titles and Recommendations for Purchase or Donation

BOOKS Draper Weaving Studio Collection

E.J. CARR Book and Periodical Collection

FNS Frontier Nursing Service Bulletin GUIDE

Mountain Life & Work GUIDE (See Internet Archive)

PERIODICALS Appalachian Heritage Inventory

Publications Related to PMSS GUIDE


See Also

BIBLIOGRAPHIES

BIBLIOGRAPHY

BIBLIOGRAPHY Environmental Education and Land Use

BIBLIOGRAPHY Guide

BIBLIOGRAPHY Harlan County, Kentucky

BIBLIOGRAPHY Music

BIBLIOGRAPHY Pine Mountain Settlement School

BIBLIOGRAPHY Settlement Schools Southern Appalachians