Pine Mountain Settlement School
Series 09: BIOGRAPHY – Student
Series 19: STUDENTS
Ruth Christian, Student 1935-1938
Ruth Christian Russell (1913?-1997)
The Pine Mountain Settlement School Octet, 1937. Left to right: Lucille Christian ; Fern Hall ; Lela Christian ; Nan Milan ; Georgia Ayers ; Ruth Christian ; Joan Ayers ; Bonnie Ayers [octet_01a001_mod.jpg]
RUTH CHRISTIAN Student 1935-1938
Member, PMSS Octet, 1930s
TAGS: Ruth Christian, Ruth Christian Russell, PMSS Octet, Glyn Morris, Lela Christian Meadows, Lucille Christian McKinney, Neal Chris, Lydia Martin Christian, Class of 1938
Ruth Christian (1913? -1997) was a boarding school student at Pine Mountain Settlement School in the 1930s. During that time, she was a member of the Octet group, an all-girl choral group managed by Glyn Morris, the School’s director. Her sisters Lela Christian [Meadows] and Lucille Christian [McKinney] were also PMSS students and Octet members.
The sisters’ parents were Neal Christian (1886-1922) and Lydia (Martin) Christian. Besides Lucille, Ruth, and Lela, they had two other children: Ruby and Bobby.
In the late summer of 2018, the daughter of Ruth contacted the archive and sent a lovely picture of all the Christian sisters with their mother Lydia. Ruth is the older child to the left of the three in the front of the photograph (below).
… When reading my Aunt Lela’s narrative I can hear her voice speaking.
Thank for your time keeping those times alive.
If possible would you add this picture of their mother with her four
girls …Lida with daughters, Ruby, then in front row, Lela,
Ruth & Lucille.
Affectionately, Ruth’s daughter, Pam
The Christian sisters with their mother, c. 1940s. [ruth_lea_lucille_mother_christian.jpg]
“Class of ’38.” Pine Cone 1938 May, page 00-01. [pinecone_1938_05-001.jpg]
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Title |
Ruth Christian |
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Alt. Title |
Ruth Christian Russell ; Ruth Russell, Mrs. Russell ; |
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Identifier |
https://pinemountainsettlement.net/?page_id=6878 |
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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 |
Ruth Christian ; Ruth Christian Russell ; Pine Mountain Settlement School ; students ; boarding schools ; PMSS Octet ; Lela Christian [Meadows] ; Lucille Christian [McKinney] ; Neal Christian ; Lydia (Martin) Christian ; Ruby Christian ; Bobby Christian ; The Pine Cone ; Pine Mountain, KY ; Harlan County, KY ; |
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Subject LCSH |
Christian (Russell), Ruth, — 1913(?) – 1997. |
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Date |
2014-02-11 |
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Publisher |
Pine Mountain Settlement School, Pine Mountain, KY |
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Contributor |
Pamela Christian Appleton, daughter of Ruth Christian Russell. |
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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 09: BIOGRAPHY – Students |
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Language |
English |
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Relation |
Is related to: Pine Mountain Settlement School Collections, Series 09: BIOGRAPHY and Series 19: STUDENTS. |
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Coverage Temporal |
1913 (?) – 1997 |
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Coverage Spatial |
Pine Mountain, KY ; Harlan County, KY ; |
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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 Ruth Christian Russell ; clippings, photographs, books by or about Ruth Christian Russell ; |
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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 |
2014-02-11 hhw ; 2015-08-27 aae ; 2022-08-24 aae ; |
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Sources |
Sources Boarding School Students 1929-1949. Series 19: Students, 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:K7TW-WVS : accessed 27 August 2015), Lela Christian in household of Lydia Christian, Cumberland City, Magisterial District 3, Harlan, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 48-24, sheet 8A, family 147, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 1314. Internet resource. |
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BIOGRAPHY – A-Z
GUIDE TO STUDENTS AT PINE MOUNTAIN SETTLEMENT SCHOOL
See Also:
Biographies of LELA CHRISTIAN and LUCILLE CHRISTIAN
PMSS GIRLS’ OCTET 1936-1937
