ABBY WINCH CHRISTENSEN Correspondence 1935

Pine Mountain Settlement School
Series 09: Biography – Staff/Personnel
Abbie Winch Christensen

ABBY WINCH CHRISTENSEN CORRESPONDENCE 1935

TAGS: Abby Winch Christensen correspondence 1935; dance; festivals; White Top Festival; Glyn Morris; English Country Dance

LIST: Abby Winch Christensen Correspondence 1935

01-03 christensen_abby_II_00112, 00113, 00114 (3 pages)
January 15, 1935. To Glyn Morris from Christensen at Beaufort, SC. Miss Christensen asked Mrs. Nell Gentry, Belton, SC, of her interest in working at Medical Settlement at Big Laurel & provided Morris with information about her.

04 christensen_abby_II_00176 (1 page)
May 14, 1945. To Christensen at Beaufort, SC, from [unsigned]. Thanks her “for all your kindness of the past month.”

05 christensen_abby_II_00178 (1 page)
June 4, 1935. To Christensen at Beaufort, SC, from [unsigned, possibly Alice Cobb]. “My namesake Alice Lexine has died. She was such a pretty baby — a grand-daughter of Stacy Ellen, Perhaps you remember Manilla, her mother. Aunt Polly Lewis died several days ago.”

06-07 christensen_abby_II_00195, 00196 (2 pages)
August 5, 1935. To Morris from Christensen at Maskoma Lodge (girls’ camp), Lyme Center, NH. Explains her thoughts about the publicity benefits of performing English Folk Dancing at the White Top Festival.

08 christensen_abby_II_00192 (1 page)
August 23, 1935. To Christensen at Maskoma Lodge (girls’ camp), Lyme Center, NH, from [unsigned, likely Morris]. Describes dance program that PMSS presented at the White Top Festival. In place of a piano, John Powell whistled “through a loud speaker” and Richard Chase played the mouth organ.