Pine Mountain Settlement School
Series 07: Directors
de LONG – ZANDE PAPERS: Series I – Folder 39. Letters to her family. January-July 1918.
TAGS: de LONG – ZANDE PAPERS: Series I – Folder 39. Letters to her family. January-July 1918.; Ethel de Long Zande; Helen de Long; Eunice Gulliver; X rays; Harriet Butler; Luigi Zande; Columbus Creech; Pole House; daylight saving time; Far House I; Fourth of July;
The following is a list of dates, salutations & first sentences of 49 letters written by Ethel de Long Zande, co-founder & director of Pine Mountain Settlement School from 1913 to 1928.
de LONG – ZANDE PAPERS: Series I – Folder 39. Letters to her family. January-July 1918.
SERIES I: ETHEL MARGUERITE DE LONG ZANDE
49 items.
“Dearests—It’s Monday morning—snowing & sleeting.”
Friday. “Scraps of paper & a scrap of time!”
“Wednesday night & it’s raining! I went for the mail this night & last…”
Postmarked Pine Mountain Feb 18 AM 1918. Sunday. “Dearest ‘Small Child’—Tell Mother I didn’t get mixed up on your birthday…”
Postmarked Pine Mountain Mar 2 A.M. 1918. [one of five letters in this envelope] “And how are my two—this sunny Monday morning?”
Postmarked Pine Mountain Mar 2 A.M. 1918. [one of five letters in this envelope; this letter is in folded paper labeled “For Helen de Long—with my thanks to Miss Eunice—& greetings!”] Sun. Eve. “Dearest Helen—You see what an amazing answer I have sent to your last letter!”
Postmarked Pine Mountain Mar 2 A.M. 1918. [one of five letters in this envelope] Friday “Dearest Helen—Well, how I want to see you!”
Postmarked Pine Mountain Mar 4 AM 1918. [Addressed to Miss Eunice Gulliver 30 Huntington Lane Norwich Town ,Connecticut. For H.B. de L.] Saturday Afternoon. “Dearest Helen—I wish with all my heart that you were here with me this lovely mild sunny afternoon.
Postmarked Pine Mountain Mar 2 A.M. 1918. [one of five letters in this envelope] Thursday A.M. “Dearest of Little (or Big) Sisters—I am so happy to hear that you are a little better.
Postmarked Pine Mountain Mar 2 A.M. 1918. [one of five letters in this envelope] “Dearest Helen—I should come flying right away to take care of you—if I could.”
Postmarked New York April 23 11 PM 1918. “Tuesday on train to New London. Dearest Helen—I’m afraid this paper will be very grubby…”
Thursday. “Dearest Helen—You do write the most delightful letters!”
Friday A.M. “Dearest Helen—The X rays are going gaily—you take them at intervals….”
[Written on a piece of a letter from Harriet Butler] “My dear—If you knew the weight of ‘felicitations’ I am struggling under…”
“Just getting into Cin[cinnati]—dearest Mother—2 1/2 hrs. late, but I haven’t minded…”
Saturday morning “Dearest Mother—How strange it is!”
Early Sunday morning. “Dearest Mother It is a little after five, & Bill, Columbus [Creech], Luigi [Zande] & I are waiting for the hotel dining-room to open…”
Thurs. “Dearest Mother & Helen—This letter must go to you both, for I want it to be full of news.”
Tuesday Morning. Early. “Dear precious Mother—This letter is going to you over the mt…”
Wed. “Dearest Mother—Evelyn’s ‘cousin Lida’ came in today…”
Monday “Dearest Mother—How I wish you could be here this lovely May morning!”
Wednesday the 4th “Dearest Loves—So this letter is to go to 21 Scotland Road!”
“Dearest Aunt Ida—Here’s just a little token of love—and don’t forget your Ethel and Luigi.”
[Drawing of Ethel and Fido and the cat] “You can’t make out anything from this nonsense!!!”
June 6, 1918. “Dearest Helen—I’m so proud to now of Mr. Terrell’s kind words…”
Thursday—9 P.M. “Evelyn, Luigi, & I seated around the big table outside Pole House...”
“Dearest Mother dear—Luigi has just said ‘You sitten down & rock in the chair…’”
Sunday Night. 9.45. “Dearest Lady—how deceptive this daylight saving time is!”
Tues. night. “Dearest Mother—Such lovely letters as you write to us…”
Thursday Evening. “Dearest Mother—I’m wondering if Northampton weather keeps beautiful…”
Friday. “Dearest Two Here’s an unexpected chance to send mail over…”
Thurs. A.M. “Hurrah! Wednesday night we had mail again, first time since Saturday…”
Sunday Night. “Dearest Mother—It was lovely to get your letter & to know you’re to spend a week with Mrs. Todd.”
Monday Evening at 8.45. “My dear precious Mother—The quiet, not only of evening but of darkness, is settling upon us.”
Sunday at 6.30. “My dearest Mother—I’ve just brought the Far House children back from their usual Sunday good time…”
Tuesday, 5 A.M. “Dearest Mother—You’d be proud of us—Evelyn & me—how smart we are!”
Postmarked Pine Mountain Jul 1 AM 1918. [Addressed to Mrs. George de Long c/o Rev. Edmond Ingalls North Reading Mass.] [one of two letters in this envelope] “Dear Lady—Are you & the Ingalls sitting around their lamp, reading & talking, or quietly asleep…”
Postmarked Pine Mountain Jul 1 AM 1918. [one of two letters in this envelope] Friday “My dearest—It’s awful lonesome not hearing from you!”
Postmarked Pineville July 3, 1918 8 PM “July 2nd—so cool that I wore a sweater all day!”
Postmarked Dillon July 4, 1918, Ky. [one of two letters in this envelope] Thurs. “Dearest Mother—It’s raining—the first time in more than four weeks & it sounds so good…”
Postmarked Dillon July 4, 1918, Ky. [one of two letters in this envelope] Wednesday. “Just dark—yet 9 o’clock!”
July 5. “Dearest Mother—The morning after the Fourth! our very prettiest Fourth, too.”
July 6. “Dearest Lady—Oh, but it’s a nice night that brings a letter from you…”
July 8 Monday “Dearest Mother—No mail out or in today! I wrote you , didn’t I, that…”
Thurs. “Dearest Mother—I am on the train from Pineville to Harlan.”
Monday Morning. “I’m so glad your trip to Pittsfield was pleasant, & that you didn’t suffer through not going chair car.”
“Dearest Mother—Mail goes out today! You can’t think how queer it is not to know…”
Postmarked Dillon Jul 20, 1918, KY, Norwich Conn Jul 23 6 30 PM 1918. “Dearest Helen—You can’t begin to guess how glad I was for your anniversary letter.”
Mon. July 22 “My dearest—Mother & Helen There’s mail going out tomorrow, so a real incentive to write.”
