RICHARD ELLIOTT Student Records

Pine Mountain Settlement School
Series 09: BIOGRAPHY – Students
Series 19: STUDENTS
Richard Elliott Student Records 1930
Richard Elliott, Student 1929-1930

PMSS Students, 1930. Album page 004a. [98_students_1930-49_0004a.jpg]

RICHARD ELLIOTT Student Records


TAGS: Richard Elliott, student records, PMSS boarding students, Coxton KY, Harlan County KY, coal towns, Angela Melville


Richard Elliott began as a boarding student at Pine Mountain Settlement School in September 1929 from Coxton, Kentucky, a coal town in Harlan County. He stayed at the School until February 1930 when he was sent home for unspecified reasons.

No information has been found about Richard Elliott’s time at Pine Mountain other than the letters in his student file. The images of those letters are restricted from view pending permission from the PMSS office and archivist.

CONTENTS: RICHARD ELLIOTT Student Records

[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. The initials at the bottom left of the PMSS letters indicate the writer (along with initials of the secretary). For example, “AM” refers to Angela Melville. The following list of contents is in chronological order and not necessarily in the order of the image numbers.]
[NOTE: Images of the full set of student records are considered private material and are not generally publicly displayed. Their access may be provided on request, pending approval of Pine Mountain Settlement School and the archivist of the PMSS Collections. Contact the main PMSS Office for information.]

07 [RESTRICTED] February 12, 1930. To Mr. Charles Elliott, Coxton, Ky., from AM [Angela Melville], regretting to inform him that Richard will be sent home. She asks Mr. Elliott to come to PMSS and retrieve Richard.

03-05 [RESTRICTED] February 17, 1930 (?). Three-page handwritten letter to Miss [Katherine] Pettit from Charles F. Elliott, concerning his difficulties with his son Richard. 

01 [RESTRICTED] February 18, 1930. Record Sheet for “Richard Elliott. Date of Birth: May 29, 1915. Parents: Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Elliott. Post Office: Coxton, Ky. Bill sent to: Charles F. Elliott, Coxton, Ky. Date of entering: September 12, 1929. Date of leaving: February 18, 1930.” 

06 [RESTRICTED] February 18, 1930. To Mr. Elliott from AM [Angela Melville], explaining that, since there was no reply to her February 12th letter to Mr. Elliott, she let Richard return home on foot. Melville regrets that Richard had to be sent away. She invites Mr. Elliott to PMSS for further discussion.

02 [RESTRICTED] February 20, 1930. To Mr. Elliott from AM [Angela Melville], responding to his letter to Miss Pettit concerning Richard.

08 Image of file folder labeled “Elliott, Richard.”


GALLERY: RICHARD ELLIOTT Student Records


Title

 Richard Elliott

Alt. Title

 

Identifier

https://pinemountainsettlement.net/?page_id=81699

Creator

Pine Mountain Settlement School, Pine Mountain, KY.

Alt. Creator

Ann Angel Eberhardt ; Helen Hayes Wykle ;

Subject Keyword

Richard Elliott, student records, PMSS boarding students, Coxton KY, Harlan County KY, coal towns, Angela Melville

Subject LCSH

Elliot, Richard.
Pine Mountain Settlement School (Pine Mountain, Ky.) — History.
Harlan County (Ky.) — History.
Education — Kentucky — Harlan County.
Rural schools — Kentucky — History.
Schools — Appalachian Region, Southern.

Date

2202-09-09 aae

Publisher

Pine Mountain Settlement School, Pine Mountain, KY.

Contributor

n/a

Type

Collections ; text ; image ;

Format

Original and copies of documents and correspondence in file folders in filing cabinet.

Source

Series 09: BIOGRAPHY – Students
Series 19: STUDENTS

Language

English

Relation

Is related to: Pine Mountain Settlement School Collections, Series 09: BIOGRAPHY and Series 19: STUDENTS.

Coverage Temporal

1929 – 1930

Coverage Spatial

Pine Mountain, KY ; Harlan County, KY ;  

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.

Donor

n/a

Description

Core documents, correspondence, writings, and administrative papers of Richard Elliott ; clippings, photographs, books by or about Richard Elliot ;

Acquisition

n/d

Citation

“[Identification of Item],” [Collection Name] [Series Number, if applicable]. Pine Mountain Settlement School Institutional Papers. Pine Mountain Settlement School, Pine Mountain, KY.

Processed By

Helen Hayes Wykle ; Ann Angel Eberhardt ;

Last Updated

 

Sources

“Richard Elliot Student Records.” Series 09: BIOGRAPHY and Series 19: STUDENTS. Pine Mountain Settlement School Institutional Papers. Pine Mountain Settlement School, Pine Mountain, KY. Internet resource [restricted].

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