Pine Mountain Settlement School
Series 09: BIOGRAPHY – Architect
Series 02: GOVERNANCE – Board of Trustees
Series 10: BUILT ENVIRONMENT
Mary Rockwell Hook
Correspondence 1943
Open House designed by Mary Rockwell Hook at Pine Mountain Settlement. Interior view of living room. [norton_052.jpg]
MARY ROCKWELL HOOK 1943 Correspondence
Contents
01 February 24, 1943. William D. Webb to Mary Rockwell Hook.
Mentions that Miss Cobb will be in Kansas City on a publicity tour. Webb is waiting for a reply from the American Friends Service Committee on the possibility of assignment from the C.P.S. camp to PMSS. Describes joining Pine Mountain School scouts in an “exploring expedition to the nice limestone cave up above Sawmill Hollow. It is great to have such a romantic set of underground chambers and hallways so near our school.” Architect Perkins, “old friend of Miss Pettit and building expert in Harlan,” was planning to visit PMSS but, instead, has taken a government job in Tennessee. Plans to repair the Boys Industrial and West Wind porches this summer, and hopes she will visit and give advice. Other updates: the poultry houses are in process; the School has new mules (Belle and Meg); the reservoir and “dump” were workday priorities; “Farmerettes” are preparing a Victory Garden; four staff members will attend the Southern Mountain Workers Conference in Knoxville.
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03 February 24, 1943. William D. Webb to Mary Rockwell Hook… adding to his previous letter. Encloses two receipts for her last year’s contributions and explains the delay. “After some visits to other schools in the area, as to Red Bird last weekend, we appreciate more than ever the gift of time, interest, and skill that has gone into planning and making possible the buildings here at Pine Mountain, notably by yourself.” Describes staffing issues, such as trying to keep staff “despite the calls of defense work and the armed services.” Asks Hook for advice on staffing for next year, particularly Line Fork, since the Bakers (Richard and Lutrella Baker) are leaving. “With three boys leaving for the Navy in the last two weeks, we watch with real interest the war headlines. Even peaceful Pine Mountain feels it(!)”
04 May 8, 1943. Mary Rockwell Hook to William D. Webb. Postcard.
Address side of postcard from Sarasota, FL
04a May 7, (no year, later notation: “1943”) Hook asks about transportation from Harlan to Pine Mountain Settlement School.
05 May 11, 1943. Mary Rockwell Hook to William D. Web, Director.
Address side of postcard from Sarasota, FL, to Mr. Webb at Pine Mountain School.
005a May 11, (no year, later notation: “1943”) Postcard message to (no salutation) Card describes travel plans to Pine Mountain of Mary Rockwell Hook.
06 May 12, 1943. William D. Webb (by secretary) to Mary Rockwell Hook.
Letter welcoming Hook to PMSS and notes that Open House will be ready for her. Advises Hook that Mrs. Morris may be coming on the 14th.
07 May 13, 1943. Mary Rockwell Hook to William D. Webb, Director. Western Union telegram. Hook in Sarasota, FL, asks Webb when the best time is for her PMSS visit.
08 May 14, 1943.William D. Webb, Director to Mary Rockwell Hook. Western Union telegram.
Advises Hook that it is important that she visit before Callahan’s departure early in June and that the availability of repair supplies is uncertain.
09-09a May 15, (no year; later notation “1943”). Mary Rockwell Hook to William D. Webb, Director. Two-page letter.
Hook relates her plans to travel to PMSS. Offers to talk with someone in Harlan about the repairs or look up materials there before arrival at PMSS.
10 May 22, 1943. “J.G.” to Hook
Answers Hook’s question about Mrs. Waldo, who will be visiting PMSS in a week or so.
11 May 22, 1943. [unsigned-PMSS secretary ?] to Mary Rockwell Hook.
Letter and enclosure of “a copy of the letter to the other owners of Open House, with copies of Miss (Katherine Pettit’s letter and your statement. It was awfully nice seeing you again.…”
012-012c June 9, 1943. Mary Rockwell Hook to William D. Webb, Director. Four-page letter.
[041] Hook notes that she is sending a report, which was delayed due to the birth of her grandnephew. Hopes that Mr. (Glenn) LaRue will “prove helpful in the matter of repairs.” She states the most important need: Far House plumbing. 12a] She will work on Mrs. Morris’s plan for remodeling Far House, but “the important remodeling will certainly have to wait until the war is over.” [041b] Mentions Mrs. Waldo; the window sash in the Chapel. Asks [041c] whether the LaRues are staying in the Callahan house.
013 December 29, 1943. Mary Rockwell Hook to William D. Webb, Director.
Hook notes that Mr. Charles Baird of Kansas City mailed $100 to PMSS and is waiting for a reply. He is ready to send another $500. He comes from the Harlan area and “is contributing to other schools which he and his wife attended. I think he was once the athletic director at Ann Arbor.” According to Hook, “there must always be someone whose first duty it is to acknowledge donations with speed and grace.” Asks about repairs.
GALLERY: MARY ROCKWELL HOOK 1943 Correspondence
[Images of the 1943 correspondence are not available at this time.]
Pine Cone 1943 Feb, page 4. [pinecone_1943_02_004.jpg]
See Also:
MARY ROCKWELL HOOK Architect Board (Biography)
MARY ROCKWELL HOOK Autobiography 1970 “This and That”
MARY ROCKWELL HOOK Correspondence 1940 Architectural Planning PMSS
MARY ROCKWELL HOOK 1940 Correspondence II
MARY ROCKWELL HOOK 1941 Correspondence
MARY ROCKWELL HOOK 1942 Correspondence
MARY ROCKWELL HOOK 1944 Correspondence
MARY ROCKWELL HOOK Album I
MARY ROCKWELL HOOK Photo Album II Part I
NOTES – 2013, Spring, p. 11-12
NOTES – 2019, Winter, pp. 6-7
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