Pine Mountain Settlement School
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Mary Rockwell Hook 1926 Correspondence
NOTES – 1926 April, page 1. [PMSS_notes_1926_apr_001.jpg]
TAGS: Mary Rockwell Hook correspondence 1926, Mrs. Inghram D. Hook, Katherine Pettit, weaving, William and Sal Creech, Fourth of July events, community, health care, Chapel, Aunt Sal’s Cabin, donations, the Mungers, architecture, architects, Big Log,
1926
[005] March 19, 1926. Ethel de Long Zande to Mary Rockwell Hook. PMSS is raising money, about $250, to help restore Uncle William and Aunt Sal Creech’s old log house (Aunt Sal’s Cabin); describes arrangements with the Creech children and plans to furnish it and create a garden of Aunt Sal’s flowers. “Bill Creech has been saving a poplar tree for years for the shingles. The ‘boys’ (Bill, Henry, and Columbus) are going to much of the work of moving and setting up the house.”
[008] through [008c]. March 19, (no year). Mary Rockwell Hook to Ethel de Long Zande. Four-page letter to “Ethel” (Zande) from Hook, who asks for directions if she “should take a sudden notion to drop down to Pine Mt….” Tells of her tentative plans to visit; would like to stay at Open House; heard from KP as she travels toward Japan.
[006] March 23, 1926. Ethel de Long Zande to Mary Rockwell Hook. Zande responds to Hook’s “notion” to visit, sends directions to PMSS, and tells her what she may see at PMSS: the “dancing ladies” from Boston or special services by Mr. Zeigler, the preacher from Berea. Suggests Hook design a stained glass window for the PMSS church (Chapel).
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[009] April 6, 1926. Ethel de Long Zande to Mary Rockwell Hook. “I am so glad you liked the directions for reaching Pine Mountain. They were modelled on your original draft.” Acknowledges Hook’s $25 check for William and Sal Creech’s log house.
[010] August 18, 1926. Ethel de Long Zande to Mary Rockwell Hook. Zande asks, “… what happened to your spring visit to Pine Mountain?”; quotes Berto and Elena.
[011] September 29, 1926. Ethel de Long Zande to Mary Rockwell Hook. Zande notes, “It’s great news that you are doing a country house for Marion Gates….” Tells of her efforts to get a Ford truck for the School to haul coal, etc., including asking Mr. (Henry) Ford. It would be housed in Luigi’s workshop. Zande will send a picture of the Memorial Fountain for Uncle William. The School House front has been altered, even though no plans were received from Hook. “…[T]he little balcony from the library gives quite a choice view.”
[012] October 4, 1926. Ethel de Long Zande to Mary Rockwell Hook. Tells of a visit by the Mungers, donors of the Chapel, who are “pleased with it but agree with many of us that the chancel window is a bit bare and crude….” and needs a stained glass or amber glass window. Meanwhile, blue curtains are planned for the window, “the color of the long curtains the weaving department is making to hang at both sides of the chancel arch….” Hook is asked for a recommendation for an upholsterer or decorator. She includes a sketch of the curtains and asks Hook for her ideas.
GALLERY MARY ROCKWELL HOOK 1926 Correspondence
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- 005 Hook Correspondence, 1925-26. [misc_corresp_1925-26_005]
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- 006 Hook Correspondence, 1925-26. [misc_corresp_1925-26_006]
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- 008 Hook Correspondence, 1925-26. [misc_corresp_1925-26_008]
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- 008a Hook Correspondence, 1925-26. [misc_corresp_1925-26_008a]
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- 008b Hook Correspondence, 1925-26. [misc_corresp_1925-26_008b]
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- 008c Hook Correspondence, 1925-26. [misc_corresp_1925-26_008c]
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- 009 Hook Correspondence, 1925-26. [misc_corresp_1925-26_009]
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- 010 Hook Correspondence, 1925-26. [misc_corresp_1925-26_010]
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- 011 Hook Correspondence, 1925-26. [misc_corresp_1925-26_011]
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- 012 Hook Correspondence, 1925-26. [misc_corresp_1925-26_012]
See
MARY ROCKWELL HOOK – Biography
MARY ROEKWELL HOOK Autobiography 1970 “This and That”
MARY ROCKWELL HOOK Correspondence Guide
See Also:
MARY ROCKWELL HOOK Album I – Full Pages
MARY ROCKWELL HOOK PHOTO ALBUM II Part I – Individual Photos
