Pine Mountain Settlement School, Harlan, Kentucky One Place Study
Location: Harlan County, Kentucky, United States
Surnames/tags: One_Place_Studies Kentucky United_States
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Pine Mountain Settlement School
Harlan County, Kentucky, One Place Study
of the Appalachia Project
The Pine Mountain Settlement School One Place Study was created in collaboration with the One Place Studies Project, the Kentucky Project and the Appalachia Project as part of an ongoing effort to highlight significant places in Appalachia. The study focuses on documenting and connecting people associated with the school. If you want to help because you have ancestors or family in this group, or just because you love the musical and literary heritage of the school, we'd wecome your participation!
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History
In the 1880s a social reformist movement began in England and the United States, known as the settlement movement. Its goal was to alleviate poverty and encourage socialization across economic divisions. England's early efforts were concentrated in London, and when Jane Addams and others brought the movement to the United States, they focused on urban areas, where growing immigration and industrialization had increased socio-economic divisions.
Inspired by these ideas as well as the work of Susan Chester's Log Cabin Settlement in Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina, May Stone and Katherine Pettit saw a similar need in the communities of eastern Kentucky, where geographic isolation had severely limited the educational and economic opportunities of the residents. In 1902 the women established the Hindman Settlement School, the first settlement school in the United States.
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In 1912 William Creech of Harlan County convinced Katherine Pettit and Hindman principal Ethel De Long Zande to start a new settlement school in his area. Initially classes were held upstairs over a store and post office while Creech's donated land was cleared and drained. Pioneering female architect Mary (Rockwell) Hook (1877-1978) designed the campus layout and several of the buildings. Construction continued through 1937.
As a settlement school, Pine Mountain has operated a farm and a health clinic as well as offered job training, community services, and support for cultural arts and music initiatives. In 1937 it became the regional headquarters of the WPA's Pack Horse Library Project. The school has been designated a National Historic Landmark District. It is one of the few settlement schools still in operation today.
- Pine Mountain Settlement School Official Website
- Established: 1913
- Campus size: 800 acres
- Mission: to enrich people and enhance lives through Appalachian place-based education for all ages.
- Strategy: a holistic approach to the stewardship of our natural, agricultural, human and built environment through community development, environmental education, sustainability, and Appalachian cultures and heritage.
People
The following list of names was compiled from various source materials while researching the school. For now, names in bold print indicate the person is notable and has a WikiTree Profile. People listed with (WP) beside their names are linked to their Wikipedia articles, but do not have a WikiTree profile at the last check. If you are adding profiles for those people, please confirm they do not have a WikiTree profile to avoid duplication.
If you want to contribute to the project by working on an individual listed below, please edit the page to sign your WTID (by adding ~~~~) beside your chosen profile, or contact the study coordinator.
Associates
- William Creech - Longtime resident of Harlan County, he donated 136 acres of land for the establishment of the Pine Mountain Settlement School.
- Jean Ritchie (1922-2015) American folk music singer, songwriter and dulcimer player; though Jean attended public school, six of her siblings were Hindman Settlement School students. Her other seven siblings attended the Pine Mountain Settlement School in Harlan County, Kentucky.
Staff
- Directors
- Katherine Pettit (1870-1936) Co-founder of the Pine Mountain Settlement School
- Ethel Margaret (DeLong) Zande (1878-1928) An early principal at the Hindman Settlement School; she later went on with Katherine Pettit to found the Pine Mountain Settlement School in Harlan County, Kentucky.
- Glyn A. Morris (1937)
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Trustees
- Mr. W.W. Ball (Maysville, KY)
- Mr. J.S. Crutchfield (Pittsburg, PA)
- Dorothy (Olcott) Elsmith (1891-1984)
- Mrs. Anderson Gratz (Lexington, KY)
- Mary (Rockwell) Hook (1877-1978)
- Mrs. C.A. Jack (Ridgeway, PA)
- Mr. C.N. Manning (Lexington, KY)
- Professor Arthur L. Swift, Jr. (New York, NY)
- Miss Evelyn K. Wells (Wellesley. MA)
- Rebecca (Caudill) Ayars (1899-1985)
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Other Students
Visitors
- Julie Wyman (1885-1937) A successful American soprano known for performing traditional music; she visited the Pine Mountain Settlement School in 1916 during a six-week journey through Eastern Kentucky collecting folk music with Howard Brockway.
- Howard Brockway (1870-1951) American pianist and composer; he visited the Pine Mountain Settlement School while travelling with Julie Wyman collecting traditional folk music.
- Cecil Sharp (1859-1924) English collector of traditional music, he collected folk songs at the Pine Mountain Settlement School along with Maud Karpeles.
- Maud Karpeles (1885-1976) English collector of traditional music, she collected folk songs at the Pine Mountain Settlement School along with Cecil Sharp.
- Alan J. Lomax (1915-2002) American ethnomusicologist; he collected traditional music from the Pine Mountain Settlement School in the 1930s.
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Research Notes and Page Updates
- This page was begun in Aug 2022 and is still a work in progress. If you have suggestions or contributions, please feel free to make edits, comment below, or contact the study coordinator, or the Appalachia Project.
- Current WikiTree profiles: 18/95 (19%)
Further On-line Reading and Resources
Project and Category Links
- Appalachia Project
- Kentucky Project
- One Place Studies Project
- Pine Mountain Settlement School category
- Harlan County, Kentucky category
- Kentucky Appalachians category
Want to Help?
If you'd like to contribute to the Pine Mountain Settlement School study because you have ancestors or family in this group, or just because you love the musical and literary heritage of the school, we'd wecome your participation! If you are researching any individuals listed above, please edit the page to sign your WTID (by adding ~~~~) beside your chosen profile, or contact the study coordinator. If you have suggestions or contributions, please feel free to make edits, comment below, or contact the study coordinator, or the Appalachia Project.
There are no official sign-up requirements for working with the project. Feel free to add a member sticker to your own profile:
{{Member |OPS |place=Pine Mountain Settlement School, Harlan, Kentucky}}
Project Stickers and Categories
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Categories
- [[Category:Pine_Mountain_Settlement_School,_Harlan,_Kentucky_One_Place_Study]]
- [[Category:Harlan_County,_Kentucky]]
- [[Category:Kentucky_Appalachians]]
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Sources
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 1.22 1.23 1.24 1.25 1.26 1930 Census: "United States Census, 1930"
citing enumeration district (ED) ED 24, sheet 16B, line 51, family 291, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 749; FHL microfilm 2,340,484.
FamilySearch Record: XM6Y-G28 (accessed 15 August 2022)
FamilySearch Image: 33SQ-GRHQ-LB6 Image number 00612
Kathrine Pettit (61), single in District 4, Harlan, Kentucky, United States. Born in Kentucky. - ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 1920 Census: "United States Census, 1920"
citing Affiliate Publication Number: T625; Affiliate Film Number: 574; Line: 1; FHL microfilm: 1820574; Record number: 24885;
FamilySearch Record: MHLK-R14 (accessed 15 August 2022)
FamilySearch Image: 33S7-9R62-D3X Image number 00518
Kathrine Pettit (50), single head of household in Harlan, Kentucky, United States.
See Also
- Wikidata: Item Q7195286, en:Wikipedia
- Pine Mountain Settlement School Collections
- Berea College Special Collections and Archives
- Berea Sound Archives
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