Records, 1864-1984 (bulk 1913-1949).

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Records, 1864-1984 (bulk 1913-1949).

These materials document the work and administration of Pine Mountain Settlement School in Harlan County, Kentucky, and its extension centers at Line Fork and Medical Settlements.

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Pine Mountain Settlement School was founded in 1913 by Katherine Pettit and Ethel deLong Zande on land donated by William and Sally Dixon Creech, two Harlan Countians who wanted to provide wider educational opportunity for Pine Mountain area children. Pine Mountain Settlement School sought not only to provide conventional education but intellectual, industrial, and moral "training," as well as to serve as a social center for the surrounding neighborhood. In addition, the School soug...