Pine mountain settlement school : letters, 1926-1939, bulk 1926-1933.

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Pine mountain settlement school : letters, 1926-1939, bulk 1926-1933.

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There are two folders of records for the Pine Mountain Settlement School collections. One folder contains letters written by Dr. Ida S. Stapleton to friends around the country. These letters provide insight into the everyday lives and the events that occurred to the inhabitants of Harlan County, Kentucky, during the late 1920's and 1930's. The second folder contains printed articles, a typescript on the history of the School, two photographs of the school, and transcripts of letters. There is a second set of letter transcripts in the Manuscript office.

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Kentucky Historical Society, Martin F. Schmidt Research Library

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Kentucky Historical Society, Martin F. Schmidt Research Library

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Stapleton, Ida S.

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Most of the documents were created by Dr. Ida Stapleton. She and her husband, Rev. Robert Stapleton, after spending twenty-five years as missionaries in Turkey, volunteered for further service at one of the medical outposts of the Pine Mountain Settlement School. Their outpost was known as "Line Fork Settlement" or just "The Cabin." According to the history included in the collection, "on the night of their arrival there was a 'shootin' and the doctor treated her first patient. The letters begin...

Pine Mountain Settlement School (Pine Mountain, Ky.)

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Pine Mountain Settlement School was incorporated by Katherine Pettit and Ethel DeLong in 1913 and operated as a boarding school until 1949. In addition to regular academic subjects, students were involved in traditional music and dance activities, and a labor program that helped run the school and develop useful skills. In the 1930s the curriculum was refocused towards trade professions and skills for rural community living. During the 1940s, the school temporarily came under the administration ...