BIOGRAPHY – A-Z is a listing of the many individuals who have played a part in the 100-plus-year-old history of Pine Mountain Settlement School. A name that is in bold and underlined<\/strong> indicates a link to that person’s biography on this site. This is an on-going project and names may be added or linked as the site develops.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Please request assistance if you need access to the physical files.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n BIOGRAPHY – A-Z<\/strong> begins with a chronological list of Directors<\/strong><\/a> of the School from the School’s beginning to the current day. The remaining lists are in alphabetical order under the following categories. (The categories are accompanied by links to pages with further details.)<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Staff and Administrators 1913 – Present: Members of the Boards of Trustees: Boarding School Students: Community School Students 1950 – 1960: Visitors, Writers, Friends, Consultants, Scholars: Community Families and Residents: Katherine Pettit<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(Co-Founder* & Director\u00a01913-1930)\u00a0;\u00a0Ethel de Long Zande<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(Co-Founder* & Co-Director 1913-1928) ;\u00a0Mary Angela\u00a0Melville<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(Interim Associate Director 1928-1930) ; Hubert Hadley<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(Director\u00a01930-1931) ;\u00a0Evelyn K. Wells<\/a> <\/strong>(Acting\u00a0Director 1931) ;\u00a0Glyn Morris<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(Director 1931-1942) ;\u00a0Dodd, Arthur<\/strong><\/a> (Interim 1942) ;\u00a0William Webb<\/a> <\/strong>(Acting\u00a0Director 1942-1944) ;\u00a0H.R.S. Benjamin<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(Director 1944-1949) ;\u00a0Gladys Hill<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>[Interim Director 1949?] ;\u00a0Burton Rogers<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(Director 1949-1973) ; L. Alvin Boggs<\/strong><\/a> (Director 1973-1983) ;\u00a0James Urquhart<\/a> <\/strong>(Director 1983-1986) ;\u00a0Carol Urquhart<\/strong><\/a> (Interim Director 1986)\u00a0;\u00a0Paul Hayes<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(Director 1986-1996)\u00a0;\u00a0Mildred Mahoney<\/a><\/strong> (Interim Director, Oct. 1996 – Aug. 1997) ; Robin Lambert<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(Director\u00a01997-2001) ; William\u00a0Caudill<\/a> <\/strong>(Interim Director 2001) ; Nancy Adams<\/strong><\/a> (Director 2001-2013) ; Lane, Penne<\/strong><\/a> (Director 2013-2014) ; Pride, Miriam “Mim”<\/a> <\/strong>(Interim Director 2014-May 2015) ; Marietta, Geoff<\/strong> <\/a>(Director June 2015 – February 2019 ; Preston Jones<\/strong><\/a> (Interim Director March 2, 2019 –\u00a0) ;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n *Co-founders with K. Pettit and E. de Long Zande:\u00a0Creech, Sally<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Creech, William<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong>(See also\u00a0Creech Family<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>and William & Sally Creech<\/strong> Family<\/strong><\/a>.)<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n GUIDE TO PMSS WORKERS 1913 – 2000s<\/a><\/strong><\/b><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n This list attempts to be comprehensive, but many workers only stayed for a brief time and may not be recorded in annual records.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n GUIDE TO PMSS 1913 – 1930<\/a>\u00a0<\/b>(linked to above list)<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n This list is largely complete but includes only staff\/personnel at the School from 1913-1930. It is based on an inventory by Evelyn Wells<\/a>, school secretary, and is included in GUIDE TO WELLS RECORD OF PINE MOUNTAIN SETTLEMENT SCHOOL 1913-1928<\/a> prepared just prior to her departure from the School in 1931.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n The following\u00a0list is not yet comprehensive. Names\u00a0in bold\u00a0indicate\u00a0those with completed biographies. Names with asterisks*<\/strong>\u00a0indicate those who have also served in an administrative post or on the PMSS Board of Trustees.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Anderson, Anna<\/a> <\/strong>; Anderson, Bette ; Anderson, Jonathan (Al) ;\u00a0Angel, August<\/a>*<\/strong> ; Angel, Susie<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0; Arny, Malcolm E.<\/strong><\/a> ; Ayers, Georgia<\/strong><\/a> [see<\/em> Dodd, Georgia (Ayers)]<\/strong><\/a> ; Ayers, Ellen (“Mattie,” “Mac”) [see<\/em> Hayes, Ellen Ayers<\/strong><\/a>] ; Ayers, Joanna<\/a><\/strong> ; Babson, ? ; Bailey, Clark Dr.<\/a>*<\/strong> ; Bailey, Sarah<\/a><\/strong> ; Baird, Lexine<\/strong><\/a> ;\u00a0Barry, Alice Trumbull (Scoville)<\/strong><\/a> ;\u00a0Barry, Stuyvesant (Peter)<\/strong><\/a> ; Bartlett, Helen ; Bartnik, George ; Bassett, Kendall<\/a> <\/strong>; Bates, Lilliath Robbins (see<\/em> Robbins, Lilliath Bates) ; Beeler, Lucille ; Begley, Benjamin Clay (Ben)<\/strong><\/a> ; Begley, Patricia (Pat) ; Belser, Rob ; Benedict, Jill ; Benjamin, H.R.S<\/a>*<\/strong>\u00a0; Bidstrup, Marguerite Butler\u00a0(<\/strong><\/a>see<\/strong><\/a><\/em> Butler, Marguerite)<\/strong><\/a> ; Bishop, Birdena<\/strong><\/a> ; Blackburn, Mary<\/a><\/strong> ; Blodgett, Tom ; Roberta Blomberg ; Boggs, Alvin<\/a>*<\/strong>\u00a0; Boggs, Matthew<\/a><\/strong> ; Bolles, Dorothy<\/a>* <\/strong>; Brannan, Bill ; Brannan, Laurranell ; Brewster, Margery ; Brockschlager, Anna<\/a><\/strong> ; Browning, Louise Will<\/strong> <\/a>; Browning, William<\/strong><\/a> ; Buchanan, Margaret (Maggie) ; Bunch, Chloe (Smith) (see<\/em> Smith, Chloe) ; Burden, Leona P. and Jess<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0;\u00a0Burdine, Howard<\/a><\/strong> ; Burger, Sallie ; Burks, Marguerite ; Burns, Martha<\/a><\/strong> ; Butler, Amy ; Butler, Harriet <\/a><\/strong>;\u00a0Butler, Marguerite\u00a0(Bidstrup)<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0; Brosi, Connie Fearington<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0;\u00a0Burkhard, Fred J.<\/strong><\/a> ; Burkhard, Esther Weller<\/strong><\/a> (see<\/em> Weller, Esther)<\/strong><\/a> ;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Callahan, Boone<\/a><\/strong> ; Callahan, Debra ; Campbell, Cora Lee<\/strong><\/a> ; Campbell, Gerna<\/a>*<\/strong> ; Campbell, Ruth E.<\/strong><\/a> ; Canterbury, Edith<\/strong><\/a> ; Cardwell, Susie Lee ;\u00a0Carter Gertrude King (Mrs. Lillard Carter)<\/a><\/strong> ; Cathcart (Holton), Celia<\/a>*\u00a0<\/strong>; Cartozian, Karoun ; Caudill, William<\/a><\/strong>* ; Cawood, Edward* ; Chase, Richard<\/a><\/strong> ; Cheney, Frank “Unk”<\/a><\/strong> ; Christian, Lucille<\/a><\/strong> ; Christian, Lela<\/a><\/strong> ; Christian, Ruth<\/a><\/strong> ; Christensen, Abby Winch<\/a> <\/strong>; Cobb, Alice<\/a>*<\/strong> ; Cold, Bertha<\/a><\/strong> ;\u00a0Cold, Edith<\/a> <\/strong>; Collin, Emma ; Conley, Vernon ; Conner, Jessie ; Coolidge, Margaret ; Coolidge, Olive (Mrs. Robert Butman)<\/strong><\/a> ; Cook, Clella Sergent<\/a><\/strong> ; Cooper, Margaret ; Cornett, Jess and Sallie<\/strong><\/a> ; Creech, Charles<\/a><\/strong> ; Creech, Emily (see<\/em> Hill, Emily) ;\u00a0Creech, Henry C.\u00a0<\/a><\/strong>; Creech, Ruth (Smith) <\/a><\/strong>; Cumisk, Gary ; Cunningham, Mary ;\u00a0Crutchfield, Harriet<\/a>\u00a0;\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Dalton, Mark ; Daniels, Florence<\/a><\/strong> ; Darracott, Nell ;\u00a0Davies, Mary Ellen<\/a> <\/strong>; Davis, Clara<\/a><\/strong> ; Davis, Rachel H.<\/a><\/strong> ; Dawn, William C. “Bill”<\/a><\/strong> ; Day, Jasper and Delphia<\/a><\/strong> ; de Long,\u00a0Ethel [see<\/em> Zande,\u00a0Ethel de Long] ;\u00a0Dennis, Ruth<\/a><\/strong> ;\u00a0Deschamps, Leon<\/a><\/strong> ;\u00a0Duetsch, Ann ; Dodd, Arthur<\/strong><\/a>*<\/strong> ; Dodd, Georgia (Ayers)<\/strong><\/a> ; Dorsey, Mr. & Mrs. Clarence ; Dougherty, Marguerite ; Dresser, Mary ; Drosky, Andy ; Dunbar, Minnie ; Durgin, Helen ; Edgerton, Lillian ; Emerson, Marguerite ; Engberg, Sara ; Epler, Dr. Blanch ; Everitt, Evelyn ; Eversole, MacClellan\u00a0; Fagg, Helen ; Faulkner, Barbara<\/strong><\/a> ; Faulkner, James L.<\/strong><\/a> ; Fawcett, Edna ; Felde, Maurice ; Felde, Marcella <\/strong><\/a>; Fightmaster, Pearl ; Foster, Duncan ; Gaines, Ruth B<\/a>.<\/strong> ; Garfield, Lucretia<\/a><\/strong> ; Garrison, Elihu Afton ; George, May D. ; Gill, Laura D. ;
Workers at Pine Mountain 1913 – 1930<\/a><\/strong> (link)<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Members of the Boards of Trustees<\/a> (link)<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
LIST OF BOARDING SCHOOL STUDENTS BY GRADUATING CLASS<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>(link)
BOARDING SCHOOL STUDENTS Guide 1929-1949<\/a><\/strong> Full flat list (link)
BOARDING SCHOOL STUDENTS 1929-1949<\/strong><\/a> Searchable database (link)<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
COMMUNITY SCHOOL STUDENT LIST – A-Ga<\/strong><\/a> (link)
COMMUNITY SCHOOL STUDENT LIST – Gi-Z<\/a><\/strong> (link)<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Series 09: COMMUNITY, FRIENDS AND VISITORS RELATED TO PMSS<\/a><\/strong> (link)<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
FAMILIES in Pine Mountain Valley Community GUIDE<\/a><\/strong> (link)
PINE MOUNTAIN VALLEY COMMUNITY RESIDENTS LIST 1910s-1940s<\/a><\/strong> Includes residents of Greasy Creek, Turkey Fork, Little Laurel, Big Laurel, Line Fork, Cutshin, Divide, Bledsoe, and more … (link)<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n
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