{"id":16223,"date":"2016-03-02T16:12:11","date_gmt":"2016-03-02T21:12:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/getitright.pmss.net\/?page_id=16223"},"modified":"2017-12-04T01:04:43","modified_gmt":"2017-12-04T06:04:43","slug":"james-c-livengood","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/staging.pinemountainsettlement.net\/?page_id=16223","title":{"rendered":"JAMES C. LIVENGOOD"},"content":{"rendered":"
Pine Mountain Settlement School
\nSeries 09: Biography – Staff\/Personnel<\/h5>\n

James C. Livengood
\nMechanics Instructor, May 1937-1938<\/h3>\n

James C. Livengood evidently first learned about Pine Mountain Settlement School through his sister, Margaret Ann, when he accompanied her on a visit to the School in the summer of\u00a01935. She was applying for a position as English teacher at the School, a position she held from September to December 1935.<\/p>\n

By November of that year,\u00a0James, at 19 years of age, had completed one year of college work at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Boston. However, he was running out of money to continue his studies\u00a0and\u00a0was looking for a way to build up his\u00a0savings for a year or two before returning to MIT. After his\u00a0visit to the School, which he and his sister both enjoyed, James decided that working there as a teacher, mechanic, or engineer would\u00a0provide a\u00a0sufficient\u00a0income and the experience he needed for his future career.<\/p>\n

At Director Glyn Morris’<\/a>s suggestion, James submitted an application to Pine Mountain, listing\u00a0his credentials and his background:\u00a0His\u00a0home address was Berea, Kentucky,\u00a0where he had lived all his life. His mother died in 1927. Before MIT, he had attended Sue Bennett College in London, Kentucky, and Mount Hermon School.<\/p>\n

In his application, James also\u00a0described the\u00a0training and experience that he could bring to the\u00a0PMSS position:<\/p>\n

Most of my knowledge of things electrical and mechanical has come from study and practical work which I have had as my hobby since I was ten years old. As a result of both my scholastic and my outside studies, I have a thorough understanding of gasoline engines and their ailments, electrical circuits as complex as those in most radio sets. I\u00a0can make drawings and read blue prints.<\/em><\/p>\n

It took over a year\u00a0of\u00a0correspondence with Director Morris before a mechanic position opened up for James. By this time, James was working for the U.S. Forest Service at Camp F05 in London, Kentucky, but decided to leave it for\u00a0the PMSS position.<\/p>\n

He began in his new position on May 15, 1937, at $60.00 a month and ‘maintenance.” According to Morris, his\u00a0duties were to include “care of the light plant, the coal mine, teaching of mechanics, supervision of all heating plants, and any other mechanics work which may be necessary.” Morris asked\u00a0James\u00a0to arrive early in order to receive training from James L. Faulkner, a mechanics employee from 1933\u00a0to\u00a01937 whom he was replacing.<\/p>\n

Morris also suggested that James study coal mining before he arrived. James responded that he\u00a0already had some\u00a0mining experience. His father had previously\u00a0worked for the Harlan Fuel Company at Yancey (Kentucky coal town) and James\u00a0spent a couple of summers there. He also worked for two\u00a0months during a summer with a mining engineer doing mine surveying in Jackson County, Kentucky.<\/p>\n

At the end of his time at PMSS, James was described in an apparent letter of recommendation, dated August 1, 1938, as follows:<\/p>\n

[James C. Livengood] is unusually capable in his field of interest. He is creative and ingenious. During his stay here he made many improvements in the light plant and in our lighting system. His work in this respect was always thorough and well done. [Although he had difficulty adjusting to a School founded and motivated by a desire to carry on social service] he leaves here with our sincere admiration for his ability as a mechanic and engineer.<\/em><\/p>\n

James Cooper Livengood was born in\u00a01916, to Frank and Anna (Cooper) Livengood, both from Ohio. James’s sister, Margaret Ann, was two or three years old at the time. By the year that\u00a0the 1920 U.S. Census was taken, the family was living in Berea, Kentucky.<\/p>\n

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See Also JAMES LIVINGOOD CORRESPONDENCE<\/strong><\/p>\n

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James C. Livengood<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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James Livengood ; James Cooper Livengood ; Jimmy (or Jimmie) Livengood ; (Dr.?) Margaret A. Livengood ; Margaret Livengood ;<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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JAMES C. LIVENGOOD<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n