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Pine Mountain Settlement School
Series 09: Biography<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

WRITTEN PERSONAL NARRATIVES Guide<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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TAGS:<\/strong> Written Personal Narratives Guide; memoirs; autobiographies; staff; students; community members; reminiscences<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The narratives and memoirs listed in this Written Personal Narratives Guide were written by various <\/strong>staff, students and community members about their life at Pine Mountain Settlement School and beyond. These written autobiographies provide a variety of views of the School through the lens of individuals and across a broad chronology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many other autobiographical reminiscences are included within some formal reports, letters, and personal correspondence. The personal narratives shared in this list are those specifically written to be shared by the authors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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WRITTEN PERSONAL NARRATIVES Guide<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

ANDERSON, Astrid<\/a><\/strong> (Staff) \u2013 A PMSS bookkeeper in 1930, she co-wrote one of the narratives on the page titled, \u201cA MOUNTAIN FUNERALIZING<\/a>.\u201d The other author(s) are unidentified. Not quite a “personal narrative” this account, however, captures one of the early iconic memorials to the death of those in the community and is a narrative we all face in multiple ways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ANONYMOUS. \u201c<\/strong>A MOUNTAIN FUNERALIZING<\/a>\u201c<\/strong> \u2013 The authors of two of the three accounts under this title are anonymous: \u201cI. 1932 \u2018Funeralizing\u2019 for Elizabeth Gillam Smith, Gilley, Kentucky,\u201d and \u201cIII. A Mountain Funeralizing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ANONYMOUS.<\/strong> An account of PMSS history, emphasizing \u201c\u2026the school\u2019s relationship to its community, and its adaptability to change\u2026\u201d, written at the request of Burton Rogers<\/a>, Director.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BILLER, Margaret Anne<\/strong> (Student, daughter of PMSS teachers, Edith Reynolds Roberts<\/a> and Leonard Ward Roberts<\/a>) \u2013 Her narrative, \u201cPine Mountain Recollections,\u201d describes growing up on PMSS campus in the 1950s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BROWN, W. Taylor<\/a><\/strong> (Friend of PMSS) – A Berea College Normal School graduate describes his experiences teaching at a rural one-room school in Harlan Co., 1922-1926. He was a friend Katherine Pettit and a follower of her educational reform goals. His assistance enabled his half-siblings William and Rose Brown<\/a> to attend PMSS in 1928-1929.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

COBB, Alice<\/a><\/strong> (Staff) <\/strong>\u2013 A PMSS staff member who describes life in a variety of settlement schools and folk schools for Pine Mountain trustee Dorothy Elsmith<\/a> <\/strong>in 1944. Included in her report are graphic descriptions of John C. Campbell Folk School, Highlander Folk School, Pi Beta Phi in Gatlinburg, and other locations. Also included is an interview with Luigi Zande<\/a> in Asheville, NC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

COOK, Clella Sergent<\/a><\/strong> (Student) – A PMSS student in 1944-1948 reflects on her educational preparation and the influence of the School.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CREECH, William – “A Short Sketch of My Life”<\/a><\/strong> – <\/strong>Captures the life of the early pioneers who came into the Pine Mountain valley and the life that William Creech<\/a> and Sally Dixon Creech<\/a> carved out of the wildness of the early valley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DAVIS, Rachel<\/a><\/strong> (Staff) \u2013 In a 1991 letter to Paul Hayes<\/a>, Director, she describes her memories of the Chapel and Miss Pettit; includes a photo of herself with two students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DAY, Carrie<\/strong> (Student, Advisory Council Member) \u2013 In 1982, she wrote a 29-page booklet, titled \u201cThe Love They Gave: Early Days at Pine Mountain Settlement School,<\/em>\u201d as a tribute to Miss Pettit and Miss de Long<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

HALLIDAY, Anne P.<\/a><\/strong> (Volunteer Teacher) \u2013 In her two 1997 letters to Robin Lambert<\/a>, Director, Halliday records memories of her time as a PMSS volunteer teacher in 1925-1926.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

JUDE, Nancy<\/a> <\/strong>(Student) \u2013 <\/strong>Narrative of her life at Pine Mountain Settlement School and at Big Laurel Medical Settlement<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LANE, Fitzhugh<\/a><\/strong> (Staff) \u2013 Describes efforts in getting the sawmill outfit over the Incline in 1913.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LEACH, Dr. William<\/strong> (PMSS Trustee, Creech Descendent) \u2013 His autobiography titled, \u201cThe 1930s\u201d; A 2001 transcription by Ruth Smith Creech<\/a>, titled \u201cBill Leach\u2019s Memories.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LOOMIS, Sally<\/strong><\/a> (Sallie) (Staff) \u2013 Transcriptions of her two poems about Pine Mountain people, \u201cNeverstill\u201d and \u201cThe Dead Child.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MATTHIES, Scott<\/strong><\/a> (EE Staff) – An Environmental Education staff member describes his experiences at PMSS, 1979-1981, & his career afterward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MORGAN, Angela Creech<\/strong> (Creech Descendent) \u2013 Told several stories about the Creech Family members to Keith Morgan, which were transcribed by Ruth Smith Creech<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

McCUTCHEON, Margaret<\/strong><\/a> (Visitor) \u2013 Describes her impressions during a fall 1914 visit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MORRIS, Glyn<\/strong><\/a> (Director) <\/strong>[Biography entry only.] \u2013 <\/strong>Personal and institutional history incorporated in his autobiography, <\/em><\/strong>Less Traveled Roads<\/em>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

MOTTER, Margaret<\/a><\/strong> <\/a>(Staff) \u2013 <\/strong>In \u201cReflections (c. 1946)<\/a>,\u201d a staff member records her reflections on Pine Mountain Settlement School after her return to the School some fourteen years after her first work there. (See also \u201cMargaret Motter: Recollections of Pine Mountain Settlement School<\/a>\u201d and Guide to Margaret Motter Collection.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

NACE, Dorothy<\/a> <\/strong>(Staff) <\/strong>[Biography entry only] \u2013 \u201cEnd of the Road, A Summing Up,\u201d 2002. 1941-2000. [Personal and institutional history.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dorothy Nace Photograph Album I Part I<\/a>
Dorothy Nace Photograph Album I Part II<\/a>
Dorothy Nace Photograph Album II<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

ROGERS, Burton<\/strong><\/a> (Director) \u2013 Transcription of his talk to Lexington Friends about \u201cPine Mountain Years\u201d; transcription of an interview with an unidentified person.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ROGERS, Mary<\/a><\/strong> (Staff) \u2013 <\/strong>Transcription of an interview with Mary Rogers in August 1989 as part of the Kentucky Oral History Commission; covers personal reflections on her early life and her work with the environment. See also GUIDE TO AUDIO RECORDINGS<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ROOD, Grace M.<\/a> <\/strong>(Staff) <\/strong>[Biography entry only.] \u2013 Describes her early education, work in India, and her years as a nurse in the Pine Mountain community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SMITH, Larry E<\/a>.<\/strong> (Staff) \u2013 \u201cMy Pine Mountain Story\u201d tells of his experiences as a PMSS Environmental Education teacher for three years in the early 1990s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WITHINGTON, Dr. Alfreda<\/a><\/strong> (Staff) [Biography entry only] \u2013 Her autobiography Mine Eyes Have Seen <\/em>(1941), is a book that recounts her medical career. The last chapter in her book details her years at Pine Mountain Settlement School and the Medical Settlement at Big Laurel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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