TAGS:\u00a0<\/strong>Harriet Crutchfield Journal II Transcribed; Harriet Crutchfield; Harriet Crutchfield Orndorff; Pine Mountain Settlement School; ballads; Katherine Pettit; Mr. & Mrs. Browning; teachers; bacca pipes; folk dancing; Marguerite Emerson; Margaret Motter; Marian Kingman; Creech Family; Aunt Sal\u2019s Cabin; Mrs. Lewis; Angela Melville; Helen Caldwell; Astrid Anderson; Miss Purbrick; Mrs. Martha Burns; Mr. Harshbarger; Ruth B. Gaines; Laurel House I; food; Miss Hill; Miss Lillie; Far House; Miss Whitenack; housemothers; Marguerite Emerson; Ruth Campbell; Miss Denton; Antioch College students; Mr. Argetsinger; Miss Daniels; horses; picnics;<\/span><\/p>\n HARRIET CRUTCHFIELD JOURNAL II TRANSCRIBED is part II of full transcriptions of Harriet Crutchfield’s handwritten letters which she sent to her parents in 1928 and 1929. Harriet was a PMSS teacher of fifth grade from 1928 to 1930 and later a member of the PMSS Advisory Board.<\/span><\/p>\n Her complete journal consisted of over 200 pages of Pine Mountain observations, reflections and experiences that filled a small black binder. Displayed below are transcriptions of images 047-100. Those images can be seen here: <\/span>HARRIET CRUTCHFIELD JOURNAL II.<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Harriet’s letters were written on both sides of each sheet of paper and each sheet is numbered only on one side. The transcribed pages are numbered sequentially and do not follow Crutchfield’s sequence which numbered for the page, including front [recto] and back [verso]. The front sides of some pages had the following letterhead: “Pine Mountain Settlement School, Pine Mountain, Harlan Co., Kentucky.”<\/span><\/p>\n Holes were punched on the left side of each sheet to fit into a Journal, resulting in some truncated words which are indicated by question marks. Question marks also indicate indecipherable words. The text has been slightly edited for clarity.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The transcriptions are in chronological order and may not necessarily match the order of the image numbers.<\/span><\/p>\n See Also:<\/b><\/p>\n HARRIET CRUTCHFIELD<\/b><\/a> for her full biography.<\/p>\n HARRIET CRUTCHFIELD CORRESPONDENCE<\/b>\u00a0AFTER PMSS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n HARRIET CRUTCHFIELD JOURNAL GUIDE 1928<\/b><\/a> for summaries of her 1928 correspondence.<\/span><\/p>\n HARRIET CRUTCHFIELD JOURNAL GUIDE 1929<\/b><\/a> for summaries of her 1929 correspondence.<\/span><\/p>\n HARRIET CRUTCHFIELD PMSS APPLICATION 1928<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n For IMAGES of her correspondence while at PMSS, see:<\/strong><\/p>\n HARRIET CRUTCHFIELD JOURNAL I<\/b><\/a> (001-046)<\/b><\/p>\n HARRIET CRUTCHFIELD JOURNAL II<\/b><\/a> (047-100)<\/b><\/p>\n HARRIET CRUTCHFIELD JOURNAL III<\/b><\/a> (101-152)<\/b><\/p>\n HARRIET CRUTCHFIELD JOURNAL IV<\/b><\/a> (153-207)<\/b><\/p>\n For TRANSCRIPTIONS of her correspondence while at PMSS, see:<\/b><\/p>\n HARRIET CRUTCHFIELD JOURNAL<\/b> I TRANSCRIBED<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n HARRIET CRUTCHFIELD JOURNAL II TRANSCRIBED<\/p>\n HARRIET CRUTCHFIELD JOURNAL III TRANSCRIBED<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n HARRIET CRUTCHFIELD JOURNAL IV TRANSCRIBED<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n crutchfield_journal_047.jpg\u00a0 page 1<\/b><\/p>\n Sunday, September 23, 1928<\/strong> My dearest Ma,<\/span><\/p>\n The handkerchiefs arrived safely and were gratefully received, altho [sic]<\/em> I am thankful to say that they are not needed at present. The one with the yellow embroidery wasn\u2019t mine. I had a green one like it which must be at home with quite a few others. Don\u2019t bother about it, but tell me if the yellow one is Kitty\u2019s. If it is I\u2019ll send it home, but if it is Margaret<\/strong>\u2019s I\u2019ll just keep it as she might have to pay duty on it, if I sent it to her.<\/span><\/p>\n Each week I feel sure I am\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n crutchfield_journal_048.jpg\u00a0 page 2 <\/b><\/p>\n …going to get my accounts straightened out, and then the free hours slip by without my getting ever near them. I really think I will get it done next week.<\/span><\/p>\n These past seven days have been unusually busy ones for me. Monday afternoon I went off to get Bob<\/strong> and I gave him all my free time up until Wednesday evening. It was wonderful having him here, and he surely made a hit with the school. Several of the other teachers have told me that for a couple of days he was the sole topic of conversation among the girls at their tables. He can describe for you the kind of folk dancing we….<\/span><\/p>\n crutchfield_journal_049.jpg\u00a0 page 3 <\/b><\/p>\n 2. Wednesday and Thursday nights I was busy with rehearsals for a ballad that the workers acted out in pantomime for the entertainment of the school at the assembly which we have every Friday for about half an hour after dinner. It was the story of an old lord with three daughters. A suitor came to call and chose the youngest, to whom he gave a beaver hat and a gay gold ring. The eldest daughter was so jealous, that,\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n crutchfield_journal_050.jpg\u00a0 page 4<\/b><\/p>\n …asking her sister to go for a walk by the Northern Sea, she pushed her in and would take no pity. The young thing in desperation swam down to a miller\u2019s pond, where she cried for help. The miller came and fished her out, only to steal her golden ring, whereupon he pushed her in again. The miller was hanged at his mill gate and the eldest daughter was burned at the stake.<\/span><\/p>\n You can imagine how effective and dramatic the performance was. We had a tin tub with a placard for the Northern Sea, and the young girl squatted in that and begged for mercy. Everything was done in the realistic style. Our costumes were amazing. Miss Hewitt,<\/strong> a young girl just out of high school, who helps with the young girls at Miss…<\/span><\/p>\n crutchfield_journal_051.jpg\u00a0 page 5 <\/b><\/p>\n 3. Thursday, night, also, I went to a dinner party at the Brownings<\/strong>. Mr\u2026.<\/span><\/p>\n crutchfield_journal_052.jpg\u00a0 page 6 <\/b><\/p>\n …Browning is in charge of all the farming here and Mrs. Browning takes [?] charge of the music and gives music lessons. Mr. B. was born right in this valley and used to come here to school. Mrs. B. was a teacher here for the 5th & 6th grades, and she fell in love & married him. She comes from Louisville. They have been married 8 years and seem very happy. There were about ten of us over there and we surely had a delightful time and a marvelous dinner. One of the students came up and did an old dance for us. They call it bacca pipes. They dance all around the pipes and do heel & toe stunts about them. It is fascinating to watch. Then we did some…<\/span><\/p>\n crutchfield_journal_053.jpg\u00a0 page 7 <\/b><\/p>\n 4. Again Thursday evening, Miss [Marguerite] Emerson<\/strong> invites different friends to come in to sew & she has given me a standing invitation. We always have a good time talking and towards the end, we are fed with nectar & ambrosia. Miss E. is a wonderful cook &, being in charge here at the practice house, she always has the kitchen at her disposal. Consequently, you can imagine we look forward with pleasure to Thursday evenings.<\/span><\/p>\n Saturday, Miss [Margaret] Motter<\/a> and MIss [Marian] Kingman<\/a>…<\/span><\/p>\n crutchfield_journal_054.jpg\u00a0 page 8 <\/b><\/p>\n …and I went on a ride and breakfast picnic. I took to the mare Maud again, and found her just as speedy as usual. <\/span><\/p>\n However, a good time was had by all. We got back in time for dinner at 11:30 as something special was planned for that time. Uncle Wm Creech<\/a>,<\/strong> the founder of the school, had 8 children, and consequently many grandchildren. They all decided they would like to fix up the old cabin<\/a> here on the school grounds, and have it as a little museum to show how cabins used to look with all the old-fashioned things in them. Therefore, they all came over on Saturday and started the work putting in a chimney, filling in the chinks in the walls, mending the\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n crutchfield_journal_055.jpg\u00a0 page 9 <\/b><\/p>\n 5. Well, anyway, at dinner time, they all came to eat with us at Laurel House<\/a>, and we had some speech-making. It really was rare to hear those old men & women reminiscing about their parents & their youth. I couldn\u2019t get all they said, partly…<\/span><\/p>\n crutchfield_journal_056.jpg\u00a0 page 10<\/b><\/p>\n …because of the language, and partly because they would become so tickled or embarrassed with their story that they would giggle and sniffle until you could hardly catch a word. I met them afterwards and watched them for a while working at the stone foundation for the chimney. They were quite delightful. Mrs. Lewis<\/strong>, one of the daughters with whom I spent the night in Putney, is adorable. She reminds me of Grandmother quite a lot, so you know she has a sweet face and expression.<\/span><\/p>\n There is still lots to tell, but it will have to wait. Really soon I am going to write an account of each of the workers & tell you some about some of the individual children. Tell Kitty<\/strong> to write me some of the news from home.<\/span><\/p>\n With much love always, Harriet<\/span><\/p>\n crutchfield_journal_057.jpg\u00a0 page 1 <\/b><\/p>\n Thursday, September 27, 1928<\/strong><\/p>\n Dearest Parents,<\/span><\/p>\n Thank goodness it is warming up a bit. We have had some terribly cold weather during this past week, and I doubt if I would have lived if I had not had my warm [?] and my leather jacket. The frost has gotten some of the vegetables and a good many of the flowers, sad to say. I can\u2019t imagine what winter is going to be like if it becomes increasingly cold. Of course, I know one always feels the first cold waves\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n crutchfield_journal_058.jpg\u00a0 page 2 <\/b><\/p>\n …most because they are so different from the summer weather; but really it seemed worse than usual here. They say the cold is very penetrating in the mountains.<\/span><\/p>\n I have been promising you a letter about the other workers here, and since nothing spectacular has been happening so far this week, I suppose this is a good opportunity. There are twenty-four workers here, counting to the best of my ability.<\/span><\/p>\n crutchfield_journal_059.jpg\u00a0 page 3 <\/b><\/p>\n 2. crutchfield_journal_060.jpg\u00a0 page 4 <\/b><\/p>\n …that pamphlet I sent you told. She has been with the school a year now & [?] since it started, and is quite at home here with the traditions and the people. I think she is doing wonderfully as assistant director, especially when you consider what a difficult person Miss Pettit is to work with. Miss Melville was raised in the West Indies where her father was a clergyman. She is quite English. I sit at the table with her and so have gotten to know her quite well.<\/span><\/p>\n crutchfield_journal_061.jpg\u00a0 page 5 <\/b><\/p>\n 3. crutchfield_journal_062.jpg\u00a0 page 6 <\/b><\/p>\n …A couple of boys were fighting the other day & came to her with black & blue faces. She sent them home without any treatments — said she wasn\u2019t here to referee fights. The poor woman is kept trotting continually, for there seems to be an unending series of real accidents in addition to the regular steady number of boils, bites, cuts, colds, etc. I told you about the boy who was stabbed in the groin. Then one was bitten by a copperhead and a woman just aways down the road was badly burned a few days ago. In addition to nursing & doctoring, Miss P. teaches a couple of classes in hygiene and directs a health squad of the boys & girls, which is quite fine.<\/span><\/p>\n 6. Mr. Browning<\/b><\/a> is at the head of the farm. I believe I wrote you about him before\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n crutchfield_journal_063.jpg\u00a0 page 7 <\/b><\/p>\n 4. crutchfield_journal_064.jpg\u00a0 page 8 <\/b><\/p>\n …of her. She is in charge of the cows & chickens and they say her domain is a sight to see. I haven\u2019t gotten over there yet. She works her head off and everything is as neat and clean as a pin. We have 16 cows now.<\/span><\/p>\n crutchfield_journal_065.jpg\u00a0 page 9 <\/b><\/p>\n 5. Next, I will tell you about the housemothers. I really don\u2019t envy these women their jobs, as they have to be after the kids every minute and they are awfully tied down to their houses.<\/span><\/p>\n crutchfield_journal_066.jpg\u00a0 page 10<\/b><\/p>\n …a wonderful chocolate bread pudding the other day. Her cheese dishes are so good, too. She has been here about 13 years out of the 15 that the school has been going. She has a temper of her own, too, and when she speaks, the girls jump.<\/span><\/p>\n crutchfield_journal_067.jpg\u00a0 page 11<\/b><\/p>\n crutchfield_journal_068.jpg\u00a0 page 12<\/b><\/p>\n …girls stay, around 20 of them, I guess. She is so small that you can hardly distinguish her from the girls she is in charge of. She is the worker from Winchester, Va., Uncle will be interested to know. She seems very nice, but I see almost nothing of her.<\/span><\/p>\n And now come the teachers. Of course, the most important comes last. There are six in the Academic department and 2 in the Industrial. I guess you might say 3 counting Mr. Harshbarger (isn\u2019t that an awful name?) in on the Manual Training.<\/span><\/p>\n crutchfield_journal_069.jpg\u00a0 page 13<\/b><\/p>\n 7. crutchfield_journal_070.jpg\u00a0 page 14<\/b><\/p>\n …very capable young person. Miss Melville tells me she is only 21 and she was here last year. She teaches history, civics, economics & geometry, besides gym and all the folk dancing. She was born in India, her parents being missionaries, but has lived in this country most of her life. She is awfully nice & I hope to know her better. She lives at Far House which is about as far as it can be from here.<\/span><\/p>\n crutchfield_journal_071.jpg\u00a0 page 15<\/b><\/p>\n 8.
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\n<\/span>[notation at top of page] I just received an order of things such as coffee, marmalade, sardines, cheese, etc., from Montgomery Ward, so you can picture me feasting and flourishing. We\u2019re having very chilly weather.<\/span><\/p>\n
\n…do down here. The workers have a class every Tuesday night and Miss [Marguerite] Emerson & I take turns going.<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/span>…[Katherine] Pettit<\/strong><\/a>\u2019<\/strong>s house, was the heroine, and she wore an old pink taffeta evening dress. I was the gallant suitor. I wore my green riding breeches and a pair of rubber boots. Then with a Roman[?] sash about my waist, a short cape waving about my shoulders, and a tam with a corn top[?] for a feather, perched jauntily on the side of my crown, I was a sight for the gods. The children almost went mad with delight. One of the workers took a picture of us all, and if it comes out well, I will send you one. Two or three workers sang the ballad as we acted it out.<\/span><\/p>\n
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\n<\/span>…old hand mill, etc. It\u2019s just a little one-room cabin and those eight children were born and raised in it. They say they used to have beds up in the rafters, so I guess that is how they all got into the small space. I hope it will be somewhat fixed up when you come down, but they don\u2019t expect to finish it until next spring.<\/span><\/p>\n
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\n<\/span>…children on the run continually. I wonder that she has been able to hold her authority, for usually some thing or body gives way under such a strain. She is most entertaining and funny when she gets to talking and, of course, she knows the country and the mountain people inside out. But I feel myself rather fortunate being out of the path of the storm, for she doesn\u2019t seem to meddle with the academic work. She never does any public speaking. That all devolves upon<\/span><\/p>\n\n
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\n<\/span>…of the school and teaches English and Ancient History. She is between 30 & 35 I guess and a perfect peach. She & Marian Kingman are about my best friends here and we have elegant times together. I see quite a lot of M. Motter for we both work at the schoolhouse and we nearly die laughing over the funny things that happen there. Her English papers are simply excruciating. She is head of the Sunday School, too, and does a hundred odd jobs. She is new this year & is doing very well. She was in a camp town in Ky. once before, teaching & asst. superintendent, so it isn\u2019t all new to her. She lives at Boys\u2019 House.<\/span><\/p>\n\n
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\n<\/span>21. Mr. Argetsinger<\/strong> (another awful name) teaches history, biology, physics, <\/span>& ? Also gym for the boys. He is an Antioch student & comes down here for 6 weeks stretches. You know the system. He is very nice; I don\u2019t know him very well or see much of him.<\/span><\/p>\n