{"id":66897,"date":"2019-05-26T16:01:42","date_gmt":"2019-05-26T20:01:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.pinemountainsettlement.net\/?page_id=66897"},"modified":"2021-09-06T18:51:41","modified_gmt":"2021-09-06T22:51:41","slug":"archive-2002-lafollette-collections-report","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/staging.pinemountainsettlement.net\/?page_id=66897","title":{"rendered":"ARCHIVE 2002 LaFollette Collections Report"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Pine Mountain Settlement School<\/strong>
Series 00: Archive<\/strong>
Larry LaFollette Report 2002<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

ARCHIVE 2002 LaFollette Collections Report<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Historic Information Resources of Pine Mountain Settlement School: A Report on the Preservation and Access of the PMSS Archive, Special Collection, and Library<\/em> was prepared by Larry La Follett, Archivist at the Southeast Community College<\/a>, Harlan County, KY, on November 2, 2002. It is the most comprehensive preservation and access record of the Pine Mountain Settlement School collections as they existed in 2002. There are more recent assessments that contain preservation and access information, but none is more comprehensive than this document which captures the state of the collections at the School, prior to their consolidation in the Boy’s House (Library) archive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Work area and photocopier Boys House (Library). Boxes of archival materials have been moved from West Wind storage area. SIA collction shown to rt. Unaccessioned materials stored on floor above. Archive\/Library room. 2017. [P1060525.jpg]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Note: The text of the LaFollette Report, a thirteen-page document, has been annotated in this introduction [see brackets] in an attempt to record some of the critical activity more recently introduced to improve the collection storage since the 2002 report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The original 2002 report includes the following sections<\/p>\n\n\n\n

INTRODUCTION<\/strong>
BACKGROUND<\/strong>
HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS OF PMSS<\/strong>
COLLECTIONS’ POTENTIAL<\/strong>
PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE<\/strong>
CONCLUSION

<\/strong>LaFollette stated at the time of the document’s preparation that he created the document for the PMSS Board of Trustees in 2002, and it was intended to outline the historical information resources at Pine Mountain and how they might be used to support the School’s mission. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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West Wind Records storage before clean. [P1060534.jpg]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

“… with the intent of outlining the historical information resources contained within the School and facilitating a discussion on how those resources may best be utilized in support of the ongoing mission of the PMSS.<\/em> The basic premise of this report is that utilization of the historical collections of the Pine Mountain Settlement School does not constitute the primary mission of PMSS. Obvious as this statement may seem at the outset, it is predicated upon the basic concept that these materials achieve their importance and value to the School only in so far as they support its ongoing activities and mission. <\/em><\/p>

… In the end, this report is not so much about the present historical collections of the PMSS as it is about their future. As such, it is also a challenge to the Pine Mountain Settlement School Board of Directors to undertake a serious discussion and reach a consensus on the mission, goals, and objectives of the School. In so doing, the role of not just the PMSS historical collections, but all of the School’s information resources will be more fully understood, more capable of being effectively managed, and more able to contribute to the overall programming of the Pine Mountain Settlement School.<\/p>Larry LaFollette, 2002<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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West Wind financial and office Records after clean. Financial records still remain to be re-boxed. File cabinets have been emptied. [P1060525.jpg]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The LaFollette Report project was begun in January of 2002 at the request of Nancy Adams<\/a>, the Director at the time. His first step was to locate and identify materials that would fall within the broad definition of “archival.” At that time he found the following physical collection to be spread throughout the campus. The majority of the holdings were, however, in the basement of West Wind<\/a> in the “Electrical Room.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n