{"id":70098,"date":"2019-09-08T14:01:15","date_gmt":"2019-09-08T18:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.pinemountainsettlement.net\/?page_id=70098"},"modified":"2019-09-08T14:34:07","modified_gmt":"2019-09-08T18:34:07","slug":"lexine-baird-correspondence-ii","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/staging.pinemountainsettlement.net\/?page_id=70098","title":{"rendered":"LEXINE BAIRD Correspondence II"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Pine Mountain Settlement School
Series 09: Biography – Staff\/Personnel<\/strong>
Nurse 1932-1936
Worker at Medical Settlement 1934-1935 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

LEXINE BAIRD Correspondence II, 1934-1957<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n

TAGS:<\/strong> Lexine Baird Correspondence II; Lexine W. Baird; medical; nurses; Glyn Morris; <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\n\n\n

Contents: LEXINE BAIRD Correspondence II, 1934-1937<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

[NOTE: Letters from Lexine Baird are handwritten originals. Letters from PMSS staff are carbon copies of typewritten letters for the PMSS office files. Therefore, they are unsigned.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[baird_lex_021.jpg] <\/strong>
July 27, 1934. To Glyn Morris<\/a> [Director] from Baird in Fletchers, NC. Agrees to work at the Medical Settlement; travel plans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[baird_lex_022.jpg] <\/strong>
July 28, 1934. To Morris from Baird. Asks for later arrival due to her father\u2019s illness; asks for her bank statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[baird_lex_023.jpg]<\/strong>
July 31, 1934. To Baird from [unsigned], likely from Morris. Sends condolences for father\u2019s illness; allows her to stay home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[baird_lex_024.jpg]<\/strong>
September 17, 1934. To Baird from [unsigned], likely from Morris. Assures her that her PMSS position is secure. \u201cI feel that you have a wonderful opportunity to keep alive a good feeling which exists between the school and our neighbors down the creek.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[baird_lex_025.jpg] <\/strong>
Notation indicates \u201cSept. [n.d.], 1934.\u201d To Morris from Baird. Explains why she felt insecure in her position. Invited Mr. & Mrs. Morris and Miss [Evelyn] Wells<\/a> for a meal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[baird_lex_026.jpg]<\/strong>
December 6, 1934. To Baird from [unsigned. Notation indicates \u201cAlice Cobb<\/a>.\u201d] Makes suggestions for Christmas at Big Laurel. Mentions Miss Merrill, Stella Taylor, Alice Turner, Bess Lewis, Holmes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[baird_lex_027.jpg] <\/strong>
May 18, 1935. To Baird from [unsigned], possibly Alice Cobb. Glad that Baird has work for Chester Turner to reduce his school debt but advises that he not stay at Medical Settlement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[baird_lex_028.jpg] <\/strong>
June 17, 1935. To Alice [Cobb] from Baird in Savannah, GA. Baird appreciates hearing from Alice and also Mrs. Powell; Asked about Merle(?).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[baird_lex_029.jpg] <\/strong>
June 27, 1935. To Morris from Baird in Savannah, GA. Asked to stay on vacation longer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[baird_lex_030.jpg] <\/strong>
July 3, 1935. To Baird from [unsigned]. Complies with Baird\u2019s request to stay longer in Savannah due to \u201csad circumstances.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[baird_lex_031.jpg] <\/strong>
Picture postcard of \u201cBiltmore Mansion Showing Lily Ponds, \u2018In the Land of the Sky.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[baird_lex_031a.jpg] <\/strong>
[N.d. Reverse side of postcard for Biltmore House, Asheville, NC.] To Morris from Baird: Provides date and time of arrival in Harlan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[baird_lex_032.jpg]<\/strong>
January 5, 1936. To Baird from [unsigned]. Expressed thanks to Baird for her letter and information about Miss Bicknell. The new [Girls’] Industrial Building<\/a> is in use now. The new curriculum involves work in the morning, school afterward. \u201cChristmas was unusually pleasant…nearly 200 at the New Year\u2019s country party.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[baird_lex_033.jpg]<\/strong>
[N.d.] To Morris from Baird. With Morris\u2019 okay, Baird will accompany \u201cLady Shera\u201d and Mr. Winfrey to Dr. Bailey\u2019s, Georgia will look after the house. Virgil Bogg\u2019s son appears to have pneumonia & asks Morris to send him home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[baird_lex_034.jpg] <\/strong>
January 26, [notation indicates \u201cc. 1936.\u201d] To Baird from [unsigned]. Gives permission to Baird to accompany Mrs. (Alice Carter] Shera <\/a>to Harlan. Asks that Baird avoids going to the \u201cmoving-picture show in Harlan on Sunday\u201d due to possible criticism from the community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[baird_lex_035.jpg] <\/strong>
April 25, 1936. To Baird from [unsigned]. Asks Baird to look into the adhesive tape patches on the girl\u2019s clothing, in case it\u2019s Infirmary tape.

[baird_lex_036.jpg] <\/strong>
May 7, 1936. To Baird from Morris. Asks about Mr. Callahan and whether he should spend some time at the Infirmary.

[baird_lex_037.jpg<\/strong>
February 18, 1937. To Morris from Baird at Mars Hill, NC. Passes on information she received from Alice Boggs about \u201cBlack\u201d Henry Creech who is \u201cabout to start a lot of mess again.\u201d \u201dI must confess I have missed everything about Pine Mountain heaps, especially the woods and everything therein, but I have had a grand time there. \u2026 If ever I can do anything for the school you know I am always ready.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[baird_lex_038.jpg]<\/strong>
February 23, 1937. To Baird from [unsigned]. Thanks Baird for the information. Hopes she will attend the Knoxville conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Contents: LEXINE BAIRD Correspondence,1957<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

[baird_lex_039.jpg] <\/strong>
July 17, 1957. To \u201cFriends\u201d from Baird in Mars Hill, NC. Asks for any photos of Aunt Jude Turner and the sheep.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[baird_lex_040.jpg]<\/strong>
July 19, 1957. [Notation: \u201cNurse here 1932-34, nurse Med. Sett. 34-35, nurse here 35-36.\u201d] To Baird from Burton Rogers<\/a>, Director. Will send photo of Aunt Jude and the sheep at a charge of 50 cents. \u201cMany people in the community remember you, and we have had three or four Lexines in school here, living proof of their parents\u2019 fondness for you!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"
“‘Aunt Jude’ Turner, Big Laurel, about 1925” feeding sheep. [nace_II_album_008.jpg]<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

[baird_lex_041.jpg]<\/strong>
July 23, 1957. To Rogers from Baird at Mars Hill, NC. Sent thanks and payment for photo. \u201cThe year I went to Medical Settlement to help them, among the fine gifts I received Aunt Jude brought me a hen and fifteen chickens! As soon as the chickens were weaned I returned the hen for she was a pet of Aunt Jude\u2019s. I\u2019ve thought so often of Aunt Jude and can never picture her growing old.\u201d… Will be a St. Genevieve\u2019s in Asheville this fall \u2026 \u201cSome of those Lexines should have Alice also as their name for dear Alice Cobb held the flash light for me so many times.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[baird_lex_042.jpg]<\/strong>
August 7, 1957. To Baird from Rogers. Sent receipt & thanked her for her letter. Visited \u201cAlice Cobb in Huckleberry, where she is for the summer, outside Hendersonville, N.C.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[baird_lex_043.jpg]<\/strong>
Photo of Lexine Baird in sepia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[baird_lex_044.jpg]<\/strong>
Photo of Lexine Baird in black and white.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gallery: LEXINE BAIRD Correspondence II<\/h3>\n\n\n\n