{"id":7036,"date":"2014-02-18T00:23:20","date_gmt":"2014-02-18T05:23:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/getitright.pmss.net\/?page_id=7036"},"modified":"2020-09-03T17:36:12","modified_gmt":"2020-09-03T21:36:12","slug":"line-fork-architectural-planning","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/staging.pinemountainsettlement.net\/?page_id=7036","title":{"rendered":"MARY ROCKWELL HOOK Correspondence 1929 Line Fork Architectural Planning Cabin 2"},"content":{"rendered":"
Pine Mountain Settlement School
\nSeries 09: Biography
\nSeries 10: Built Environment
\nSeries 07: Directors<\/h5>\n

MARY ROCKWELL HOOK\u00a0<\/strong>Line Fork Architectural Planning Cabin 2 1929<\/strong><\/h2>\n

36 Items<\/p>\n

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CONTENTS –\u00a0ARCHITECTURAL PLANNING FOR SECOND CABIN:\u00a0Correspondence<\/strong><\/p>\n

lin_frk_bldg_001.jpg\u00a0<\/strong>–\u00a0Carbon copy of typewritten letter to Mr. H.[?] Arnspiger, Insurance, April 14, 1929,\u00a0signed by [?] Mrs. Pettit [crossed out] and\u00a0Angela Melville; 1 page<\/p>\n

burning of log house ; items saved by Mr. and Mrs. Stapleton and other workers ; defective chimney flue ; fighting the fire ; blanket policy ; Mrs. Zande’s letter with insurance amounts ; request for list of insurance amounts for each building \u00a0and for Line Fork Settlement House ;<\/p>\n

lin_frk_bldg_002.jpg <\/strong>–\u00a0Carbon copy of typewritten letter to board member, Darwin D. Martin, April 14, 1929,\u00a0[unsigned]; 1 page<\/p>\n

burning of log house ; cause of fire ; Stapletons and workers saved furnishings ; fighting the fire ; insurance records and claim ; Health House undamaged ; copies of this letter to other board members ;<\/p>\n

lin_frk_bldg_003.jpg –\u00a0<\/strong>Carbon copy of typewritten document; 1 page<\/p>\n

Dimensions of the Cabin, Line Fork Settlement, that burned down, April 13,\u00a01929<\/p>\n

lin_frk_bldg_004.jpg <\/strong>–\u00a0Carbon copy of typewritten document: 1 page<\/p>\n

List of household furnishings lost by the fire at Line Fork Settlement, April 13, 1929<\/p>\n

lin_frk_bldg_005.jpg <\/strong>–\u00a0Handwritten\u00a0condolence letter to Miss Pettit from Marguerite Butler with monetary donation, [April 1929]<\/p>\n

lin_frk_bldg_006.jpg <\/strong>–\u00a0Carbon copy of typewritten letter to Marguerite Butler\u00a0from\u00a0Katherine Pettit, April 26, 1929; 1 page<\/p>\n

acknowledged\u00a0donation\u00a0; asked for advice\u00a0on how to proceed after fire ; described need for good teachers ;<\/p>\n

lin_frk_bldg_007.jpg <\/strong>–\u00a0Carbon copy of typewritten list of estimates for rebuilding cabin after fire, May 10, 1929; 1 page<\/p>\n

lin_frk_bldg_008.jpg <\/strong>through\u00a0lin_frk_bldg_015.jpg <\/strong>–\u00a0Architectural drawings of the new Line Fork cabin; 8\u00a0pages<\/p>\n

lin_frk_bldg_015v.jpg –\u00a0<\/strong>Handwritten listing of\u00a0supplies and number of work days; 1 page<\/p>\n

lin_frk_bldg_016.jpg<\/strong> through\u00a0lin_frk_bldg_019.jpg –\u00a0<\/strong>Handwritten letter from Mrs. Hook to Miss Pettit, dated\u00a0May 16, [1929?];\u00a04 pages<\/p>\n

answering Mr. Martin’s letter ; sending blueprints ; caring for Mr. Hook ; design for porches ; critique of Mr. Stapleton’s plans for Line Fork ; questions ;<\/p>\n

line_frk_bldg_020.jpg <\/strong>–\u00a0Carbon copy of unsigned typewritten letter to Mrs. Hook, dated May 11, 1929; 1 page<\/p>\n

Marguerite Butler planned Line Fork house ; Miss Melville raised money ; Stapletons temporarily living in Health House ; Mr. Stapleton to supervise rebuilding ; sending Mr. Stapleton’s sketches for new building for Hook’s okay ; cost estimates;<\/p>\n

line_frk_bldg_021.jpg<\/strong> – [Original?] typewritten letter from Robert Stapleton to Katherine Pettit, dated\u00a0May 20, 1929; 1 page<\/p>\n

will stop by to see Mrs. Hook’s plans ; progress report on building cabin ; tree donation ; will attend Commencement ;<\/p>\n

line_frk_bldg_022.jpg <\/strong>–\u00a0Carbon copy of typewritten letter to “Friends” from [unsigned, possibly
\nKatherine Pettit], dated May 20, 1929; 1 page<\/p>\n

[Miss Pettit?] and Miss Melville request meeting with friends and neighbors about plans and donations ; need help from the people ;<\/p>\n

line_frk_bldg_023.jpg <\/strong>–\u00a0<\/strong>Carbon copy of typewritten letter to Mary Rockwell Hook from [unsigned],\u00a0dated May 21, 1929; 1 page<\/p>\n

requests Mrs. Hook’s presence at start of Line Fork building and before cold weather ;<\/p>\n

line_frk_bldg_024.jpg <\/strong>–\u00a0Carbon copy of typewritten letter to Mary Rockwell from [unsigned, probably\u00a0Katherine Pettit], dated May 24, 1929; 1 page<\/p>\n

receipt of Mrs. Hook’s plans ; request to proceed with original plans ;<\/p>\n

line_frk_bldg_025.jpg <\/strong>–\u00a0Carbon copy of typewritten letter to Darwin D. Martin from [unsigned, probably\u00a0Katherine Pettit], dated May 22, 1929; 1 page<\/p>\n

sending copy of Mrs. Hook’s plans ; request to use original plans ;<\/p>\n

line_frk_bldg_026.jpg <\/strong>–\u00a0Handwritten letter to Miss Pettit from [?], dated May 1929; 1 page.<\/p>\n

auditor’s valuation of Line Fork House ; value of insurance ; need material contributions from Line Fork people ; provide fire extinguisher for Health House ;<\/p>\n

line_frk_bldg_027.jpg <\/strong>–\u00a0Carbon copy of typewritten list; 1 page. “List of help pledged in rebuilding the Line Fork Cabin at the meeting on May 26th. 1929.”<\/p>\n

line_frk_bldg_028.jpg<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0line_frk_bldg_029.jpg<\/strong> –\u00a0Original typewritten letter to Miss Pettit from Mary Rockwell Hook, dated May 31, 1929; 2 pages. Mrs. Hook provides reasons why she supports her plan for the Line Fork house and is critical of\u00a0the accepted plan.<\/p>\n

line_frk_bldg_030.jpg<\/strong> –\u00a0Carbon copy of typewritten letter of June 10, 1929, to Mary Rockwell Hook from (unsigned, probably Robert\u00a0Stapleton), in which he assures Mrs. Hook that her suggestions are appreciated and many were used in planning the Cabin. He explains why some of her suggestions were not possible to implement and describes his design which he will send her; 1 page.<\/p>\n

planing mill ; Swift Coal and Timber Co. ; litigation ; lumber ; drain and water supply ; Sunday school ; kitchen ; bath room ; bed rooms ; porches ; stairs ; landings ; hoisting derrick ; foundation ; stone ; mason ; chimney ;<\/p>\n

line_frk_bldg_031.jpg<\/strong> –\u00a0Original typewritten letter from Darwin D. Martin to Katherine Pettit, dated June 4, 1929; 1 page. Mr. Martin asks Miss Pettit to carefully consider Mrs. Hook’s plans for the Line Fork cabin before abandoning them.<\/p>\n

lin_frk_bldg_032.jpg \u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0lin_frk_bldg_033.jpg <\/strong> – Carbon copy of typewritten letter from [unsigned, probably Robert Stapleton[ to Darwin D. Martin, dated June 14, 1929; 2 pages. The letter is written in response\u00a0to Mr. Martin’s\u00a0letter to Miss Pettit. The writer\u00a0describes the plan now in use and progress of the construction. The writer\u00a0answers Mr. Martin’s\u00a0question concerning\u00a0the greater amount of medical work at Big Laurel Settlement than at\u00a0Line Fork.<\/p>\n

line_frk_bldg_034.jpg <\/strong>–\u00a0Carbon copy of typewritten letter to Mary Rockwell Hook from (unsigned, probably Katherine Pettit), dated June 7, 1929; 1 page.<\/p>\n

line_frk_bldg_035.jpg <\/strong>–\u00a0Carbon copy of typewritten letter to “Friends” from (unsigned), dated August 14, 1929; 1 page. The writer describes the recipe for fixing the Cabin floors which was used in Big Log and offers to supply the mixture. Mentions a visit by Luther Cornett.<\/p>\n

line_frk_bldg_036.jpg<\/strong>\u00a0– Carbon copy of typewritten letter to Dr. Ida Stapleton from (unsigned, probably Katherine Pettit), dated August 14, 1929; 1 page. The writer is missing the mattress catalogue and asks Dr. Stapleton to return it.<\/p>\n

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