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Pine Mountain Settlement School
Series 09: BIOGRAPHY – Board of Trustees
Series 05: GOVERNANCE Board of Trustees
Darwin D. Martin 1927 Correspondence 2
Published 2021-07-12 hw & aae<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

DARWIN D. MARTIN 1927 Correspondence 2, August – December <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Ford Truck donated by Darwin D. Martin. [cobb_alice_012.jpg]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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TAGS:<\/strong> Darwin D. Martin 1927, correspondence 2, Larkin Company, Ford dump-truck, Reservoir, Delco generator, moonlight schools, upright pianos, beechnuts, stoves, fire extinguishers, coal mine, Elizabeth Hench, Fair of the Iron Horse, American Laundry Machinery Company, Luigi Zande, forest fires, Martha Berry Schools<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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CONTENTS: DARWIN D. MARTIN 1927 Correspondence 2 (Images 052-102)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

[Note: Letters from PMSS staff in the PMSS Collections are carbon copies, typewritten, unsigned, and meant for the Office files.The original signed copies were sent to the correspondents. The initials at the bottom left of most PMSS letters indicate the writer (along with initials of the secretary). For example, “EZ” are the initials for Ethel de Long Zande<\/a>, “KP” refers to Katherine Pettit<\/a>, and \u201cLZ\u201d to Luigi Zande<\/a>. Letters from Darwin D. Martin are typewritten on a letterhead with his address at \u201cMarine Trust Building, Buffalo, NY.\u201d The following list of contents is in chronological order and not necessarily in the order of the image numbers.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DARWIN D. MARTIN 1927 Correspondence 2: August (continued) – September<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

052 <\/strong>August 9. EZ (Zande) to Martin, enclosing a copy of a telegram to Martin, asking about extra army cots and new mattresses, \u201cmuch needed articles\u2026[W]e just cannot begin school without them!\u201d Zande also encloses letters between her and Mr. [C.N.] Manning<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

053<\/strong> August 9. Ethel Zande to Martin. Copy of a telegram asking for the canvas cots and six mattresses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

054<\/strong> August 10. Martin to Mrs. Zande, describing the items to be sent to her: twelve cots from Chicago; 12 Barcalo mattresses from Buffalo, along with additional books for Miss Wood and \u201ctwo clean-outs\u201d for Mr. [Luigi] Zande.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

055 <\/strong>August 11. Martin to Mrs. Zande, assuring her that she made the right decision to write to C.N. Manning, \u201cas is abundantly proven by Mr. Mannings\u2019 cordial receptivity and reply.\u201d Advises on which of Mansell\u2019s recommendations to institute now and later; advises selecting qualified members for the finance committee, suggesting Mr. Samuels; that the treasurer submits lists of investments to the executive committee on a timely basis. Encloses a \u201creceipted bill of W.H. Lowdermilk & Co. for eight books\u2026.\u201d Updates Zande on shipment of cots and mattresses. To make amends for the delayed delivery, Martin will pay for both.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

057 <\/strong>August 16. EZ (Zande) to Martin, sending a copy of Mr. Mansell\u2019s letter. She responded to Mansell that she \u201cliked the idea of letting the Security Trust Company look after our investments.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

058<\/strong> August 16. LZ (Luigi Zande) to Martin. Luigi does not think it is a good time to have the Ford truck and gives the reasons why. Tells him that the Delco is sufficient for the School\u2019s needs and there is no need for the \u201choop wheel.\u201d Comments on Mrs. Zande\u2019s health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

059<\/strong> August 17. Martin to Mrs. Zande, suggesting she read about Caney Creek and \u201creference to a moonlight school that taught Preacher Whipple\u201d in the Literary Digest<\/em> for August 15.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

056 <\/strong>August 25. (Unsigned, likely Zande) to Martin. Appreciates the cots, his paying for them, his suggestions on the treasurership, and the books from Lowdermilk. Tells about Mr. Clifford Pope,<\/a> \u201cone of the curators of the Herpetology department of the New York Museum of Natural History\u201d who is visiting PMSS to collect a rare salamander.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

060<\/strong> August 25. Martin to Mrs. Zande. He will be sending books for Pole House<\/a>; suggests Gillette Burgess\u2019 The Understanding Heart<\/em>; asked for the number of students this year; offers to get foam fire extinguishers from American La France Engine Co. in Elmira, NY.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

061 <\/strong>September 1. Martin to Mrs. Zande, enclosing Otto Ulbrich\u2019s bill for 25 books.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

062 <\/strong>September 6. Martin to Mrs. Zande, asking her to add a Larkin order (which he will pay for) to the Larco Flyer order for a cheaper freight shipment; mentions her Help (cleaning powder) order, Miss (Evelyn K.) Wells, and Miss (Abby) Christensen<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

063 <\/strong>September 7. EZ (Zande) to Martin, responding to various subjects from Martin\u2019s previous letters: books, Literary Digest<\/em> article, \u201cmountain books for the Pole House,\u201d cots, number of PMSS students (98 plus 11 future arrivals; 42 boys).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

064 <\/strong>September 9. Carbon copy of telegram from Ethel Zande to D.D. Martin: \u201c…please ship wagon express Putney at once.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

066 <\/strong>September 10. An acknowledgment \u201cthat a bill of lading has been issued\u201d from C & O Louisville & Nashville (Railroad) Company at Chicago, Ill, on 9\/10\/27 from Martin & Martin to Pine Mountain Settlement School, Inc. Articles include polishes, enamels, bluing, ammonia, and cleaning powder, totaling 100 lbs.
067 <\/strong>Reverse side of bill of lading: \u201cContract Terms and Conditions\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

065 <\/strong>September 19. Martin to Mrs. Zande, explaining reason for delay in shipping \u201cto Berto of the express wagon.\u201d Encloses September 10th receipt for 100-lb shipment; offers to pay the invoice and freight charges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

068 <\/strong>September 22. <\/strong>EZ (Zande) to Martin, asking him to return the copy of the telegram, in order to pursue their troubles with the telegraph company. Use only Putney as the shipping point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

069<\/strong> DUPLICATE OF 068<\/p>\n\n\n\n

070 <\/strong>September 20. (Truncated, likely Zande) to Martin with an excerpts from Miss (Elizabeth) Hench<\/a>\u2019s (trustee) letter about appointing advisory board members; objects to using the word \u201cResident\u201d in \u201cExecutive Committee\u201d in PMSS letterhead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DARWIN D. MARTIN 1927 Correspondence 2: October <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

071 <\/strong>October 3. EZ (Zande) to Martin. Appreciates gift of Help powder; orders six Foamite Childs extinguishers; mentions having \u201ca hundred children resident in the school today.\u201d
072 <\/strong>Specification sheet for \u201cChilds\u201d Fire Extinguisher,<\/strong> 5-gallon, non-freezing, hand-pump from Foamite-Childs Corporation, Utica, NY.
073 <\/strong>Specification sheet for \u201cChilds\u201d Fire Extinguisher (continued): Description and Operation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[077]<\/strong> October 11. EZ (Zande) to Martin, asking if he will continue sponsoring \u201clittle Bodie Anderson\u201d this year at $2.50 a month. \u201cShe continues to be a very promising little girl, and comes along in school well, as well as being the prop of her grandparents and ailing aunt!\u201d Hattie Howard just paid her whole year\u2019s tuition; is interested in weaving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

074-075<\/strong> October 12, 1927. Two-page letter from Martin to Mrs. Zande. <\/strong>While attending the Fair of the Iron Horse, B.&O. Centenary in Baltimore, Martin talked with Dr. Burnham at the Johns Hopkins Dispensary about Zande\u2019s health. \u201cHe made me happy with his assurances that beyond the wisdom of precautionary visits to Louisville\u2026, he really anticipated no need of your further treatments at the Dispensary.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Martin is happy to supply PMSS with \u201cHelp\u201d and compares the hardness of the water in Buffalo, his new country home on Lake Erie, and in Kentucky. He ponders how useful a Permutit water softener or collection of rainwater would benefit PMSS; suggests that an alternative to Foamite Childs fire extinguisher could be La France Fire Engine Co., Elmira, NY. Dr. Severance frequently asks if Mrs. Parke is at PMSS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Encloses \u201ctwo copies of a letter from Joseph S. Duncan and one for Mr. C.N. Manning with a word from you urging the importance of his visiting Mr. Duncan in Chicago.\u201d
076<\/strong> October 4. Copy of a letter from Joseph S. Duncan, Chicago, IL, to Martin. Explains that he cannot visit PMSS until roads are improved; asks that Mr. Manning visit him in Chicago to talk about PMSS\u2019s future; declines to be added to the Advisory Committee, but may do so after he learns more about the School.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

078 <\/strong>October 17. EZ (Zande) to Martin. Responds to his suggestions for softening PMSS water; mentions Mr. [Kendall T.] Bassett<\/a>; a representative from the American Laundry Machinery Company will be visiting. Mr. Duncan, \u201ca solid friend of the school,\u201d has interviewed with Miss Wells, Mrs. [Celia Cathcart] Holton<\/a>, Mr. Martin, and Mrs. Zande and now he needs to visit the School. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In answer to Martin\u2019s question from Dr. Severance: Mrs. Parke is \u201ca bright and shining light here…a rare teacher and a lovely woman. You have no idea how she has waked up the children to the world they live in!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

079 <\/strong>October 20. Martin to Mrs. Zande. Martin will ask W. E. Martin why he erroneously sent the Help order to Laden. Fox films have begun to show pictures of the Fair of the Iron Horse. Suggests building a rainwater shed to collect soft water for the laundry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

081<\/strong> October 29. Martin to Mrs. Zande, enclosing a $200 check toward the house for Mrs. [Martha] Burns<\/a> and asked what equipment he can send; expects to help finance other installations. Asks how Mr. Zande is increasing \u201chauling capacity,\u201d such as mules. A guide book had erroneously listed Laden as the shipping destination for PMSS; he will correct that to Putney. He thanks Zande for the \u201cnews for Board Members\u201d and hope it will become a long series. Suggests using testimonials of patrons in the School\u2019s \u201cNotes\u201d to advertise the School.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

080 <\/strong>October 31.<\/strong> (Truncated, likely Zande) to Martin, explaining the \u201claundry situation\u201d: The American Laundry Machinery representative visited and will take details back to their engineer at the home office. The engineer will decide whether PMSS should build a small laundry building or use the washing room for the machine.; and whether a gasoline or steam engine should be used. She feels that it’s \u201cmuch more feasible to soften the laundry water than to catch (and filter) rainwater.\u201d Mentions Luigi Zande\u2019s effort to solve \u201cour light problem\u201d: to set up a second Delco unit \u201cand divide the strain.\u201d The Pole House books arrived; everyone, including students, is fighting forest fires.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DARWIN D. MARTIN 1927 Correspondence 2: November<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

082 <\/strong>November 2. (Unsigned, likely Zande), thanking him for the $200 gift and tells of other needed items; Luigi Zande, Mr. [William] Browning<\/a>, Mr. Bassett, and students are fighting forest fires; will send the cost of installing a future Boys House<\/a> toilet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

083-084<\/strong> November 5. Martin to Mrs. Zande, sending an excerpt from an article in May issue of The Palimpsest<\/em> (organ of the State Historical Society of Iowa) by Mrs. Laurence C. Jones, wife of the founder and principal of Piney Woods Country Life School, Piney Woods, MS, about \u201cnegroes in Kentucky\u2026.\u201d after leaving Mississippi to go north. Offers information about \u201csubscription agency rates\u201d for the fifteen periodicals to which Zande subscribes. Describes his firefighting experiences. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

085<\/strong> November 9. EZ (Zande) to Martin, telling him that all her magazine subscriptions are gifts from friends. Mentions the end of the fires, the reservoir<\/a>, a tri-school meet at Red Bird, tonsillectomies, elections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

086<\/strong> November 17. Martin to Mrs. Zande, enclosing \u201ca letter from Miss Hench from Mt. Berry, Ga., where she is teaching this term only…at the Martha Berry Schools.\u201d He suggests, when extending PMSS\u2019s electric power, she should consider converting \u201celectric energy into refrigeration\u201d instead of using ice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

090<\/strong> November 18. LZ (Luigi Zande) to Martin, describing the need for a half-ton truck for hauling coal to the houses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

087-088<\/strong> November 21. EZ (Zande) to Martin, presenting to him the reasons she feels a cottage for Mrs. Burns would be \u201cunwise,\u201d thinking instead of a small temporary cabin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

091<\/strong> November 22. LZ (Luigi Zande) to Martin, further describing the type of truck that is needed for the School. \u201cI believe the Ford is more suitable for this country, where the road serves as a creek-bed and the creek-bed is part of the road!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

089<\/strong> November 25. Martin to Mrs. Zande. Comments on Zande\u2019s letter about Mrs. Burns; mentions L.M.U.; has Mr. Zande\u2019s letter regarding the Ford truck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

092<\/strong> November 29. (Unsigned, likely Mrs. Zande). Describes truancy as \u201ca real problem for us\u201d and gives reasons it occurs. Prizes are offered at Big and Little Laurel for regular attendance. About Mrs. Burns, both Miss Pettit and Zande \u201chave much affection for her\u201d and Luigi plans \u201cthe loveliest little log place\u2019\u201d for her. Describes Thanksgiving at PMSS, including a speech by Willie Lewis from seventh grade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

094<\/strong> November (missing day). KP (Katherine Pettit), reporting that the beech-nuts he had requested were ruined by an early frost; PMSS is still fighting forest fire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DARWIN D. MARTIN 1927 Correspondence 2: December<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

093<\/strong> December 8. EZ (Zande) to Martin, sending a picture of the type of heating stove for Mrs. Burns\u2019 cabin. The last of Mrs. Martin\u2019s money she sent for milk went to a boy whose needs she then describes. The staff is worried about presents for the children who stay over Christmas, since two donors have dropped out. She encloses an order for things from Larkin Co., which Zande will pay for personally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

096<\/strong> December 8. Unsigned copy to PMSS of a letter to R. E. Samuels, First State Bank, Pineville, KY, asking the price and delivery schedule for a Ford dump-truck for Pine Mountain Settlement School.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

095<\/strong> December 9. Martin to Mrs. Zande, who is sending PMSS an upright piano in a golden oak case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

098<\/strong> December 12. Unsigned (apparently Martin) copy to PMSS of a letter to Ford Motor Co., Detroit, MI. As president of the PMSS Board of Trustees, he describes difficulty in finding the type of truck the School needs. \u201cThe school is located where there are practically no roads and hauling is difficult. The school has its own coal mine and desires the truck principally for hauling coal\u2026.\u201d Martin asks for help in finding a proper truck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

097<\/strong> December 13. Unsigned (likely Zande) to Martin. Zande is \u201cjubilant over the piano!\u201d Extra copies of all literature will go to Martin; no news from Mr. E.W. Childs; about the Literary Digest <\/em>subscription. \u201cWe are introducing visible angels into the Nativity Pla<\/a>y this year and you would be amused at the unangelic traits that have come out in those not chosen!\u201d Zande provides an anecdote as an example.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

099<\/strong> December 16. Martin to Mrs. Zande. \u201cThis letter goes by the first mail airplane operated from Buffalo to Cleveland. The envelope with its decorations, Lindbergh air mail stamp<\/a>, and (if we can get it) Buffalo postmaster\u2019s autograph, is a souvenir worth preserving in your office. I hope it will be saved\u2026.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

100<\/strong> December 16. Martin to Mrs. Zande, sending excerpts from a Ford Motor Company letter of December 15, that a half-ton Ford dump truck can not be found, but suggests the new 1 1\/2 ton truck instead. Martin tells of an ad in the December 10th Literary Digest<\/em> for a Fordson dump-wagon that could be \u201cas a Delco battery-charger by night.\u201d Asks for a copy of her letter to E.W. Childs and that he should be kept on the \u201cNotes\u201d mailing list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

101<\/strong> December 21. Martin to Mrs. Zande. Martin suggests that the School write to the Children’s Village in Dobbs Ferry, NY, and ask them how they support a \u201cboy citizen\u201d on $175 when it costs around three times as much at PMSS. Asks about John Wesley Hill, Chancellor L.M.U. Gives details about recent shipments of piano and items for Mrs. Burns\u2019 cabin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

102<\/strong> December 30. EZ (Zande) to Martin. She tells about her children, Berto and Elena, \u201cin bed with croupy colds,\u201d and her office help who broke her ankle. She reports that Luigi Zande feels that \u201cwe shouldn\u2019t consider the Fordson-Delco arrangement\u201d because the school will be changing to a different system in the future that will be adequate for the whole School. Therefore, Luigi will not be setting up a second Delco unit, as he was originally considering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mrs. Zande wonders whether the truck is a gift from Martin; if not, she believes she can \u201cget it paid for, if we asked the right people.\u201d Mentions the piano’s arrival and encloses a copy of Mr. Childs\u2019 letter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Next:<\/strong>
DARWIN D. MARTIN 1928 Correspondence<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

See Also: <\/strong>
DARWIN D. MARTIN Board<\/a> <\/strong>– Biography<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Return To:<\/strong>
DARWIN D. MARTIN Correspondence Guide<\/a><\/strong>
DARWIN D. MARTIN 1927 Correspondence 1<\/strong><\/a> – Part 1: January 3 – August 2<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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