Ross Sloniker

Ross Sloniker chaired the Mountain Fund from 1954-1963, after having served as a trustee since 1932. He was associated with Mowbray and Robinson Lumber Company for most of his life, serving as manager of the Quicksand Mill during E.O. Robinson's lifetime and subsequently as president of the company. Sloniker's interests in eastern Kentucky paralleled those of Robinson and during his time at Quicksand had formed good working relationships with numerous business and community leaders. He was a noted collector of religious art works and Bibles, some of which he donated to both the Cincinnati Art Museum and to Berea College.

The Sloniker subseries consists of two correspondence files documenting his first few months as chair of the Mountain Fund Board. The correspondence relates mainly to the Buckhorn's Children's Center, but also details transfer of authority from O'Rear to Sloniker, preliminary planning of a pension plan for Homeplace employees, and various grant requests received by Sloniker, West, and other trustees.