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Abstract Hindman Settlement School traces its origins to education – recreation programs conducted in Knott and Perry counties, Kentucky by Katherine Pettit and May Stone during the summers of 1899-1901. They were funded by the Kentucky Federation of Women’s Clubs and were aided by a group of women from urban areas. Programs were held in Hazard-1899 (Camp Cedar Grove), Hindman-1900 (Camp Industrial), and Sassafras in Knott County-1901. Working in large tents, they offered classes in sewing, cooking,...

Scope and Contents Amburgey, Jethro: Biographical Statement, n.d.: Newspaper Clippings and Fragments, 1957-1970: American Friends at Hindman, 1944: Dulcimer Correspondence, 1966-1971Bidstrup, Marguerite: Visit to HSS, 1915Blair, Gladys: Eulogy of, 1966Bradley, William Aspenwall: “The Women of Troublesome,” 1918Burns, Martha: Newspaper Clippings, 1944-1959 Cobb, Ann: Newspaper Clippings, 1931, 1955,...

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Ledgers: Cash Received, January 1937-November 1958

: Student, October 1915-January 1918

Scope and Contents McLain, Raymond: “Folk Music at Hindman,” 1958McGill, Josephine: Material Re: Her Ballad Collection, c. 1916, 1918, 1933Indexes: “English and American Ballads,” “Sea Chanteys,”"Miscellaneous,” n.d., Untitled Index, n.d. Ballads and Folksongs: A-Y : “Fanny Patrick,” Collected by Ethel de Long, c. 1914 : Banjo Bill Cornett, Composer; Elizabeth Watts, Collector, 1928, 1955 ...

Scope and Contents : The Quare Woman, 1923: The Glass Window: The Return of the Quare Women (exerpts), n.d.: Stories by, 1926, 1938, 1948Kramer, Loren: Newspaper Clippings, 1964McNab, Rae: Letter to Miss Pettit and Miss Stone, 1901McLain, Raymond: Newspaper Clipping, 1968: Folk Music at Hindman,” 1958Merrill, Loise Moody: “My Summer of 1924 Among the...

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: Student, January 1918-February 1937

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: Student, March 1937-November 1958

: Cash Receipts, October 1958-September 1964

Scope and Contents : Cash Receipts, October 1964-April 1970: Payroll, October, 1958-November 1969: Student, October 1958-March 1970: Fireside Industries-Payments to Craftspeople, 1932-1934: Fireside Industries-Consignments, 1938-1940 : Fireside Industries-Payments to Craftspeople, 1941-1944Bequests and Uses of, 1911-1918Bequests: Wills and Correspondence, 1915-1963Deeds of Release, Lien, May 1929Donations: Alden...

Scope and Contents Sewer System: Loan for, 1954May Stone Memorial Fund: All Record Sources, 1946-1959L-W, 1904-1967Lease: Garden Plot, 1910Programs-50th Anniversary: Correspondence on Pageant, 1951-1952: Pagaent (draft), 1952: Pageant (draft with stage sketch), 1952: Pageant (writing fragments), 1952: Pageant (complete copy), 1952: Hindman News, May...