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George Alexander Papers (Hindman Settlement School)
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0150 SAA 151
Abstract
In the summer of 1964, Englishman George Alexander, who had a background in English folk and dance songs and an interest in Anglo-American folklore and song, was invited by Raymond McLain to spend a year in the Kentucky mountains at the Hindman Settlement School in Hindman, Knott County. Staying at Hindman, Alexander would work as an extension specialist visiting a number of rural schools. In 1965, Alexander took a leave of absence from his teaching post in Surrey, to become (as set by the...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1916-1979
Hazel Green Academy Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0249 SAA 038
Abstract
W. O. Mize, J. T. Day, and Green Berry Swango founded Hazel Green Academy in 1880. Eventually, administration and financial support were shifted to agencies of the Disciples of Christ (Christian) Church, first under the Christian Women's Board of Missions in 1886, and then under the United Christian Missionary Society in 1919. Formal support from the national church ended in 1971. The Academy was a boarding school throughout its ninety-six years and the curriculum included both college...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1886-1982
Hindman Settlement School Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0010 SAA 009
Abstract
Collection of materials of the Hindman Settlement School (Hindman, Ky)
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1899-1977
Pine Mountain Settlement School Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0011 SAA 010
Abstract
Pine Mountain Settlement School was founded in 1913, by Katherine Pettit and Ethel de Long. The two women received ninety-five acres of land from William Creech for the purpose of providing educational opportunities for the people of the Pine Mountain area of Harlan County, Kentucky.
Petit and de Long modeled their program after Jane Adam’s Hull House in Chicago. They hoped that their modern ideas about health, nutrition, work efficiency, farm management, and the cultural value of...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1913-2011