Bell County (Ky.) -- Henderson Settlement School
Subject
Subject Source: Lcnaf
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Henderson Settlement School Records, 1925-1984
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0049 SAA 049
Abstract
Methodist minister, Hiram Frakes, founded Henderson Settlement in 1925, chiefly as a community center and educational institution. It is located in southern Bell County, Kentucky, a few miles northeast of Jellico, Tennessee. The area was quite isolated at the time and had come to be known locally as “South America.”
Frakes, was educated in Kansas and southern Indiana and before becoming a miniser, had worked as a telegraph operator for the Santa Fe Railroad. A chance hearing of...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1925 - 1984
Settlement Institutions of Appalachia Records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0038 SAA 036
Abstract
The Settlement Institutions of Appalachia (SIA) was founded in 1970 as a non-profit consortium of private service institutions in South Central Appalachia. Leaders of the twelve founding institutions envisioned it as a mechanism to facilitate exchange of ideas, cooperation in program development and fund raising.
The first executive committee of the board of directors consisted of Chairman, John Ramsay - John C. Campbell Folk School; vice-chairman, Robert Fulton - Henderson Settlement;...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1970-1982