Rural schools -- Kentucky -- History.
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
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
Pine Mountain Settlement School Records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0042 SAA 042
Abstract
Kentuckian Katherine Pettit and Smith College Graduate Ethel DeLong finalized the incorporation of Pine Mountain Settlement School (Harland County, Kentucky) in 1913. Land for the school was donated by William and Sally Dixon Creech, early settlers who wanted wider educational opportunities for area children. Katherine Pettit had helped found Hindman Settlement School in 1902. As stated in its Article of Incorporation, the purpose of Pine Mountain Settlement School was to provide an...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1913-1984