Education

After the Civil War, state and county appropriations for education went primarily to populated industrial centers. Many citizens believed that native-born Anglo-Saxon children in Appalachia were forgotten, and government policy favored blacks and dark-skinned immigrants from Alaska (not yet a state), the Philippines, and Puerto Rico. Southerners wishing to remember and honor descendants of a people most similar to their own ancestors thought poor, white Appalachian children worthy of assistance.

By the twentieth century, a number of college-educated men and women had moved to Appalachia to serve as Christian missionaries and establish schools that provided social and educational activities in mountain communities. As the settlement school movement grew nationwide, educators in Appalachia traveled east to raise money to support the schools and increase awareness for their mission. The SIEA was one of the first organizations to support a social-reform initiative that supported education for Appalachian women and children.


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Economic Development


  1. “An Account of the Industrial Settlement School at Hindman, Kentucky.” Quarterly Magazine, vol.1, no.2, June, 1909. P.5-8
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  2. “The Aim of the Southern Industrial Educational Association.” Quarterly Magazine, vol.1, no.2, June, 1909. p.3-4.
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  3. “Extract From A Letter From A Woman Who Spent Several Months at Hindman.” Quarterly Magazine, vol.1, no.2, June, 1909. P.8-10.
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  4. “Point of View of A Hindman Resident.” Quarterly Magazine, vol.1, no.2, June, 1909. P.10-11
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  5. “A Word to the Southern Industrial Educational Association from Mrs. Gielow.” Quarterly Magazine, vol.1, no.2, June, 1909. P.12-14
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  6. “What this Association Does.” Quarterly Magazine, vol.1, no.3, September, 1909. P.3-5
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  7. “From an Address Given Before the National Society for the Promotion of Industrial Education, by Mrs. Lipscombe, President of the Georgia Federation of Women’s Clubs.” Quarterly Magazine, vol.1, no.3, September, 1909. P.7-9.
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  8. “Mothers of Coming Patriots.” Quarterly Magazine, vol.1, no.3, September, 1909. P.9-10
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  9. “School Inspection.” Quarterly Magazine, vol.1, no.3, September, 1909. P.12
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  10. “The Value of Industrial Training for the Children of the Southern Mountains.” Quarterly Magazine, vol.1, no.4, December, 1909. P.3
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  11. “Settlement Work in the Heart of the Mountains.” Quarterly Magazine, vol.1, no.4, December, 1909. P.4-7
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  12. “Plumtree and The Boys’ School in the Mountains of North Carolina.” Quarterly Magazine, vol.1, no.4, December, 1909. P.8-10
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  13. “Extracts from an Article by Mr. Patrick Farnsworth”. Quarterly Magazine, vol.1, no.4, December, 1909. p.13-15
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  14. Mrs. C. David White. “What Small Amounts Will Do”. Quarterly Magazine, vol.1, no.2, June, 1909, p. 16
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  15. “Extract From a Letter Written by a Mountain Traveler.” Quarterly Magazine, vol.1, no.3, September, 1909, p.10-11
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  16. “An Amusing Experience of Mrs. Gresham, as Told by Mrs. Gielow”. Quarterly Magazine, vol.1, no.4, December, 1909. P.11
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  17. “To the Subscribers of the Southern Industrial Educational Association:”. Quarterly Magazine, vol. 2, no. 1, March, 1910. P.3
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  18. “An Appreciation of the Mountaineer.” Quarterly Magazine, vol. 2, no.1, March, 1910. 0.16
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  19. “The Human Resources of the Southern Appalachian Mountains.” Quarterly Magazine, vol. 2, no. 2, June, 1910. P.3-8
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  20. “The Problem of Self-Support in the Schools.” Quarterly Magazine, vol. 2, no. 3, September, 1910. p. 3-7
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  21. “Extracts from a Letter of Judge Shepard.” Quarterly Magazine, vol. 2, no. 3, September, 1910. p. 14
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  22. “Appeals for Clothing, Books, Etc., for Schools in the South.” Quarterly Magazine, vol. 2, no. 4, December, 1910. P.15
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  23. “Appeals for Clothing, Books, Etc., for Schools in the South.” Quarterly Magazine, vol. 3, no.1, March, 1911. p.19
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  24. Martha S. Gielow. “A Word From Mrs. Gielow.” Quarterly Magazine, vol.3, no.2 June, 1911. P.9
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  25. “A Bill for the Promotion of Industrial Training.” Quarterly Magazine, vol.3, no.2 June, 1911. P.11-14
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  26. “The Appalachian Mountaineer and Conservation.” Quarterly Magazine, vol.3, no.3 September, 1911. p.3-5
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  27. “Necessity for Sanitary Education in the Mountains.” Quarterly Magazine, vol.3, no.4 December, 1911. p.12-14
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  28. Martha S. Gielow. “Self-Preservation.” Quarterly Magazine, vol. 4, no.1, March, 1912. P.13-15
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  29. Martha S. Gielow. “Extracts from Article on Monuments, Memorials and Mountaineers.” Quarterly Magazine, vol. 4, no.1, March, 1912. P.13-15
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  30. “Good opportunities for Investment.” Quarterly Magazine, vol. 4, no.2, June, 1912. p.13-14
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  31. “Letter of Appreciation.” Quarterly Magazine, vol. 4, no.2, June, 1912. p.15
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  32. Martha S. Gielow. “The Child of Hope.” Quarterly Magazine, vol. 4, no.3, September, 1912. p.2-7
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  33. “How Life of the Boys in a Settlement School.”Quarterly Magazine, vol. 4, no.4, December, 1912. p.6-8
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  34. “Need for a Working Fund.” Quarterly Magazine, vol. 4, no.4, December, 1912. P.10
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  35. Clara L. Webster. “The Ministries of a Neighbor.” Quarterly Magazine, vol. 4, no.4, December, 1912. P.12-13
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  36. “An Appeal for the Uplift of the Motherhood of the Shut In Mountain Mothers.” Quarterly Magazine, vol. 5, no.1, March, 1913. p.15-16
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  37. “The Problem of the Mountain People.” Quarterly Magazine, vol. 5, no.2, June, 1913. p.9-11
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  38. Mary H. White. “The Southern Appalachians and the Ulster Immigration.” Quarterly Magazine, vol. 6, no.1, March, 1914. p.3-7
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  39. “Industrial Training in the Mountain Schools.” Quarterly Magazine, vol. 6, no.1, March, 1914. p.17-18
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  40. “Uncle William's Reasons.” Quarterly Magazine, vol. 6, no.3, September, 1914. p. 7-8
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  41. “To the Daughters of the American Revolution.” Quarterly Magazine, vol. 6, no.3, September, 1914. p. 9
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  42. “What Ignorance Has Cost the Mountaineer.” Quarterly Magazine, vol. 7, no.4, December, 1915. P.11
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  43. “Extract From a Letter by Martha Berry.” Quarterly Magazine, vol. 7, no.4, December, 1915. P.13-14
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  44. “Four Weeks of Extension Work in Knott County, Kentucky.” Quarterly Magazine, vol. 8, no.3, September, 1916. P.8-11
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  45. “The Field Secretary.” Quarterly Magazine, vol. 8, no.3, September, 1916. p.12
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  46. “The Extension Workers.” Quarterly Magazine, vol. 8, no.4, December, 1916. p.8-9.
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  47. “Some of the Needs in the Mountains.” Quarterly Magazine, vol. 8, no.4, December, 1916. P.9
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  48. “A Noteworthy Event in the Mountains.” Quarterly Magazine, vol. 9. no.1, March, 1917. P.9-10
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  49. “An Appreciation of the Mountaineer.” Quarterly Magazine, vol. 9. no.1, March, 1917. P.3-4
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  50. James Taylor. “Why the State is Not Solving the Mountain Problem.” Quarterly Magazine, vol. 9. no.3, September, 1917. P. 5-7
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  51. “To Our Subscribers and All Members of the Southern Industrial Educational Association.” Quarterly Magazine, vol. 9. no.4, December, 1917. P.10-12
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  52. Ida M. Tarbell. “Value of Mountain Settlement Schools.” Quarterly Magazine, vol. 9. no.4, December, 1917. P.17-18
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  53. “Mountain Schools and the War.” Quarterly Magazine, vol.10. nos. 1 and 2. March and June, 1918. P. 13-15.
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  54. “The Mountaineer’s Appreciation of the Settlement School.” Quarterly Magazine, vol.10. nos. 3 and 4. September and December, 1918. P.5-6
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  55. “The Judge Shepard Memorial Fund.” Quarterly Magazine, vol.11. nos. 1 and 2. March and June, 1919. P.12-13.
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  56. Ann Cobb. “War-Time in the Mountains.” Quarterly Magazine, vol.11. nos. 1 and 2. March and June, 1919. P.25
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  57. “A Letter from the Teacher of Agriculture in the Hindman Settlement School.” Quarterly Magazine, vol.11. nos. 3 and 4. September and December, 1919. P.7-10.
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  58. “Conditions Too Often Found in the Kentucky Mountains.” Quarterly Magazine, vol.11. nos. 3 and 4. September and December, 1919. P.12-13.
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  59. “Report of the Practice Home of Household Economics at Hindman.” Quarterly Magazine, vol.13. nos. 1 and 2. March and June, 1921. P.8-11
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  60. Olive V. Marsh “Being the History of a Little Schoolhouse That Began to be Built in the Kentucky Mountains.” Quarterly Magazine, vol.13. nos. 3 and 4. September and December, 1921. P.3-8
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  61. “The Daniel and Clarissa Ambler Fund at Work.” Quarterly Magazine, vol.13. nos. 3 and 4. September and December, 1921. P.25-26
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  62. “The New Workers at Hindman.” Quarterly Magazine, vol.13. nos. 3 and 4. September and December, 1921. P.8-10
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  63. “When I “Dropped” over the Mountain.” Quarterly Magazine, vol.13. nos. 3 and 4. September and December, 1921. P.15-18
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  64. “Appreciations From Pupils at the Hindman School.” Quarterly Magazine, vol.13. nos. 3 and 4. September and December, 1921. P.23-25
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  65. “A Letter from Lees-McRae Institute.” Quarterly Magazine, vol.14. nos. 1 and 2. March and June, 1922. P.15-17
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  66. “Extension Work at Wooton, Ky.” Quarterly Magazine, vol. 15. nos. 3 and 4. September and December, 1922. P.23-24
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  67. “Hindman Twenty Years Later.” Quarterly Magazine, vol. 15. nos. 3 and 4. September and December, 1922. P.9-12
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  68. “A Letter from a Mountain Weaver”. Quarterly Magazine, vol. 16. nos. 1 and 2. March and June, 1923. p.8-9
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  69. “Progress in the Hills”. Quarterly Magazine, vol. 16. nos. 1 and 2. March and June, 1923. P.9-12
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  70. “An Appeal from President Hutchins of Berea College” Quarterly Magazine, vol. 16. nos. 1 and 2. March and June, 1923. P.8
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  71. “Shall We Americanize the Real Americans.” Quarterly Magazine, vol.16. nos. 3 and 4. September and December, 1923. P.3-4
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  72. “A Hindman Graduate’s Opportunity.” Quarterly Magazine, vol.16. nos. 3 and 4. September and December, 1923. P.11-12
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  73. “Extension Work at Hindman”. Quarterly Magazine, vol.16. nos. 3 and 4. September and December, 1923. P.14-16
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  74. “Reports from the Extension Worker at Hindman.” Quarterly Magazine, vol. 17. nos. 1 and 2. March and June, 1924. P.19-21
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  75. “What Scholarships Mean to Mountain Children”. Quarterly Magazine, vol. 17. nos. 1 and 2. March and June, 1924. P.11-14
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  76. “How Settlement Schools Pay Dividends” Quarterly Magazine, vol. 17. nos. 1 and 2. March and June, 1924. P.7-10
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  77. “The Homes and the Household Duties of the Mountain Mother”. Quarterly Magazine, vol. 17. nos. 1 and 2. March and June, 1924. P.3-6
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  78. “A Letter from Boone Fork Institutie, Shull’s Mills, N.C.” Quarterly Magazine, vol. 17. nos. 1 and 2. March and June, 1924. p.21-22.
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  79. “A Year of Hindman’s Work.” Quarterly Magazine, vol. 17. nos. 3 and 4. September and December, 1924. P.19-22
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  80. “Letter from a Lumber Camp.” Quarterly Magazine, vol. 17. nos. 3 and 4. September and December, 1924. P.14-16
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  81. “My Life Story.” Quarterly Magazine, vol. 17. nos. 3 and 4. September and December, 1924. P.12-14
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  82. “Education versus Feuds.” Quarterly Magazine, vol. 17. nos. 3 and 4. September and December, 1924. P.4-7
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  83. “The Needed Educational Program for the Mountains.” Quarterly Magazine, vol. 17. nos. 3 and 4. September and December, 1924. P.3-4
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  84. “An Exchange Bureau.” Quarterly Magazine, vol. 18. nos. 1 and 2. March and June, 1925. P.4
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  85. “Work of the Practice Home at Hindman.” Quarterly Magazine, vol. 18. nos. 1 and 2. March and June, 1925. p.12-13
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  86. “An Aftermath of the Great War.” Quarterly Magazine, vol. 19 nos. 1 and 2. March and June, 1926. P.3-4
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Illiteracy


  1. “The Aim of the Southern Industrial Educational Association.” Quarterly Magazine, vol.1, no.2, June, 1909. p.3-4.
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  2. Martha S. Gielow. “Patriotism versus Ignorance”. Quarterly Magazine, vol.1, no.3, September, 1909. p.3-5
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  3. “Extracts from an Article by Mr. Patrick Farnsworth”. Quarterly Magazine, vol.1, no.4, December, 1909. p.13-1
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  4. Dr. George E. Myers. “Extracts from the Minutes”. Quarterly Magazine, vol. 2, no.1, March, 1910. p. 9-13
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  5. Mrs. Susan Wetmore. “The Mountain People of the South.” Quarterly Magazine, vol. 2, no. 2, June, 1910. P.14-15
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  6. “Extracts from Address by Mrs. Gielow.” Quarterly Magazine, vol. 2, no. 3, September, 1910. p. 13
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  7. “What the Census Shows.” Quarterly Magazine, vol.3, no.2 June, 1911. P.3
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  8. “Illiteracy in Southern Mountain.” Quarterly Magazine, vol.3, no.2 June, 1911. P.4
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  9. “A Mountaineer’s Appeal for a School.” Quarterly Magazine, vol.3, no.3. September, 1911. P.3-9
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  10. “Illiteracy in Southern Mountain.” vol.4, no.3. September, 1912. p.11
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  11. “Foreword.” Quarterly Magazine, vol. 4, no.2, June, 1912. p.3-5
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  12. “Census Facts as to Illiteracy.” Quarterly Magazine, vol. 4, no.3, September, 1912. P.7-11
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  13. “Women and Children of the Mountains.” Quarterly Magazine, vol. 4, no.3, September, 1912. P.14-15
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  14. “Some Reasons for Backwardness in the Mountains.” Quarterly Magazine, vol. 4, no.3, September, 1912. P.13.
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  15. “Teach Him - Don’t Jail Him.” Quarterly Magazine, vol. 5, no.1, March, 1913. P.3-5
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  16. “Children Eager for a Chance.” Quarterly Magazine, vol. 5, no.2, June, 1913. p.6-7
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  17. “Extract from an Address by W. H. Hand.” Quarterly Magazine, vol. 6, no.2, June, 1914. P.7
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  18. “Census Facts Regarding Illiteracy.” Quarterly Magazine, vol. 7, no.2, June, 1915. p.12-14
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  19. “Workers in the Cabin Homes.” Quarterly Magazine, vol. 7, no.3, September, 1915. P.9-11
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  20. “The Kentucky Slogan.” Quarterly Magazine, vol. 8, no.1, March, 1916. P.7
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  21. “The Menace of Illiteracy.” Quarterly Magazine, vol.10. nos. 1 and 2. March and June, 1918. P. 12-13
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  22. John Nelson Mills. “Southern Mountain Boys and the War.” Quarterly Magazine, vol.11. nos. 1 and 2. March and June, 1919. p.3-4
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  23. “What Soldiers Think about Education.” Quarterly Magazine, vol.11. nos. 1 and 2. March and June, 1919. P.9-10
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  24. Ethel De Zande. “For the Sake of Learning.” Quarterly Magazine, vol.13. nos. 1 and 2. March and June, 1921. P.3-7
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  25. “A Modified Version of ‘America’”. Quarterly Magazine, vol.13. nos. 3 and 4. September and December, 1921. p.8
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  26. “Neglected Children of Appalachia.” Quarterly Magazine, vol.14. nos. 1 and 2. March and June, 1922. P.20-22
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  27. “Observation of a Mountain Worker.” Quarterly Magazine, vol.14. nos. 1 and 2. March and June, 1922. P.11-14
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  28. “Kentucky Superstitions.” Quarterly Magazine, vol. 15. nos. 3 and 4. September and December, 1922. P.28
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  29. “Letter from a Volunteer Worker.” Quarterly Magazine, vol. 15. nos. 3 and 4. September and December, 1922. P.26-27
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  30. “Women of the Southern Mountains.” Quarterly Magazine, vol. 16. nos. 1 and 2. March and June, 1923. P.3-8.
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  31. “Illiteracy in the South”. Quarterly Magazine, vol.16. nos. 3 and 4. September and December, 1923. P.6
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  32. “The Illiteracy Crusade”. Quarterly Magazine, vol. 19 nos. 1 and 2. March and June, 1926. P.20-21
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Cultural Tourism


  1. “Home Life of the Boys in a Settlement School.” Quarterly Magazine, vol. 4, no.4, December, 1912. p.6-8
  2. “Side-Tracked Americans.” Quarterly Magazine, vol. 5, no.2, June, 1913. p.3-6
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  3. “Survivors of Colonial Days.” Quarterly Magazine, vol. 5, no.2, June, 1913. P.7-8
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  4. “Scotch-Irish Characteristics.” Quarterly Magazine, vol. 6, no.4, December, 1914. P.12
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  5. “‘Hit’s’ Funeral.” Quarterly Magazine, vol. 7, no.1, March, 1915. p.14-16
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  6. “Balladry in the Southern Appalachian.” Quarterly Magazine, vol. 7, no.2, June, 1915. P.3-6
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  7. “The Battle of King’s Mountain, October 7, 1780.” Quarterly Magazine, vol. 7, no.3, September, 1915. p.3-5
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  8. “A Voice from the Mountains.” Quarterly Magazine, vol. 7, no.4, December, 1915. P.3-5
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  9. “Little Homes in the Mountains.” Quarterly Magazine, vol. 8, no.1, March, 1916. p.10-11
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  10. “Play a Factor in the Advancement of the Mountaineers.” Quarterly Magazine, vol. 8, no.3, September, 1916. P.3-7
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  11. “Benefit of the Exchange of the Mountain Women.” Quarterly Magazine, vol. 9. no.2, June, 1917. p.21
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  12. “A Letter from Hindman.” Quarterly Magazine, vol. 9. no.3, September, 1917. P.9-13
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  13. “A Christmas Reminiscence from Pine Mountain.” Quarterly Magazine, vol. 9. no.4, December, 1917. P.6-9
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  14. “An Experiment in Home Making.” Quarterly Magazine, vol.10. nos. 1 and 2. March and June, 1918. P. 3-6.
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  15. “Miss Gordon’s Extension work at Hindman.” Quarterly Magazine, vol.12. nos. 3 and 4. September and December, 1920. P.19-22
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  16. “A Typical Mountain Journey.” Quarterly Magazine, vol.13. nos. 1 and 2. March and June, 1921. P.17-21
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  17. “Extension Worker’s Report for October, 1921”. Quarterly Magazine, vol.13. nos. 3 and 4. September and December, 1921. P.12-13
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  18. “Back to the Hills” Quarterly Magazine, vol.13. nos. 3 and 4. September and December, 1921. P.13
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  19. “Save and Develop Americans”. Quarterly Magazine, vol.13. nos. 3 and 4. September and December, 1921. P.23
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  20. “The Creed of the School Garden Army Soldier.” Quarterly Magazine, vol. 15. nos. 3 and 4. September and December, 1922. P.15
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  21. “Practice Home Report.” Quarterly Magazine, vol. 16. nos. 3 and 4. September and December, 1923. P.13
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  22. “Report from the Practice Home at the Hindman Settlement School, Ky.” Quarterly Magazine, vol. 17. nos. 1 and 2. March and June, 1924. p.23-25
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Smith, Charles Alphonso (1864-1924). First Edgar Allan Poe Professor of English at the University of Virginia; founder and president of the Virginia Folklore Society. Literature from the Bureau of Education. Bulletin published by Department of the Interior, US Bureau of Education, Washington. November 1913.

White, Charles David (1862-1935). Geologist, associate curator of Paleobotany, Smithsonian Institution. SIEA Trustee. See Rock Stars, GSA Today, June 2006. Human Resources of the Southern Appalachian Mountain. The Problem of Self-Support in the Schools. His wife, Mary Houghton White, served as SIEA recording secretary for 21 years and was a frequent contributor to the Quarterly Magazine.

Lane, Franklin Knight (1864-1921). Commissioner of the Interstate Commerce Commission (1906-1913). Secretary of the Interior 1913-1920. Save and Develop Americans.

Spillman, William Jasper (1863-1931). Director, Office of Farm Management, Washington DC (1905-1918); Editor, The Farm Journal, 1918-1921. The Problem of the Mountain People

Hughes, Charles Evans (1862-1941). Governor of New York, Associate Justice of the US Supreme Court, US Secretary of State, 11th Chief Justice of the United States. Wherever we may be born . . .

Ward, Lyman (1868-1948). Universalist Minister, founder, and principal of the Southern Industrial Institute, Camp Hill, AL. Editor, The Industrial Student. The Superman.

Bigelow, Antoinette (1867-1939). Principal of Hindman Settlement School (1904-1908); Dean of Women, University of Colorado Boulder (1910-1928). English of the Mountaineer.

Hays, Willet M. (1859-1927). Founder of the American Genetic Association (1903), developed plant breeding methods and supported teaching agricultural practices. Assistant Secretary of Agriculture in 1904. Education for the Mountains.

Canby, Henry Seidel (1878-1961). Quaker from Wilmington, DL. Critic, editor, and Yale University professor. A mountain Silhouette.

Carnegie, Andrew (1835-1919). American industrialist and a major philanthropist. Contributor to the Southern Industrial Educational Association, Inc. to support Appalachian settlement schools.

Morley, Margaret Warner (1858-1923). American biologist, educator, writer, and author of children’s book on nature and biology. The Carolina Mountains.

Stewart, Cora Wilson (1875-1958). Elementary school teacher and county school superintendent in eastern Kentucky; founded the Moonlight School movement. Moonlight Schools in the Mountains.

Shepard, Seth (1847-1917). Attorney, a lecturer at Georgetown University, Chief Justice of the Court of Civil Appeals of the District of Columbia (1905-1917). President of the Southern Industrial Educational Association, Inc, 1905-1917.

Claxton, Philander Priestley (1862-1957). Educator, author, US Commissioner of Education (1911-1921). Trustee, Southern Industrial Educational Association, Inc, Why the Mountain Ballads Should be Preserved.

Hough, Emerson (1857-1923). Journalist, essayist, historian, and conservationist. Author of 34 works of fiction and non-fiction. Side-Tracked Americans | Children Eager for a Chance | Burns of the Mountains.

Page, Thomas Nelson (1853-1922). Writer, author, attorney, and ambassador to Italy under Woodrow Wilson. Trustee, Southern Industrial Educational Association, Inc. 1905-1921. The People’s Possessions in the Appalachian Forests | The Appalachian Mountaineer and Conservation.

Lipscomb, Mary Ann (1848-1918). President of the Georgia Federation of Women’s Clubs that founded the Tallulah Falls School. Promoted academic and vocational training for all white and African-American children. Excerpt from an Address Given Before the National Society for the Promotion of Industrial Education.

Search, Theodore Corson (c.1841-1920). President, Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art, Philadelphia. Excerpt from his address before the National Society for the Promotion of Industrial Education.

Neve, Frederick (1855-1948). Episcopal clergyman and missionary who established missions, schools, and churches throughout the Blue Ridge and Ragged Mountains of Virginia. The Virginia Mountain Folk

Glenn, G. R. President North Georgia Agricultural College, 1916. God Almighty has never yet. . .

Pinchot, Gifford (1865-1946). Chief of the Division of Forestry, 1898-1905 1st Chief of the Forest Service, 1905-1910.

Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919). United States President, 1901-1909. Excerpt from article published in The Outlook, April 16, 1910

Fox, John Jr. (1862-1919). American journalist, Appalachian novelist, and short story writer. Christmas in the Mountains, book review, quotation.

Monahan, Arthur Coleman (b.1877). U. S. Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, Director of the Bureau of Education of the National Catholic Welfare Council, Washington, DC. A Mountaineer Summer School in Virginia.

Wilson, Woodrow, US President.

Littleton, Honorable Martin W. Democratic Congressman, and corporate attorney. Extracts from an address delivered before the officers and friends of the Association.

Tarbell, Ida M. (1857-1944. Teacher, journalist, and author of The History of the Standard Oil Company. Value of Mountain Settlement Schools.


Other Authors:

  1. Beck, Rachel Tongate. Ex-president, League of American Pen Women. Child Conservation.
  2. Childs, Mary Fairfax. Member of the SIEA New York Auxiliary Our Country Cousins.
  3. Furman, Lucy (1870-1958). An American author primarily known for her short stories about life in Kentucky. Christmas in the Mountains | Granny’s First Christmas Tree.
  4. Laney, Minnie Towner. Wife of Francis Baker Laney (1867-1938), a geologist. A Mountain Roadside Greeting | Child Life in the Mountain | Mountain Vernacular
  5. Guerrant, Rev. Edward Owings (1838-1916). Kentucky missionary. Forty Years Among the American Highlanders
  6. Webster, Clara L. The Ministries of a Neighbor

Magazines on the Notable Contributors

  1. “Notes Afield.” Quarterly Magazine, vol.1, no.3, September, 1909. P.15
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  2. “Abstract of the Minutes of the Annual Meeting.” Quarterly Magazine, vol. 3, no.1, March, 1911. P.7-8
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  3. “James J. Gordon.” Quarterly Magazine, vol. 3, no.2, March, 1911. P.10-11
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  4. “Monte Griffith.”Quarterly Magazine, vol. 5, no.2, June, 1913. P.10
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  5. “Mrs. Gielow Takes a Needed Rest.” Quarterly Magazine, vol. 6, no.1, March, 1914. P.17
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  6. “Miss deLong on the Romance of the Mountain Women.” Quarterly Magazine, vol. 6, no.1, March, 1914. P.19
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  7. “In Memoriam Mrs. Woodrow Wilson.” Quarterly Magazine, vol. 6, no.3, September, 1914. P.10-11.
  8. “The Ellen Wilson Memorial.” Quarterly Magazine, vol. 6, no.4, December, 1914. P.8
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  9. “The New Honorary President.” Quarterly Magazine, vol. 6, no.4, December, 1914. P.8
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  10. “Mrs. Gielow Obliged to Rest.” Quarterly Magazine, vol. 6, no.4, December, 1914. P.10
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  11. “A New Departure.” Quarterly Magazine, vol. 7, no.3, September, 1915. P.8-9
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  12. “The Fourth Annual Conference of Southern Mountain.” Quarterly Magazine, vol. 8, no.1, March, 1916. P.11
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  13. “The Field Secretary.” Quarterly Magazine, vol. 8, no.3, September, 1916. P.12
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  14. “A Token of Appreciation.” Quarterly Magazine, vol. 8, no.3, September, 1916. P.16
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  15. “List of Contributors from January to March, 1916.” Quarterly Magazine, vol. 8, no.3, September, 1916. P.17-18
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  16. “Mountaineers Offer Aid.” Quarterly Magazine, vol. 9. no.1, March, 1917. P.13
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  17. “Appreciations of the Visits of the Field Secretary.” Quarterly Magazine, vol. 9. no.1, March, 1917. P.14
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  18. “The Nation’s Best Reserves for National Defense.” Quarterly Magazine, vol. 9. no.1, March, 1917. P.15
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  19. “Courts and Bar Pay Honor to Judge Shepard.” Quarterly Magazine, vol. 9. no.1, March, 1917. P.18-20.
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  20. “Resolution on the Death of Judge Seth Shepard.” Quarterly Magazine, vol. 9. no.3, September, 1917. P.4-5.
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  21. “The Death of Judge Shepard.” Quarterly Magazine, vol. 9. no.4, December, 1917. P.3-4
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  22. “John Fox’s New Mountain Book.” Quarterly Magazine, vol. 9. no.4, December, 1917. P.19
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  23. “The Potentiality of the Mountains.” Quarterly Magazine, vol.10. nos. 1 and 2. March and June, 1918. P. 19
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  24. “Miss Van Meter’s Report of Her Summer’s Work.” Quarterly Magazine, vol.10. nos. 3 and 4. September and December, 1918. P.6-8
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  25. “The Resignation of Miss Van Meter.” Quarterly Magazine, vol.10. nos. 3 and 4. September and December, 1918. P.9
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  26. “The Death of a Mountain Patriarch and Patriot.” Quarterly Magazine, vol.10. nos. 3 and 4. September and December, 1918. P. 16-19
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  27. “Death of Dr. John C. Campbell” Quarterly Magazine, vol.11. nos. 1 and 2. March and June, 1919. P.16-17
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  28. “Mrs. Samuel Spencer.” Quarterly Magazine, vol.11. nos. 3 and 4. September and December, 1919. P.14-15
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  29. “Report of Committee to Secure Audit of Accounts of the Southern Industrial Educational Association.” Quarterly Magazine, vol.12. nos. 1 and 2. March and June, 1920. P.5
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  30. “President Frost of Berea.” Quarterly Magazine, vol.12. nos. 1 and 2. March and June, 1920. P.22-23
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  31. “Miss Large’s New Work.” Quarterly Magazine, vol.12. nos. 3 and 4. September and December, 1920. P.15
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  32. Julia D. Strong. “In Memoriam.” Quarterly Magazine, vol.13. nos. 1 and 2. March and June, 1921. P.12-13
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  33. “The New Honorary President.” Quarterly Magazine, vol.13. nos. 1 and 2. March and June, 1921. P.13
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  34. “Two New Workers at Hindman”. Quarterly Magazine, vol.13. nos. 3 and 4. September and December, 1921. P.8-10
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  35. “Mary E. Horner”. Quarterly Magazine, vol.14. nos. 1 and 2. March and June, 1922. p.14
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  36. “Leigh Robinson.” Quarterly Magazine, vol. 15. nos. 3 and 4. September and December, 1922. P.19-21
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  37. “Martha Berry’s Illness”. Quarterly Magazine, vol. 15. nos. 3 and 4. September and December, 1922. P.24-26
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  38. “Thomas Nelson Page”. Quarterly Magazine, vol. 15. nos. 3 and 4. September and December, 1922. P.16-19
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  39. “A Life of Achievement” Quarterly Magazine, vol. 16. nos. 1 and 2. March and June, 1923. P.12-14
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  40. “A Brother’s Tribute” Quarterly Magazine, vol. 16. nos. 1 and 2. March and June, 1923. P.16
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  41. “A Word from Mount Berry”. Quarterly Magazine, vol.16. nos. 3 and 4. September and December, 1923.p.4
  42. “By Their Fruits” Quarterly Magazine, vol.16. nos. 3 and 4. September and December, 1923. P.10-12
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  43. “Miss Mary Large”. Quarterly Magazine, vol. 17. nos. 1 and 2. March and June, 1924. P.18-19
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  44. “High Honors to a Berry Graduate”. Quarterly Magazine, vol. 17. nos. 1 and 2. March and June, 1924. P.10-11
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  45. “The New President of the Association.” Quarterly Magazine, vol. 17. nos. 3 and 4. September and December, 1924. P.10-11
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  46. “Notes from the National Headquarters.” Quarterly Magazine, vol. 17. nos. 3 and 4. September and December, 1924. P.9
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  47. “High Honors for Martha Berry.” Quarterly Magazine, vol. 18. nos. 1 and 2. March and June, 1925. P.10
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  48. “Pride in Miss Berry.” Quarterly Magazine, vol. 18. nos. 1 and 2. March and June, 1925. p.10-11
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  49. “Worthy Scholarship Recipients.” Quarterly Magazine, vol. 18. nos. 1 and 2. March and June, 1925. P.17-18
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  50. “Twenty Years of Service.” Quarterly Magazine, vol. 19 nos. 1 and 2. March and June, 1926. p.12-14
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Honorary presidents:

  1. The first lady, Ellen Axson Wilson
  2. Daughter, Margaret Wilson
  3. The first lady, Edith Galt Wilson
  4. The first lady, Florence Harding

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  1. Quarterly Magazine, vol.1, no.2, June, 1909
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  2. Quarterly Magazine, vol.1, no.3, September, 1909
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  3. Quarterly Magazine, vol.1, no.4, December, 1909
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  4. Quarterly Magazine, vol. 2, no.1, March, 1910
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  5. Quarterly Magazine, vol. 2, no. 2, June, 1910
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  6. Quarterly Magazine, vol. 2, no. 3, September, 1910
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  7. Quarterly Magazine, vol. 2, no. 4, December, 1910
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  8. Quarterly Magazine, vol. 3, no.1, March, 1911
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  9. Quarterly Magazine, vol.3, no.2 June, 1911
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  10. Quarterly Magazine, vol.3, no.3 September, 1911
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  11. Quarterly Magazine, vol.3, no.4 December, 1911
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  12. Quarterly Magazine, vol. 4, no.1, March, 1912
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  13. Quarterly Magazine, vol. 4, no.2, June, 1912
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  14. Quarterly Magazine, vol. 4, no.3, September, 1912
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  15. Quarterly Magazine, vol. 4, no.4, December, 1912
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  16. Quarterly Magazine, vol. 5, no.1, March, 1913
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  17. Quarterly Magazine, vol. 5, no.2, June, 1913
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  18. Quarterly Magazine, vol. 5, no.3, September, 1913
  19. Quarterly Magazine, vol. 5, no.4, December, 1913
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  20. Quarterly Magazine, vol. 6, no.1, March, 1914
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  21. Quarterly Magazine, vol. 6, no.2, June, 1914
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  22. Quarterly Magazine, vol. 6, no.3, September, 1914
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  23. Quarterly Magazine, vol. 6, no.4, December, 1914
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  24. Quarterly Magazine, vol. 7, no.1, March, 1915
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  25. Quarterly Magazine, vol. 7, no.2, June, 1915
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  26. Quarterly Magazine, vol. 7, no.3, September, 1915
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  27. Quarterly Magazine, vol. 7, no.4, December, 1915
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  28. Quarterly Magazine, vol. 8, no.1, March, 1916
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  29. Quarterly Magazine, vol. 8, no.3, September, 1916
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  30. Quarterly Magazine, vol. 8, no.4, December, 1916
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  31. Quarterly Magazine, vol. 9. no.1, March, 1917
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  32. Quarterly Magazine, vol. 9. no.2, June, 1917
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  33. Quarterly Magazine, vol. 9. no.3, September, 1917
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  34. Quarterly Magazine, vol. 9. no.4, December, 1917
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  35. Quarterly Magazine, vol.10. nos. 1 and 2. March and June, 1918
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  36. Quarterly Magazine, vol.10. nos. 3 and 4. September and December, 1918
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  37. Quarterly Magazine, vol.11. nos. 1 and 2. March and June, 1919
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  38. Quarterly Magazine, vol.11. nos. 3 and 4. September and December, 1919
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  39. Quarterly Magazine, vol.12. nos. 1 and 2. March and June, 1920
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  40. Quarterly Magazine, vol.12. nos. 3 and 4. September and December, 1920
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  41. Quarterly Magazine, vol.13. nos. 1 and 2. March and June, 1921
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  42. Quarterly Magazine, vol.13. nos. 3 and 4. September and December, 1921
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  43. Quarterly Magazine, vol.14. nos. 1 and 2. March and June, 1922
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  44. Quarterly Magazine, vol. 15. nos. 3 and 4. September and December, 1922
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  45. Quarterly Magazine, vol. 16. nos. 1 and 2. March and June, 1923
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  46. Quarterly Magazine, vol. 16. nos. 3 and 4. September and December, 1923
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  47. Quarterly Magazine, vol. 17. nos. 1 and 2. March and June, 1924
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  48. Quarterly Magazine, vol. 17. nos. 3 and 4. September and December, 1924
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  49. Quarterly Magazine, vol. 18. nos. 1 and 2. March and June, 1925
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  50. Quarterly Magazine, vol. 19 nos. 1 and 2. March and June, 1926
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A sample of schools that received financial support from The Southern Industrial Educational Association, Inc.

Kentucky:

  1. Berea College, Berea, KY
  2. Hindman Settlement School, Hindman, KY
  3. Highland College, Guerrant, KY
  4. Oneida Institute, Clay County, KY
  5. Pikeville School, KY
  6. Pine Mountain Settlement School, Harlan County, KY
  7. W.C.T.U Settlement School, Hindman, KY
  8. Wooton Settlement House, Wooton, KY
  9. St. John’s Industrial School, Corbin, KY

Virginia:

  1. Blackwell Hollow, Ivy Depot, VA
  2. Blue Ridge Industrial School, Dyke, VA
  3. Community Center, Norton, Wise County, VA
  4. Mission Home, Simmons Gap, VA

North Carolina:

  1. Blue Ridge Institute, NC (May now be Blue Ridge Community College)
  2. Boone Fork Institute, Shulls Mills, NC
  3. Christ Mission School, Arden, NC
  4. Crossnore School, Crossnore, NC
  5. Lees–McRae Institute for Girls, Banner Elk, NC
  6. Plumtree School and Farm, Plumtree, Watauga County, NC (Lees–McRae Institute for Boys)
  7. Morganton Missions, Morganton, NC
  8. Patterson School, Legerwood, Yakin County, NC
  9. Quaker Meadow School, Morganton District, NC
  10. Rutherford Mission, Rutherfordton, NC
  11. Prout School, Foscoe, NC
  12. St. Mary’s Mission, Morganton, NC
  13. State School for the Blind, Raleigh, NC
  14. Tryon Industries, Tryon, NC
  15. Valle Crucis Mission School, Valle Crucis, NC

Georgia:

  1. Berry School for Girls, Floyd County, GA
  2. Berry School for Boys, Floyd County, GA
  3. Nacooche Institute, Sautee, GA
  4. Rabun Gap, Rabun Gap, GA (now Nacooche–Rabun School)
  5. Tallulah Falls Instrustrial School, Habersham County, GA

Alabama:

  1. Downing Industrial School for Girls, Brewton, AL
  2. Southern Industrial School, Camp Hill, AL (Maybe the Southern Union State Community College in Wadley, AL)

Tennessee:

  1. Lincoln Memorial University, Cumberland Gap, TN
  2. Maryville College, Maryville, TN

Washington, DC :

  1. McKinley Manual Training School

Unknown:

  1. Mountain Park Institute

Examples of construction projects funded by the Southern Industrial Educational Association:

  1. Schoolhouse at Brewton, AL – 300 pupils
  2. Schoolhouse at St. Albans, near Morganton, NC– 60 pupils
  3. Schoolhouse, High Shoals, NC – 40 pupils
  4. Loom house, Christ School, Arden, NC
  5. Chicken house and canning house, Berry School, GA
  6. School house at Pine Mountain, KY – 300 pupils
  7. Pauline Taylor Hall at Downing Industrial School, AL (built by money from New York auxiliary member)
  8. The Practice Home of Household Economic, Hindman Settlement School, KY

Magazines on Schools


  1. “An Account of Quaker Meadow School, Morganton District, North Carolina.” Quarterly Magazine, vol.1, no.3, September, 1909. P.5-6
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  2. “Plumtree and The Boys’ School in the Mountains of North Carolina.” Quarterly Magazine, vol.1, no.4, December, 1909. p.8-10
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  3. “Another New Settlement School.” Quarterly Magazine, vol. 5, no.1, March, 1913. p.11
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  4. “Moonlight Schools in the Mountains.” Quarterly Magazine, vol. 5, no.3, June, 1913. p.3-8
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  5. “A Mountaineer Summer Schools in Virginia.” Quarterly Magazine, vol. 5, no.4, December, 1913. p.15-20
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  6. “The Pine Mountain School.” Quarterly Magazine, vol. 6, no.3, September, 1914. p.12-17
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  7. “A Month at the Berry School.” Quarterly Magazine, vol. 7, no.4, December, 1915. p.5- 11
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  8. “The Response of the Mountain Schools.” Quarterly Magazine, vol.11. nos. 1 and 2. March and June, 1919. P.10-11
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  9. “A Letter from the Berry Schools.” Quarterly Magazine, vol.11. nos. 3 and 4. September and December, 1919. P.11-13
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  10. “The School at Plum Tree.” Quarterly Magazine, vol.12. nos. 1 and 2. March and June, 1920. p.12
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  11. “A Letter from Pine Mountain Settlement School.” Quarterly Magazine, vol.12. nos. 3 and 4. September and December, 1920. P.22-26
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  12. “Hindman Settlement School Report of The Director of the Practice Home.” Quarterly Magazine, vol.13. nos. 3 and 4. September and December, 1921. p.10-12
  13. “John C. Campbell Folk School, Cherokee County, Brasstown, N. C.” Quarterly Magazine, vol. 19 nos. 1 and 2. March and June, 1926. p.4-7
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