Publications

Video/DVD
Click on the play button above to view our eight-minute video, which is a good overview and introduction to our programs. Copies are available in DVD or VHS format for $10 (including postage), while supplies last. This video is a bit dated. We hope to develop a new one soon. Kentucky Educational Television has also produced a documentary about Appalachian Settlement Schools.

Newsletter
Hindman Settlement School publishes The Mountain Echo, a print newsletter, twice a year. It is mailed third class to anyone who signs up to receive it. It carries news of our programs, alumni, events, board and staff. Add me to your mailing list.

E-News
Due to increased printing and postage costs, we are moving away from print media and toward an e-news format. You can sign up to be added to our e-news mailing list, which will be used more as this change moves forward. We promise not to bombard you with e-mail and to always include information on how to unsubscribe.

Publications
The following publications provide a much more detailed look at the Settlement School movement and Hindman Settlement School's history.

The Quare Women's Journals: May Stone & Katherine Pettit's Summers in the Kentucky Mountains and the Founding of Hindman Settlement School, edited by Jess Stoddart was published in 1997 by The Jesse Stuart Foundation.

The first comprehensive history of the Settlement, Challenge and Change in Appalachia: The Story of Hindman Settlement School, by Jess Stoddart, was published by the University Press of Kentucky in 2002, in honor of the Settlement School's 100th anniversary.

Crossing Troublesome Creek: 25 Years of the Appalachian Writers Workshop, edited by Leatha Kendrick and George Ella Lyon, was published by Wind Publications in 2002. (Available from the Settlement School.)

Library Collections
Hindman Settlement School has extensive archives. Reproductions of many photos and historic documents are available through Berea College Library Special Collections' Southern Appalachian Archives. Those of interest include:

Hindman Settlement School Papers (1899-1977)
Correspondence, diaries, newsletters, ballad texts and photographs relating to Hindman founders, Katherine Pettit, May Stone and other key figures in the school’s early history such as Ann Cobb, Josiah Combs, Lucy Furman and Elizabeth Watts. (3 ms boxes)

Hindman Settlement School Records (1899-1979)
Photographs and microfilmed records documenting the founding, administration and activities of the Hindman Settlement School in Knott County, Kentucky. (13 rolls microfilm; 2,998 photographs)

Katherine Pettit Papers (1899-1937)
Correspondence, narrative reports, and published accounts documenting Pettit’s efforts during the summers of 1899-1901, that led to the 1902 founding of Hindman Settlement School in Knott County, Kentucky. 2 ms boxes

James Still Papers (1940-2001)
Correspondence, typescript poetry and prose, clippings and photographs documenting the life and work of Eastern Kentucky writer, James Still. (8 ms boxes)

Josiah Combs Collection (1910-1960)
Typescript of writings and collected folklore by Knott County, Kentucky, native and noted folklore scholar, Josiah Combs. Topics include ballads and songs, Appalachian linguistics and scatology. (3 ms boxes)