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Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Harry E. and Kathryn Ash Carlson Collection of Arthurdale Photographs and Other Material, A&M 3649, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
Biographical / Historical
Harry E. Carlson was born in 1906. He attended Illinois College and received a B.A. from the University of Louisville, KY. He taught for two years (1929-1931) in Illinois and for three (1931-1934) at the Rogers Clark Ballard Memorial School in Louisville. In 1934-5 and 1935-6 he taught at Arthurdale (Reedsville). He and his wife, Kathryn Ash Carlson, were heavily involved in the overall planning and program development for Arthurdale and the school during these two years. Kathryn Carlson grew up in Brooklyn, NY and received a B.A. from Vassar. She and several friends were attracted to the Ballard School and to its head mistress Elsie Clapp in the early 1930s. Harry and Kathryn met at Ballard, marrying in 1932. In 1934-5 they shared a house in Masontown, near the Greer coke ovens with the George Beecher family. In 1935-6 they lived in one of the project houses. Harry made furniture, silver, and copper utensils when at Arthurdale.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
- Arthurdale Homestead Project (1933-1934)
- Carlson, Harry E., b. 1906.