Merry Christmas from the Jesse Stuart Foundation
Christmas greetings from the Jesse Stuart Foundation
Christmas The glory and the pageantry will pass Into another year’s oblivion Like August evening sounds in meadow grass. Our offerings and songs will linger on. The taste of winter in sharp winds is here, Another year has come and sung its songs; Too [...]
Appalachian Christmas Stories
This book weaves a garland of Christmas experiences for the people of Southern Appalachia. All of us at the Jesse Stuart Foundation hope that each reader will find in these pages the love for others that energizes the true spirit of Christmas. Many friends [...]
Jesse Stuart and the JSF: Reflections on the Past, the Present, and the Future
In 1985, I moved to Ashland to assume the executive and literary leadership of the Jesse Stuart Foundation, an organization that had been created in 1979, five years before Stuart’s death, to manage his literary estate. With assistance from hundreds of people, including Keith [...]
Jesse Stuart and WWII: A Family Goes to War
Eighty-three years ago, on December 7, 1941, Japan’s attack at Pearl Harbor plunged America into a global conflict that had been underway for a little more than two years. Early the following year, Jesse Stuart, nearly 36 with a pregnant wife, tried to enlist [...]
Lt. Governor Coleman visits JSF board
Kentucky Lt. Governor Jacqueline Coleman was a special guest at the Jesse Stuart Foundation's Board of Directors meeting on Sept. 26. Coleman addressed the board about many important topics including the broad benefits of education and literacy. READ THE DAILYINDEPENDENT'S COVERAGE OF THE EVENT [...]
Jesse Stuart Weekend canceled
Due to heavy storm damage in the region and related power outages, the Jesse Stuart Weekend has been canceled. Jesse Stuart Weekend Greenbo Lake State Resort Park September 27-28, 2024 Friday, September 27 9 a.m. to noon: Free Time — Kick [...]
80th anniversary edition of Mongrel Mettle: The Autobiography of a Dog
The JSF has produced a new softback edition of Mongrel Mettle: The Autobiography of a Dog by Jesse Stuart. The book is more than just a dog story – with celebration of America’s melting pot democracy as a significant theme, it’s full of sparkling [...]
Mr. Gallion’s School illustrates importance of school
Education was a calling for Jesse Stuart. In his books he portrays the teacher as a devoted nurturer, an advocate, and a liberator, rescuing children and their families from decline, illiteracy, social decay, or economic instability. “We educate our people or we perish,” he often [...]
Davidson’s mentorship of Stuart latest publishing in Gifford’s continuous work
JSF's CEO & Senior Editor remains very much active in 50-year career Dr. James M. Gifford, the CEO & Senior Editor of the Jesse Stuart Foundation, has an article on Donald Davidson’s mentorship of Jesse Stuart in the current issue of the Tennessee Historical [...]