Highlander Folk School (Monteagle, Tenn.)

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Recordings (1954-1960) of folk music and of workshops on leadership, integration and voter registration conducted by the school, including a 1956 integration workshop with comments by Rosa Parks on Martin Luther King and the Montgomery bus boycott. Included are performances by Folk School students, Zilphia Horton, Pete Seeger, Guy Carawan, Jack Elliott, Frank Hamilton, and May Justus. Also, a radio interview (ca. 1960) with Septima Clark and school founder Myles Horton.

From the description of Highlander Folk School Audio Collection. (Auburn University). WorldCat record id: 27051846

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referencedIn Elkuss, Mary, 1915-. Oral history interview with Mary Elkuss, 1978. Wayne State University. Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs
referencedIn Emil Schwarzhaupt Foundation. Papers, 1945-1987 Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library,
referencedIn Rabin, Jack, 1945-. Jack Rabin collection on Alabama civil rights and southern activists, 1941-2004 (bulk 1956-1974). Pennsylvania State University Libraries
referencedIn Jenkins, Esau, 1910-1972. Esau Jenkins papers, ca. 1964-2003. College of Charleston, Marlene and Nathan Addlestone Library
referencedIn Woodward, Comer McDonald, 1874-1960. Comer McDonald Woodward papers, 1892-1942. Emory University. Special Collections and Archives
referencedIn Austin, Aleine. Oral History of the American Left. Oral histories, 1980-1982. Churchill County Museum
referencedIn Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Program Director Andrew Young files, 1961-1964. Martin Luther King, Jr., Memorial Center
referencedIn Baldwin, William H. (William Henry), b. 1891. Papers, 1886-1980. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
referencedIn The Nation, records, 1879-1974 (inclusive), 1920-1955 (bulk). Houghton Library
referencedIn Phenix, Lucy Massie. "You got to move" research files, 1979-1983. Wisconsin Historical Society Archives
referencedIn Edmund Lee Drago papers, ca. 1975-ca. 2005. Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture
referencedIn Hayden, Tom. Papers, 1956-1964. University of Michigan
referencedIn Civil Rights History Project collection Archive of Folk Culture (U.S.)
referencedIn Clark, Septima Poinsette, 1898-1987. Interview [sound recording], 1973. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
referencedIn American Labor Education Service. Records, 1921-1961. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
referencedIn Shipp, Bill,. Bill Shipp oral history interview, 1987 Apr. 22. Georgia State University
referencedIn Tefferteller, Ralph (Ralph B.). Tefferteller papers, 1928-1987. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
referencedIn Daniel, Franz E., 1904-1976. Franz E. Daniel papers, 1890-1976, (bulk 1936-1948, 1963-1976). Wayne State University. Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs
creatorOf Highlander Folk School (Monteagle, Tenn.). Photographs. Tennessee State Library & Archives, TSLA
referencedIn Program in Conflict Management Alternatives (University of Michigan) records, 1983-1996 Bentley Historical Library
referencedIn Durr, Virginia Foster. Papers, 1919-1991 (inclusive). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Ralph and Ruth Tefferteller papers, 1928-1988 University of Minnesota Libraries. Social Welfare History Archives
creatorOf United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Highlander Folk School: FBI file, 1936-1972. Cornell University Library
referencedIn Alexander A. Liveright Papers, 1934-1969, 1956-1969 Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center
referencedIn Papers of Virginia Foster Durr, 1919-2007 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Austin, Aleine. Aleine Austin papers, 1940-1991. Johns Hopkins University, Sheridan Libraries and the Milton S. Eisenhower Library
referencedIn Virginia State Industrial Union Council. Papers : 1928-1957. Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library
referencedIn Horton, Myles, 1905-1990. Papers, 1851-1990. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
referencedIn Bernice V. Robinson papers, 1957-1985 (bulk 1960-1980). Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture
referencedIn Carmack, Edward Ward, 1899-1972. Papers, 1851-1968. Tennessee State Library & Archives, TSLA
referencedIn Emil Schwarzhaupt Foundation. Records, 1945-1987. University of Chicago Library
referencedIn Mason, Lucy Randolph, 1882-1959. Papers, 1917-1954. Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library
creatorOf Johnson, Lillian Wyckoff, 1864-1956. Papers, 1879-1970. Western Reserve Historical Society, Research Library
creatorOf Highlander Folk School (Monteagle, Tenn.). Correspondence with Theodore Dreiser, 1939-1941. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
creatorOf Highlander Research and Education Center. Highlander Research and Education Center records, 1917-2005. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
creatorOf Highlander Folk School (Monteagle, Tenn.). Highlander Folk School Audio Collection. Auburn University.
referencedIn Moore, Ray,. Ray Moore oral history interview, 1987 June 18. Georgia State University
referencedIn Horton, Zilphia, 1910-1956. Zilphia Horton folk music collection, 1935-1956. Tennessee State Library & Archives, TSLA
referencedIn Hayden, Tom. Tom Hayden papers, 1956-1964. University of Michigan
referencedIn Highlander Research and Education Center Collection, 1937-1948 and undated University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Folklife Collection.
referencedIn Papers, 1892-1990 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Septima P. Clark papers, ca. 1910-ca. 1990. Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture
creatorOf Highlander Folk School (Monteagle, Tenn.). Correspondence with Marian Anderson, 1960. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
referencedIn Parker, Ethelyn Murray, 1895-1995. Ethelyn Murray Parker papers, ca. 1899-1992 (bulk 1920-1980). College of Charleston, Marlene and Nathan Addlestone Library
referencedIn Polier, Justine Wise, 1903-1987. Papers, 1892-1990 (inclusive). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
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associatedWith American Labor Education Service. corporateBody
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associatedWith Baldwin, William H. (William Henry), b. 1891. person
associatedWith Carawan, Guy. person
associatedWith Carmack, Edward Ward, 1899-1972. person
associatedWith Clark, Septima Poinsette, 1898-1987. person
associatedWith Daniel, Franz E., 1904-1976. person
associatedWith Dombrowski, James A. 1897-1983. person
associatedWith Drago, Edmund L. person
associatedWith Durr, Virginia Foster. person
associatedWith Elkuss, Mary, 1915- person
associatedWith Elliott, Jack, 1931- person
associatedWith Emil Schwarzhaupt Foundation. corporateBody
associatedWith Hamilton, Frank. person
associatedWith Hayden, Tom. person
associatedWith Hayden, Tom. person
associatedWith Highlander Research and Education Center. corporateBody
associatedWith Highlander Research and Education Center (Knoxville, Tenn.) corporateBody
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associatedWith Horton, Zilphia, 1910-1956. person
associatedWith Jenkins, Esau, 1910-1972. person
associatedWith Johnson, Lillian Wyckoff, 1864-1956. person
associatedWith JUSTINE (WISE) POLIER, 1903-1987 person
associatedWith Justus, May, 1898-1989. person
associatedWith King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968. person
associatedWith Liveright, A. A. (Alexander Albert), 1907- person
associatedWith Mason, Lucy Randolph, 1882-1959. person
associatedWith Moore, Ray, person
associatedWith National Museum of African American History and Culture (U.S.) corporateBody
correspondedWith Nation (New York, N.Y. : 1865). corporateBody
associatedWith Parker, Ethelyn Murray, 1895-1995. person
associatedWith Parks, Rosa, 1913-2005. person
associatedWith Phenix, Lucy Massie. person
associatedWith Polier, Justine Wise, 1903-1987. person
associatedWith Rabin, Jack, 1945- person
associatedWith Robinson, Bernice, 1914-1994. person
associatedWith Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962. person
associatedWith Seeger, Pete, 1919- person
associatedWith Shipp, Bill, person
associatedWith Southern Christian Leadership Conference. corporateBody
associatedWith Tefferteller, Ralph person
associatedWith Tefferteller, Ralph (Ralph B.) person
associatedWith Tefferteller, Ruth person
associatedWith United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation. corporateBody
associatedWith University of Michigan. Program in Conflict Management Alternatives. corporateBody
associatedWith Virginia State Industrial Union Council. corporateBody
associatedWith Wilson, Leon. person
associatedWith Woodward, Comer McDonald, 1874-1960. person
Place Name Admin Code Country
Montgomery (Ala.)
Southern States
United States
Tennessee
Alabama--Montgomery
Subject
Adult education
African Americans
African Americans
African Americans
Civil rights movement
Civil rights workers
College students
Community leadership
Folk music
Folk songs, English
Labor and laboring classes
Music
Music in education
Political leadership
Race relations
School integration
Segregation
Segregation in transportation
Songs
Voter registration
Working class
Working class
Workshops (Adult education)
Occupation
Activity

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