Summary Information
Myles Horton Papers
1851-1990
Mss 831; Tape 1271A
6.6 c.f. (17 archives boxes and 1 flat box) and 11 tape recordings
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)
Papers, mainly 1921-1990, of Myles Horton, the founder-director of the Highlander Folk School (later known as the Highlander Research and Education Center) in Monteagle, Tennessee, largely documenting his career before and after his association with the school. Included are personal and family materials including extensive oral histories about Highlander, labor history, civil rights, and other topics; speeches and writings (some available in recorded form); a copy of The Long Haul, his autobiography; correspondence with May Justus, Rosa Parks, and other Highlander staff and students; information pertaining to travel to Nicaragua and other countries in pursuit of his interest in adult education; diaries relating to his education at Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tennessee; genealogical information about the Horton Family; and papers of his first wife, Zilphia Mae Horton, a singer and noted collector of folk music. Extensive subject files compiled to supplement his travel, writings, and public speaking contain references to Paulo Freire, Nikolai Grundtvig, Huey Long, and others. Among the early career materials are surveys of churches in McHenry County, Illinois and a folder of restricted reports on mental patients admitted to the Worcester State Hospital in Massachusetts. A scrapbook documenting the efforts of Lilian Wyckoff Johnson, the original owner of the Highlander property, about her efforts to establish a college for women contains correspondence from John Dewey, Frederick Jackson Turner, and Woodrow Wilson.
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Biography/History
Myles Falls Horton, the founder-director of the Highlander Folk School and a noted adult educator, was born on July 9, 1905 in Savannah, Tennessee, the son of Perry and Elsie Falls Horton. After an upbringing that stressed religion, education, and concern for the less fortunate, Horton entered Cumberland University in Lebanon, Tennessee in 1924. During the summer of 1927 he directed a Presbyterian Bible school, and the experience prompted him to think about establishing his own adult education program. After his graduation in 1928 Horton worked as the student secretary for the state YMCA. In 1929 he entered Union Theological Seminary where his thinking was greatly influenced by Reinhold Niebuhr. In the fall of 1930 he began classes at University of Chicago Graduate School of Sociology to study with Robert E. Park.
In 1931 an acquaintance suggested to Horton that he should visit Denmark to study the residential folk schools that had been established there as a result of the work of Nikolai Grundtvig. After his return to the United States in 1932 Horton and Don West established the Highlander Folk School in Monteagle, Tennessee, to train economically-disadvantaged residents of the area for leadership roles. From that point until his retirement in 1970, Horton's personal biography and his influence on a generation of labor organizers and civil rights activists was virtually synonymous with the history of the Highlander. (A brief overview of this history is included in the descriptive register to the Highlander records held by the Historical Society, as well as in numerous books and articles, some of which are included in the Horton Papers.)
After his retirement as director in 1970, Horton continued to be actively involved with Highlander, but he also devoted himself to the interests of adult education generally. During the 1970s and 1980s he traveled extensively to study education and the economic and political parallels between Appalachia and the undeveloped nations of the Third World.
Horton married Zilphia May Johnson; she died on April 11, 1956. A second marriage to Aimee Isgrig ended in divorce. Myles Horton died as a result of a brain tumor in January 19, 1990.
Arrangement of the Materials
The Horton Papers are arranged as PERSONAL AND FAMILY MATERIAL, SPEECHES AND WRITINGS, CORRESPONDENCE, TRAVEL RECORDS, SUBJECT FILES, and ZILPHIA HORTON PAPERS.
Scope and Content Note
The Myles Horton Papers at the State Historical Society of Wisconsin is one of several archival collections documenting Horton's career and influence. In addition to this collection, the Highlander Center holds a group of Horton papers. The relationship between the two collections is unknown, however. The Highlander records at SHSW and at the University of Tennessee also contain extensive information about Horton's career, influence, and personal life.
The Horton Papers in this collection largely consist of personal and career materials that predate the establishment of Highlander in 1932 and that postdate his retirement in 1970, with the majority of the documentation dating from the mid-1960s through 1990. Although the collection essentially documents his work before and after Highlander, it is of value to researchers interested in that institution, for Horton was repeatedly contacted by historians for information on topics related to the civil rights movement, labor, and education, as well as to Highlander itself. The collection also includes a subject file in which Horton occasionally included original or Xerox copies of early Highlander documents.
Unfortunately, the usefulness of the Horton Papers is hampered by the fact that a substantial portion consists of handwritten draft material and notes that are unidentified and difficult to read. This same problem plagues some of the outgoing correspondence where the illegibility of Horton's handwriting is compounded by the poor quality of the Xerox copies he made of his outgoing letters.
The PERSONAL AND FAMILY MATERIAL consists of general biographical information, documentation relating to his career before he established Highlander, and information about his family. Included are letters to his first wife, a resume and some writings of his second wife; biographical and historical clippings; brief autobiographical statements; interviews; and genealogical material relating to the Falls and Horton families. Also filed here is information relating to the house given to the Hortons by Highlander in partial compensation for their years of unsalaried work.
Myles' correspondence to Zilphia consists of handwritten and typed personal letters. Most of the letters are undated, although many are thought to date from the early years of their marriage. Zilphia's letters to Myles, as well as her other papers, are part of a separate series described below. The information about Horton's second wife is also fragmentary, consisting primarily of material relating to her own research on Highlander.
Myles Horton was the frequent subject of interviews and oral histories about Highlander, adult education, and other related topics, and many of these are included in the collection. Over time Horton tended to repeat the same historical information and anecdotes, but his longer interviews are quite useful. The interviews include discussions with wife Aimee (1966), the Southern Labor History Program at the University of North Carolina, Frank Adams, and Studs Terkel. Horton's published interview with Bill Moyers is available in the SHSW Library.
Most useful among the diaries are two documents (both dated 1928--one probably incorrectly--and both incomplete) which contain brief entries about his studies at Cumberland College. Several folders of typed and handwritten notes concerning abnormal psychology, economics, etc. are unidentified but thought to date to Horton's study either at the University of Chicago or Union Theological Seminary. Similarly unidentified are several folders of reports on interviews conducted by Horton and others with several Protestant congregations in McHenry County, Illinois, 1930-1931. (The precise purpose of this research is unexplained either in the collection or in The Long Haul.) Also part of the early career materials are confidential reports on patients at Worcester State Hospital that Horton prepared during his work as a chaplain in 1930.
SPEECHES AND WRITINGS is a chronologically-arranged file. Except for a speech delivered to some Tennessee Presbyterians in 1928 and a 1944 article, the documentation begins in 1961. It ends with a printed copy of The Long Haul, the autobiography Horton wrote with Herbert and Judith Kohl. Other materials filed here (handwritten notes, miscellaneous writings, poetry, and stories) are arranged alphabetically by type. Although they are undated, the handwritten material filed as “Miscellaneous writings” are thought to relate to the religious work Horton did in Tennessee during the late 1920s. (Researchers should also consult the subject files for some scattered additional remarks and handwritten notes that were probably used as the basis for informal remarks.)
The CORRESPONDENCE is divided into an alphabetical name file and a chronologically-arranged general file. Correspondents in the name file typically include people Horton met during his travels; individuals who had attended workshops at Highlander; and students researching and writing on Highlander, adult education, and related topics. One such file that contains exchanges with historian John Glen (as well as with Tom Ludwig and other Highlander staff) concerns Glen's controversial interpretation of the circumstances surrounding the death of Zilphia Horton.
The general correspondence contains scattered items, 1930-1979, with the majority dating from the years 1985 through 1989. Among the interesting early items is a 1930 note from Fannia Cohn of the Garment Workers Union in New York City which thanked Horton for his support during a strike, a letter from Perry Horton expressing satisfaction over his son's decision to dedicate his life to helping others, and a 1933 note from John Dewey endorsing the objectives of the Highlander Folk School. A 1937 letter to writer Louis Adamic contains background information about Highlander, and an isolated 1958 letter to a Horton relative provides an interesting view of activities at the school during that period. One undated (but early) letter may have been written by Don West.
The later correspondence in the collection came primarily from people who met Horton during travel, from people requesting interviews or from organizations inviting him as a speaker. Only a few items in the correspondence of this period relate to contemporary matters at Highlander. This type of correspondence, although brief and personal in content, generally indicates Horton's influence and the high regard in which he was held. Of special interest among the letters thanking Horton for hospitality are several 1983 notes from Pete Seeger.
The TRAVEL RECORDS, which are alphabetically arranged by country, primarily document the trips Horton made in behalf of adult education after his retirement, although the collection also includes postcards relating to his travel in Denmark in 1931 and a few items pertaining to a 1959 trip to Cuba. The travel files vary greatly in extent and completeness. Some contain little more than itineraries and lists of potential contacts, while others contain correspondence, unusual publications, notes on background reading, and summaries of his observations. The correspondence in the Nicaragua file is particularly extensive, dating from 1977 to 1988. These files include papers relating to the popular education conference Horton attended in 1983, information about his work as an observer for Witness for Peace in 1984 election, and a tape recording of the 1987 meeting which took place between a Highlander delegation and Fernando Cardenal, the Nicaraguan minister of education. Also of interest is a transcribed interview with Brazilian opposition workers in 1978; a report by Aleine Austin on her visit to China with a Highlander group (also including her comments on the place of “We Shall Overcome” in the Democratic reform movement in China); a report on Peru written by Helen (last name unknown) for the Highlander staff; a transcribed diary of Horton's 1978 trip to Cuba that was organized by Promoting Enduring Peace; and extensive notes on a 1985 visit to South Africa.
The SUBJECT FILES were received from the donor in considerable disorder and in poor physical condition. As a result, much of the current arrangement was established in the archives. Whenever possible, however, folder titles used by Horton (such as “capitalism and the individual,” “community empowerment,” “conflict management”) were utilized. The folders variously contain handwritten and typed notes, correspondence, speeches and papers by Horton and others, annotated references to readings, and some documents relating to the history of Highlander.
Of particular interest among the files relating to Highlander are those on the citizenship schools, the relationship with the CIO, the beginnings of the Appalachia program, the Summerfield Nursery School, and many workshops. There are also transcriptions of several staff and board meetings that are not included in the Highlander Records (March 3-4, 1956; May 14, 1965; and Spring, 1968). Several staff and former students, including Esau Jenkins, May Justus, Rosa Parks, Bernice Robinson, Don West, and Hosea Williams, are prominently represented here by correspondence, oral history interviews (these are apparently copies of originals at the Tennessee State Library and Archives), and other materials. However, Martin Luther King, Jr., who was prominently associated with Highlander, is only represented by material relating to his historical reputation rather than by primary documentation.
Among the educational files of interest are those on decision making, educational philosophy, and participatory research. Several folders relate to Horton's relationship with John Hurst and the Peace and Conflict program at Berkeley. Also of interestsophy, and participatory research. Several folders relate to Horton's relationship with John Hurst and the Peace and Conflict program at Berkeley. Also of interest in the subject files is the dismantled scrapbook of Lilian Wyckoff Johnson, the original owner of the property that became Highlander, concerning her efforts to establish a college for women in the South. Prominent correspondents related to her work include John Dewey, Frederick Jackson Turner, and Woodrow Wilson. There is also interesting information in the subject files concerning Horton's association with Paulo Freire, Huey Long, and Lillian Smith.
The ZILPHIA HORTON PAPERS include biographical information about her musical career; an inventory of her folk music papers at the Tennessee State Library and Archives; poetry, drawings, short stories, and other writings; information about the theater program at Highlander; several folders of personal letters to Myles; and one folder of correspondence with others. Also here is a copy of the mimeographed form letter issued by Myles after Zilphia's sudden death and numerous letters of sympathy that he received in response.
Administrative/Restriction Information
The Worcester State Hospital mental patient reports prepared by Myles Horton (Box 17) may be confidential. As a result, they may be used only by researchers who agree to the SHSW Confidential Use Waiver not to disclose personally identifiable information.
Copyright was transferred to the Wisconsin Historical Society, 1990, by Thorsten Horton.
Presented by Thorsten Horton, Madison, Wisconsin, 1990. Accession Number: M90-388
Processed by Janet Josvai (Intern), 1993.
Contents List
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Mss 831
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Series: Personal and Family Material
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Box
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1
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Aimee (Aimee M. Isgrig Horton), 1961-1989
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Box
1
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2
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Autobiographical statements, 194?, undated
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Box
1
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3
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Biographical and historical clippings
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Box
1
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4
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Biographical miscellany
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Tape 1271A
No.
1
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“Horton went a courtin'“ biographical tribute by Elizabeth McCommon, 1982
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Mss 831
Box
1
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5
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“Black dutch” expression, undated
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Box
1
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6
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Children, 1960s-1970s
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Class notes
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Box
1
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7
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Abnormal psychology, undated
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Box
1
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8
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American labor history, undated
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Box
1
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9
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Bible quotes
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Box
1
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10
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Economics, undated
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Box
1
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11
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Juvenile abnormal cases, undated
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Box
1
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12
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Social pathology re Oneida community, undated
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Box
1
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13
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Death and living will, 1985, undated
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Box
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14
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Diaries and engagements calendars, 1921, 1923, 1928, 1990, undated
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Early career papers
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Box
1
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15
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City preachers research, 1931
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Church surveys
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Box
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16
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General material
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Box
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17-18
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Interview reports (Alpha by community)
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Box
17
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Mental hospital reports, 1930
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Box
2
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1
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YMCA State secretary reports, 1928-1929
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Box
2
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2
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Falls family, undated
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Box
2
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3
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Family correspondence and deeds, 1851-1887
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Box
2
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Honors, 1982, undated
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Box
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5
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Horton family, undated
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Interviews
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Box
2
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6-7
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, 1964-1965 (Ben Sweet)
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Box
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8-10
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, 1966-1968 (James Coleman)
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Box
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11
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, 1970 (with Alice Cobb)
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Box
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12
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1971
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Box
2
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13-14
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, 1976 (UNC Southern Labor History Project)
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Box
2
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15
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, 1978 (Studs Terkel)
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Box
2
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16-22
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1979-1989, undated
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Box
3
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1-3
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Undated (Frank Adams)
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Tape 1271A
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Recorded interviews
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No.
6-7
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1982-1985, undated, Interviews of Aleine Austin
: About Highlander, its relation with radicals, and Horton's educational philosophy.
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No.
9
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, Undated Interview by Jan Fritz (?)
: Concerning Horton's education, particularly his recollections of the University of Chicago Department of Sociology.
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Mss 831
Box
3
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4
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Mother's memorials, 1978
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Box
3
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5
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Namesakes, 1987-1989
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Box
3
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6
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Property, 1942-1975
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Box
3
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7
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Shortwave radio favorite frequencies, undated
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Box
3
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8
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Zilphia (MFH letters to ZH), 1935-1946, undated
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Series: Speeches and Writings
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Box
3
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9-19
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1928, 1944, 1961-1978
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Box
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20
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, 1980 (Appalachia and the Third World conference)
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Box
3
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21
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, 1983 (Grundtvig conference)
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Box
3
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22-23
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1986, undated
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Box
4
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1
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, 1989 (The Long Haul)
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Box
4
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2
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Notes
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Box
4
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3
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Miscellaneous writings
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Box
4
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4
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Poetry
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Tape 1271A
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Recordings
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No.
4
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, 1981? Dictated commentary by MFH for an unidentified speech or article
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No.
5
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, 1982? Dictated remarks probably associated with his appointment to the Gamaliel chair
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No.
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, 1987 Recorded remarks and discussion for a literary workshop at the University of Tennessee
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Mss 831
Box
4
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5
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Stories
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Series: Correspondence
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Name files
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Box
4
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Barndt, Deborah, undated
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Box
4
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7
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Benseman, John, 1984-1988
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Box
4
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9
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Garant, Mikel, 1988-1989
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Box
4
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8
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Glen, John (and Tom Ludwig), 1986-1987
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Box
4
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10
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Graves, Bingham, 1978-1986, undated
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Box
4
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11
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Gregory, Judy, 1980-1981
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Box
4
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12
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Hall, Budd (re Jack London), 1988
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Box
4
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13
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Horton, Tom and Ann, 1987-1988
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Box
4
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14
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Jehnsen, David (includes paper re Grundtvig), 1985-1986
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Box
4
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15
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Johnson, Lee, 1982-1984
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Box
4
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16
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Kaltoft, Gwendolyn (include chapters re music at Highlander), 1988
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Box
4
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17
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Kennedy, William, 1980-1981
: Includes article “Highlander Praxis”; see also 1976 interviews.
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Box
4
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18
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Kohl, Erica (journal of visit to Highlander), 1989)
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Box
4
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Kristensen, Jonie and Kurt, 1984-1987
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Box
4
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20
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London, Jack, 1977-1978
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Box
5
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Lugones, Maria, 1984
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Box
5
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2
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Meizrow, Jack (includes paper on critical theory), 1979-1980
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Box
5
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3
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Morris, David (includes writing on Highlander), 1976-1981
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Box
5
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4
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Neibuhr, Ursula and Christopher, 1981-1989
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Box
5
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5
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Olendorf, Sandra, (includes citizenship schools dissertation proposal), 1986-1989
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Phoenix, Lucy
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Box
5
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6
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Highlander film project, 1980
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Box
5
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7
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You Got to Move, 1986
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Box
5
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8
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Phillips, Marion, 1987
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Box
5
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9
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Sapp, Hubert, Memo and notes, 1989
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Box
5
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10
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Schultz, Ruth and Bud, 1989
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Box
5
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11
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Smith, Mike and Trish, 1986-1988
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Box
5
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12
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Stalwick/Gree, 1989
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Box
5
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13
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Vick, Ann, 1983-1986
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Box
5
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13
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Alaska paper, 1986
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Box
5
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13
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White, Dale and Tish, 1985-1988
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General correspondence
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Box
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1930-1931
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Box
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1933
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Box
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1937
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1945
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1951
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Box
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1958
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1961
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8
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1968-1969
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9
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1971-1972
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Box
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10
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1976
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11
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1978-1979
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Box
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12-13
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1980-1981
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14-23
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1983-1988
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Box
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1989
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Box
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3-4
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Undated
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Series: Travel
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Box
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5-6
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Alaska, 1986
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7
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7
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Brazil, 1978, 1988
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Box
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8
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China, 1975-1978, 1989
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Tape 1271A
No.
10
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Meeting, circa 1978, between Horton and group from Promoting Enduring Peace with a commune in Shanghai
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Mss 831
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9-10
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Cuba, 1959, 1977-1978
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Box
7
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11
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Denmark, circa 1931
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12
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France, 1979
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7
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13
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Galapagos/Peru, 1979, 1988
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India, 1985
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Box
8
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2-3
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Mexico, 1962, 1980
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4
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New Zealand, 1986
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Nicaragua
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5-7
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Correspondence, 1977-1988, undated
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Box
8
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8
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Popular Education Conference, 1983
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8
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9
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Witness for Peace observer of elections, 1984
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Tape 1271A
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Recorded meeting, January 8, 1987, between Nicaraguan education minister and Highlander delegation
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Mss 831
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Miscellany
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Box
9
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Philippines, 1986
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9
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South Africa, 1985
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Box
9
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USSR, 1976
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Series: Subject Files
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Box
9
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ACLU award, 1986, 1989
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Box
9
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7
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ACWA, 1940-1941
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Box
9
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8
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Adult education, undated
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Box
9
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9
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Adult education and the Cold War, 1988
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Box
9
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Alinsky, Saul, 1956
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Box
9
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11
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Alternative School Conference, undated
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Box
9
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12
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Appalachia workshops and Highlander program, 1964-1977
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9
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13
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Appalachia Third World Conference, 1985
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Box
9
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14
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Appalachia handwritten notes, 1969?
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Box
9
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15
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Baez, Eduardo, southern mountain tour, 1985
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Box
9
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Baker, Ella, funeral, 1986
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Box
9
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16
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Berkeley (and John Hurst), 1980-1985
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10
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Berkeley (and John Hurst), continued
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Box
10
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Berryman, Sue E., on secondary education, 1987
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10
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Birmingham, Meaning of the tragedy of, 1963
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10
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Bonhoeffer, Dietrich, 1986-1987
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10
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CIO and Highlander, 1949-1950
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10
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Capitalism and the individual, undated
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10
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Chicago literacy conference, 1986
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10
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Chicago field report, 1973
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10
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Chile, 1988
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Citizenship schools
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Box
10
Folder
9
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General, 1961-1987
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Box
10
Folder
10
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Lemonds paper, 1988
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Box
10
Folder
11
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Statistical reports, 1963-1964
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Box
10
Folder
12
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Civil disobedience, 1959
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Box
10
Folder
13-14
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Civil rights and Highlander, 1957-1989
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Box
10
Folder
15
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Clark, Septima, tribute, 1988
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Box
10
Folder
16
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Clinton, Tennessee, undated
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Box
10
Folder
17
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Cobb, Alice, Statement to board, 1967
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Box
10
Folder
18
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Community control, 1971
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Box
10
Folder
20
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Community empowerment, 1986
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Box
10
Folder
21
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Community school program, undated
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Box
10
Folder
19
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Conflict management, 1955-1979
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Box
10
Folder
22
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Contract education, 1971
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Box
10
Folder
23
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Council of the Southern Mountains, undated
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Box
10
Folder
24
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Critical theory conference, 1987
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Box
10
Folder
25
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Crystal City, Texas, 1987
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Box
10
Folder
26
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Cultural difference, 1969-1983
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Box
10
Folder
27
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Decision-making process, undated
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Box
10
Folder
28
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Desegregation workshop, Florence Singleton speech, 1955
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Box
10
Folder
29
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Dewey, John, 1974, undated
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Box
10
Folder
30
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Disabilities, 1988
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Box
10
Folder
31
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Dombrowski, Jim, 1983
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Box
10
Folder
32
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Dorchester citizenship workshop, circa 1966
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Box
11
Folder
1-3
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Educational philosophy (Horton notes), undated
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Box
11
Folder
4
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Education, Technical vs. humanistic, 1971-1983
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Box
11
Folder
5
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Education and social change, 1986-1988
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Box
11
Folder
6
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Elders, Traditional circle, 1986-1987
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Box
11
Folder
7
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Experimental learning, undated
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Box
11
Folder
8
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Experts' role, undated
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Box
11
Folder
9
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Extra schooling, undated
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Box
11
Folder
10
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First Christmas by Dickman, 1983
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Box
11
Folder
11
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Folk high school, undated
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Box
11
Folder
12
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Folk School Association conference, 1977-1978
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Box
11
Folder
13
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Folk school process, undated
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Box
11
Folder
14
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Folk schools in Holland, 1955
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Box
11
Folder
15
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Freire, Paulo, 1977-1989
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Box
11
Folder
16
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Global capitalism, undated
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Box
11
Folder
17
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Goddard College, 1988
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Box
11
Folder
18
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Grassroots leadership, 1988
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Box
11
Folder
19
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Grundtvigian influences, 1983-1984
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Box
11
Folder
20
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Grundy County Crusaders, 1940
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Box
12
Folder
1
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Helstein (Ralph) memorial, 1979-1985
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Highlander
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Box
12
Folder
2
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Anniversary, 1982
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Box
12
Folder
3
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Buildings, undated
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Box
12
Folder
4
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Closing, 1961
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Box
12
Folder
5
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Early history documents and notes, 1932-1933
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Box
12
Folder
6
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Hille (Waldemar) resignation, 1943
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Box
12
Folder
7-8
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History
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Box
12
Folder
9-10
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Minutes, 1955-1956, 1965-1968
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Box
12
Folder
11
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Miscellaneous references
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Box
12
Folder
12
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Mission and rechartering, 1949-1987
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Box
12
Folder
13-14
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Proposals, undated
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Box
12
Folder
15
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References to printed sources in Highlander files, compiled 1989
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Box
12
Folder
16
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Staff, 1968-1989
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Box
12
Folder
17
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Workshop, 1958
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Box
12
Folder
18
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“How to Think” course, 1933-1934
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Box
12
Folder
19
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International Council for Adult Education, 1982
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Box
12
Folder
20
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IDEAS workshop, 1971
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Box
12
Folder
21
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International miscellany
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Box
12
Folder
22
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International People's College (Denmark), 1986-1988
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Box
12
Folder
23
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International visitors to HFS, undated
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Box
13
Folder
1
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Jenkins, Esau, 1962
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Box
13
Folder
2
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Job redefinition, 1968
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Box
13
Folder
3
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Johnson (Lilian) scrapbook, 1902-1965
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Box
13
Folder
4
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Justus, May, 1949-1989
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Box
13
Folder
5
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Kellogg Center, 1989
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Box
13
Folder
6
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King, Martin Luther, 1957, 1985-1986
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Box
13
Folder
7
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Kohl, Herbert, undated
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Box
13
Folder
8
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Labor and religion project, 1980-1981
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Box
13
Folder
9
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Labor education program, undated
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Box
13
Folder
10
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Leadership, 1954, 1975
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Box
13
Folder
11
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Leaders, Functional, 1971
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Box
13
Folder
12
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Lewis, Helen Matthews, 1986, undated
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Box
13
Folder
13
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Local Association of Mediocre Education, 1989
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Box
13
Folder
14
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Long, Huey, 1934
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Box
13
Folder
15
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Mamaweatoskitak at Highlander, 1988
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Box
13
Folder
16
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Manual (Notes), undated
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Box
13
Folder
17
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Marrowbone Folk School and workshop, 1968, 1970
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Box
13
Folder
18
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Marxism and socialism, 1978-1985
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Box
13
Folder
19
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Meiklejohn Civil Liberties Institute, 1978-1983
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Box
13
Folder
20
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Military spending vs. employment, 1980-1982
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Box
13
Folder
21
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Movement for Economic Justice, undated
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Box
13
Folder
22
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Music (includes Sowing on the Mountain), undated
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Box
13
Folder
23
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Native Americans, 1973-1980
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Box
13
Folder
24
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Nashville sit-ins (HFS workshop), 1960
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Box
13
Folder
25
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Niebuhr, Reinhold, 1987
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Box
14
Folder
1
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Nobel nomination, 1983
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Box
14
Folder
2
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Organizing, 1968
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Box
14
Folder
3
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Oral history (unidentified)
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Box
14
Folder
4
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Parks, Rosa, 1955-1989
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Box
14
Folder
5
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Participatory research, undated
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Box
14
Folder
6
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Poverty, Teachers Institute on, 1989
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Box
14
Folder
7
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Powerlessness, 1969
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Box
14
Folder
8
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Reforms, undated
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Box
14
Folder
9
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Residential education, 1961-1968
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Box
14
Folder
10
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Riverside racism workshop, 1981
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Box
14
Folder
11
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Reimer, Everett, 1972-1982
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Box
14
Folder
12
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Rural Coalition, 1986
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Box
14
Folder
13
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Robinson, Bernice, 1962, 1979, undated
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Box
14
Folder
14
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Schooling, undated
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Box
14
Folder
15
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Selma to Montgomery March memo, 1956
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Box
14
Folder
16
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Smith, Lillian, 1985
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Box
14
Folder
17
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Social change and human nature, undated
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Box
14
Folder
18
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Social justice, 1970-1986
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Box
14
Folder
19-20
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Social movements, 1966, 1971
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Box
14
Folder
21
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Social movement workshop, 1971
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Box
14
Folder
22
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Socialism and the individual, undated
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Box
14
Folder
23
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South Carolina voters workshop, undated
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Box
14
Folder
24
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Summerfield study materials, 1939
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Box
14
Folder
25
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Summerfield Nursery School, 1938-1939
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Box
14
Folder
27
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Tennessee Valley Authority, 1983
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Box
14
Folder
26
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Textile Workers Unions of America, undated
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Box
14
Folder
28
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Ulster Peoples College, 1985-1988
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Box
14
Folder
29
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Union Theological Seminary reunion, 1982
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Box
15
Folder
1
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United Packinghouse Workers, 1951, 1981
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Box
15
Folder
2
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United Packinghouse Workers and worker education paper by Jeff Zacharakis-Jutz, 1988
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Box
15
Folder
3
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UW-Milwaukee Gamaliel Chair, 1980-1983
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Box
15
Folder
4
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WE (Adult education paper), undated
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Box
15
Folder
5
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“We Shall Overcome” film project, 1987
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Box
15
Folder
6
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Weaver court case, 1968-1969
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Box
15
Folder
7
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West, Don, 1932-1933
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Box
15
Folder
8
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Williams (Hosea) oral history, 1962
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Box
15
Folder
9
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Women in the civil rights movements, 1980, 1987
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Box
15
Folder
10
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Women's liberation, 1983
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Box
15
Folder
11
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Workplace democracy, 1980
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Series: Zilphia Horton Papers
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Box
15
Folder
12
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Biographical miscellany, 1980, undated
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Box
15
Folder
13
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Correspondence, General, 1935-1948
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Box
15
Folder
14-17
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Correspondence to MFH, 1935-1952
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Box
15
Folder
18
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Death and memorial letters, 1956
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Box
15
Folder
19
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Diary, 1935
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Box
15
Folder
20
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Drama, 1935-1941
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Box
15
Folder
21
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Drawings of Monteagle, undated
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Box
15
Folder
22
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Non-fiction, undated
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Box
16
Folder
1
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Music, undated
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Box
18
Folder
1
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Music, continued
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Box
16
Folder
2
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Poems, undated
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Box
16
Folder
3
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Stories, undated
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