Myles Horton Papers, 1851-1990

Contents List

Container Title
Mss 831
Series: Personal and Family Material
Box   1
Folder   1
Aimee (Aimee M. Isgrig Horton), 1961-1989
Box   1
Folder   2
Autobiographical statements, 194?, undated
Box   1
Folder   3
Biographical and historical clippings
Box   1
Folder   4
Biographical miscellany
Tape 1271A
No.   1
“Horton went a courtin'“ biographical tribute by Elizabeth McCommon, 1982
Mss 831
Box   1
Folder   5
“Black dutch” expression, undated
Box   1
Folder   6
Children, 1960s-1970s
Class notes
Box   1
Folder   7
Abnormal psychology, undated
Box   1
Folder   8
American labor history, undated
Box   1
Folder   9
Bible quotes
Box   1
Folder   10
Economics, undated
Box   1
Folder   11
Juvenile abnormal cases, undated
Box   1
Folder   12
Social pathology re Oneida community, undated
Box   1
Folder   13
Death and living will, 1985, undated
Box   1
Folder   14
Diaries and engagements calendars, 1921, 1923, 1928, 1990, undated
Early career papers
Box   1
Folder   15
City preachers research, 1931
Church surveys
Box   1
Folder   16
General material
Box   1
Folder   17-18
Interview reports (Alpha by community)
Box   17
Mental hospital reports, 1930
Box   2
Folder   1
YMCA State secretary reports, 1928-1929
Box   2
Folder   2
Falls family, undated
Box   2
Folder   3
Family correspondence and deeds, 1851-1887
Box   2
Folder   4
Honors, 1982, undated
Box   2
Folder   5
Horton family, undated
Interviews
Box   2
Folder   6-7
, 1964-1965 (Ben Sweet)
Box   2
Folder   8-10
, 1966-1968 (James Coleman)
Box   2
Folder   11
, 1970 (with Alice Cobb)
Box   2
Folder   12
1971
Box   2
Folder   13-14
, 1976 (UNC Southern Labor History Project)
Box   2
Folder   15
, 1978 (Studs Terkel)
Box   2
Folder   16-22
1979-1989, undated
Box   3
Folder   1-3
Undated (Frank Adams)
Tape 1271A
Recorded interviews
No.   6-7
1982-1985, undated, Interviews of Aleine Austin
Scope and Content Note: About Highlander, its relation with radicals, and Horton's educational philosophy.
No.   9
, Undated Interview by Jan Fritz (?)
Scope and Content Note: Concerning Horton's education, particularly his recollections of the University of Chicago Department of Sociology.
Mss 831
Box   3
Folder   4
Mother's memorials, 1978
Box   3
Folder   5
Namesakes, 1987-1989
Box   3
Folder   6
Property, 1942-1975
Box   3
Folder   7
Shortwave radio favorite frequencies, undated
Box   3
Folder   8
Zilphia (MFH letters to ZH), 1935-1946, undated
Series: Speeches and Writings
Box   3
Folder   9-19
1928, 1944, 1961-1978
Box   3
Folder   20
, 1980 (Appalachia and the Third World conference)
Box   3
Folder   21
, 1983 (Grundtvig conference)
Box   3
Folder   22-23
1986, undated
Box   4
Folder   1
, 1989 (The Long Haul)
Box   4
Folder   2
Notes
Box   4
Folder   3
Miscellaneous writings
Box   4
Folder   4
Poetry
Tape 1271A
Recordings
No.   4
, 1981? Dictated commentary by MFH for an unidentified speech or article
No.   5
, 1982? Dictated remarks probably associated with his appointment to the Gamaliel chair
No.   2-3
, 1987 Recorded remarks and discussion for a literary workshop at the University of Tennessee
Mss 831
Box   4
Folder   5
Stories
Series: Correspondence
Name files
Box   4
Folder   6
Barndt, Deborah, undated
Box   4
Folder   7
Benseman, John, 1984-1988
Box   4
Folder   9
Garant, Mikel, 1988-1989
Box   4
Folder   8
Glen, John (and Tom Ludwig), 1986-1987
Box   4
Folder   10
Graves, Bingham, 1978-1986, undated
Box   4
Folder   11
Gregory, Judy, 1980-1981
Box   4
Folder   12
Hall, Budd (re Jack London), 1988
Box   4
Folder   13
Horton, Tom and Ann, 1987-1988
Box   4
Folder   14
Jehnsen, David (includes paper re Grundtvig), 1985-1986
Box   4
Folder   15
Johnson, Lee, 1982-1984
Box   4
Folder   16
Kaltoft, Gwendolyn (include chapters re music at Highlander), 1988
Box   4
Folder   17
Kennedy, William, 1980-1981
Note: Includes article “Highlander Praxis”; see also 1976 interviews.
Box   4
Folder   18
Kohl, Erica (journal of visit to Highlander), 1989)
Box   4
Folder   19
Kristensen, Jonie and Kurt, 1984-1987
Box   4
Folder   20
London, Jack, 1977-1978
Box   5
Folder   1
Lugones, Maria, 1984
Box   5
Folder   2
Meizrow, Jack (includes paper on critical theory), 1979-1980
Box   5
Folder   3
Morris, David (includes writing on Highlander), 1976-1981
Box   5
Folder   4
Neibuhr, Ursula and Christopher, 1981-1989
Box   5
Folder   5
Olendorf, Sandra, (includes citizenship schools dissertation proposal), 1986-1989
Phoenix, Lucy
Box   5
Folder   6
Highlander film project, 1980
Box   5
Folder   7
You Got to Move, 1986
Box   5
Folder   8
Phillips, Marion, 1987
Box   5
Folder   9
Sapp, Hubert, Memo and notes, 1989
Box   5
Folder   10
Schultz, Ruth and Bud, 1989
Box   5
Folder   11
Smith, Mike and Trish, 1986-1988
Box   5
Folder   12
Stalwick/Gree, 1989
Box   5
Folder   13
Vick, Ann, 1983-1986
Box   5
Folder   13
Alaska paper, 1986
Box   5
Folder   13
White, Dale and Tish, 1985-1988
General correspondence
Box   6
Folder   1
1930-1931
Box   6
Folder   2
1933
Box   6
Folder   3
1937
Box   6
Folder   4
1945
Box   6
Folder   5
1951
Box   6
Folder   6
1958
Box   6
Folder   7
1961
Box   6
Folder   8
1968-1969
Box   6
Folder   9
1971-1972
Box   6
Folder   10
1976
Box   6
Folder   11
1978-1979
Box   6
Folder   12-13
1980-1981
Box   6
Folder   14-23
1983-1988
Box   7
Folder   1-2
1989
Box   7
Folder   3-4
Undated
Series: Travel
Box   7
Folder   5-6
Alaska, 1986
Box   7
Folder   7
Brazil, 1978, 1988
Box   7
Folder   8
China, 1975-1978, 1989
Tape 1271A
No.   10
Meeting, circa 1978, between Horton and group from Promoting Enduring Peace with a commune in Shanghai
Mss 831
Box   7
Folder   9-10
Cuba, 1959, 1977-1978
Box   7
Folder   11
Denmark, circa 1931
Box   7
Folder   12
France, 1979
Box   7
Folder   13
Galapagos/Peru, 1979, 1988
Box   8
Folder   1
India, 1985
Box   8
Folder   2-3
Mexico, 1962, 1980
Box   8
Folder   4
New Zealand, 1986
Nicaragua
Box   8
Folder   5-7
Correspondence, 1977-1988, undated
Box   8
Folder   8
Popular Education Conference, 1983
Box   8
Folder   9
Witness for Peace observer of elections, 1984
Tape 1271A
No.   11
Recorded meeting, January 8, 1987, between Nicaraguan education minister and Highlander delegation
Mss 831
Box   9
Folder   1-2
Miscellany
Box   9
Folder   3
Philippines, 1986
Box   9
Folder   4
South Africa, 1985
Box   9
Folder   5
USSR, 1976
Series: Subject Files
Box   9
Folder   6
ACLU award, 1986, 1989
Box   9
Folder   7
ACWA, 1940-1941
Box   9
Folder   8
Adult education, undated
Box   9
Folder   9
Adult education and the Cold War, 1988
Box   9
Folder   10
Alinsky, Saul, 1956
Box   9
Folder   11
Alternative School Conference, undated
Box   9
Folder   12
Appalachia workshops and Highlander program, 1964-1977
Box   9
Folder   13
Appalachia Third World Conference, 1985
Box   9
Folder   14
Appalachia handwritten notes, 1969?
Box   9
Folder   15
Baez, Eduardo, southern mountain tour, 1985
Box   9
Folder   15a
Baker, Ella, funeral, 1986
Box   9
Folder   16
Berkeley (and John Hurst), 1980-1985
Box   10
Folder   1
Berkeley (and John Hurst), continued
Box   10
Folder   2
Berryman, Sue E., on secondary education, 1987
Box   10
Folder   3
Birmingham, Meaning of the tragedy of, 1963
Box   10
Folder   4
Bonhoeffer, Dietrich, 1986-1987
Box   10
Folder   5
CIO and Highlander, 1949-1950
Box   10
Folder   6
Capitalism and the individual, undated
Box   10
Folder   7
Chicago literacy conference, 1986
Box   10
Folder   7a
Chicago field report, 1973
Box   10
Folder   8
Chile, 1988
Citizenship schools
Box   10
Folder   9
General, 1961-1987
Box   10
Folder   10
Lemonds paper, 1988
Box   10
Folder   11
Statistical reports, 1963-1964
Box   10
Folder   12
Civil disobedience, 1959
Box   10
Folder   13-14
Civil rights and Highlander, 1957-1989
Box   10
Folder   15
Clark, Septima, tribute, 1988
Box   10
Folder   16
Clinton, Tennessee, undated
Box   10
Folder   17
Cobb, Alice, Statement to board, 1967
Box   10
Folder   18
Community control, 1971
Box   10
Folder   20
Community empowerment, 1986
Box   10
Folder   21
Community school program, undated
Box   10
Folder   19
Conflict management, 1955-1979
Box   10
Folder   22
Contract education, 1971
Box   10
Folder   23
Council of the Southern Mountains, undated
Box   10
Folder   24
Critical theory conference, 1987
Box   10
Folder   25
Crystal City, Texas, 1987
Box   10
Folder   26
Cultural difference, 1969-1983
Box   10
Folder   27
Decision-making process, undated
Box   10
Folder   28
Desegregation workshop, Florence Singleton speech, 1955
Box   10
Folder   29
Dewey, John, 1974, undated
Box   10
Folder   30
Disabilities, 1988
Box   10
Folder   31
Dombrowski, Jim, 1983
Box   10
Folder   32
Dorchester citizenship workshop, circa 1966
Box   11
Folder   1-3
Educational philosophy (Horton notes), undated
Box   11
Folder   4
Education, Technical vs. humanistic, 1971-1983
Box   11
Folder   5
Education and social change, 1986-1988
Box   11
Folder   6
Elders, Traditional circle, 1986-1987
Box   11
Folder   7
Experimental learning, undated
Box   11
Folder   8
Experts' role, undated
Box   11
Folder   9
Extra schooling, undated
Box   11
Folder   10
First Christmas by Dickman, 1983
Box   11
Folder   11
Folk high school, undated
Box   11
Folder   12
Folk School Association conference, 1977-1978
Box   11
Folder   13
Folk school process, undated
Box   11
Folder   14
Folk schools in Holland, 1955
Box   11
Folder   15
Freire, Paulo, 1977-1989
Box   11
Folder   16
Global capitalism, undated
Box   11
Folder   17
Goddard College, 1988
Box   11
Folder   18
Grassroots leadership, 1988
Box   11
Folder   19
Grundtvigian influences, 1983-1984
Box   11
Folder   20
Grundy County Crusaders, 1940
Box   12
Folder   1
Helstein (Ralph) memorial, 1979-1985
Highlander
Box   12
Folder   2
Anniversary, 1982
Box   12
Folder   3
Buildings, undated
Box   12
Folder   4
Closing, 1961
Box   12
Folder   5
Early history documents and notes, 1932-1933
Box   12
Folder   6
Hille (Waldemar) resignation, 1943
Box   12
Folder   7-8
History
Box   12
Folder   9-10
Minutes, 1955-1956, 1965-1968
Box   12
Folder   11
Miscellaneous references
Box   12
Folder   12
Mission and rechartering, 1949-1987
Box   12
Folder   13-14
Proposals, undated
Box   12
Folder   15
References to printed sources in Highlander files, compiled 1989
Box   12
Folder   16
Staff, 1968-1989
Box   12
Folder   17
Workshop, 1958
Box   12
Folder   18
“How to Think” course, 1933-1934
Box   12
Folder   19
International Council for Adult Education, 1982
Box   12
Folder   20
IDEAS workshop, 1971
Box   12
Folder   21
International miscellany
Box   12
Folder   22
International People's College (Denmark), 1986-1988
Box   12
Folder   23
International visitors to HFS, undated
Box   13
Folder   1
Jenkins, Esau, 1962
Box   13
Folder   2
Job redefinition, 1968
Box   13
Folder   3
Johnson (Lilian) scrapbook, 1902-1965
Box   13
Folder   4
Justus, May, 1949-1989
Box   13
Folder   5
Kellogg Center, 1989
Box   13
Folder   6
King, Martin Luther, 1957, 1985-1986
Box   13
Folder   7
Kohl, Herbert, undated
Box   13
Folder   8
Labor and religion project, 1980-1981
Box   13
Folder   9
Labor education program, undated
Box   13
Folder   10
Leadership, 1954, 1975
Box   13
Folder   11
Leaders, Functional, 1971
Box   13
Folder   12
Lewis, Helen Matthews, 1986, undated
Box   13
Folder   13
Local Association of Mediocre Education, 1989
Box   13
Folder   14
Long, Huey, 1934
Box   13
Folder   15
Mamaweatoskitak at Highlander, 1988
Box   13
Folder   16
Manual (Notes), undated
Box   13
Folder   17
Marrowbone Folk School and workshop, 1968, 1970
Box   13
Folder   18
Marxism and socialism, 1978-1985
Box   13
Folder   19
Meiklejohn Civil Liberties Institute, 1978-1983
Box   13
Folder   20
Military spending vs. employment, 1980-1982
Box   13
Folder   21
Movement for Economic Justice, undated
Box   13
Folder   22
Music (includes Sowing on the Mountain), undated
Box   13
Folder   23
Native Americans, 1973-1980
Box   13
Folder   24
Nashville sit-ins (HFS workshop), 1960
Box   13
Folder   25
Niebuhr, Reinhold, 1987
Box   14
Folder   1
Nobel nomination, 1983
Box   14
Folder   2
Organizing, 1968
Box   14
Folder   3
Oral history (unidentified)
Box   14
Folder   4
Parks, Rosa, 1955-1989
Box   14
Folder   5
Participatory research, undated
Box   14
Folder   6
Poverty, Teachers Institute on, 1989
Box   14
Folder   7
Powerlessness, 1969
Box   14
Folder   8
Reforms, undated
Box   14
Folder   9
Residential education, 1961-1968
Box   14
Folder   10
Riverside racism workshop, 1981
Box   14
Folder   11
Reimer, Everett, 1972-1982
Box   14
Folder   12
Rural Coalition, 1986
Box   14
Folder   13
Robinson, Bernice, 1962, 1979, undated
Box   14
Folder   14
Schooling, undated
Box   14
Folder   15
Selma to Montgomery March memo, 1956
Box   14
Folder   16
Smith, Lillian, 1985
Box   14
Folder   17
Social change and human nature, undated
Box   14
Folder   18
Social justice, 1970-1986
Box   14
Folder   19-20
Social movements, 1966, 1971
Box   14
Folder   21
Social movement workshop, 1971
Box   14
Folder   22
Socialism and the individual, undated
Box   14
Folder   23
South Carolina voters workshop, undated
Box   14
Folder   24
Summerfield study materials, 1939
Box   14
Folder   25
Summerfield Nursery School, 1938-1939
Box   14
Folder   27
Tennessee Valley Authority, 1983
Box   14
Folder   26
Textile Workers Unions of America, undated
Box   14
Folder   28
Ulster Peoples College, 1985-1988
Box   14
Folder   29
Union Theological Seminary reunion, 1982
Box   15
Folder   1
United Packinghouse Workers, 1951, 1981
Box   15
Folder   2
United Packinghouse Workers and worker education paper by Jeff Zacharakis-Jutz, 1988
Box   15
Folder   3
UW-Milwaukee Gamaliel Chair, 1980-1983
Box   15
Folder   4
WE (Adult education paper), undated
Box   15
Folder   5
“We Shall Overcome” film project, 1987
Box   15
Folder   6
Weaver court case, 1968-1969
Box   15
Folder   7
West, Don, 1932-1933
Box   15
Folder   8
Williams (Hosea) oral history, 1962
Box   15
Folder   9
Women in the civil rights movements, 1980, 1987
Box   15
Folder   10
Women's liberation, 1983
Box   15
Folder   11
Workplace democracy, 1980
Series: Zilphia Horton Papers
Box   15
Folder   12
Biographical miscellany, 1980, undated
Box   15
Folder   13
Correspondence, General, 1935-1948
Box   15
Folder   14-17
Correspondence to MFH, 1935-1952
Box   15
Folder   18
Death and memorial letters, 1956
Box   15
Folder   19
Diary, 1935
Box   15
Folder   20
Drama, 1935-1941
Box   15
Folder   21
Drawings of Monteagle, undated
Box   15
Folder   22
Non-fiction, undated
Box   16
Folder   1
Music, undated
Box   18
Folder   1
Music, continued
Box   16
Folder   2
Poems, undated
Box   16
Folder   3
Stories, undated