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Highlander Folk School — Part 3

69 pages · May 10, 2026 · Broad topic: Civil Rights · Topic: Highlander Folk School · 69 pages OCR'd
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Lawrie will return te Hishlander for the six weeks term, and we hope she will bring another New Orleans delegation with her." In an article entitled "A Day et the Nursery Schcol" by Joan Payne, Director, it is indicated that the HIGHLANDER FOLK SCHCOL recpened its nursery schcol for the Summerficld Ccmmunity en May 12, 1941 for its third year. Joan Payne, the Director, is being assisted by Dorot homas cf Summerfield and twelve children ranging in age fron ‘2h to 6 are enrolled with five more planning to start within the next few weeks. Ge 3: :- graphed summary of the activitics and a financial statement cf the HIGHLANDER FOLK SCHCOL for the first six months of 1941. This is sicned by JAMOS DOLBROWSKI as Chairman. This sumiary will be retained in the files cf the Kncexville Field Divisicn and is beine set forth as follcws: "HIGHLANDER aT HOME Residcnee Term: Fourteen stucents attended the session from May le-24. They represented six states and ten labor unions. Feurtcen more attended perticns of the sessich as part time students. Junior Union Camp: The canp torm for werkerst children was Tenrer than lest yearts, ened the enrelbuent was larzor. Twenty three children cf union members, ranjing in sce from 6-15, worked and played at Hichlancer freon June 9-22. «among the paronts cf the young campers the A. F. of L. praccrminnt:id by about tw. te cne. Laber Confercnecs: LoLor's 'Uon-Partitan Leajue held its seecnd Scuthern conference at the schocl ifsy 16-17. Students at the spring term had'the advanta:e cf mecving eighty-one rcpresontatives of twenty-three crranizaticns who attended, and cf hearing the dis- cussions. On June 7-8, the school Sccame headquarters for the annual tri-state institute of the American Federation cf Hosiery workers, In the Sunrorfielt Community: a community garden was starteca under “tne iealersnip (f the school, as part of the Swarerfielc Cicperative which is carrying on its quilt-makins anc developing tne manufacture of clay pottcry malinc, weed carving, drawing, and dress-making, while childron book icssons in clay-medcling and puppet making. A Square Gance croup and a string-band cf young pecple got torether weekly up until the opening of the spring term, and the Summerfield Sacre’ Harp Class held sixteen mectings, uncer the leadership of . Zilphia Herton. The traveling library in Summerfield distributed ~33-
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