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Highlander Folk School — Part 8

64 pages · May 10, 2026 · Broad topic: Civil Rights · Topic: Highlander Folk School · 64 pages OCR'd
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International Student Service. HORTON stated that GOTHE had been affiliated with the Highlander Folk School in 190; that during this time, he was very much opposed to Fascism and Nazism and at all tines had leaned over back- warcs to express his cisapprovai of IIITLER and HITLER program; that he had impressed hin as being very democratic. HORTON stated, however, that GOTHE did not bear the sentiments out in his daily life and <i at times been very dictatorial in the setting up of his various work camps. HORTON stated that he hac exanined GOTHE's papers from the State Department, the Bureau of Inunigration and the various credentials he had carried, indicating his activities from 1938 to 1940; that all of these had been in perfect order. HORTON stated that GOTHE, after leaving the Highlander Folk School, had taught sociology one year at Black Hountain College in North Carolina in 1941; that the last he had heard of GOTHE was that he was somewhere on the est Coast. HORTON further advised that GOTHE had been a machinist in Germany; that he believed his wife was still living in Germany. , Publication, Highlander Fling, for June, 192. 1 Meno ®To sll the Friends and Supporters of Highlander" concerning P..UL ROBESON concert given at Riverside Stadium, Viashington, D. C., 5-10-42. 1 Report of the activity of the Highlander Folk School at the Tennessce State CIO Comvention. ‘na 7 i 7 i re gt ee Eres st oor ees OS Ean i : rad a . “ vy * al a ob saat 4 a . - . 1 Mincographed sheet entitled "Junior Unicn Casp, Highlander oe Folk School." One copy "The New Orleans Extension Progran" 1 Limeopraphed letter dated Hay 30, 1942 fron HYLES HORTON. - PEW DIN G~- -ll-
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