[Xmca-l] Re: The Highlander Center in Tennessee
Goncu, Artin
goncu@uic.edu
Sun Aug 24 19:57:32 PDT 2014
Yes, this information is much appreciated. ag
On Sun, August 24, 2014 7:29 pm, Andy Blunden wrote:
> Thanks Greg. That does work better. :)
> Very tantalizing for me. I have no doubt that everything I need is in
> those boxes. :)
> Andy
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> *Andy Blunden*
> http://home.pacific.net.au/~andy/
>
>
> Greg Thompson wrote:
>> I think a "d" was missing at the beginning of the link you sent Robert.
>>
>> Here is full link:
>>
>> http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi/f/findaid/findaid-idx?c=wiarchives&cc=wiarchives&type=simple&rgn=Entire+Finding+Aid&q1=myles+horton+papers&location=all&Submit=Search
>> <http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi/f/findaid/findaid-idx?c=wiarchives&cc=wiarchives&type=simple&rgn=Entire+Finding+Aid&q1=myles+horton+papers&location=all&Submit=Search>
>>
>> Fantastic resource!
>>
>> Thanks,
>> greg
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Aug 24, 2014 at 12:13 PM, Robert Lake
>> <boblake@georgiasouthern.edu <mailto:boblake@georgiasouthern.edu>>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Andy and Everyone,
>> Here is the link to the digital archives for Highlander at the
>> University
>> of Wisconsin.
>>
>> igicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi/f/findaid/findaid-idx?c=wiarchives&cc=wiarchives&type=simple&rgn=Entire+Finding+Aid&q1=myles+horton+papers&location=all&Submit=Search
>> <http://igicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi/f/findaid/findaid-idx?c=wiarchives&cc=wiarchives&type=simple&rgn=Entire+Finding+Aid&q1=myles+horton+papers&location=all&Submit=Search>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Aug 24, 2014 at 10:29 AM, Andy Blunden <ablunden@mira.net
>> <mailto:ablunden@mira.net>> wrote:
>>
>> > Robert,
>> > I have a memoir written by Angeline Butler about her time at
>> Highlander in
>> > 1959 before joining SNCC and she reports being taught consensus
>> > decision-making. I know Horton placed a lot of emphasis on
>> forcing students
>> > to make their own decisions, and I have a memoir from an African
>> student at
>> > the International Peoples College at Helsingor on which Horton
>> based
>> > Highlander, which tells of a specific exercise in consensus
>> decision
>> > making. I think it may have come under the heading of "conflict
>> > resolution". What I don't have is any independent corroboration
>> of Angeline
>> > Butler's testimony and nor do Horton's notes about what he learnt
>> at
>> > Helsingor mention conflict resolution or any kind of
>> decision-making.
>> > Mainly about bonding.
>> >
>> > Any thoughts?
>> > Andy
>> >
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> > *Andy Blunden*
>> > http://home.pacific.net.au/~andy/
>> <http://home.pacific.net.au/%7Eandy/>
>> >
>> >
>> > Robert Lake wrote:
>> >
>> >> Hi Andy,
>> >> Yes I do. Start with this .
>> >> http://highlandercenter.org/about-us/history/
>> >>
>> >> And this biography of Myles Horton
>> >>
>> >> http://www.amazon.com/The-Long-Haul-An-Autobiography/dp/0807737003
>> >> and the biography of Septima Clark.
>> >>
>> >> http://www.amazon.com/Freedoms-Teacher-Life-Septima-
>> >> Clark/dp/0807872229/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=
>> >> 1408889271&sr=1-2&keywords=septima+clark <http://www.amazon.com/
>> >> Freedoms-Teacher-Life-Septima-Clark/dp/0807872229/ref=sr_1_
>> >> 2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1408889271&sr=1-2&keywords=septima+clark>
>> >>
>> >> I have written a piece on her as well and will send it this
>> afternoon.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> I think the book We Make the Road by Walking: A dialogue
>> between Myles
>> >> Horton and Paulo Freire
>> >> is one of the best books on both these leaders.
>> >>
>> >> More Later,
>> >> Robert Lake
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> I will send more this afternoon.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Sun, Aug 24, 2014 at 9:31 AM, Andy Blunden
>> <ablunden@mira.net <mailto:ablunden@mira.net> <mailto:
>> >> ablunden@mira.net <mailto:ablunden@mira.net>>> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Does anyone on this list know about the Highlander Center,
>> what
>> >> used to be called the Highlander Folk School?
>> >> The people there are very helpful, but they're also rushed
>> off
>> >> their feet (like everyone, I guess) and if there were any
>> other
>> >> sources of information about it, that would be helpful. I'm
>> >> particularly interested if anyone is familiar with what
>> they were
>> >> doing in the 1950s and 60s.
>> >>
>> >> Andy
>> >> --
>> ------------------------------------------------------------
>> >> ------------
>> >> *Andy Blunden*
>> >> http://home.pacific.net.au/~andy/
>> <http://home.pacific.net.au/%7Eandy/>
>> >> <http://home.pacific.net.au/%7Eandy/>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> *Robert Lake Ed.D.
>> >> *Associate Professor
>> >> Social Foundations of Education
>> >> Dept. of Curriculum, Foundations, and Reading
>> >> Georgia Southern University
>> >> Secretary/Treasurer-AERA- Paulo Freire Special Interest Group
>> >> P. O. Box 8144
>> >> Phone: (912) 478-0355 <tel:%28912%29%20478-0355>
>> >> Fax: (912) 478-5382 <tel:%28912%29%20478-5382>
>> >> Statesboro, GA 30460
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> *Robert Lake Ed.D.*Associate Professor
>> Social Foundations of Education
>> Dept. of Curriculum, Foundations, and Reading
>> Georgia Southern University
>> Secretary/Treasurer-AERA- Paulo Freire Special Interest Group
>> P. O. Box 8144
>> Phone: (912) 478-0355 <tel:%28912%29%20478-0355>
>> Fax: (912) 478-5382 <tel:%28912%29%20478-5382>
>> Statesboro, GA 30460
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Gregory A. Thompson, Ph.D.
>> Assistant Professor
>> Department of Anthropology
>> 882 Spencer W. Kimball Tower
>> Brigham Young University
>> Provo, UT 84602
>> http://byu.academia.edu/GregoryThompson
>
>
Artin Goncu, Ph.D
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