[Xmca-l] Re: The Highlander Center in Tennessee

[Andy Blunden]

Thanks Greg. That does work better. :)
Very tantalizing for me. I have no doubt that everything I need is in 
those boxes. :)
Andy
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*Andy Blunden*
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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
>     >
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>     > *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
>     >>     --   
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>     >>     *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
>     >>
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>     --
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>     *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
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