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Manitowoc Summer School Classroom
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Teacher Richard Vaughan answers a question for one of the six resident children who took the opportunity offered by the 1961 Manitowoc Summer School to learn about the larger world from the migrant children.
1961
Wisconsin. Equal Rights Division
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WHi 11908
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Migrant Students in the Library Corner
1961
Mrs. Shirley Mecha, regular teacher at Meadow Brook School, helping migrant students use resources in the "library corner."
Lester J. Kornely with Migrant Children at Summer School
1960
Caption on back: "Lester J. Kornely, teacher of the summer school for migrant children, poses with some of the pupils enrolled from the three migrant camps in Manitowoc County."
Spanish Classes at Edgewood Campus School
May 10, 1961
Third grade students at the Edgewood Campus School study Spanish for 20 minutes four days a week. Their teacher is Sister M. Catherine, O.P. William Hein is thinking of the answer in Spanish.
Migrant Summer School
July 19, 1962
Migrant school children receive a visit from Gaylord Nelson who is looking at artwork made by one of the students.
Migrant School Children
1967
Children, teachers, and a nun sit at a picnic table at the School for Migrants. The school was set up by the Community Council on Human Relations.
Longfellow School 4th Grade
1930
View of the Longfellow School's 4th grade class seated at their desks as their teacher stands at the back of the classroom.
