Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections

Searching for

Refine by

Results 1-19 of 19

Photograph

Myles Horton

Date: 
Description: Portrait of Myles Horton, cofounder of the Highlander Folk School.
Photograph

Myra Page

Date: 
Description: Portrait of Myra Page, an author and Antioch coop student, who was both a student and later a teacher at Highlander Folk School.
Photograph

Claudia Lewis

Date: 
Description: Indoor portrait of Claudia Lewis, who started a Nursery School at Highlander Folk School in the early 1930s. She came from the Bank Street School, which he...
Photograph

Guy Carawan

Date: 
Description: Signed photograph of Guy Carawan, a folk musician, playing an open-backed 5-string banjo. Presented to Highlander Folk School. Inscription reads, "Wishing ...
Photograph

Esau Jenkins

Date: 
Description: Esau Jenkins, whose request for help registering citizens on Johns Island provided the basis for the citizenship school program at Highlander Folk School, ...
Photograph

Children in a Tent

Date: 
Description: Young girl with children in tent.
Photograph

Reverend DeJarnette at Highlander

Date: 
Description: Portrait of Reverend DeJarnette sitting in a wooden chair at Highlander Folk School.
Photograph

Food, Tobacco, and Agricultural Workshop Participant

Date: 
Description: A member of the Food, Tobacco and Agriculture workshop at Highlander Folk School posing near a tree with a fedora and cigar in his hand.
Photograph

Portrait of a Woman at Highlander

Date: 
Description: A portrait of an unidentified woman at Highlander Folk School.
Photograph

Pete Seeger at Highlander

Date: 1957
Description: Pete Seeger at Highlander Folk School, possibly at a 25th anniversary celebration, where he was in charge of music. Playing an Orpheum #1 open-back five st...
Photograph

Zilphia Horton

Date: 1948
Description: Zilphia Horton, smiling.
Photograph

College Workshop at Highlander

Date: 04 1959
Description: Group portrait of a college workshop group from Highlander Folk School.
Photograph

Portrait of Zilphia Horton

Date: 
Description: Portrait of Zilphia Horton, wife of Myles Horton, the founder of Highlander Folk School.
Photograph

Perry and Elsie Horton with Dogs

Date: 1937
Description: Perry and Elsie Horton, parents of Myles Horton, with fox hounds, at Highlander Folk School.
Photograph

Myles Horton with Thorsten Horton

Date: 
Description: Myles Horton with his son, Thorsten Horton, in a pile of leaves at Highlander Folk School.
Photograph

Zilphia and Myles Horton Reading

Date: 
Description: Myles Horton and Zilphia Horton reviewing some written materials at Highlander Folk School.
Photograph

Zilphia and Thorsten Horton

Date: 
Description: Zilphia Horton, with her son, Thorsten, sitting in her lap. A Christmas tree, covered with tinsel, can be seen in the background.
Photograph

Myles and Thorsten Horton

Date: 
Description: Myles Horton with son, Thorsten, sitting on the bench of a carriage.
Photograph

Portrait of Zilphia Horton

Date: 1941
Description: A head and shoulders portrait of Zilphia Horton.

Have Questions?

If you didn't find the material you searched for, our Library Reference Staff can help.

Call our reference desk at 608-264-6535 or email us at:

feedback@wisconsinhistory.org