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Explore more than 100,000 collection items online through the Society’s digital collections. For over two decades, we’ve been scanning, photographing, and digitizing materials from our collections, creating a rich and growing digital archive that brings history closer to you.
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Perry Horton in Highlander Garden
1934
Perry Horton, father of Myles Horton, in the Highlander Folk School garden.
Myles Horton with Thorsten Horton
Myles Horton with his son, Thorsten Horton, in a pile of leaves at Highlander Folk School.
Sheriff Padlocking Highlander Folk School
1958
Myles Horton watching as the local sheriff puts a padlock on Highlander Folk School, following a trial in which Highlander was accused of propagating Communism.
Myles Horton and Herb Kohl
Myles Horton and educator Herbert R. Kohl (not Wisconsin Senator Herb Kohl) at a California dinner.
Perry and Elsie Horton with Dogs
1937
Perry and Elsie Horton, parents of Myles Horton, with fox hounds, at Highlander Folk School.
