Horton, Zilphia, 1910-1956

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Director of Music, Highlander Folk School, Grundy County, Tennessee, 1935-1956; wife of school director Myles Horton.

From the description of Zilphia Horton folk music collection, 1935-1956. (Tennessee State Library & Archives). WorldCat record id: 27089264

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Role Title Holding Repository
creatorOf Highlander Folk School (Monteagle, Tenn.). Highlander Folk School Audio Collection. Auburn University.
referencedIn Septima P. Clark papers, ca. 1910-ca. 1990. Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture
creatorOf Horton, Myles, 1905-1990. Papers, 1851-1990. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
creatorOf Horton, Zilphia, 1910-1956. Zilphia Horton folk music collection, 1935-1956. Tennessee State Library & Archives, TSLA
referencedIn Austin, Aleine. Aleine Austin papers, 1940-1991. Johns Hopkins University, Sheridan Libraries and the Milton S. Eisenhower Library
referencedIn Cornwell, Ruby P. (Ruby Pendergrass), 1903-. Ruby Cornwell papers, 1945-1969. College of Charleston, Marlene and Nathan Addlestone Library
referencedIn Horton, Myles, 1905-1990,. Myles Horton oral history interview, 1989 Dec. 15. Georgia State University
referencedIn Highlander Research and Education Center Collection, 1937-1948 and undated University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Folklife Collection.
referencedIn Highlander Research and Education Center. Highlander Research and Education Center records, 1917-2005. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
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associatedWith Austin, Aleine. person
associatedWith Carawan, Guy. person
associatedWith Clark, Septima Poinsette, 1898-1987. person
associatedWith Cornwell, Ruby P. (Ruby Pendergrass), 1903- person
associatedWith Guernsey, George T. person
associatedWith Guthrie, Woody, 1912-1967. person
associatedWith Highlander Folk School (Monteagle, Tenn.) corporateBody
associatedWith Highlander Research and Education Center. corporateBody
associatedWith Highlander Research and Education Center (Knoxville, Tenn.) corporateBody
associatedWith Hille, Waldemar, 1908-1995. person
associatedWith Horton, Myles, 1905-1990. person
associatedWith O'Connor, Jessie Lloyd, 1904- person
associatedWith Seeger, Pete, 1919- person
associatedWith Westman, Walter. person
Place Name Admin Code Country
United States
Subject
Civil rights
Folk music
Folk songs, English
Labor unions
Protest songs
Race
Radicalism
Occupation
Activity

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Birth 1910-04-14

Death 1956-04-11

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