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This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held in the Wilson Library at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in our reading room, and not digitally available through the World Wide Web. See the Duplication Policy section for more information.
Preservation of and access to the Highlander Research and Education Center's Audiovisual Materials were made possible through a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
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| Size | 1500 items (2.0 linear feet) |
| Abstract | Audiovisual materials created and compiled by the Highlander Research and Education Center, formerly known as the Highlander Folk School, a social justice leadership training school and cultural center located outside of Knoxville, Tenn. Highlander was founded in 1932 by white activists and educators, Myles Horton, Don West, Jim Dombrowski, and others as an adult education center based on the principle of empowerment. In the 1930s, Myles Horton and other Highlander members worked towards mobilizing labor unions across the southern United States, and later in the 1950s worked closely with civil rights leaders to host workshops and training sessions, laying the groundwork for many of the movement's initiatives, including the Montgomery bus boycott, the Citizenship Schools, and the founding of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). The collection contains archival audio recordings, motion picture films, and video recordings created by Highlander members and staff, as well as their library's audiovisual reference collection of materials created by outside sources. Both series of audiovisual materials mirror the educational work and mission of Highlander, whose members and staff were interested in using media and teaching media production to document and support social justice initiatives across communities. Materials found in the collection document Highlander's Citizenship Schools during the civil rights movement, their work with labor struggles in the 1970s, and later their work with immigration, globalization, and environmental causes from the 1980s to 2000s. The collection also contains materials documenting Highlander's work with international communities in Latin America and India in the 1980s and 1990s, including video recordings related to the Bhopal Union Carbide Plant Disaster of 1984. The majority of the materials were produced or compiled by Highlander educational and library staff after the center relocated to its current location in New Market, Tenn. in 1972, but the collection also includes audio recordings and motion picture films related to the early years of the Highlander Folk School. Recordings of folk music, protest songs, labor songs, and African American religious songs were a large part of the civil rights movement and appear within the collection. Of particular note are audio recordings on acetate disc and transcription disc of radio programs, recorded songs, and voices of leaders from the civil rights movement, including Esau Jenkins, Septima Clark, Rosa Parks, Zilphia Horton, and Highlander co-founder, Myles Horton. Other notable materials found in the collection include video recordings created by Highlander Research and Education Center staff, which consist of interviews with educators and activists; footage of rallies, protests, and hearings related to Highlander initiatives; footage of Highlander events, such as meetings, anniversary events, conferences, concerts, and workshops; and video elements and copies of documentary productions produced by Highlander, including video productions on immigration, coal miners, traditional music and ballad collecting, occupational health and safety, and participant observation, among other topics. Additionally, the collection contains scattered supporting documentation found with select audiovisual materials, including transcripts, tape logs, clippings, correspondence, photographic materials, and other printed materials. The Addition of December 2020 consists of audiovisual materials donated by John Gaventa, who from 1976 until 1993 worked as the director and co-director of the Highlander Research and Education Center. These materials primarily document a strike involving the Tennessee Nuclear Services workers, as well as Highlander's international work in Nicaragua and India. |
| Creator | Highlander Research and Education Center (Knoxville, Tenn.). |
| Curatorial Unit | Southern Folklife Collection |
| Language | English ; Spanish. |
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Processed by: Allyn Meredith, June 2004
Encoded by: Allyn Meredith, August 2004
Finding aid updated by Amanda Loeb in 2014 because of addition.
Updated by: Anne Wells, March 2017; Anne Wells, Anicka Austin, Melanie Meents, Phillip MacDonald, January 2020; Anne Wells, January 2021.
Preservation of and access to the original deposit of the Highlander Research and Education Center's Audiovisual Materials was made possible through a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Archival processing of the April 2019 Addition was made possible through a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
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Historical Information
1932-1940s—The Founding of Highlander and the Labor Years
In 1932, activist, Myles Horton, educator, Don West, and Methodist minister, Jim Dombrowski, and others founded the Highlander Folk School in Monteagle, Tenn. Myles Horton and other Highlander members focused first on organizing unemployed and working people, and by the late 1930s Highlander was serving as the de-facto CIO education center for the region, training union organizers and leaders in 11 southern states. During this period, Highlander also fought segregation in the labor movement, holding its first integrated workshop in 1944.
1950s-1960s—The Civil Rights Movement and the Citizenship Schools
Highlander's commitment to ending segregation made it an important incubator of the Civil Rights movement. Workshops and training sessions held at Highlander helped lay the groundwork for many of the movement's most important initiatives, including the Montgomery bus boycott, the Citizenship Schools, and the founding of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). Highlander worked with Martin Luther King, Jr., the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), Guy and Candie Carawan, Septima Clark, and Rosa Parks, among others. Rosa Parks attended a workshop at the Highlander Folk School shortly before refusing to give up her seat on the bus in Montgomery, Ala. Zilphia Horton, the music and drama director at Highlander and Myles Horton's wife, heard the song "We Shall Overcome" at a workshop at Highlander. She later taught the song to Pete Seeger who popularized it around the country. "We Shall Overcome" became one of the anthems of the civil rights movement. Zilphia Horton died in 1955 in an accident. In 1961, after years of red-baiting and several government investigations, the state of Tennessee revoked Highlander's charter and seized its land and buildings. The Highlander Folk School reopened the next day as the Highlander Research and Education Center. From 1961-1971, it was based in Knoxville, and in 1972 it moved to its current location near New Market, Tenn.
1970s-1990s—Appalachian People's Struggles and Supporting Local Communities in a Global Context
In the late 1960s and 1970s, Highlander played a role fostering organizing in Appalachia, supporting anti-strip mining and worker health and safety struggles, among other efforts. In the 1980s and 1990s, Highlander expanded its work to support grassroots groups fighting pollution and toxic dumping, and supported the emerging anti-globalization movement by sponsoring workshops on economic human rights and trade and globalization issues and by forging connections with international activists and organizers. In January 1990, Highlander co-founder, Myles Horton died of brain cancer.
2000-Present—Twenty-First Century Highlander
Today, Highlander is continuing to fight for justice and equality, supporting organizing and leadership development among Latinx immigrants and young people, encouraging the use of culture to enhance social justice efforts, and helping organizations in diverse constituencies develop new strategies and alliances. Highlander has prioritized programming for organizing and leadership development; strategic efforts and programs to develop tools and mechanisms needed to advance multi-racial, inter-generational movement for social and economic justice in the southern United States; and supported and connected organizations from the Deep South, Appalachia, and immigrant communities.
Historical note edited from timeline found on Highlander Research and Education Center's website in January 2020.
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Audiovisual materials created and compiled by the Highlander Research and Education Center, formerly known as the Highlander Folk School, a social justice leadership training school and cultural center located outside of Knoxville, Tenn. The collection contains archival audio recordings, motion picture films, and video recordings created by Highlander members and staff, as well as their library's audiovisual reference collection of materials created by outside sources. Both series of audiovisual materials mirror the educational work and mission of Highlander, whose members and staff were interested in using media and teaching media production to document and support social justice initiatives across communities. Highlander also believed strongly in using media as an educational and reflection tool to connect people with one another around common issues. Materials found in the collection document Highlander's Citizenship Schools during the civil rights movement, their work with labor struggles and environmental work in the 1970s, and later their work with adult and youth leadership programs, immigration, globalization, and environmental ethics starting in the 1980s. The collection also contains materials that document Highlander's work with international communities in Latin America and India in the 1980s and 1990s, including video recordings related to the Bhopal Union Carbide Plant Disaster of 1984. The majority of the materials were produced or compiled by Highlander educational and library staff after the center relocated to its current location in New Market, Tenn. in 1972, but the collection also includes audio recordings and motion picture films related to the early years of the Highlander Folk School.
Highlander's Archival Collection, or those items created by Highlander and its staff, consist of audio recordings, motion picture films, video recordings, and scattered photographic materials and supporting documentation related to Highlander's educational work as a research and education center. Per the suggestion of white documentarian and social activist, George Stoney, Highlander staff began using media, particularly video, as an educational and organizing tool. With the advent of new video technology in the 1970s, Charis Horton, the daughter of Myles Horton, John Gaventa, Richard Greatrex, and others, began shooting and editing video on site, as well as hosting media production workshops at the Highlander Research and Education Center and beyond. Video recordings make up the bulk of Highlander's archival collection, which for the most part, are arranged alphabetically by format. Highlander's archival collection also includes supporting documentation found with select audiovisual materials, as well as access to Highlander's public facing website, which has been web archived with support from the University Libraries at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill since 2013.
Archival audio recordings include radio programs, recorded songs, interviews, and events created by the Highlander Research and Education Center. Recordings are arranged by format: acetate discs, transcription disc, wire recordings, open reel audio, audiocassette, 8-track tape, and MiniDisc. Recordings of folk music, protest songs, labor songs, and African American religious songs were a large part of the civil rights movement and appear within the collection. Of particular note are the acetate disc recordings of radio programs, recorded songs, and voices of leaders from the civil rights movement, including Esau Jenkins, Septima Clark, Rosa Parks, Miles Horton, and Zilphia Horton; wire recordings documenting a strike in Lumberton, N.C.; and audiocassette recordings of interviews with educators, organizers, and activists, including African American civil rights activist, Cora Tucker.
Archival motion picture films consist of undated 16mm and 8mm films documenting Highlander events and daily life, including footage and home movies of council meetings, programs, and Highlander activities at Johns Island, S.C. and Mexico. Films are arranged alphabetically.
Video recordings make up the majority of Highlander's archival collection. The bulk of these recordings consist of footage of Highlander Research and Education Center sponsored events, such as meetings, anniversary events, conferences, concerts, and workshops on a wide variety of topics, including leadership, empowerment, organizing, labor, mining, occupational health and safety, environmental justice, and using or incorporating music and media to support or further social justice initiatives. Other video recordings contain footage of rallies, hearings, and meetings related to Highlander initiatives, as well as interviews with educators, activists, organizers, and staff members, such as Myles Horton, May Justus, Rose Sanders (now Faya Ora Rose Touré), and Tom Ludwig. Of particular note is footage from a strike in Stearns, Ky. involving the United Mine Workers and the Blue Diamond Coal Company; interviews and congressional hearings related to a strike involving the Tennessee Nuclear Services and workers making uranium bullets; and interviews and footage related to the Bhopal Union Carbide Plant Disaster of 1984. The collection also contains video elements, such as masters, unedited footage, and rough cuts, as well as copies of edited documentary productions produced by or related to the Highlander Research and Education Center. Subjects of these productions include immigration, coal miners, traditional music and ballad collecting, occupational health and safety, public health, and participant observation, among other topics. Video recordings, which are arranged alphabetically, are on VHS, U-Matic, MiniDV, Hi-8, Video8, and 1/2" open reel video.
Other archival materials include scattered photographic materials and supporting documentation, such as transcripts, tape logs, clippings, correspondence, flyers and newsletters, as well as access to Highlander's public facing website, which has been web archived with support from University Libraries since 2013. The website of the Highlander Research and Education Center contains information about the center's mission, staff, and history; information on various regional, national, and international programs; events announcements; photographs; videos; news stories; and other resources.
Highlander's Reference Library consists of audiovisual materials and supporting documentation created by outside sources, filmmakers, and documentarians. Highlander Research and Education Center's educational and library staff compiled the library reference collection for educational purposes. Materials include audio recordings, motion picture films, video recordings, and scattered supporting documentation found with select materials. Highlander staff used their library's reference collection for educational and reflection purposes, screening materials for visiting groups and Highlander workshops, as well as lending materials to screen in communities, schools, and off-site classrooms. Materials are in English and Spanish and are arranged alphabetically by format.
The reference library's audio recordings consist of scattered oral histories, musicals, lectures, and radio campaigns. Subjects of these recordings include globalization, imperialism, organizing, labor struggles, and labor songs related to occupational health and safety.
Motion picture films found in the library's reference collection consist of educational films, propaganda films, and documentaries on 16mm and 35mm filmstrip. Subjects of these films include the civil rights movement, segregation, labor struggles, labor unions, strip mining, education, agriculture, manufacturing, and media production, among other topics.
The reference library's video recordings comprises the bulk of Highlander's Reference Library. Videos consist of educational films, documentaries, interviews, and lectures related to Highlander's work and interests with social justice movements and initiatives, including labor struggles, the environment, globalization, media production, and education and empowerment, among other topics. Many of the video materials found in the reference library are Spanish language, focusing on labor, literacy campaigns, environmental concerns, and regional artistic traditions of Mexico and Central America. Video recordings, which are arranged alphabetically, are on VHS, U-Matic, MiniDV, and 1/2" open reel video.
The reference library also includes scattered supporting documentation, such as teacher manuals, guides, pamphlets, tape logs, and notes and memos, found with select audiovisual materials in Highlander's reference library.
The Addition of December 2020 includes video and audio recordings and supporting documentation donated by John Gaventa, who from 1976 until 1993 worked as the director and co-director of the Highlander Research and Education Center. These materials consist mostly of archival video recordings of interviews and congressional hearings related to a strike involving the Tennessee Nuclear Services workers, as well as archival video recordings documenting Highlander's international work in Nicaragua and India. The addition also includes reference audiovisual materials, including dubs of radio and television features and interviews related to Highlander and an independent documentary made by The Documentary Guild on the Tennessee Nuclear Services workers.
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Series 1. Archival Collection of Audiovisual Materials, 1937-2008.
Arrangement: By format.
Audiovisual materials created by the Highlander Research and Education Center staff and members. The majority of materials were produced by Highlander educational and library staff after the center relocated to its current location in New Market, Tenn. in 1972, but the series also includes audio recordings and motion picture films related to the early years of the Highlander Folk School. Per the suggestion of documentarian and social activist, George Stoney, Highlander staff began using media, particularly video, as an educational and organizing tool. With the advent of new video technology in the 1970s, Charis Horton, the daughter of Myles Horton, John Gaventa, Richard Greatrex, and others, began shooting and editing video on site, as well as hosting media production workshops at the Highlander Research and Education Center and beyond. The bulk of the series consists of video recordings documenting Highlander events, workshops, political actions, and outreach or educational activities from the 1970s to 2000s. The series also includes audio recordings of radio programs, recorded songs, interviews, and events, including acetate disc recordings of recorded songs and voices of leaders from the civil rights movement, such as Esau Jenkins, Septima Clark, Rosa Parks, Zilphia Horton, and Highlander Folk School co-founder, Myles Horton. Also included is supporting documentation (transcripts, tape logs, clippings, and scattered correspondence) found with select audiovisual materials, as well as access to Highlander's public facing website, which has been web archived with support from UNC University Libraries since 2013.
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Subseries 1.1 Audio Recordings, 1937-2003 and undated
Arrangement: By format.
Processing information: For the most part, titles and descriptions were compiled from original containers. Titles supplied by processing archivists are in brackets.
Audio recordings of radio programs, recorded songs, interviews, and events created by the Highlander Research and Education Center. Recordings are arranged by format: acetate discs, transcription disc, wire recordings, open reel audio, audiocassette, 8-track tape, MiniDisc, and digital files. Recordings of folk music, protest songs, labor songs, and African American religious songs were a large part of the civil rights movement and appear within the collection. Of particular note are the acetate disc recordings of radio programs, recorded songs, and voices of leaders from the civil rights movement, including Esau Jenkins, Septima Clark, Rosa Parks, Miles Horton, and Zilphia Horton; wire recordings documenting a strike in Lumberton, N.C.; and audiocassette recordings of interviews with educators, organizers, and activists, including African American civil rights activist, Cora Tucker.
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Subseries 1.1.1 Acetate Discs, 1941-1957 and undated (Original Deposit)
Acetate discs consist of radio programs, recorded songs, and voices of leaders from the civil rights movement, including Esau Jenkins, Septima Clark, Rosa Parks, Miles Horton, and Zilphia Horton.
| Instantaneous Disc FD-20361/729 |
Highlander Folk School dispatch, "Broadcast to England," 1957: disc 1 of 4Discs 1-4 include narrated description of Appalachian mountain people; spirituals, ballads, and other songs performed for broadcast such as "We Shall Not Be Moved" and "The Crawdad Song," as well as humorous stories that end with a yodel. |
| Instantaneous Disc FD-20361/730 |
Highlander Folk School dispatch, "Broadcast to England," 1957: disc 2 of 4 |
| Instantaneous Disc FD-20361/731 |
Highlander Folk School dispatch, "Broadcast to England," 1957: disc 3 of 4 |
| Instantaneous Disc FD-20361/732 |
Highlander Folk School dispatch, "Broadcast to England," 1957: disc 4 of 4 |
| Instantaneous Disc FD-20361/733 |
Highlander Folk School dispatch, "Broadcast to England," 1957with Myles Horton, George Mitchell, Rosa Parks, Esau Jenkins, Septima Clark |
| Instantaneous Disc FD-20361/734 |
Highlander Folk School dispatch, "Broadcast to England," 1957with Myles Horton, George Mitchell, Rosa Parks, L. A. Blackman, Septima Clark |
| Instantaneous Disc FD-20361/735 |
Highlander Folk School dispatch, "Broadcast to England," 1957: disc 1 of 4Disc 1-4 includes narrated description of Appalachian mountain people; spirituals, ballads and other songs performed for broadcast such as "We Shall Not Be Moved" and "The Crawdad Song; " as well as humorous stories that end with a yodel. |
| Instantaneous Disc FD-20361/736 |
Highlander Folk School dispatch, "Broadcast to England," 1957: disc 2 of 4 |
| Instantaneous Disc FD-20361/737 |
Highlander Folk School dispatch, "Broadcast to England," 1957: disc 3 of 4 |
| Instantaneous Disc FD-20361/738 |
Highlander Folk School dispatch, "Broadcast to England," 1957: disc 4 of 4 |
| Instantaneous Disc FD-20361/739 |
Movement songs recorded at the Highlander Folk SchoolSongs performed include: "Get Thee Behind" "Glory Land" |
| Instantaneous Disc FD-20361/740 |
Songs by M. D. Laugherty and Tom KelleySongs performed include: "Shake Hands" "Life's Railway" |
| Instantaneous Disc FD-20361/741 |
Songs by unidentified artistsSongs performed include: "Unclouded Day" [unknown song by unidentified artists] |
| Instantaneous Disc FD-20361/742 |
Songs by Tom KelleySongs performed include: "Cripple Creek" "Nobody's Darling" |
| Instantaneous Disc FD-20361/743 |
Songs by unidentified artistsSongs performed include: "Are You Tired Of Me My Darling?" "Who Thought It?" |
| Instantaneous Disc FD-20361/744 |
Songs by unidentified artistSongs performed include: "Oh Doctor" "Krueger Blues" |
| Instantaneous Disc FD-20361/745 |
Songs by Mr. and Mrs. Bill BoswellSongs performed include: "Twilight and Shadows" |
| Instantaneous Disc FD-20361/746 |
Work camp songs and stories recorded at the Highlander Folk School, 1941: disc 1 of 23Songs performed include: "Couldn't Hear Nobody Pray," led by Zilphia Horton and Bill Euliss |
| Instantaneous Disc FD-20361/747 |
Highlander chorus recorded at Nashville Recording Studio, Nashville, Tenn.: disc 2 of 23Songs performed include: "We Shall Not Be Moved" "When The New World Is Revealed" |
| Instantaneous Disc FD-20361/748 |
Songs recorded at the Highlander Folk School: disc 3 of 23Songs performed include: "Sixty-Million Jobs" "Look Ahead Union Man" "Great Day, Crawdad" [Do You Wanna See Them Unions Grow] |
| Instantaneous Disc FD-20361/749 |
Songs recorded at the Highlander Folk School: disc 4 of 23Songs performed include: "We're Gonna Roll the Union On" "Solidarity Forever" |
| Instantaneous Disc FD-20361/750 |
Songs recorded at the Highlander Folk School: disc 5 of 23Songs performed include: "We're Gonna Roll the Union On" "We Will Overcome" "When The New World Is Revealed" |
| Instantaneous Disc FD-20361/751 |
Songs recorded at the Highlander Folk School: disc 6 of 23Songs performed include: "Way Down in Dallas, Texas" |
| Instantaneous Disc FD-20361/752 |
Songs recorded at the Highlander Folk School: disc 7 of 23Songs performed include: "We Shall Not Be Moved" "Solidarity Forever" |
| Instantaneous Disc FD-20361/753 |
Songs recorded at the Highlander Folk School: disc 8 of 23Songs performed include: "When The New World Is Revealed" "We Shall Not Be Moved" |
| Instantaneous Disc FD-20361/754 |
Songs recorded at the Highlander Folk School: disc 9 of 23Songs performed include: "We're Gonna Roll the Union On" "We Will Overcome" "Solidarity Forever" |
| Instantaneous Disc FD-20361/755 |
Songs recorded at the Highlander Folk School: disc 10 of 23Songs performed include: "Sixty-Million Jobs" "CIO in Dixie" "Great Day" "If You Wanna See The Unions Grow" |
| Instantaneous Disc FD-20361/756 |
Songs recorded at the Highlander Folk School: disc 11 of 23Songs performed include: "We Shall Not Be Moved" "When The New World Is Revealed" |
| Instantaneous Disc FD-20361/757 |
Songs recorded at the Highlander Folk School: disc 12 of 23Songs performed include: "When The New World Is Revealed" "We Shall Not Be Moved" |
| Instantaneous Disc FD-20361/758 |
Songs recorded at the Highlander Folk School: disc 13 of 23Songs performed include: "Were Gonna Roll the Union On" "We Shall Overcome" "Solidarity Forever" |
| Instantaneous Disc FD-20361/759 |
Songs recorded at the Highlander Folk School: disc 14 of 23Songs performed include: "We're Gonna Roll the Union On" "We Shall Overcome" |
| Instantaneous Disc FD-20361/760 |
Songs recorded at the Highlander Folk School: disc 15 of 23Songs performed include: "Solidarity Forever" "Great Day" "Do You Wanna See The Unions Grow?" "Sixty Million Jobs" |
| Instantaneous Disc FD-20361/761 |
Songs recorded at the Highlander Folk School: disc 16 of 23Songs performed include: "CIO in Dixie" "Great Day" "Do You Wanna See The Unions Grow?" "Sixty Million Jobs" |
| Instantaneous Disc FD-20361/762 |
Songs recorded at the Highlander Folk School, 25 July 1941: disc 17 of 23Songs performed include: "CIO in Dixie" "I'll Never Marry Anymore" "Black Sheep" "Come All Ye Young Men" |
| Instantaneous Disc FD-20361/763 |
Songs recorded at the Highlander Folk School: disc 18 of 23Songs performed include: [The Old Man Came To ...] "Farewell To All Below" [Down in the Valley/Some of 'Dem Bones] "What Will You Do?" |
| Instantaneous Disc FD-20361/764 |
Songs by Zilphia Horton and Bill Lane recorded at the Highlander Folk School: disc 19 of 23Songs performed include: [The Old Man Came To...], Zilphia Horton "No More Mourning After While," Zilphia Horton "I Heard The Voice of Jesus," Bill Lane |
| Instantaneous Disc FD-20361/765 |
Songs recorded at the Highlander Folk School, December 1940: disc 20 of 23Songs performed include: "My Father in Heaven" "Oh Glory Hallelujah" |
| Instantaneous Disc FD-20361/766 |
Songs by Melinda Nunly Vaughn recorded at the Highlander Folk School: disc 21 of 23Songs performed include: "On The Banks of the Ohio" [As I Went Out Walking] |
| Instantaneous Disc FD-20361/767 |
Songs by Zilphia Horton and the Highlander Chorus recorded at the Highlander Folk School: disc 22 of 23Songs performed include: "No More Mourning After While" "We Will Overcome" "When the New World Is Revealed" "How Long" |
| Instantaneous Disc FD-20361/768 |
Sacred Harp songs performed at the YMCA in Nashville, Tenn.: disc 23 of 23Songs performed include: "Recording test, story" "Hymn 268" "Evening Shade" "Hymn 209" |
| Instantaneous Disc FD-20361/769 |
Songs by the Highlander chorus recorded at Nashville Recording Studio, Nashville, Tenn.Songs performed include: "We're Gonna Roll the Union" "We Will Overcome" "Solidarity Forever" |
| Instantaneous Disc FD-20361/770 |
Songs by the Highlander chorus recorded at Nashville Recording Studio, Nashville, Tenn.Songs performed include: "We Shall Not Be Moved" "When the New World is Revealed" |
| Instantaneous Disc FD-20361/771 |
Songs by the Highlander chorus recorded at Nashville Recording Studio, Nashville, Tenn.Songs performed include: "If You Wanna See Your Union Grow" "Sixty Million Jobs" "CIO in Dixie" |
| Instantaneous Disc FD-20361/772 |
Songs by the Highlander chorus recorded at Nashville Recording Studio, Nashville, Tenn.Songs performed include: "Solidarity Forever" "Sixty Million Jobs and CIO" "In Dixie" |
| Instantaneous Disc FD-20361/773 |
Songs by the Highlander chorus recorded at Nashville Recording Studio, Nashville, Tenn.Songs performed include: "Solidarity Forever" "Roll the Union On" "We Will Overcome" |
| Instantaneous Disc FD-20361/774 |
Songs by The Loving High School Chorus in Birmingham, Ala.Songs performed include: [Forget, Forget] [Unidentified song] "Glory, Glory to the Lord" [When the Trumpet Sounds] |
| Instantaneous Disc FD-20361/775 |
Songs by pianist, W. HillisSongs performed include: "Intermezzo" by Brahms [Three dances] |
| Instantaneous Disc FD-20361/776 |
Story by L.A. Blackman about NAACP petition in Elloree, S.C., recorded in Nashville, Tenn. |
| Instantaneous Disc FD-20361/777 |
Songs by unidentified old-time groupSongs performed include: "Cumberland Gal" "Won't It Be Wonderful There?" |
| Instantaneous Disc FD-20361/778 |
Fiddle tunes |
| Instantaneous Disc FD-20361/779 |
Songs by unidentified artistSongs performed include: "If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again" "This World Is Not My Home" |
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Subseries 1.1.2. Transcription Discs, circa 1947 (Original Deposit)
Transcription discs containing a variety of radio programs on issues related to the work at the Highlander Folk School. For example, the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) worked closely with the Highlander Folk School on labor issues and is represented in the transcription disc collection.
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Subseries 1.1.3. Wire Recordings, undated (Addition of April 2019)
Acquisitions Information: Accession 103573
Wire recordings documenting a strike in Lumberton, N.C. Date of the recordings is unknown.
| Wire Recording WR-20361/1 |
Lumberton, N.C. strike, Miles Horton 1, Lumberton, N.C.Wire Recording |
| Wire Recording WR-20361/2 |
Lumberton, N.C. strike, Miles Horton 2, Lumberton, N.C.Wire Recording |
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Subseries 1.1.4. Open Reel Audio, undated (Addition of April 2019)
Acquisitions Information: Accession 103573
Arrangement: Alphabetical.
Open reel audio recordings consist of undated recordings made in Birmingham, Ala., documentation of Myles Horton meeting with the Families and Work Institute, "a nonprofit center dedicated to providing research for living in today's changing workplace, changing family and changing community", as well as an audio recording of Sam Reece, an organizer for the United Mine Workers of America.
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20361/3 |
Birmingham, Ala. part 11/4" Open Reel Audio |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20361/4 |
Birmingham, Ala. part 21/4" Open Reel Audio |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20361/5 |
Birmingham, Ala. part 31/4" Open Reel Audio |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20361/1 |
Myles [Horton] Meets F.W.I [Families and Work Institute] I and II1/4" Open Reel Audio |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20361/2 |
Sam Reece audio recording1/4" Open Reel Audio |
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Subseries 1.1.5. Audiocassettes, 1964-1997 (Addition of April 2019)
Acquisitions Information: Accession 103573
Arrangement: Alphabetical.
Processing information: Please note that supporting documentation for select audiocassettes resides in series 1.4 (folders 1-23). These materials include transcripts and photocopies of clippings and correspondence related to the Cora Tucker materials (FS-20361/46-55) found in this series.
Audiocassette recordings include interviews with organizers and activists, radio programs and segments related to the Center, recordings of events, such as memorials, talks, and conventions, as well as public service announcements and other recordings. Of particular note are interviews with African American civil rights activist, Cora Tucker (FS-20361/46-55). Series includes recordings on audiocassette and microcassette.
| SFC Audio Cassette FS-20361/1 |
Al Pach, phone interview; Luverel [sic] Clark, phone interviewAudiocassette |
| SFC Audio Cassette FS-20361/2 |
Ann Bishop; MitchAudiocassette |
| SFC Audio Cassette FS-20361/3 |
Bill Worthington, May 1972Audiocassette |
| SFC Audio Cassette FS-20361/44 |
Brazilian Workers; Rural Workers from Slums, 12 March 1978Audiocassette |
| SFC Audio Cassette FS-20361/4 |
Carawan Tapes, ConcertAudiocassette |
| SFC Audio Cassette FS-20361/5 |
Carawan Tapes, ConcertAudiocassette |
| SFC Audio Cassette FS-20361/6 |
Carawan Tapes, ConcertAudiocassette |
| SFC Audio Cassette FS-20361/7 |
Carawan Tapes, ConcertAudiocassette |
| SFC Audio Cassette FS-20361/8 |
Carawan Tapes, ConcertAudiocassette |
| SFC Audio Cassette FS-20361/56 |
Christmas Fest: Side 1 of 2Audiocassette |
| SFC Audio Cassette FS-20361/57 |
Christmas Fest: Southern Gate Singers, Side 2 of 2Audiocassette |
| SFC Audio Cassette FS-20361/9 |
Donna; ChrisAudiocassette |
| SFC Audio Cassette FS-20361/10 |
Earl Dotter, Mars Hill College, Talk and Questions, 21 September 1979Audiocassette |
| SFC Audio Cassette FS-20361/45 |
Econ Workshop: Cultural Evening 1, 14 March 1987Audiocassette |
| SFC Audio Cassette FS-20361/58 |
ML King Address Given to Episcopal Society for Cultural and Racial Equality, 1964Audiocassette |
| SFC Audio Cassette FS-20361/15 |
Live from Highlander! WUOT-FM, 23 June 1994Audiocassette |
| SFC Audio Cassette FS-20361/16 |
Mexico Discussion, Morristown, 5 August 1996Audiocassette |
| SFC Audio Cassette FS-20361/17 |
Mexico Discussion, Morristown, 5 August 1996Audiocassette |
| SFC Audio Cassette FS-20361/18 |
Mexico Discussion, Morristown, 5 August 1996Audiocassette |
| SFC Audio Cassette FS-20361/19 |
Mexico Discussion, Clarksville, 12 August 1996Audiocassette |
| SFC Audio Cassette FS-20361/20 |
Mexico Discussion, Clarksville, 12 August 1996Audiocassette |
| SFC Audio Cassette FS-20361/21 |
Mexico Exchanges, Knoxville Discussion, Knoxville, Tenn., 1 October 1996Audiocassette |
| SFC Audio Cassette FS-20361/22 |
Mexico Exchanges, Knoxville Discussion, Knoxville, Tenn., 1 October 1996Audiocassette |
| SFC Audio Cassette FS-20361/23 |
Mexico Footage AudioAudiocassette |
| SFC Audio Cassette FS-20361/24 |
Migrant and East Tennessee, radio show1994Audiocassette |
| SFC Audio Cassette FS-20361/59 |
H. L. Mitchell interview, Atlanta, Ga., 29 January 1973Audiocassette |
| SFC Audio Cassette FS-20361/25 |
Outgoing AnnouncementAudiocassette |
| SFC Audio Cassette FS-20361/11 |
Garland Reece MemorialAudiocassette |
| SFC Audio Cassette FS-20361/12 |
Garland Reece MemorialAudiocassette |
| SFC Audio Cassette FS-20361/13 |
Garland Reece MemorialAudiocassette |
| SFC Audio Cassette FS-20361/14 |
Garland Reece MemorialAudiocassette |
| SFC Audio Cassette FS-20361/26 |
Simply Folk, 31 March 1979Audiocassette |
| SFC Audio Cassette FS-20361/60 |
STFU Convention, Southern Tenant Farmers Union, circa 1940sAudiocassette |
| SFC Audio Cassette FS-20361/27 |
Sue Thrasher History of Highlander TalkAudiocassette |
| SFC Audio Cassette FS-20361/28 |
Tennessee Industrial Renewal Network on WMMT, Whitesburg, Ky., 30 July 1997Audiocassette |
| SFC Audio Cassette FS-20361/29 |
TIRN [Tennessee Industrial Renewal Network]Microcassette |
| SFC Audio Cassette FS-20361/46 |
Cora Tucker, 1, 14 February 1992Audiocassette Supporting documentation (transcripts and photocopies of clippings and correspondence) for the Cora Tucker materials resides in Subseries 1.4. |
| SFC Audio Cassette FS-20361/47 |
Cora Tucker, 2, 14 February 1992Audiocassette |
| SFC Audio Cassette FS-20361/48 |
Cora Tucker, 3, 14 February 1992Audiocassette |
| SFC Audio Cassette FS-20361/49 |
Cora Tucker and Frank Adams, 18 March 1992Audiocassette |
| SFC Audio Cassette FS-20361/50 |
Cora Tucker and Mary Thom, 31 March 1992Audiocassette |
| SFC Audio Cassette FS-20361/51 |
Cora Tucker and Ruth Smith, 31 March 1992Audiocassette |
| SFC Audio Cassette FS-20361/52 |
Cora Tucker and Ruth Smith 1, 21 February 1992Audiocassette |
| SFC Audio Cassette FS-20361/53 |
Cora Tucker and Ruth Smith 2, 21 February 1992Audiocassette |
| SFC Audio Cassette FS-20361/54 |
Cora Tucker: Womyn 1, 25 March 1992Audiocassette |
| SFC Audio Cassette FS-20361/55 |
Cora Tucker: Womyn 2, 25 March 1992Audiocassette |
| SFC Audio Cassette FS-20361/30 |
Workers Compensation Interview, 5 April 1990Audiocassette |
| SFC Audio Cassette FS-20361/31 |
Workers Memorial Day PSAAudiocassette |
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Subseries 1.1.6. 8-Track Tape, undated (Addition of April 2019)
Acquisitions Information: Accession 103573
| 8-Track Tape 8T-20361/1 |
Eulogy and Merry Leila Morgan8-Track Tape |
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Subseries 1.1.7. MiniDisc, 2003 (Addition of April 2019)
Acquisitions Information: Accession 103573
| Mini-Disc MD-20361/1 |
Tennessee Industrial Renewal Network Conference Call, 27 April 2003Mini-Disc |
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Subseries 1.1.8. Digital Files, undated (Addition of April 2019)
| Digital Folder DF-20361/1 |
Appalachian Media Institue4 digital files |
| Digital Folder DF-20361/2 |
Your Silence Won't Save You, Fruit of Labor Singing Ensemble5 digital files |
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Subseries 1.2 Motion Picture Films, undated (Addition of April 2019)
Acquisitions Information: Accession 103573
Arrangement: Alphabetical.
Processing information: For the most part, titles and descriptions were compiled from original containers. Titles supplied by processing archivists are in brackets.
Undated 16mm and 8mm films documenting Highlander events and daily life, including footage and home movies of council meetings, programs, and Highlander activities at Johns Island, S.C. and Mexico.
| Film F-20361/1 |
District Council 316mm motion picture film 300 feet black and white ; sound |
| Film F-20361/23 |
Johns Island 116mm motion picture film 600 feet color ; silent |
| Film F-20361/2 |
Johns Island Highlander Program16mm motion picture film 50 feet color ; silent |
| Film F-20361/3 |
Mexico, reel 1 of 316mm motion picture film 400 feet color ; silent |
| Film F-20361/4 |
Mexico, reel 2 of 316mm motion picture film 400 feet color ; silent |
| Film F-20361/5 |
Mexico, reel 3 of 316mm motion picture film 400 feet color ; silent |
| Film F-20361/6 |
Myles [Horton] and parents at Highlander Folk School8mm motion picture film 225 feet color ; silent |
| Film F-20361/29 |
Port Norris, original pic16mm motion picture film 1000 feet black and white ; silent |
| Film F-20361/30 |
Port Norris, original pic16mm motion picture film 1200 feet black and white ; silent |
| Film F-20361/7 |
Port Norris, reversal print16mm motion picture film 800 feet black and white ; silent |
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Subseries 1.3 Video Recordings, 1976-2008 and undated (Addition of April 2019)
Acquisitions Information: Accessions 103573, 103622
Arrangement: Alphabetical.
Processing information: For the most part, titles and descriptions were compiled from original containers. Titles supplied by processing archivists are in brackets. Please note that supporting documentation for select video recordings resides in series 1.4 (folders 24-29).
Video recordings consist primarily of unedited footage of Highlander Research and Education Center sponsored events, such as meetings, anniversary events, conferences, concerts, and workshops. The majority of the video recordings document Highlander sponsored workshops on such topics as leadership, empowerment, community organizing, labor, occupational health and safety, and using or incorporating music and media production to support or further social justice initiatives. Conferences and workshops represented in the series include (listed chronologically):
Other materials found in the series include footage of rallies, hearings, and city council meetings related to Highlander members or initiatives, as well as interviews with educators, activists, organizers, and staff members, such as Myles Horton, May Justus (VT-20361/429), Rose Sanders (now Faya Ora Rose Touré) (VT-20361/547), and Tom Ludwig (VT-20361/690). Of particular note is footage (VT-20361/622-625) from a strike in Stearns, Ky. involving the United Mine Workers and the Blue Diamond Coal Company; interviews (VT-20361/702-704) and congressional hearings (VT-20361/228, VT-20361/689) related to a strike involving the Tennessee Nuclear Services and workers who were making uranium bullets out of depleted uranium from Oak Ridge, Tenn.; and interviews and footage (VT-20361/125, VT-20361/396, VT-20361/511, VT-20361/723) related to the Bhopal Union Carbide Plant Disaster of 1984.
The series also contains video elements, such as masters, unedited footage, and rough cuts, as well as copies of edited documentary productions produced by or related to the Highlander Research and Education Center. Subjects of these productions include immigration, coal miners, traditional music and ballad collecting, occupational health and safety, and participant observation, among other topics. These productions include (Listed alphabetically. Credits and dates listed if known.):
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Subseries 1.4 Supporting Documentation and Photographic Materials (Addition of April 2019)
Arrangement: By corresponding audiovisual item call number (i.e. "FS-20361/60").
Processing information: Processing archivist supplied folder titles, which includes the call number of the related audiovisual item.
Supporting documentation found with select audiovisual materials found in Series 1. Includes transcripts, tape logs, clippings, and copies of flyers and newsletters, as well as scattered correspondence and photographs. Also included is born-digital materials, or digital files, including a powerpoint presentation and digital images.
Folder 1-22
Folder 1Folder 2Folder 3Folder 4Folder 5Folder 6Folder 7Folder 8Folder 9Folder 10Folder 11Folder 12Folder 13Folder 14Folder 15Folder 16Folder 17Folder 18Folder 19Folder 20Folder 21Folder 22 |
FS-20361/46-55: Cora Tucker materialsIncludes transcripts and photocopies of clippings and correspondence. |
| Folder 23 |
FS-20361/60: STFU (Southern Tenant Farms Union), You Have Seen Their Facesan unbound copy of You Have Seen Their Faces (1937, Margaret Bourke-White and Erskine Caldwell). |
| Folder 24 |
VT-20361/247: GE Morristown WorkersIncludes flyer, newsletter, and photocopies of correspondence. |
| Folder 25 |
VT-20361/430-431: McKee Kentucky interviewIncludes handwritten tape log. |
| Folder 26 |
VT-20361/548-567: Rural Education workshopIncludes handwritten tape logs. |
| Folder 27 |
VT-20361/607: Hank SandersIncludes handwritten tape logs. |
| Folder 28 |
VT-20361/775-782: Americans Tour NicaraguaIncludes photocopies of handwritten tape logs. |
| Digital Folder DF-20361/20 |
Testimonios 3, Power Point1 digital file |
| Digital Folder DF-20361/21 |
W 7.5 photos, D. Jones152 digital files |
| Image Folder PF-20361/1 |
Woody Guthrie at Highlander Folk SchoolBlack-and-white copy negative |
| Image Folder PF-20361/2 |
Women and men gathered at Highlander Folk SchoolHalftone |
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Subseries 1.5 Highlander Research and Education Center Website (Addition of February 2014)
Acquisitions Information: Accession 101945.
The website of the Highlander Research and Education Center contains information about the center's mission, staff, and history; information on various regional, national, and international programs; events announcements; photographs; videos; news stories; and other resources. Highlander's public facing website has been web archived with support from UNC University Libraries since 2013.
| Digital Item DI-20361/1 |
Website (highlandercenter.org)Harvested using Archive-It, beginning in October 2013. |
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Series 2. Reference Library of Audiovisual Materials, 1942-2008 (Addition of April 2019)
Acquisitions Information: Accession 103573, 103622
Arrangement: By format.
This series has restrictions on duplication and digitization. In accordance with United States copyright law, audiovisual materials found in Series 2 may not be duplicated or digitized for remote users.
This series contains materials that are accessible only on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Access to audiovisual materials found in Series 2 is provided in the Special Collections Research Room at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. For further information about access to audiovisual materials found in Series 2, contact Research and Instructional Services staff at Wilsonlibrary@unc.edu
Highlander's Reference Library consists of audiovisual materials and supporting documentation created by outside sources, filmmakers, and documentarians. Highlander Research and Education Center's educational and library staff compiled the library reference collection for educational purposes. Materials include audio recordings, motion picture films, video recordings, and scattered supporting documentation found with select materials. Highlander staff used their library's reference collection for educational and reflection purposes, screening materials for visiting groups and Highlander workshops, as well as lending materials to screen in communities, schools, and off-site classrooms. Materials are in English and Spanish and are arranged alphabetically by format.
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Subseries 2.1 Audio Recordings, 1986-1993 and undated (Addition of April 2019)
Acquisitions Information: Accession 103573
Arrangement: Alphabetically.
Processing information: Titles and descriptions are compiled and transcribed directly from original containers. Please note that supporting documentation for the "New Yorkers at Work" audiocassettes (FS-20361/34, FS-20361/41, FS-20361/42, FS-20361/43) resides in series 2.4 (folders 30-32).
This series has restrictions on duplication and digitization. In accordance with United States copyright law, audiovisual materials found in Series 2 may not be duplicated or digitized for remote users.
This series contains materials that are accessible only on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Access to audiovisual materials found in Series 2 is provided in the Special Collections Research Room at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. For further information about access to audiovisual materials found in Series 2, contact Research and Instructional Services staff at Wilsonlibrary@unc.edu
Scattered oral histories, musicals, lectures, and radio campaigns. Subjects of these recordings include globalization, imperialism, organizing, labor struggles, and songs of occupational health and safety.
| SFC Audio Cassette FS-20361/32 |
Globalization, the New Imperialism, Dr. Michael ParentiAudiocassette |
| SFC Audio Cassette FS-20361/33 |
Never Again- Organize!Audiocassette |
| SFC Audio Cassette FS-20361/34 |
New Yorkers at Work: Oral Histories of Life, Labor, and Industry, tape 1Audiocassette Side A: Part 1, "Life Under A Hard Hat: A Question of Skill"; Side B: Part 2, "Greenhorn Dreams Lost and Earned: Immigrants and Work" |
| SFC Audio Cassette FS-20361/41 |
New Yorkers at Work: Oral Histories of Life, Labor, and Industry, tape 2Audiocassette Side A: Part 3, "Hard Times and Picket Lines: The Thirties and CIO"; Side B: Part 4, "Solidarity Asunder: Labor After the War" |
| SFC Audio Cassette FS-20361/42 |
New Yorkers at Work: Oral Histories of Life, Labor, and Industry, tape 3Audiocassette Side A: Part 5, "Climbing That Ladder: Jobs and Opportunity"; Side B: Part 6, "Bargaining, Bail-Out, Burn-Out: Public Employees and the Service Crisis" |
| SFC Audio Cassette FS-20361/43 |
New Yorkers at Work: Oral Histories of Life, Labor, and Industry, tape 4Audiocassette Side A: Part 7, "Sixty Words Per Minute: Clericals Have Their Say"; Side B: Part 8, "Where Have All The Jobs Gone? The Eighties" |
| SFC Audio Cassette FS-20361/35 |
Some Sweet Day- The Musical, 1986Audiocassette |
| SFC Audio Cassette FS-20361/36 |
That's NAFTA (The North American Free Trade Agreement): 60 Radio Campaign, 25 October 1993Audiocassette |
| SFC Audio Cassette FS-20361/37 |
We Just Come to Work Here We Don't Come to Die: Songs of Occupational Health and SafetyAudiocassette |
| SFC Audio Cassette FS-20361/38 |
[unidentified sound recording]Audiocassette |
| SFC Audio Cassette FS-20361/39 |
[unidentified sound recording]Audiocassette |
| SFC Audio Cassette FS-20361/40 |
[unidentified sound recording]Audiocassette |
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Subseries 2.2 Motion Picture Films, 1942-1983 and undated (Addition of April 2019)
Acquisitions Information: Accession 103573
Arrangement: Alphabetical by format. 16mm motion picture films listed first followed by filmstrips.
Processing information: Titles and descriptions are compiled and transcribed directly from original containers. Please note that supporting documentation for select motion picture films resides in series 2.4 (folders 33-36).
This series has restrictions on duplication and digitization. In accordance with United States copyright law, audiovisual materials found in Series 2 may not be duplicated or digitized for remote users.
This series contains materials that are accessible only on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Access to audiovisual materials found in Series 2 is provided in the Special Collections Research Room at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. For further information about access to audiovisual materials found in Series 2, contact Research and Instructional Services staff at Wilsonlibrary@unc.edu
Motion picture films found in Highlander's library reference collection consist of educational films, propaganda films, and documentaries on 16mm and 35mm filmstrip. Subjects of the films include the civil rights movement, segregation, labor struggles, labor unions, strip mining, education, agriculture, manufacturing, and media production, among other topics.
| Film F-20361/8 |
Appalachia: Rich Land Poor People, 196916mm motion picture film 2000 feet black and white ; sound |
| Film F-20361/9 |
Bread and Roses, Too, 198016mm motion picture film 900 feet color ; sound |
| Film F-20361/10 |
Changing Work: American Workers in Sweden, 197616mm motion picture film 1400 feet color ; sound |
| Film F-20361/11 |
Communists on Campus, circa 197016mm motion picture film 1400 feet color ; sound |
| Film F-20361/12 |
Dawn of the People: Nicaragua's Literacy Crusade, 27 July 198316mm motion picture film 900 feet color ; soundSupporting documentation (educational pamphlet and photocopy of review) resides in Subseries 2.4. |
| Film F-20361/13 |
Does It Matter What You Think?, circa 194716mm motion picture film 600 feet black and white ; sound |
| Film F-20361/14 |
Don't Be a Sucker, 194716mm motion picture film 700 feet black and white ; sound |
| Film F-20361/15 |
Faces of the South16mm motion picture film 1050 feet color ; sound |
| Film F-20361/16 |
Filmosound 202 Practice Film16mm motion picture film 50 feet black and white ; sound |
| Film F-20361/17 |
For the Record16mm motion picture film 700 feet black and white ; sound |
| Film F-20361/18 |
Henry Brown, Farmer16mm motion picture film 400 feet black and white ; sound |
| Film F-20361/19 |
High Over the Border16mm motion picture film 700 feet black and white ; sound |
| Film F-20361/20 |
In Memory of the Land and People, 197916mm motion picture film 1700 feet color ; soundSupporting documentation (projectionist instructions) resides in Subseries 2.4. |
| Film F-20361/21 |
Indonesia Calling, circa 194816mm motion picture film 800 feet black and white ; sound |
| Film F-20361/22 |
Interview with the American Author, Mr Caldwell16mm motion picture film 600 feet black and white ; sound |
| Film F-20361/24 |
Kitchen Come True, 194516mm motion picture film 650 feet black and white ; sound |
| Film F-20361/25 |
Mr. Williams Wakes Up, 194416mm motion picture film 1100 feet black and white ; sound |
| Film F-20361/26 |
Native Land 194216mm motion picture film 1500 feet black and white ; sound |
| Film F-20361/27 |
Never Give Up: Imogen Cunningham, 197516mm motion picture film 1000 feet color ; soundSupporting documentation (synopsis, discussion questions, and poster) for Rural Education Workshop videotapes resides in Subseries 2.4. |
| Film F-20361/28 |
Our Heritage, 195416mm motion picture film 600 feet black and white ; sound |
| Film F-20361/31 |
The Ravaged Land, 197116mm motion picture film 500 feet color ; sound |
| Film F-20361/32 |
Republic of Apathy16mm motion picture film 1000 feet color ; sound |
| Film F-20361/33 |
Revolution Underway, 196816mm motion picture film 1300 feet color ; sound |
| Film F-20361/34 |
Ring of Steel, circa 194216mm motion picture film 300 feet black and white ; sound |
| Film F-20361/35 |
Salt of the Earth16mm motion picture film 50 feet black and white ; sound |
| Film F-20361/36 |
Scott Anderson: Frozen Promises16mm motion picture film 900 feet color ; sound |
| Film F-20361/37 |
Solidarity: The Story of the Great Coal Strike, 195016mm motion picture film 400 feet black and white ; sound |
| Film F-20361/38 |
Target Nicaragua16mm motion picture film 1300 feet color ; sound |
| Film F-20361/39 |
The Lord Helps Those16mm motion picture film 400 feet black and white ; silent |
| Film F-20361/40 |
The People of the Cumberlands16mm motion picture film 900 feet black and white ; sound |
| Film F-20361/41 |
The River16mm motion picture film 1100 feet black and white ; sound |
| Film F-20361/42 |
They Met at the Fair, circa 195116mm motion picture film 500 feet black and white ; sound |
| Film F-20361/43 |
They Met at the Fair, circa 195116mm motion picture film 500 feet black and white ; sound |
| Film F-20361/44 |
Una Voz en la Montana, circa 195216mm motion picture film 1000 feet Supporting documentation (handwritten note) resides in Subseries 2.4. |
| Film F-20361/45 |
UPWA Educational Film from MA, 1949-195016mm motion picture film 800 feet black and white ; silent |
| Film F-20361/46 |
[unidentified Animated Film]16mm motion picture film 200 feet color ; sound |
| Film F-20361/66 |
The American NegroFilmstrip black and white ; silent |
| Film F-20361/47 |
Education For LivingFilmstrip black and white ; silent |
| Film F-20361/48 |
Everyone Gives to Political Action, circa 1940sFilmstrip black and white ; silent |
| Film F-20361/49 |
Film Center Report, 1952Filmstrip black and white ; silent |
| Film F-20361/50 |
Film Center ReportsFilmstrip black and white ; silent |
| Film F-20361/51 |
Film for TelevisionFilmstrip black and white ; silent |
| Film F-20361/52 |
Forward All TogetherFilmstrip black and white ; silent |
| Film F-20361/53 |
Help Democracy GrowFilmstrip black and white ; silent |
| Film F-20361/54 |
Help Democracy Grow HFSFilmstrip 4 feet black and white ; silent |
| Film F-20361/55 |
The High Cost of SegregationFilmstrip black and white ; silent |
| Film F-20361/67 |
The High Cost of SegregationFilmstrip black and white ; silent |
| Film F-20361/68 |
The Man in the CageFilmstrip |
| Film F-20361/56 |
Of a New Day BegunFilmstrip black and white ; silent |
| Film F-20361/57 |
One Company, One Union, One Contract, 4 June 1953Filmstrip black and white ; silent |
| Film F-20361/58 |
Pattern for World ProsperityFilmstrip black and white ; silent |
| Film F-20361/59 |
Protect the Farmer's Dollar NowFilmstrip black and white ; silent |
| Film F-20361/60 |
Saga of 666Filmstrip color ; silent |
| Film F-20361/61 |
Saga of 666Filmstrip color ; silent |
| Film F-20361/62 |
Small Libraries in ActionFilmstrip black and white ; silent |
| Film F-20361/69 |
The Story of the TVAFilmstrip black and white ; silent |
| Film F-20361/63 |
Svenson's Seniority: General Motors Grievance ProcedureFilmstrip color ; silent |
| Film F-20361/64 |
Television Workshop, LightingFilmstrip black and white ; silent |
| Film F-20361/65 |
Television Workshop, The CameraFilmstrip black and white ; silent |
| Film F-20361/70 |
Up and Atom, 25 June 1946Filmstrip black and white ; silent |
| Film F-20361/71 |
When the Union Comes In, 20 April 1953Filmstrip black and white ; silent |
| Film F-20361/72 |
Working Together for PeaceFilmstrip black and white ; silent |
| Film F-20361/73 |
Your Stake in Collective Bargaining, 1947Filmstrip black and white ; silent |
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Subseries 2.3 Video Recordings, 1973-2008 and undated (Addition of April 2019)
Acquisitions Information: Accessions 103573, 103622
Arrangement: Alphabetical.
Processing information: Titles and descriptions are compiled and transcribed directly from original containers. Please note that supporting documentation for NAFTA-EYE Witness (VT-20361/1121) resides in series 2.4 (folder 37).
This series has restrictions on duplication and digitization. In accordance with United States copyright law, audiovisual materials found in Series 2 may not be duplicated or digitized for remote users.
This series contains materials that are accessible only on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Access to audiovisual materials found in Series 2 is provided in the Special Collections Research Room at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. For further information about access to audiovisual materials found in Series 2, contact Research and Instructional Services staff at Wilsonlibrary@unc.edu
Educational films, documentaries, interviews, and lectures compiled by Highlander's educational and library staff for their library's reference video collection that relate to Highlander's work and interests with social justice movements and initiatives related to labor, the environment, globalization, human rights, media production, and education and empowerment. Subjects of the video recordings include unions, grassroots organizers, prisoners, miners, farmers, immigrant and refugee communities, and educators. Many of the materials are Spanish language, focusing on labor, literacy campaigns, environmental concerns, and regional artistic traditions of Mexico and Central America. The series also includes materials related to the Bhopal Union Carbide Plant Disaster of 1984. Video recordings are on VHS, U-Matic, MiniDV, and 1/2" open reel video.
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Subseries 2.4 Supporting Documentation and Poster (Addition of April 2019)
Arrangement: By corresponding audiovisual item call number (i.e. "FS-20361/60").
Processing information: Processing archivist supplied folder titles, which includes the call number of the related audiovisual item.
Scattered supporting documentation found with select audiovisual materials found in Series 2. Includes educational or teaching materials, such as teacher manuals, guides, and pamphlets, as well as notes and memos. Also includes a copy of a pamphlet by Karen Davis, "Born of Hunger, Pain, and Strife: 150 Years of Struggle Against Unemployment in New Zealand."
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Addition of December 2020, 1980-1999
Acquisitions Information: Accession 20201211.1
Arrangement: Archival recordings listed first followed by reference materials.
Processing information: Titles and descriptions compiled from original containers and an inventory with descriptions provided by John Gaventa.
This series has restrictions on duplication and digitization. In accordance with United States copyright law, select audiovisual materials (VT-20361/1221, VT-20361/1222, FS-20361/61, FS-20361/62) may not be duplicated or digitized for remote users.
This series contains materials that are accessible only on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Access to select audiovisual materials (VT-20361/1221, VT-20361/1222, FS-20361/61, FS-20361/62, DF-20361/23) is provided in the Special Collections Research Room at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. For further information about access to these audiovisual materials, contact Research and Instructional Services staff at Wilsonlibrary@unc.edu
The addition of December 2020 includes audio and video recordings and supporting documentation donated by John Gaventa, who from 1976 until 1993 worked as the director and co-director of the Highlander Research and Education Center. In 1981 John Gaventa received a MacArthur Award for his work with the Highlander Center. The audiovisual materials donated by Gaventa consist of additional archival video recordings produced by Highlander staff, as well as additional reference library audiovisual materials produced by outside sources. Archival video recordings produced by Highlander staff include interviews and congressional hearings related to a strike involving the Tennessee Nuclear Services workers, as well as video recordings documenting Highlander's international work in Nicaragua and India. These international materials include footage of an exchange of popular educators and literacy workers in Nicaragua (VT-20361/1213), while the majority document Juliet Merrifield and John Gaventa's 3 month sabbatical in India to build connections with the Society for Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA) (VT-20361/1199-1210). This sabbatical, which was funded by John Gaventa's 1981 MacArthur Fellowship, led to further collaboration between Highlander and PRIA, and established the basis for Highlander's later work after the Bhopal Chemical disaster in late 1983. The addition also includes supporting documentation compiled by John Gaventa, including tape logs for the video recordings documenting Juliet Merrifield and John Gaventa's 3 month sabbatical in India (VT-20361/1199-1210) and a tape log for a video recording of Paulo Freire and Myles Horton (VT-20361/457) found in Subseries 1.3. Also included in the addition are reference library audiovisual materials compiled by John Gaventa, including dubs of radio and television features and interviews related to Highlander and a copy of Tennessee Heavy Metal (1981), an independent documentary made by The Documentary Guild on the Tennessee Nuclear Services workers (VT-20361/1222). Access to these reference library materials is restricted to the Special Collections Research Room at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
| Folder 39 |
VT-20361/457: Paulo Freire at Highlander, 5 December 1987, log of edited tape |
| Folder 40 |
VT-20361/1199-1210: India video tape logs |
| Videotape VT-20361/1198 |
Alcoa En Tennessee, early 1980sVHS "This video recording was shared with communities and workers in Brazil affected by similar processes." |
| Videotape VT-20361/1199 |
India tape 1: Land workshop in Udaipur, Kaya Training Centre, 1983VHS "This was a workshop to explore whether there could be study in India like the Appalachian Land Ownership study we helped to lead from Highlander. The workshop was held at the Kaya Training Center, run by the NGO Seva Mandir in southern Rajasthan. This tape begins with an introduction by Rajesh Tandon." |
| Videotape VT-20361/1200 |
India tape 2: Land workshop in Udaipur, Kaya Training Centre, 1983VHS "This tape includes a presentation from John Gaventa on the Appalachian Land Ownership Study." |
| Videotape VT-20361/1201 |
India tape 3: Land workshop in Udaipur, Kaya Training Centre; interview with Dr. Mohan Singh Meht; interviews with Chopal forest workers, 1983VHS "This includes an interview with Dr. Mohan Singh Mehta, Sewa founder. Also interviews with Chopal field workers about PRIA forest study." |
| Videotape VT-20361/1202 |
India tape 4: Interviews with Chopal forest workers continued; visits to Kanpur and discussions with textile workers, 1983VHS "This tape includes a workshop in Kanpur India related to occupational heal issues in the textile industry. Interviews with textile workers." |
| Videotape VT-20361/1203 |
India tape 5: Discussions with Kholmeni employees; Mumbai occupational health workshop, 1983VHS "This was with a group of workers in a progressive union, again on working conditions in Bombay. The workers later led a take over of these plants. Presentation on labor conditions in the US by John Gaventa and Juliet Merrifield." |
| Videotape VT-20361/1204 |
India tape 6: Mumbai occupational health workshop, 1983VHS "This built on work that Highlander had done on occupational health, especially in chemical and textile sectors, and brought together a number of workers and researchers from India, disease and participatory research with Indian workers." |
| Videotape VT-20361/1205 |
India tape 7: Mumbai occupational health workshop, 1983VHS "Occupational health workshop continued. More on land study." |
| Videotape VT-20361/1206 |
India tape 8: More on land workshop; interview with Dr. Samant, head of Kaya Training Centre, 1983VHS "Interview with Dr Samant, head of Kaya Center and key NGO leader." |
| Videotape VT-20361/1207 |
India tape 9: Participatory research workshop in Orissa , 13 March 1983VHS "Reflections on PRIA's early participatory research work with activists." |
| Videotape VT-20361/1208 |
India tape 10: Participatory research workshop in Orissa; Interviews on forest study, 1983VHS "The Forest study was one of the early participatory research projects by PRIA in India." |
| Videotape VT-20361/1209 |
India tape 11: Interview with Rajesh Tandon and Ganesh Pandey on participatory research and popular education, parts 1 and 3, 1983VHS "Rajesh Tandon was the founder of PRIA, inspired partly by his earlier visit to Highlander." |
| Videotape VT-20361/1210 |
India tape 12: Interview with Rajesh Tandon and Ganesh Pandey on participatory research and popular education, part 2, 1983VHS |
| Videotape VT-20361/1211 |
Interviews with uranium bullet workers at Tennessee Nuclear Services, early 1980sVHS |
| Videotape VT-20361/1212 |
Labor video collage, early 1980sVHS "A collage of interviews with workers in the early 1980s, documenting working conditions." |
| Videotape VT-20361/1213 |
Nicaragua interviews with popular literacy workers on the border, Uriel Molina, early 1980sVHS "In the early 1980s, Highlander sponsored an exchange of popular educators and literacy workers in Nicaragua and a large conference on Popular Education for Peace. These interviews are with front lines literacy workers, including their stories of attack by the U.S. supported contras." |
| Videotape VT-20361/1214 |
Senator Gore hearings on uranium bullet workers, excerpts, early 1980sVHS "Junior Tennessee Senator Albert Gore held Congressional hearings on the TNS plant, which we videotaped to bring back to share with the Jonesboro workers. This is an excerpt." |
| Videotape VT-20361/1215 |
Tennessee Nuclear Services balloon release protest , circa 1981VHS "A protest at the TNS plant." |
| Videotape VT-20361/1216 |
Tennessee Nuclear Services hearings, raw footage: tape 1 of 4, early 1980sVHS |
| Videotape VT-20361/1217 |
Tennessee Nuclear Services hearings, raw footage: tape 2 of 4, early 1980sVHS |
| Videotape VT-20361/1218 |
Tennessee Nuclear Services hearings, raw footage: tape 3 of 4, early 1980sVHS |
| Videotape VT-20361/1219 |
Tennessee Nuclear Services hearings, raw footage: tape 4 of 4, early 1980sVHS |
| Digital Folder DF-20361/22 |
Weaving the Threads of Justice: Highlander at 75, 20073 digital files |
| Videotape VT-20361/1220 |
With Peoples Wisdom: Interviews with Rajesh Tandon and Ganesh Pandey on participatory research, early 1980sVHS |
| SFC Audio Cassette FS-20361/61 |
Live from Highlander, WUOT-FM, 23 June 1994Audiocassette "Broadcast by East Tennessee public radio station WUOT-FM about Highlander." |
| SFC Audio Cassette FS-20361/62 |
NPR, All Things Considered: "We Shall Overcome", 15 January 1999Audiocassette |
| Digital Folder DF-20361/23 |
Michael Kline interview with Helen Lewis, Director of Highlander, 19862 digital files |
| Videotape VT-20361/1221 |
60 Minutes: On Strike For Their Lives, 1981VHS |
| Videotape VT-20361/1222 |
Tennessee Heavy Metal, 1981U-Matic "Independent documentary made by The Documentary Guild, New York, on the TNS workers." |
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Items Separated
8-Track Tape (8T-20361/1)
Audiocassettes (FS-20361/1-62)
Audiotape (FT-20361/1-5)
Acetate Discs (FD-729-779)
Films (F-20361/1-73)
MiniDisc (MD-20361/1)
Transcription Discs (TR-49-60)
Videotape (VT-20361/1-1222)
Wire Recordings (WR-20361/1-2)
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