Manumit School Collection
circa 1920s-2010s, inclusive
Speer, R. Michael
Fincke, William Mann
Dretzin, Barbara Dutton (Role: Donor)
Materials are in English.
The collection is an artificial grouping of records, printed ephemera, three issues of The Manuscript, and writings of the Director, 1933-1958, William Mann Fincke, who was a son of the co-founders, Reverend William Mann Fincke and Helen Harden Fincke. There is significant amount of correspondence in the collection, including letters to Benjamin and Magda Fincke; a chronology and several histories of Manumit; a CD containing material from the website "Manumit School" devoted to its history, and selected email exchanges from 2005-2009 between alumni; also included are copies of some materials from the New York Public Library. A second CD contains the proceedings of a Manumit School Symposium of Jul 9, 2011. The collection also contains many photographs, including photographs of the groups, students, and programing. In addition, there is an oversized book of illustrated stories written by Manumit School students who were around high school age during World War II.
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Language: Description is in English
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