Zilphia Horton
(1910-1956)
Educator

Horton was director of music at Highlander Folk School from 1935 to 1956.

Published Biographical Sources

Austin, Aleine. "Zilphia." Social Policy 21 (Winter 1991): 48-52.

Carter, Vicki K. "The Singing Heart of Highlander Folk School." New Horizons in Adult Education 8, no. 2 (Spring 1994): 4-24. Journal online. Available from http://www.nova.edu/Inter-Links/education/horizons/v8n2/3.html. Internet.

Glen, John M. Highlander, No Ordinary School, 1932-1962. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1988.

Horton, Aimee Isgrig. The Highlander Folk School: A History of Its Major Programs, 1932-1961. Brooklyn, N.Y.: Carlson Publishing, 1989.

Manuscript Collection

Zilphia Horton Folk Music Collection. Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville.

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