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The Manumit School was a progressive Christian socialist boarding school located in Pawling, New York, between 1924 and 1943, and from 1944 to 1958 in Bristol, Pennsylvania. Founded on purchased farm land by Rev. William Fincke and his wife Helen, it was formerly
He attended Manumit School, a Christian socialist boarding school in Pawling, New York, during the late 1930s, and Peekskill Military Academy in Peekskill, New York.
William Fincke. William Mann Fincke (January 1, 1878 – May 31, 1927) was an American football player, pacifist minister, and educator. He played college football for the Yale Bulldogs football team and was selected as a consensus All-American in 1900. He later became a Presbyterian minister, pacifist, and proponent of the social gospel.
Manumit School was a Christian socialist co-educational, elementary, non-denominational, boarding school in Pawling, NY, 1924-1943, then in Bristol, PA, 1944-1958. In 1924, Rev. William Mann Fincke and his wife, Helen Hamlin, founded Manumit as an elementary level, co-educational, boarding school on a working farm in Pawling, NY.
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.
Description: The Manumit School was an “experimental boarding school in Pawling NY. Founded on purchased farm land in 1924 by William and Helen Fincke, it was formally call the Manumit School for Workers’ Children.
Manumit School was a Christian socialist co-educational, elementary, non-denominational, boarding school in Pawling, NY, 1924-1943, then in Bristol, PA, 1944-1958. In 1924, Rev. William Mann Fincke and his wife, Helen Hamlin, founded Manumit as an elementary level, co-educational, boarding school on a working farm in Pawling, NY.
