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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. [1] Founded on purchased farm land by Rev. William Fincke and his wife Helen, it was formerly called The Manumit School for Workers' Children.
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. He later attended St. Leo College Preparatory School , a Catholic school in St. Leo, Florida, after being expelled from several other schools for bad behavior (smoking cigarettes ...
- 1948–1987
- United States Marine Corps
On the farm, he and his wife established the Manumit School, a co-educational boarding school referred to as a "laborers' peace school for young children." [2] Manumit was also described as "an alliance of progressive labor and progressive education " and was associated with a number of New York City labor unions.
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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.
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.
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.
Title: Manumit School (1924-1957) URL: http://manumitschool.com/ 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.
