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[NOTE: Below is a copy of a document apparently prepared for fundraising purposes, probably during 1945-46 year. Cover, page 8 of original and cited attachments not available. Mike S. 2006] Manumit is described by Porter Sargent [standard annual guide to US private schools] as thoroughly cosmopolitan. In past years its contacts with European underground […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Erik Darling (September 25, 1933 – August 3, 2008) A Personal Appreciation By Ross Altman “Close enough for folk music,” was not close enough for Erik Darling. He was a perfectionist who “practiced the banjo the way Heifitz practiced the violin,” according to his one-time Weavers’ band mate Fred Hellerman. Darling passed away this past […]
Continue Reading →Also read: A Personal Appreciation Hello good people, I just heard an announcement that Eric Darling has died, and I suppose that many of you might not know that he is a Manumitter. A lively folk-musician, a high tenor singer, he filled in with the Weavers when Pete Seeger left them. If you’re curious, he […]
Continue Reading →The Manumit Year Book – 1927 [NOTE: Text below copied from printed document titled “The Manumit Year Book – 1927” — a 38 page, 8-1/4” x 5” booklet with eight photos. (Punctuation and spelling as in original text.) Mike Speer – 2/07] [Source: “The Manumit Year Book – 1927” – Excerpt, cover] THE MANUMIT YEAR […]
Continue Reading →It was really great seeing you all today and just being there and listening to memories brought back so much. It is true that memories from long ago are sharper (probably more ‘hard wired’) than things of recent origin. My hearing is terrible (I wear hearing aids) and the tin ceiling at the White Horse, […]
Continue Reading →I was at Manumit starting in 1928. And so were you two. My name is Ruth Rosner In those days I was Bunty (a nickname) Klein. My brother Donald Klein was there too. Does this ring a bell with you two? I have been in touch with the Manumit group of past students for two […]
Continue Reading →This is a long thread but worth reading through. Manumit was a complicated school and many of us needed the nurturing we found there. We, at least many of us, think we fortunate that our parents sent us there. I know I do. This can’t tell the story of Manumit but this thread does provide […]
Continue Reading →June 11, 2006 RUTH ROSNER-MANUMIT SCHOOL PAWLING –1928 PIONEER At 11:50 A.M. on Tuesday, May 23, 2006 I went into the Cedar Tavern. Nothing had changed…the same big old bar, mirrors, pictures, smoky atmosphere. In my Village boozing years, I virtually lived at Cedar Tavern (along with The White Horse, Lions Head, Louie’s). But I […]
Continue Reading →Dear Manumit Friends, Alas, alack, I am not able to go back. To be with you one and all, on February the twentieth. Boo. My loss. Why is life so cruel that I have to miss such an august occasion? BUT! Okay memory lane, here we go. Do you remember way back when — was […]
Continue Reading →Hi Thelma – I’m doing pretty well. Trying to deal with pushing 80 when I still feel like the kid walking the brook barefoot watching for turtles (painted), frogs, snakes, garnets and sandy deep holes to get nice and sopping wet in. I thought John Seeger, Pete’s older brother who taught at Manumit, had a […]
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Manumit was a complicated school and many of us needed the nurturing we found there. This can't tell the story of Manumit but this blog does provide at least one flavor of our experience.