COLLECTED MATERIALS ON OTHER COLONIES/SCHOOLS,, 1901-1992
Dates
- 1901-1992
Scope and Contents
Summary: Material includes the 1932 Fairhope (Alabama) constitution, a 1920s Fairhope lease application, book chapters, correspondence, journal and newspaper articles.
Single-tax colonies documented are Fairhope, Alabama, and Arden, Delaware. Also includes material from the Henry George School of Social Science, in New York, which was founded to teach the single-tax principles of its namesake.
Other types of colonies documented are the Helicon Home Colony in Englewood, New Jersey, which was founded by writer Upton Sinclair as an experiment in co-operative living; the Modern School at Stelton, New Jersey, a libertarian school and anarchist colony; and The Straight Edge of New York, a Christian socialist community.
Language of Materials
English.
Physical Description
(.1 cubic feet)
Conditions Governing Access
No Restrictions.
Arrangement
Arrangement: Arranged alphabetically by state, then by name.
Part of the New Brunswick Special Collections Repository