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Demographic directory of the Harmony Society / compiled by Eileen Aiken English.

Title
Demographic directory of the Harmony Society / compiled by Eileen Aiken English.
Author
English, Eileen Aiken.
Publication
Clinton, N.Y. : Richard W. Couper Press, 2016.

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Description
365 pages : illustrations; 28 cm +
Summary
Expands demographic knowledge of George Rapp's Harmony Society, an American communal utopian movement established in Harmony and Old Economy Village in Pennsylvania, and in New Harmony, Indiana. Provides information that relates members of the Society to each other through family ties, villages of origin, times of arrival in America, and when and why many left the Society.
Series Statement
American communal societies series ; no. 12
Uniform Title
American communal societies series ; no. 12.
Subject
  • Harmony Society > History
  • Harmony Society > Directories
  • Harmony Society > Membership
  • Harmony Society > Genealogy
  • Harmony Society > Registers
  • Harmony Society
  • Harmonists > History
  • Harmonists > Biography
  • Harmonists
  • Membership requirements
  • Economy (Pa. : Commune) > History
  • Harmony (Beaver County, Pa. : Township) > History
  • New Harmony (Ind.) > History
  • Old Economy Village (Ambridge, Pa.) > Pictorial works
  • Indiana > New Harmony
  • Pennsylvania > Ambridge > Old Economy Village
  • Pennsylvania > Economy (Commune)
  • Pennsylvania > Harmony (Beaver County : Township)
Genre/Form
  • Biographies
  • Directories
  • Genealogy
  • History
  • Pictorial works
  • Registers (Lists)
Note
  • Folded map in pocket inside back cover.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-338) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
A note to descendants -- A brief history of George Rapp's Harmony Society -- Conditions of membership in the Harmony Society -- Families in the Harmony Society -- Former surnames -- Related families -- Villages of origin -- Chronology of births -- Chronology of initial dates of membership -- Chronology of deaths -- Chronology of secessions -- Occupations and avocations -- Marriages -- Correlation with member numbers in George Rapp's disciples, pioneers and heirs -- Views of Economy.
ISBN
  • 9781937370190
  • 1937370194
  • 9780937370190 (canceled/invalid)
OCLC
  • 953620989
  • SCSB-11916931
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library