Collection

Hamilton College Library Digital Collections

Item Media Type

Collection

Collection Designation

Special Collections

Genre

Ephemera

Manuscripts

Publications

Visual Materials

Language

English

German

Description

The Special Collections of Hamilton College include a substantial gathering of primary and secondary source materials relating to Communal Societies: groups of people intentionally living separate from the surrounding general society according to a shared set of principles, whether religious or secular, with common ownership of property. This collection comprises manuscripts, printed works, visual materials, audio/video materials, ephemera, and artifacts from the eighteenth through the twenty-first centuries. The collection also includes related materials on Spiritualism, Western Esotericism, the Occult, Botanical Medicine, Psychedelic drugs, and pseudosciences such as Animal Magnetism, Mesmerism, Phrenology, and Hydropathy.

Institutional Owner

Hamilton College Library Digital Collections

Restrictions on Access

There are no restrictions on access to this resource.

Rights Statement

Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)