The Bishop Hill Colony was founded in western Illinois in 1846 by dissenters from the Swedish Lutheran Church. Known as lasare (or readers), they read the Bible for themselves and followed the preaching of their leader Erik Janson. Many of the settlers perished during a difficult first winter at their new home in the United States. Additionally,…
The Bishop Hill Colony was founded in western Illinois in 1846 by dissenters from the Swedish Lutheran Church. Known as lasare (or readers), they read the Bible for themselves…
Genre: Ephemera, Manuscripts
Language: English, Swedish
Collection Membership: Hamilton College Library Digital Collections, Communal Societies
This is a collection of materials related to the Harmony Society. The Society was a Christian theosophy and pietist group founded in Iptingen, Germany, in 1785. Due to religious persecution by the Lutheran Church and the government in Württemberg, the group moved to the United States, where representatives initially purchased land in Butler County,…
This is a collection of materials related to the Harmony Society. The Society was a Christian theosophy and pietist group founded in Iptingen, Germany, in 1785. Due to…
Genre: Manuscripts
Language: German, English
Collection Membership: Communal Societies, Hamilton College Library Digital Collections
Materials related to The Israelite's House of David and Mary's City of David.
Materials related to The Israelite's House of David and Mary's City of David.
Genre: Ephemera, Manuscripts, Publications, Visual Materials
Language: English
Collection Membership: Communal Societies, Hamilton College Library Digital Collections
"Rajneeshpuram was an intentional community in Wasco County, Oregon, briefly incorporated as a city in the 1980s, which was populated with followers of the spiritual teacher Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, later known as Osho." (from Wikipedia, accessed: 2017-01-08
"Rajneeshpuram was an intentional community in Wasco County, Oregon, briefly incorporated as a city in the 1980s, which was populated with followers of the spiritual teacher…
Genre: Manuscripts
Language: English
Collection Membership: Communal Societies, Hamilton College Library Digital Collections
In 1907, Dr. George McAnelly Miller and his brother-in-law Albert Peter Dickman relocated their families to the shore of Tampa Bay, Florida. They purchased land and started to set up homes, a saw mill, and a school. The Ruskin Commongood Society platted Ruskin on February 19, 1910. Lots were apportioned for a college, business district, two parks,…
In 1907, Dr. George McAnelly Miller and his brother-in-law Albert Peter Dickman relocated their families to the shore of Tampa Bay, Florida. They purchased land and started to…
Genre: Manuscripts
Language: English
Collection Membership: Communal Societies, Hamilton College Library Digital Collections
The collection consists of digitized materials related to the Shakers.
The collection consists of digitized materials related to the Shakers.
Genre: Ephemera, Manuscripts, Publications, Visual Materials
Language: English
Collection Membership: Communal Societies, Hamilton College Library Digital Collections