The Amana Society collection contains materials of the Community of True Inspiration held by the Special Collections Department of Hamilton College. The Community of True Inspiration, today's Amana Society, is a Pietist sect that began in south central Germany in 1714. The Inspirationists, like the Shakers, were influenced by the "French Prophets,"…
The Amana Society collection contains materials of the Community of True Inspiration held by the Special Collections Department of Hamilton College. The Community of True…
Genre: Ephemera, Visual Materials
Language: English
Collection Membership: Hamilton College Library Digital Collections, Communal Societies
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
The Church of the Messiah was founded by George Jones Adams who was the leader of a splinter sect of the Latter-day Saints formed after the death of the prophet Joseph Smith Jr. Adams initially followed schismatic leader James Jesse Strang, but was excommunicated from his sect in 1851. By the late 1850s he formed the Church of the Messiah, which…
The Church of the Messiah was founded by George Jones Adams who was the leader of a splinter sect of the Latter-day Saints formed after the death of the prophet Joseph Smith…
Genre: Publications
Language: English
Collection Membership: Communal Societies, Hamilton College Library Digital Collections
Father Divine's International Peace Mission Movement is based at Woodmont outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Its leader Reverend Major Jealous Divine, usually called Father Divine, began attracting followers in the American South during the 1910s. By 1919 the movement was based at Sayville, New York; and in 1933 Father Divine established a…
Father Divine's International Peace Mission Movement is based at Woodmont outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Its leader Reverend Major Jealous Divine, usually called…
Genre: Publications
Language: English
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
Arthur Edward Waite was an author and creator or joiner of societies important in the history of modern occultism and mysticism. He edited The Unknown World, proclaiming it would investigate “those mysteries which are called transcendental, occult, and mystic.” Waite was a member of various Golden Dawn and Rosicrucian sects beginning in the 1890s.
Arthur Edward Waite was an author and creator or joiner of societies important in the history of modern occultism and mysticism. He edited The Unknown World, proclaiming it…
Genre: Publications
Language: 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
These are materials published by the Jezreelite community of Kent, England, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. This movement, also known as the "New and Latter House of Israel," inspired Benjamin and Mary Purnell to later establish the Israelite House of David community in Benton Harbor, Michigan.
These are materials published by the Jezreelite community of Kent, England, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. This movement, also known as the "New and Latter House…
Genre: Publications
Language: English
Collection Membership: Communal Societies, Hamilton College Library Digital Collections
The Kerista commune existed in the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood of San Francisco, California, from 1971 to 1991. The Kerista religion was founded in 1956 in New York City by World War II veteran John Peltz Presmont, who became known as Bro Jud Presmont. The Keristans practiced polyfidelity, in which up to twenty-four or thirty-six partners (an even…
The Kerista commune existed in the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood of San Francisco, California, from 1971 to 1991. The Kerista religion was founded in 1956 in New York City by…
Genre: Ephemera
Language: English
Collection Membership: Communal Societies, Hamilton College Library Digital Collections
The Special Collections of Hamilton College have nearly complete runs of four periodicals published by the Koreshan Unity: The Guiding Star (Chicago, 1887-1889); The Plowshare and Pruning Hook (San Francisco, 1891-1895); The Flaming Sword (Chicago and Estero, 1890-1948); and The Salvator and Scientist (Allegheny, Pa., 1895-1896). Altogether the…
The Special Collections of Hamilton College have nearly complete runs of four periodicals published by the Koreshan Unity: The Guiding Star (Chicago, 1887-1889); The Plowshare…
Genre: Publications
Language: English
Collection Membership: Communal Societies, Hamilton College Library Digital Collections
The Oneida Community was a religiously based, socialist group, located in Oneida, New York, of about 250 people dedicated to living as one family and to sharing all property, work, and love. Lead by John Humphrey Noyes, the community flourished from 1848-1880. The OC were also prolific publishers and promoters of socialist and reform causes. Among…
The Oneida Community was a religiously based, socialist group, located in Oneida, New York, of about 250 people dedicated to living as one family and to sharing all property,…
Genre: Publications
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
The Rising Star Association published The Social revolutionist: a medium for the free discussion of general principles and practical measures, pertaining to human progress and general well-being.
The Rising Star Association published The Social revolutionist: a medium for the free discussion of general principles and practical measures, pertaining to human progress and…
Genre: Publications
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
This is a collection of photographs related to the Snow Hill Cloister near Waynesboro, Pennsylvania. A finding aid to Snow Hill Cloister manuscripts in the Communal Societies Collection is also available.
This is a collection of photographs related to the Snow Hill Cloister near Waynesboro, Pennsylvania. A finding aid to Snow Hill Cloister manuscripts in the Communal Societies…
Genre: Visual Materials
Language: English
Collection Membership: Communal Societies, Hamilton College Library Digital Collections
Sun Ra Research is a an oral history project conducted by John and Peter Hinds. Since 1995 the Hinds brothers have published their interviews with the jazz musician Sun Ra and members of his band, the Arkestra, in their magazine Sun Ra research. This collection features fully text searchable digital versions of the original issues of Sun Ra…
Sun Ra Research is a an oral history project conducted by John and Peter Hinds. Since 1995 the Hinds brothers have published their interviews with the jazz musician Sun Ra and…
Genre: Publications
Language: English
Collection Membership: Communal Societies, Hamilton College Library Digital Collections
The Topolobampo cooperative colony was founded in 1886 by a group of American colonists at Sinaloa, Mexico, at the head of the Gulf of California. Leader Albert Kimsey Owen (1847-1916) was a surveyor, civil engineer, and utopian socialist. He dreamed of establishing a railroad from Texas to the site of "Pacific City," his ideal planned settlement.…
The Topolobampo cooperative colony was founded in 1886 by a group of American colonists at Sinaloa, Mexico, at the head of the Gulf of California. Leader Albert Kimsey Owen…
Genre: Publications
Language: English
Collection Membership: Communal Societies, Hamilton College Library Digital Collections
Victoria (Claflin) Woodhull (September 23, 1838 – June 9, 1927) and her younger sister Tennessee Claflin (October 26, 1844 – January 18, 1923) were suffragist activists who promoted their ideas in their "Woodhull & Claflin's Weekly" which began publication in 1870. It was one of the first newspapers founded by women in the United States.
Victoria (Claflin) Woodhull (September 23, 1838 – June 9, 1927) and her younger sister Tennessee Claflin (October 26, 1844 – January 18, 1923) were suffragist activists who…
Genre: Publications
Language: English
Collection Membership: Communal Societies, Hamilton College Library Digital Collections