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Communitarian society located near Kalamazoo, Michigan.

From the description of Alphadelphia Association records [microform], 1843-1848. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34419892 From the description of Alphadelphia Association records, 1843-1848. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34418453 From the description of Alphadelphia Association records, 1843-1848. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 85778148

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Alphadelphia was a communitarian society, located near Kalamazoo, Michigan, and established in 1843. The association founded on the principles set forth by French socialist Charles Fourier which combined a belief in the possibilities of scientific evolution and social progress and the sense that ridding the world of evil would inaugurate a "reign of Social Harmony" that would hasten, according to the members of such groups as Alphadelphia, the coming millennium or the thousand year reign of Christ on earth.

The constitution for Alphadelphia was drawn up in December 1843 by a small group of individuals from various Michigan counties. These same selected members for a site committee to search out a suitable location for their home. Some partially cultivated acreage in Kalamazoo County seemed ideal for their purposes. The land was cut across by the Kalamazoo River and close-by the anticipated completion of the Michigan Central Railroad tracks. Those who owned land on the site were encouraged to join the organization.

In the spring of 1844 a barracks for living quarters was built. There would also soon be a saw mill for the timber on the land, a blacksmith shop, and a printing office. From this latter office, the Alphadelphia members printed the Alphadelphia Tocsin and a journal, the Primitive Expounder.

Alphadelphia lasted but four years and really flourished only for one year until 1845. Some members left because of poor economic conditions and their sense that they could better themselves elsewhere. Internal dissensions also tore at the organization with charges of mismanagement and the shortage of cash to do business and to pay taxes. Alphadelphia ceased functioning, according to their records, in 1848.

From the guide to the Alphadelphia Association Records, 1844-1857, (Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan)

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http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/430817125

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http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/233831642

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http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/34418453

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http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/263075805

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http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/758983314

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http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/324998975

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Alphadelphia Association (Organization)

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Galesburg Public Library collection, 1844-1923.

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Galesburg Public Library,. Galesburg Public Library collection, 1844-1923.

Title: Galesburg Public Library collection, 1844-1923.

Justice of Peace docket of Daniel H. Summer, 1864-1867, Galesburg, Michigan. Alphadelphia Association materials include member list; articles of association; Board of Directors report, 1844; miscellaneous papers. Constitution and by-laws of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, 1920. Daybook of J. Schroder Grocery, Galesburg, 1896-1897. Daybook of A.W. Alfred, Galesburg physician, 1870-1873. Miscellaneous papers about Galesburg history include a scrapbook of clippings from Galesburg Argus, early 19th century. Southworth-Stuart papers, 1921-1923, include bills; invoices; correspondence for the Ford automobile dealership in Galesburg, 1922-1923.

ArchivalResource: 4 boxes (1.75 cu. ft.)

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Alphadelphia Association records, 1843-1848.

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Alphadelphia Association (Organization). Alphadelphia Association records, 1843-1848.

Title: Alphadelphia Association records, 1843-1848.

Constitution, census, membership records, reports of committees, labor records, financial accounts, minutes of directors, correspondence and miscellaneous papers.

ArchivalResource: 1 linear ft. and 3 oversize v.

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WPA State and Local Historical Records collection, 1936-1942.

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WPA State and Local Historical Records collection, 1936-1942.

Title: WPA State and Local Historical Records collection, 1936-1942.

WPA surveys are descriptions and recollections of various historical events as well as documentation in the possession of an individual or organization at the time of the interviews, 1936-1939. Surveys are sorted by county by the owner's address. Counties included are Allegan, Barry, Berrien, Branch, Calhoun, Cass, Hillsdale, Jackson, Kalamazoo, Saint Joseph, and Van Buren. Also included are WPA personnel records, travel vouchers and instructional material. Additional surveys include Alphadelphia Association records, church records, Grand Army of the Republic records, and newspaper records.

ArchivalResource: 10 boxes.

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Howard Hoffman collection, ca. 1975-1979.

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Hoffman, Howard,. Howard Hoffman collection, ca. 1975-1979.

Title: Howard Hoffman collection, ca. 1975-1979.

Research notes by Howard Hoffman about historic sites in Kalamazoo County, Michigan. Research includes information about Jews in Kalamazoo and in Michigan; Bazel Harrison; inter-urban trains; Benjamin Cummings; Gilbert Read; Enoch Harris, first Black settler in Kalamazoo County; Nottawa-Seepe Indians; William R. Shafter; engineering and industrial sites in Michigan's Lower Peninsula; Shirland, named for John Shirley, an early settler in Prairie Ronde Township, Kalamazoo County; Shafter Pioneer Cemetery; Black Hawk War; South West [known as West Street] Cemetery of Kalamazoo; Indians and Indian Mounds: Abiel Fellows; Samuel H. Simmons; Price and Buell families and farm, Oshtemo; Oakland Drive Association, Kalamazoo; Oscar B. Frost; Judson A. Frost; Thomas McLin, Texas Township, Kalamazoo County; Alamo Museum, Kalamazoo County; German Lutheran Cemetery, Brady Township, Kalamazoo County; Moore-Hascall Harvester; Alphadelphia Association, Comstock; Benjamin Drake; Indian Fields and Dry Prairie Cemeteries, Kalamazoo County; Geloster, Richland; Simpson Howland and Howlandsburg.

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Alphadelphia Association records, 1843-1848.

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Alphadelphia Association (Organization). Alphadelphia Association records, 1843-1848.

Title: Alphadelphia Association records, 1843-1848.

Constitution, census, membership records, reports of committees, labor records, financial accounts, minutes of directors, correspondence and miscellaneous papers.

ArchivalResource: 0.6 linear ft. (in 2 boxes) and 5 oversize v.

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Alphadelphia Association (Organization)

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Alphadelphia Association records [microform], 1843-1848.

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Alphadelphia Association (Organization). Alphadelphia Association records [microform], 1843-1848.

Title: Alphadelphia Association records [microform], 1843-1848.

Constitution, census, membership records, reports of committees, labor records, financial accounts, minutes of directors, correspondence and miscellaneous papers.

ArchivalResource: 3 microfilm reels : positive.3 microfilm reels : master negative.3 microfilm reels : print master.

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[Carol Stafford Collection, 1840-1870].

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Stafford, Carol,. [Carol Stafford Collection, 1840-1870].

Title: [Carol Stafford Collection, 1840-1870].

Keith family and Willcut family papers include a warranty deed, Comstock Township, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, 1840; tax receipts 1852, 1856, 1870; letter by Harvey Keith, 1846; genealogy of the Jesse Willcut and Keith families. The constitution for the Alphadelphia Association, 1844, a utopian community in Galesburg, Michigan. (All photocopies)

ArchivalResource: 3 folders.

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George Hilliard collection, 1952.

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Hilliard, George,. George Hilliard collection, 1952.

Title: George Hilliard collection, 1952.

The Alphadelphia Association in Comstock Township, Kalamazoo County, Michigan by Edna Hilliard, 1952.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder.

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Alphadelphia Association

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Alphadelphia Association Records 1844-1857

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Alphadelphia Association Records, 1844-1857

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Communitarian society located near Kalamazoo, Michigan. Constitution, census, membership records, reports of committees, labor records, financial accounts, minutes of directors, correspondence and miscellaneous papers.

ArchivalResource: 3 microfilm rolls.

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Cridland, Charles R.

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Denton, Samuel, 1803-1860.

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Galesburg Public Library,

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Hilliard, George,

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Hoffman, Howard,

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Keith, Harvey.

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Noyes, James.

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Schettlerly, Henry R.

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Stafford, Carol,

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Tubbs, Lyman.

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Cridland, Charles R.

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Denton, Samuel, 1803-1860

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Keith, Harvey.

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Noyes, James.

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Noyes, James.
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Schettlerly, Henry R.

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Tubbs, Lyman.

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Kalamazoo County (Mich.)

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Galesburg (Mich.)

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Alphadelphia Association (Organization)

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Alphadelphia Association

Alphadelphia Association (Organization)

Alphadelphia Phalanx (Organization)

Alphadelphia Society (Organization)

Washtenaw Phalanx (Organization)

Alphadelphia Association

Alphadelphia Association (Commune)

Kalamazoo County (Mich.)

Galesburg (Mich.)

Galesburg (Mich.)

Kalamazoo County (Mich.)

Kalamazoo County (Mich.)

Alphadelphia Association (Commune)

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Alphadelphia Association (Commune)

Galesburg (Mich.)

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