Icarian Community
Variant namesCommunal society in Nauvoo, Illinois.
From the description of Account, 1856. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122392182
From the guide to the Icarian Community account, 1856, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections)
Utopian, socialist society founded and led by Etienne Cabet.
From the description of Legal instruments, 1852-1854. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122608827
From the guide to the Icarian Community legal instruments, 1852-1854, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections)
Communistic society founded in France by Etienne Cabet 1788-1856) and flourished in Nauvoo, Ill., 1848-1856.
From the description of Icarian Community records, 1835-1886 (Detroit Public Library). WorldCat record id: 537309008
Cabet was a French politician and religious leader. He published the widely read "Voyage in Icarie" in 1840 and established a community based on communism and pacifism bringing it to Nauvoo, Illinois in 1849.
From the guide to the Icarian Community records, 1850-1851, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections)
The Icarians were a utopian movement founded by Etienne Cabet first in New Orleans, and then in Denton, Texas. In early 1850, the Icarians established a colony in Nauvoo, Ill, that had just been vacated by the Mormons. In 1852, the community purchased land in Adams County, Iowa. Between 1858 and 1859, the Nauvoo colonists moved to Adams Colony and established a new colony near Corning. It was incorporated on September 8, 1860. The colony prospered during the Civil War by selling hides and foodstuffs to the Union Army. In 1878, due to a disagreement between the conservative and progressive factions, the colony split into New Icaria founded by the Conservatives, and Young Icaria headed by the Progressives. The last Icarian colony in Iowa disbanded voluntarily in 1898.
From the description of Records of the New Icarian Community in Adams County, Iowa, 1854-1890. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 762167658
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| associatedWith | Cabet, Etienne, 1788-1856. | person |
| associatedWith | Everett D. Graff Collection of Western Americana (Newberry Library) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Hall, Lynn. | person |
| associatedWith | Harris & Waters. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Macdonald, A. J., (d.1854) | person |
| associatedWith | Oriental Hotel. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Reeves, Winona Evans, b. 1871. | person |
| associatedWith | Snyder, Lillian M. (Lillian Mary), 1914-2005. | person |
| Place Name | Admin Code | Country | |
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| Nauvoo (Ill.) | |||
| Nauvoo (Ill.) | |||
| Nauvoo (Ill.) | |||
| Nauvoo (Ill.) | |||
| Illinois--Nauvoo | |||
| Iowa--Adams County | |||
| Adams County (Iowa) | |||
| Nauvoo (Ill.) | |||
| Iowa | |||
| United States | |||
| Illinois--Nauvoo | |||
| United States | |||
| Nauvoo (Ill.) |
| Subject |
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| Chemistry |
| City and town life |
| Societies and clubs |
| Collective settlements |
| Communism |
| Cooperative societies |
| French Americans |
| Icarian movement |
| Icarian movement |
| Icarian movement |
| Law |
| Law |
| Real property |
| Social life and customs |
| Utopias |
| Viticulture |
| Occupation |
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Corporate Body
Active 1835
Active 1886
Americans
French,
English,
German
