Boston Union of Associationists

The Boston Union of Associationists, an affiliate of the American Union of Associationists, was devoted to the propagation of Fourierism, with members including many participants in the Brook Farm Community, which was a transcendentalist Utopian experiment in West Roxbury, Massachusetts.

From the description of Records and other material, 1846-1848. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612836271

From the description of Additional records, 1846-1851. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612842843

The Boston Union of Associationists, an affiliate of the American Union of Associationists (founded May 1846), was devoted to the propagation of Fourierism, a philosophy developed by François Marie Charles Fourier (1772–1837), a French utopian socialist and philosopher. This Boston Union was organized on 30 November 1846 and operated steadily until 1851. The Union divided itself into groups, notably the Group of Practical Affairs, Group of Indoctrination, and Group of Social Culture. Some members of this organization were also participants in their sister society, the Boston Religious Union of Associationists, as well as the Brook Farm Community, which was a transcendentalist Utopian experiment in West Roxbury, Massachusetts.

From the guide to the Boston Union of Associationists records, 1846-1850., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University)