Celo Community

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In 1937, Arthur E. Morgan, William Regnery, and Clarence Pickett founded the Celo Community as an utopian community experiment in Yancey County, North Caroilna. It was chartered as a non-profit land-holding corporation which had a summer camps, schools, and a health center. Many of its early members were members of the Society of Friends (Quakers).

From the description of Celo Community collection of Papers, 1950 - 1966. (Western North Carolina Library Network). WorldCat record id: 191849130

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creatorOf Celo Community. Celo Community collection of Papers, 1950 - 1966. Appalachian State University, ASU
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North Carolina--Yancey County
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Collective settlements
Utopias
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Active 1950

Active 1966

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