Kaweah Colony

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The Kaweah Cooperative Colony, established in 1886 and inspired by Edward Bellamy's Looking Backward, was a short-lived utopian community organized in Tulare County, California.

From the description of Kaweah Cooperative Colony papers, 1886-1890. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702127629
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referencedIn Curtis, C. C. (Charles Clifford), 1862-1956. Kaweah Colony group leisure scenes [graphic]. UC Berkeley Libraries
referencedIn Kuss, Peter Nicholas. Peter Nicholas Kuss papers, 1877-1913. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn Kuss, P. N. P.N. Kuss papers, 1886-1909. UC Berkeley Libraries
referencedIn Martin, J. J. (James John). History of Kaweah and accompanying papers, 1891-1938. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn Lewis, Ruth Krandis. Ruth Krandis Lewis correspondence, 1942 Feb. UC Berkeley Libraries
referencedIn Haskell family. Haskell family papers, 1878-1951. UC Berkeley Libraries
referencedIn Paul Kagan photographs of utopian communities and personal papers, circa 1895-circa 1989, 1968-1976 Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn Martin, J. J. (James John), 1845-1938. J.J. Martin papers, 1880-1972 (bulk 1885-1936). UC Berkeley Libraries
creatorOf Kaweah Colony. Kaweah Cooperative Colony Company records, 1885-1892. UC Berkeley Libraries
referencedIn Challacombe, J. Richard. J. Richard Challacombe photograph collection pertaining to the early logging of giant sequoia in the Sierra Nevada [graphic]. UC Berkeley Libraries
referencedIn Doctor, Joseph E. Why Kaweah Failed : n.p. : transcript, [undated]. UC Berkeley Libraries
referencedIn J.J. Martin papers, 1880-1972, bulk 1885-1936 Bancroft Library
referencedIn Purdy, Will. Kaweah : the Saga of the Old Colony : typescript carbon, [undated]. UC Berkeley Libraries
referencedIn Rowell, Joseph Cummings, 1853-1938. Joseph Cummings Rowell papers, 1884-1937. UC Berkeley Libraries
creatorOf Kaweah Cooperative Colony papers, 1886-1890 Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn Scrapbook of clippings regarding Kaweah Cooperative Colony, 1891-1893. UC Berkeley Libraries
referencedIn Ellsworth, Rodney Sydes. Rodney Sydes Ellsworth papers : relating to the Kaweah Cooperative Colony Co., 1926-1931. UC Berkeley Libraries
referencedIn Martin, J. J. (James John). History of Kaweah and accompanying papers, 1891-1938. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn Miscellaneous portraits from the Haskell family papers [graphic] UC Berkeley Libraries
referencedIn Paul Kagan utopian communities collection, 1845-1980, 1910-1975 Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
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associatedWith Challacombe, J. Richard. person
associatedWith Cross, Ira B. b. 1880, person
associatedWith Curtis, C. C. (Charles Clifford), 1862-1956. person
associatedWith Doctor, Joseph E. person
associatedWith Ellsworth, Rodney Sydes. person
associatedWith Haskell, Burnette Gregor, 1857-1907. person
associatedWith Haskell family, family
associatedWith Haskell family. family
associatedWith Kagan, Paul, 1943- person
associatedWith Kuss, Peter Nicholas. person
associatedWith Kuss, P. N. person
associatedWith Lewis, Ruth Krandis. person
associatedWith Martin, James John, 1845-1938? person
associatedWith Martin, J. J. (James John) person
associatedWith Martin, J. J. (James John), 1845-1938. person
associatedWith Purdy, Will. person
associatedWith Rowell, Joseph Cummings, 1853-1938. person
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Tulare County (Calif.)
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Tulare County (Calif.)
California
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Collective settlements
Collective settlements
Cooperative societies
Cooperative societies
Socialism
Socialism
Utopias
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