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The original German, utopian community, Harmonie Society, arrived in Pennsylvania in the 1780s, relocated to New Harmony, Indiana, in 1814. It established a final home, Economy, near Ambridge, in western Pennsylvania, in 1825. The Society prospered through 1868, dissolving itself in 1905 after membership declined.

From the description of Harmony Society collection, 1838-1935. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 126881760

The Harmony Society was a German religious group that established utopian communities in Pennsylvania and Posey County, Ind. Also known as Harmonists or Rappites (after leader George Rapp), the group moved from Harmonie, Penn. to found New Harmony, Ind. in 1815. By 1824 the disillusioned group gradually began moving back to Pennsylvania, and the town was sold to British utopian leader Robert Owen.

From the description of Manuscript maps, ca. 1825-1832. (Indiana Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 38508793
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creatorOf Harmony Society. Manuscript maps, ca. 1825-1832. Indiana Historical Society Library
referencedIn [Photographs of Economy, Pa., 1903-1904]. Hamilton College, Daniel Burke Library
referencedIn New Harmony Manuscripts, 1812-1871 Working Men's Institute of New Harmony, Indiana
creatorOf Harmony Society. Harmony Society collection, 1838-1935. Pennsylvania State University Libraries
referencedIn Arndt, Karl John Richard,. Karte von der Land der Harmonie am Wabash 1832. Indiana Historical Society Library
referencedIn Arndt, Karl John Richard,. Map of Posey County Ind. ca. 1825. Indiana Historical Society Library
referencedIn Hutterite-Harmony correspondence, 1875-1893. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn Yanosko, M.D. Mystery at Harmony 1955 [manuscript] Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania, Heinz History Center Detre Library and Archives
referencedIn Wetzel, Richard D. A program of late classical and early baroque music representative of the music of the Harmony Society (1804-1905) : Friday, June 28, 1968 ... and Sunday, June 30, 1968, Old Economy, Ambridge, Pennsylvania / conducted by Richard D. Wetzel ; sponsored by the Harmonie Associates, Inc. Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Main (Oakland)
referencedIn Arndt, Karl John Richard,. Map of Posey County ca. 1825. Indiana Historical Society Library
creatorOf Harmony Society. Prescriptions, remedies and recipes book collection 1795-1840. Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania, Heinz History Center Detre Library and Archives
referencedIn A. J. MacDonald collection of utopian materials, ca. 1840-1865 Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn Karl John Richard Arndt collection of Bernhard Muller and the Harmony Society, 1721-1984 Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn Arndt, Karl John Richard,. [Harmony Society land holdings on the Wabash in Indiana] ca. 1828. Indiana Historical Society Library
referencedIn Thurman, Lawrence C. William C. Peters and the Harmony Society 1959 [manuscript] Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania, Heinz History Center Detre Library and Archives
referencedIn Rapp, Frederick, 1775-1834. Papers, 1816-1827. Indiana Historical Society Library
creatorOf Harmony Society. Harmoniesches Gesangbuchlein für Ludwig Epple : gebohren von 21 Dez. 1800. Lutheran Theological Seminary at Phila., Krauth Memorial Library
referencedIn Ernst, Ferdinand, ca. 1784-1822. Observations made upon a journey through the interior of the United States of North America : in the year 1819 / by Ferdinand Ernst ; translated from the German by E.P. Baker A.M. professor of German in McKendree College. Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library
referencedIn Epple, Ludwig. [Book of verse]. Lehigh University Libraries, Lehigh Libraries
referencedIn New Harmony (Ind.). Collection, 1814-1884. Indiana Historical Society Library
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associatedWith Arndt, Karl John Richard, person
associatedWith Duss, John Samuel, 1860-1951. person
associatedWith Epple, Ludwig. person
associatedWith Ernst, Ferdinand, ca. 1784-1822. person
associatedWith Henrici, Jacob. person
associatedWith Lenz, Jonathan. person
associatedWith Macdonald, A. J., (d.1854) person
associatedWith New Harmony (Ind.) corporateBody
associatedWith New Harmony (Ind.) Working Men's Institute. corporateBody
associatedWith Rapp, Frederick, 1775-1834. person
associatedWith Rapp, George, 1757-1847, person
associatedWith Rapp, Gertrude, person
associatedWith Thurman, Lawrence C. person
associatedWith Wilson, Maria, fl. 1847, person
associatedWith Yanosko, M.D. person
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New Harmony (Ind.)
Posey County (Ind.)
Harmony (Butler County, Pa.)
Indiana--Posey County
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Economy (Pa. : Commune)
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