Paul Kagan papers on Llano del Rio cooperative colony, 1972-197?.

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Paul Kagan papers on Llano del Rio cooperative colony, 1972-197?.

Research materials pertaining to Llano del Rio, a socialist utopian community in Southern Calif. that moved to Louisiana in 1917. Consists of correspondence with Mellie Calvert on acquiring material related to Llano del Rio and to former colonist, Walter Millsap; a typed transcript (9 p.) of a 1964 interview with Millsap conducted by Art Wadsworth for the Pacifica Foundation and broadcast on KPFK in Los Angeles; and photocopies of printed articles and other research sources.

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California historical society

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Llano Colony (Secular community)

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Utopian socialist community formed in 1914 in Southern Calif.; moved to La. in 1917; declared bankruptcy in 1936; attempt to recover assets begun in 1959. From the description of Llano del Rio records, 1911-1969. (California Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 122642341 The Llano del Rio Co-operative Colony was incorporated in 1914 by Los Angeles attorney Job Harriman, the socialist nominee for mayor of Los Angeles in 1911. The settlement was located in California's Ant...

Millsap, Walter, 1886-1971

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Walter Millsap was from 1916 to 1919 an active member of the utopian Llano colony, a socialist community which moved from its original location in California to Louisiana in 1917. Millsap was trustee of United Co-Operative Industries and head of the Llano Co-Operative Association. Keikichi Akana Imamura was a salesman for Millsap's United Co-Operative Industries before World War II and an adjunct professor in Oriental languages at Yale University in the fall of 1945. ...

Kagan, Paul, 1943-

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Paul Kagan (1943-1993), photographer and author of New World Utopias. From the description of Paul Kagan utopian communities collection, 1845-1980 (bulk 1910-1975) (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79724772 From the description of Paul Kagan utopian communities collection, 1845-1980 (bulk 1910-1975). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702152294 Author of the book New world utopias: a photographic history of the search for community, published in 1975. From the ...