Records of Llano del Rio Colony, 1896-1967 (bulk 1930s).

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Records of Llano del Rio Colony, 1896-1967 (bulk 1930s).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122551774

The collection contains correspondence, documents, minutes, newspaper clippings, photographs, poetry, and printed materials pertaining to the Llano del Rio Colony and its successor, Newllano. Subjects represented throughout the collection as a whole include the Llano and Newllano colonies, socialism in the United States, socialist societies, Job Harriman, Morris Hillquit (1869-1933), George T. Pickett (1876-1959) and Sidney Young.

516 pieces.4 boxes.1 oversize folder.1 oversize volume.

Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens

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SNAC Resource ID: 6759507

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Hillquit, Morris, 1869-1933

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American socialist leader. From the description of Morris Hillquit miscellanea, 1924-1934. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754871697 Morris Hillquit (1896-1933) was a socialist leader, lawyer, author and prominent theoretician of the Socialist Pary. He ran twice for mayor of New York City and five times for the House of Representatives, always unsuccessfully. From the guide to the Morris Hillquit Papers, 1906-1959, (Tamiment Library / Wagner Archives) ...

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...

Harriman, Job.

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Pickett, George T., 1876-1959.

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George T. Pickett was a socialist, a member, and later a leader of the Llano Colony, a cooperative society which was organized in California in 1914. In 1918, part of the colony migrated to Newllano (sometimes called New Llano), Louisiana, near Leesville in Vernon Parish. From the description of Papers, 1883-1960. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122505666 ...