Kaweah Cooperative Colony Company records, 1885-1892.

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Kaweah Cooperative Colony Company records, 1885-1892.

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Includes incomplete minutes of the San Francisco group's meeting, September 1890; minutes of the Colony, March - August 1891; by-laws; accounts; treasurer's report; time-checks; circulars and form letters; resolutions; agreements and official correspondence. Some items written by Burnette Gregor Haskell and by James John Martin; some materials from Ira B. Cross labor notes.

1 box, 1 volume, 2 oversize folders (.7 linear feet)

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Haskell, Burnette G., 1857-1907

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Burnette Gregor Haskell was born in Downieville, California, June 11, 1857. A printer and attorney, in 1882 he abandoned the Republican Party, embraced socialism, and began publishing the International Workingmen's Association journal Truth. He organized (1882) the Socialist Labor Party in San Francisco, and on the Pacific coast, the Knights of Labor, as well as the Sailors' Union (1885), Musicians', and other unions. Haskell married Anna Fader about 1883. A founder of the short-lived Marxist Ka...

Haskell family,

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Martin, James, 1845-1931

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Non-commissioned officer in Co. H, 11th Michigan Infantry during the Civil War. From the description of James Martin letters, 1861-1864. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34420972 ...

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 ...

Cross, Ira B. (Ira Brown), 1880-

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Biography Ira Brown Cross, a descendant of William Bradford and John and Priscilla Alden of the Plymouth Colony, was born December 1, 1880 in Decatur, Illinois. He received his A.B. and M.A. degrees from the University of Wisconsin, and while a student there became a member of the Socialist Party. In 1904 he served as the Assistant Secretary of the National Convention of the Socialist Party in Chicago. Cross received his Ph.D. from Stanford U...