Commonwealth College Papers, 1931-1954.

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Commonwealth College Papers, 1931-1954.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/34367398

Include drafts of articles on the history of both the Colony and the College, on the college's founders and leaders, including K.R. O'Hare, L. Koch, and W.E. Zeuch, and on its dissolution; as well as correspondence and jottings about personalities at the College.

12 items. Typescripts and holographs.

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Zeuch, William E. (William Edward)

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Commonwealth Colony (New Llano, La.)

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Goodhue, F. M., 1870?-

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Member of Commonwealth Colony, New Llano, La., and official of Commonwealth College, Mena, Ark. From the description of Commonwealth College Papers, 1931-1954. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34367398 ...

O'Hare, Kate Richards, 1877-1948

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Kate Richards O'Hare was born on Mar. 26, 1876 to Andrew and Lucy Richards, Kansas farmers devastated by the depression of the 1870s. In 1895, Kate was introduced to socialism by Eugene Debs, and later met Mother Jones and other socialists in Kansas City, where she lived. Kate joined the Socialist Labor Party in 1899, which she left in 1901 to help found the Socialist Party of America. She married fellow socialist Frank P. O'Hare in 1902. A socialist leader, she spoke across America against WWI ...

Koch, Lucien, fl. 1932.

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Commonwealth College (Mena, Ark.)

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Organized in 1923. Its aim was to provide training for young people to work in the labor movement. It was also an experiment in educational self-support, educational democracy, and cooperative living. It closed in 1940. From the description of Commonwealth College records, 1932. (Wayne State University, Archives of Labor & Urban). WorldCat record id: 32321528 ...