Manuscript maps, ca. 1825-1832.

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Manuscript maps, ca. 1825-1832.

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Four manuscript maps of New Harmony and Posey County, Ind. collected by historian Karl J.R. Arndt that show the transition of ownership from George Rapp's followers to those of Robert Owen. Map 1, ca. 1825, shows Harmonists' holdings and was probably delivered to Owen about the time of purchase. Map 2, ca. 1825, similar to the first, was probably made for Owen or Harmony Society records. Map 3, ca. 1828, shows areas of Posey County originally held by Harmonists. Many sections are labelled with English names showing that most German Harmonists had moved. Map 4, Oct. 31, 1832, is similar to the third, but is in greater detail.

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Harmony Society

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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 G...

Arndt, Karl John Richard.

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Karl Arndt, born in St. Paul, Minnesota in 1903, was a scholar of German-American history specializing in utopian societies. He was a professor at Louisiana State University from 1935 until 1947, and at Clark University, where he was head of the German Department from 1950 to 1969. He served in the United States Military Government in Germany, in the Office of Church-State Relations, from 1945 to 1950. Arndt wrote several volumes of history on the Harmony Society, including George R...