P.N. Kuss papers, 1886-1909.

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P.N. Kuss papers, 1886-1909.

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Consists of documents concerning the Kaweah Colony, and P.N. Kuss Co. The Kaweah Colony documents include correspondence between Kuss, Charles Keller, Frank X. Fischer, Attorney Henry N. Copp, and Attorney Henry C. Dillon, a partial membership list, land patents, receipts, and publications. P.N. Kuss Co. documents include company bylaws, meeting minutes, professional recommendations, paint formulas and laws.

1 box and 1 oversize folder (.25 linear ft.)

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P.N. Kuss Company.

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Copp, Henry N. (Henry Norris), 1843-1912

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Keller, Charles Ferdinand, 1846-1937.

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Dillon, Henry Clay, 1846-1912.

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Fischer, Frank X.

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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 ...

Kuss, P. N.

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P.N. Kuss ran his own painting business in Oakland and San Francisco. P.N. Kuss was also an executive board member of the Kaweah Colony. The Kaweah Colony was started in 1885 as an experiment in Christian Socialism. 55 members made land claims near the Kaweah River in 1885. A road and sawmill were built, with several townships and a school, but problems with the land claims and internal conflict ended the colony in 1892. From the description of P.N. Kuss papers, 1886-1909. (Universit...