History of Kaweah and accompanying papers, 1891-1938.

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History of Kaweah and accompanying papers, 1891-1938.

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Draft of Martin's History of the Kaweah Cooperative Colony of California, accompanied by an ALS to Siegfried Ameringer dated April 1938, transmitting the manuscript; a document giving Ameringer power of attorney over the typescript; a carbon of a letter from "The American Guardian;" and a copy of the "Kaweah Commonwealth" dated April 4, 1891 (vol. 2, no. 20) sent to Ameringer by Martin, in which a letter from Martin to the "Nationalization News" was printed. The draft of the history, a combination of typescript, typescript carbon, and holograph, is heavily corrected in preparation for publication, and is divided into 24 sections.

1.8 linear ft. (2 boxes)

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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 ...

Martin, J. J. (James John)

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J. J. Martin was co-founder of the Kaweah Cooperative Colony of California, a short-lived cooperative society in Tulare County, California, 1885-1991, which ended when the government denied their claim to the land and established Sequoia National Park. Martin was subsequently a commission salesman in Victoria, British Columbia during the Klondike Gold Rush, then became involved in an attempt to establish a colony in Tasmania, and later helped organize the Merchant Service Guild of C...

Ameringer, Siegfried.

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