Macedonia Cooperative Community
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Wilmer Brandt Collected Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Brandt, Wilmer
Scope and Contents
This small collection is primarily made up of correspondence with Jeannette Rankin and others, including Round Robin letters sent to (and received from) friends, most likely those who were in CPS with him.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1952-2007
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Macedonia Cooperative Community Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-071
Abstract
The Macedonia Cooperative Community was formed in 1937 northern Georgia by Morris Randolph Mitchell (1895-1976), an educator who later served as the first president of Friends World College. The Macedonia Cooperative Community, which took its name from a nearby Baptist Church, was comprised of families who worked collectively on dairy, agricultural, forestry, and woodworking projects that provided the economic underpinnings of the community. Originally established as an economic cooperative,...
Dates:
1937-1958
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
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- Collective settlements -- New York (State) -- Rifton -- History -- Sources 1
- Conscientious objectors -- Georgia -- History -- Sources 1
- Conscientious objectors -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Cooperative societies -- Georgia -- History -- Sources 1
- Cooperative societies -- New York (State) -- History -- Sources 1
- Draft -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Pacifists -- Georgia -- History -- Sources 1
- Pacifists -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Religious communities -- New York (State) -- History -- Sources 1
- Societies living in common without vows -- History -- Sources 1
- Society of Friends -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Work camps -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Conscientious objectors -- United States -- Sources 1 + ∧ less
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