Meany, George, 1894-1980
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Mary Ellicott Arnold (1876-1968) Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-003
Abstract
Mary Ellicott Arnold (1876-1968) was a Quaker writer and social activist, known for her work with consumer cooperatives. After an unsuccessful farming venture in her youth, Mary Ellicott Arnold and her lifelong companion, Mabel Reed, worked with the Karok tribe in California as employees of the United States Indian Bureau. After a period as chief organizer for the U.S. Employment Service in New York State, she and Mabel Reed were involved in a number of successful cooperative ventures. She...
Dates:
1888-1970
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
- Cooperative societies -- Georgia -- History -- Sources 1
- Cooperative societies -- New York (State) -- History -- Sources 1
- Draft -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Fishers 1
- Housing, Cooperative 1
- Indians of North America -- Civil rights 1
- Karok Indians 1
- Miners 1
- Nova Scotia -- Economic conditions 1
- Pacifists -- Georgia -- History -- Sources 1
- Quaker social reformers 1
- Quaker women 1
- Quakers -- Pennsylvania 1
- Quakers -- 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
- Working class -- Dwellings 1 + ∧ less
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