Hutterian Brethren Collected Records
Scope and Contents
Includes printed materials: letters, catalogs, and pamphlets.
Dates
- Creation: 1955-1985
Language of Materials
Materials in English.
Limitations on Accessing the Collection
None.
Copyright and Rights Information
None.
Historical note
A Christian communal organization of Anabaptists founded in Germany in 1920 by Eberhard and Emmy Arnold; persecuted and expelled from Germany by Hitler, they migrated to England in 1936? and to Paraguay in 1940; in 1954 a branch community was begun in the U.S.; in 1961, that group moved to the U.S.; absorbed the Macedonia Cooperative Community in 1957; changed name from Society of Brothers to Hutterian Society of Brothers in 1978; changed name to Hutterian Brethren in 1984; also known as the Bruderhof; communities are also located in Canada; members are pacifist, refuse military service, and do not hold public office or swear oaths.
Extent
0.08 Linear Feet (1 folder)
Custodial History
The Swarthmore College Peace Collection is not the official repository for these papers/records.
Source
- Hutterian Brethren (Organization)
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
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