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Communal living -- United States -- History -- Sources

 Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Ahimsa Farm Collected Records

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Ahimsa Farm
Dates: 1940-1942
Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection

Catholic Worker Movement Collected Records

 Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Catholic Worker Movement
Scope and Contents

Primarily printed materials; includes form letters from Dorothy Day; leaflets, serials, and pamphlets; one folder each about the Catholic Worker Movement in Des Moines, IA and Philadelphia PA.

Dates: 1936-
Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection

Movement for a New Society Records

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-154
Abstract Movement for a New Society began in 1971 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania as a national network of activists committed to building a nonviolent revolution. Movement for a New Society grew to be a community, based in several areas around the United States. While Movement for a New Society was always an activist organization, it was also a co-housing and/or communal society. Movement for a New Society collectives formed in the Boston/Northeast Region, the Mid-Atlantic Region, Tucson, Seattle,...
Dates: 1971-1988
Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection

Juanita Morrow Nelson and Wallace F. Nelson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-262
Abstract

Juanita and Wally Nelson were civil rights activists, tax resisters, simple living proponents, farmers, and writers/speakers for peace.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1923-2015
Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection

New Swarthmoor Community Records

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-028
Abstract

The New Swarthmoor Community was founded in 1969 and located in Clinton, New York. The New Swarthmoor Community was a communal household which worship, simplicity, strong nonviolent opposition to war, and a radical return to early Friends' (Quakers), principles and practices. Additional households were established in Philadelphia, Chicago, Baltimore, Ohio, Michigan and Sumneytown, Pennsylvania. The community was formally laid down in 1974.

Dates: 1969-1996
Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection
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