Brook Farm Phalanx (West Roxbury, Boston, Mass.)
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
A. J. Macdonald writings on American utopian communities
Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 1394
Overview:
The collection contains writings and research material on seventy utopian associations compiled by A. J. MacDonald for his proposed volume "The Communities of the United States." The contents range from notes and brief sketches of communities to more extensive profiles based on Macdonald’s personal visits, his interviews with residents and colleagues, and transcriptions from contemporary publications. Also included are the printed materials such as prospectuses, constitutions and by-laws, and...
Dates:
1843-1865
Rufus and S. Willard Saxton papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 431
Overview:
The papers include correspondence, journals, memorabilia, and photographs that document the life of Samuel Willard Saxton and the career of his brother General Rufus Saxton during the Civil War. The largest portion of the papers is composed of S. Willard Saxton's multi-volumed journal, which he began in 1847 while at Brook Farm and continued until the 1920s. The journal chronicles his career as a printer, aide-de-camp, and civil servant; his travels; family; his interests in the cultural life...
Dates:
1834-1934