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Karl Arndt correspondence with John Duss
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Karl Arndt correspondence with John Duss, 1941-1945.
Physical Description
0.21 linear feet (1 box)
Language
English
Notes
In English.
Provenance
Purchased from Cumberland Rare Books on the Henry R. Wagner Fund, 2016.
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Arranged chronologically.
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This material is open for research.
Biographical / Historical Note
Karl Arndt (1903-1991) was an American scholar of German-American history specializing in utopian societies, including the Harmony Society. He was a professor of history at Louisiana State University, 1935-1947, and Clark University, 1950-1969.
John Duss (1860-1951) was one of the final trustees responsible for the financial and legal business of the Harmony Society, 1890-1903. Duss joined the Harmonists, a communal and pietist religious society, with his mother and brother during the 1860s, and lived with the community intermittently for the remainder of his life. Duss published The Harmonists: A Personal History (Philadelphia: Porcupine Press, 1943), a memoir and history of the Harmony Society.
Summary
Circa 16 autograph and typed letters, signed, between Karl Arndt and John Duss concerning Duss's trusteeship of the Harmony Society, Arndt's research concerning the Harmonists, the publication of Duss's The Harmonists: A Personal History (Philadelphia: Porcupine Press, 1943), and Ardnt's negative review of Duss's book in Western Pennsylvania Historical Magazine. Includes 7 letters addressed to Arndt about his review and 6 letters between Arndt and Susan Creese Duss, the final trustee of the Harmony Society and John Duss's wife. Topics include the disposition of the Harmony Society's records and researchers' access to the records, the escheat case involving the Harmony Society's property, and Arndt's views on the accuracy of Duss's statements about the Harmony Society and his role as trustee.
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Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
December 08, 2017
References
Karl Arndt Correspondence with John Duss. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
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Karl Arndt Correspondence with John Duss. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
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