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| Creator: | Hinds, William Alfred, 1833-1910. |
| Title: | William A. Hinds Photograph Album |
| Inclusive Dates: | circa 1865 |
| Quantity: | 1 volume |
| Abstract: | Photograph album with photographs of various members of the Oneida Community, including William A. Hinds, Oneida Community historian, and founder John Humphrey Noyes and his wife Harriet Holton. The album was compiled by Hinds. |
| Language: | English |
| Repository: |
Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries 222 Waverly Avenue Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 https://library.syracuse.edu/special-collections-research-center |
Biographical History
The Oneida Community was a Utopian religious commune founded by John Humphrey Noyes in 1848 in Oneida, a town in Central New York. Noyes and his adherents were believers in Perfectionism, the doctrine that it is possible to bring about Christ's millennial kingdom and be free of sin and perfect in this world. They practiced, among other things, plural or complex marriage, male continence and mutual criticism.
William A. Hinds (1833-1910) was a member of the Oneida Community for more than sixty years. He was editor of, and a contributor to, the Oneida Circular, the Community's newsletter, and a leading member of its governing committees. He was tasked by Noyes with visiting other communalistic and socialistic societies around the country, resulting in the publication of a study entitled American Communities (Oneida: Office of the American Socialist, 1878).
Scope and Contents of the Collection
The William A. Hinds Photograph Album consists of one volume of portrait photographs of members of the Oneida Community. Among those represented are founder John Humphrey Noyes and his wife Harriet Holton NOyes, and Oneida Community historian (and compiler of the volume) William A. Hinds. Most of the photographs have names written in pencil beneath them but some are only first names.
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Written permission must be obtained from SCRC and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.
Related Material
Hinds' research files for his study of American Communities may be found in the Oneida Community Collection.
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Preferred Citation
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
William A. Hinds Photograph Album,
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Libraries
Acquisition Information
Purchase, 2011.
Finding Aid Information
Created by: MRC
Date: 20 May 2011
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