Working Men's Institute

The Gellert Schnee Collection               This collection was donated all or in part by Velda P. Gochis in 1983.  Together with the other Schnee family papers, it documents the activities of a prominent New Harmony family.             Gellert Schnee, 1812-1883, was the fifth of eleven children of Jacob and Catherine Schnee.  Born in Pennsylvania, Cellert Schnee Collection

Owen Armstrong Collection   The Owen Armstrong Collection is a collection of 15 items of which 12 are correspondence.  The correspondence is mainly to Joseph Neef from William Maclure or between Richard Owen and his wife Anne Eliza Neef Owen.  There is an essay by Neef describing the first kiss between he and his wife.  Owen Armstrong Collection

New Harmony Series IM The 408 letters that make up New Harmony Series IM were placed in the Working Men’s Institute by librarian, Nora Fretageot, wife of a grandson of Madame Marie Duclos Fretageot.  These letters are correspondence between Madame Fretageot and William Maclure.  They were cataloged by Dr. Bester in 1950.  The following is Series IM

CAROLINE DALE BALDWIN ALLEN PAPERS Cataloged by Josephine M. Elliott Introduction The papers of Caroline Dale Baldwin Allen (Mrs. Bewley) were given to the New Harmony Workingmen’s Institute by her family after the settlement of her estate in 1991. They consist of 32 legal-size Hollinger document cases, 1 regulation size Hollinger storage box, a board Caroline Dale Baldwin Allen Papers