The Colony Letter Files

We have tried to remain as faithful to the originals as possible within the limitations of HTML. Spelling and punctuation have not been changed (although it's possible a typo or two crept in during transcription), and the letters are formatted as much like the originals as possible. However, keep in mind that not all browsers display text identically.

Two letters from Job Harriman, just before and after the Los Angeles mayoral election of 1911:

Harriman to Hillquit, November 6, 1911

Harriman to Hillquit, December 19, 1911

A letter to the colony from a prospective colonist:

Gaddis to Colony, April 18, 1917

A correspondence between prospective colonist Herman Figour and the Colony:

Figour to Colony, April 19, 1917

Colony to Figour, April 26, 1917

Another correspondence between the colony and a prospective colonist:

Glaser to Colony, May 11, 1917

Colony to Glaser, May 16, 1917

Glaser to Colony, December 4, 1917

Colony to Glaser, December 13, 1917

Glaser to Colony, late December, 1917

A letter from the Colony to prospective colonist David Gilbert:

Colony to Gilbert, December 27, 1917

A letter from the colony to a prospective member. An interesting account of what the colony aspired to and its use of a capitalist tool, the corporation:

Colony to Farris, February 21, 1918

A letter from Colony vice president Ernest S. Wooster to Robert Snyder:

Wooster to Snyder, December 22, 1919