Old Economy Village - Archives

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The Harmonists, a Christian Communal society, founded Old Economy Village in 1824. They were known for their piety, as well as for their economic successes in textile manufacturing, including silk production, and later in the oil and railroad industries. Old Economy Village in Ambridge, PA is the home of a great deal of information about the Harmony Society and life in general in the nineteenth century. Major topics covered by the archives and library include music, architecture, religion, business, photographs, and more.
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Memorandum Book 1841 Louisville
Memorandum Book 1841 Louisville
Business Accounts
Trip to Louisville March 1841. Business accounts. Miscellaneous business notes. Pages 44-47 are in old German cursive (Kurrent), remainder in English cursive,
Memorandum Book 1841 Philadelphia and Pittsburgh
Memorandum Book 1841 Philadelphia and Pittsburgh
Business Accounts
Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, April 1841 Front section lists of items. Back section was inverted and has accounts and notes. English cursive
Memorandum Book 1842-1845
Memorandum Book 1842-1845
Business Accounts
Handwritten old German cursive. Last 15 pages are blank. No cover.
Memorandum Book 1843 Jan 1
Memorandum Book 1843 Jan 1
Business Accounts
Business note, some accounts. Lists. some notes on script/bank paper. Handwritten English cursive except inside front cover is in German cursive.
Memorandum Book 1843 Oct 11
Memorandum Book 1843 Oct 11
Business Accounts
Mostly business notes, lists and some accounts. Handwritten English cursive, occasional German word
Memorandum Book 1844 Aug
Memorandum Book 1844 Aug
Business Accounts
Business notes. Some accounts and lists. Much of this book is written in pencil and is very faint. Handwritten English cursive with occasional entries in old German cursive (Kurrent).
Memorandum Book 1845-1846 and 1850-1851
Memorandum Book 1845-1846 and 1850-1851
Business Accounts
Cattle Book. Notes on cattle available, colors some conditions and prices. Other business notes, lists. Page 38-39 receipts. Some business accounts. Mostly English cursive. Page 14 in German
Memorandum Book 1847-53
Memorandum Book 1847-53
Business Accounts; Misc. notes
Handwritten - parts in English cursive, parts in old German cursive (Kurrent). Latin grammar (exercises?) in English cursive. Lists of English words with definitions in English or German. Estimate of Harmony Society property values for 1846 (page 87 & 86); Proposed prices for selling Harmonist real estate (page 54); list of taxable inhabitants of Harmony Township (page 68). lists of legal terms with Definitions. Note back pages are inverted. Pages 94-90 (inverted) have recipes?
Memorandum Book 1848-49 Wolfnagel
Memorandum Book 1848-49 Wolfnagel
Business Accounts
Misc sales and purchases. Travel expenses. Medical information in French pg 37-34 (inverted) J.S. Duss note Dec 22, 1892 in old German cursive (Kurrent) pg 29-24 (inverted)
Memorandum Book 1874-1877
Memorandum Book 1874-1877
Business Accounts
Written on front: Memorandum Book for Jonathan Lenz, Economy, Beaver Co., Pa. Contains names with addresses, accounts, and news clippings about feeding horses.
Memorandum Book 1882
Memorandum Book 1882
Business Accounts
Lists of non-member names. various notes on business transactions. Christian Schlegel estate (pg 17) Hand written cursive; some old German (Kurrent).
Memorandum Book 1882-1883 Jacob Henrici
Memorandum Book 1882-1883 Jacob Henrici
Business Accounts
Receipts for payment of various loans and some purchases. Notes on Railroads: P & LE, Little Saw Mill Run and Chicago & Youngstown (?), including a list of stockholder in the Little Saw Mill Run RR. Requests from people wishing employment wit the Society and/or to rent from the Society. Hand written. Mostly English cursive.
Memorandum Book 1884-1885 Jacob Henrici
Memorandum Book 1884-1885 Jacob Henrici
Business Accounts, music
Payments, purchases, bank accounts, mortgages, people seeking employment with the Society, list of worker both hired and Harmonist with occupations (pg 62-71), value of real estate and other assets for 1885 (pg 72-73) Henrici music notations. (pg 120-129. 142, 188-190) Handwritten in English cursive, a few pages of text in old German cursive (Kurrent). Appears to have been written by multiple hands.
Memorandum Book 1885-1887
Memorandum Book 1885-1887
Business Accounts
Pages 1-4 have names and addresses in English. Most of the book handwritten is in old German cursive (Kurrent), a few scattered English words. Appears to be memos of purchases and payments. Farm production, including milk
Memorandum Book 1886
Memorandum Book 1886
Miscellaneous notes
Pages 20-21 list of shareholders in the Pittsburgh, Chartiers Yougheogheny Rail Rail Co., page 180 Music notations; Page 185 Stadelmann birth and death dates; Handwritten, mostly old German cursive (Kurrent) Many blank pages
Memorandum Book 1886-1888 Adolf Thomann
Memorandum Book 1886-1888 Adolf Thomann
Business Accounts
Most of the book is in old German cursive (Kurrent). page 4 has birth dates for Woelfels and instructions for member portions of wine and cider in English.
Memorandum Book 1886-1889
Memorandum Book 1886-1889
Business Accounts
Pages 1-3 Names and address in English. Remainder of the book is in old German cursive (Kurrent) This book has many blank pages.
Memorandum Book 1887-1888 Fragment
Memorandum Book 1887-1888 Fragment
Hired worker, Business accounts, Harmony Society member
Only pages 75-194, Pages 76- to 85 is a listing of names with occupations and dollar amount paid; remainder of the book is accounts. Handwritten.
Memorandum Book 1887-1888 Jacob Henrici
Memorandum Book 1887-1888 Jacob Henrici
music, Business Accounts
Stock holders and officers, etc for Saw Mill Run Rail Road, Henrici and Lenz, Monongehela Water Co., Chartiers Block Coal Co., Point Bridge; Pg 51-67 German cursive (Kurrent); Pg 67-70 music notations; many pages of miscellaneous lists, receipts, and business notes. Mostly English some German. Handwritten
Memorandum Book 1887-1889 Jonathan Lenz
Memorandum Book 1887-1889 Jonathan Lenz
Memorandum Book, Business Accounts
Pages 3 to 7 have names and addresses; rest of the book is various business accounts. Handwritten -- English cursive and old German cursive (Kurrent).