WAUPugetSoundCooperativeColony0469.xmlGuide to the Puget Sound Co-operative Colony Records Puget Sound Co-operative Colony RecordsSpecial Collections, University of Washington Libraries©2007 (Last modified: 2/21/2025)
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Finding aid written in English.Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard).University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections0469 (Accession No. 0469-001)Puget Sound Co-operative ColonyPuget Sound Co-operative Colony records1 folderCollection materials are inEnglish.Various materials regarding the Colony

Peter Peyto Good (d. 1886) and George Venable Smith (1943-1919), progressive advocates of labor rights and anti-Chinese activists, proposed a utopian colony in 1886. Smith, together with Laura E. Hall and John J. Knoff (also known anti-Chinese activists), founded the Puget Sound Co-operative Colony (PSCC) in 1887 in what is now Port Angeles, Washington. The Colony earned revenue from crop and dairy farming, logging and a sawmill. At its peak, the co-op had over 1000 members. Communal buildings included a hotel on the beach and a communal kitchen and dining hall. The Puget Sound Co-operative Colony went bankrupt in 1894 after the Panic of 1893, which caused the collapse of the timber market. The sawmill was lost to fire and most of the buildings were abandoned before 1904 when the PCCS was formally dissolved.

Source: Historylink article, https://www.historylink.org/file/8219

Photocopy of "The Puget Sound Co-operative Colony: a model co-operative commonwealth" and scrip used by the co-op

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Creator's copyrights are in the public domain.

Copied from originals loaned by Robert Hitchman, 6/10/1964.

Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)Puget Sound Co-operative Colony--ArchivesCollective settlements--Washington (State)--Port Angeles--History--SourcesFacsimilesBrochuresNewspaper clippingsWashington (State)Home and Family

 

Accession No. 0469-001: Puget Sound Co-operative Colony records, 18871 vertical file

Scope and Content: Photocopy of "The Puget Sound Co-operative Colony, a model co-operative commonwealth"

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users

Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights not transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.

Acquisition Info: Bibliographic Source: Copied from originals loaned by Robert Hitchman

Puget Sound Co-operative Colony recordsAccession No. 0469-002: Puget Sound Co-operative Colony scrip collection, 1890s1 vertical file

Scope and Content: Scrip of various denominations from the Puget Sound Co-operative Colony

Restrictions on Access: No restrictions on access.

Restrictions on Use: Creator's copyrights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries Special Collections.

Acquisition Info: Purchased from Michael Maslan, October 2024

Puget Sound Co-operative Colony scrip collection