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Sodus Bay Phalanx Records (Digitized Microfilm)

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The digitized content of the Sodus Bay Phalanx Records, 1844-1846 (Digitized Microfilm) consists of legal and organizational records by the Sodus Bay Phalanx in Rochester, New York. This collection contains copies of their legal and organizational records, volumes of meeting minutes in 1844, data on individual members, stock certificates, and various loose receipts and agreements.

The Sodus Bay Phalanx was communitarian experiment based on Fourierist principles, following the utopian system of Charles Fourier (1772-1837), under which society was to be organized into self-sufficient cooperatives. The phalanx occupied a domain on Sodus Bay and lasted two years.

The digitized content contains copies of organizational and legal records of the phalanx. The content covers subjects including Communitarianism, Fourierism, New York, and farming.

The Illinois History and Lincoln Collections unit at the University of Illinois Library manages the microfilm copies of the Sodus Bay Phalanx Records, 1844-1846 (MS 284). The original records are held by the Rochester Historical Society in Rochester, New York. The microfilm copies held by the Illinois History and Lincoln Collections were completely digitized in 2024. For more information, contact an archivist at ihlc@library.illinois.edu.

Constitution and Bylaws of the Sodus Bay Phalanx, 1845-1846