Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission Old Economy Village 270 Sixteenth Street Ambridge, Pennsylvania 15003-2298 Telephone (724) 266-4500 Fax (724) 266-3010

The manuscripts relating to the Harmony Society have been moved from the Pennsylvania State Archives to Old Economy Village .A great resource of papers were collected and saved, including information pertaining to the religious, business, and social affairs of the Harmonists.The archives range from 1742 until 1958 and consist of letters, books, periodicals, photographs, lithographs, maps, and drawings.Research by appointment only .

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• 185 Harmony Society Papers, 1742-1951
• 310 John Duss Papers, 1882-1951
• 330 Knoedler Family Collection, 1900-1940
• 332 Henry Mohn Family Collection, 1944-1958
• 354 Old Economy Village Collection, ca. 1813-1953
• 437 Karl Arndt Collection of Harmony Society Materials, 1794-1949

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• Gedanken über die Bestimung des Menschen, by George Rapp,was published in New Harmony, Indiana by the Harmony Society on their new printing press in 1824. The book is the German version of Thoughts on the Destiny of Man, also printed in 1824. On March 6, 1824, George Rapp wrote to Frederick Rapp "I have begun to write a Philosophy on the system of Harmony." And on November 15, 1824 he again wrote to Frederick "You may not give anyone a copy of the printed book; it must be printed over, because so many errors are still found in the manner of writing which must be improved, which you should have done, especially Christoph." Since it was printed during the Society's move to Economy, Pennsylvania, it was never rewritten, however it still shows Rapp's ideas, strongly influenced by Johann Gottfried Herder, about die Harmonie and the destiny of man.