Yale University
Beineicke Library: America and the Utopian Dream
This exhibition documents the quest for utopian society through the literary works and manuscripts in the collection of Yale University's Beinecke Library, beginning with Thomas More's Utopia. With additional information on utopian...
Digital History
Digital History: Utopian Socialism
A good look at the Utopian communities that were attempted in the first half of the 19th century. They had differing reasons for their development, but their common focus was trying a unique way of communal living. Read about the Oneida...
Curated OER
National Park Service: Travel the Shaker Historic Trail
This site provides a detailed history of the Shaker community through a tour of its historical sites. Learn about its history, its stories, and the people who were prominent in establishing this religion in America.
Other
The Shaker Workshops: Who Are the Shakers?
This resource provides links to a number of articles and essays on the history of the Shakers, their way of life, and their furniture making.
Curated OER
National Park Service: Utopias in America
A good look at the various Utopian communities established in the United States in the 1800s. Find out about the communities, their founders, and their demise.
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: Experiments With Utopia
Read about the communities, often religious, that strove to be a Utopia, a perfect place where man's natural goodness would provide a good life. Several Utopian communities were spread across the East and Midwest.
Indiana University
Iupui: Historic New Harmony, Indiana
This is the home site for the landmark town of New Harmony, Indiana, which is the site of two attempted communal livings. Both the Harmonists, from 1814-1825, and the Owenites, from 1825-1826, called New Harmony home in hopes of a great...
Other
Utopia in History
A short account of the idea of utopia (as seen in pictures) in the revolutionary period through the nineteenth century both in Europe and the United States.
Other
Biographical Studies: Robert Owen (1771 1858)
This site from the University of Evansville discusses Robert Owen, his social reforms, and the community he purchased, New Harmony. The site also mentions his upbringing in England.
Texas A&M University
American Transcendentalism Web
A scholarly site with many articles about American transcendental authors, their work, and philosophy.