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Collection Data
- Description
- William Frey (1839-1888) was a Russian-American social reformer and positivist. Collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts of writings, diaries, and other papers, chiefly regarding Frey's work in founding a community in Cedar Vale, Kansas, and to his preaching of positivism. Includes correspondence with Russian liberals and revolutionists, American communists, and American and English positivists; tracts on positivism; and a biography in Russian of Auguste Comte.
- Names
- Frey, William, 1839-1888 (Creator)
- Dates / Origin
- Date Created: 1860 - 1888 (Approximate)
- Library locations
- Manuscripts and Archives Division
- Shelf locator: MssCol 1083
- Topics
- Cedar Vale (Ka.) -- Religious life and customs
- Russia -- Politics and government -- 1855-1881
- Communists -- United States
- Positivism
- Revolutionaries -- Soviet Union
- Russian Americans
- Social reformers
- Frey, William, 1839-1888
- Comte, Auguste, 1798-1857
- Genres
- Diaries
- Manuscripts
- Documents
- Physical Description
- Extent: 1 linear foot (2 boxes)
- Type of Resource
- Text
- Identifiers
- NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b12354234
- MSS Unit ID: 1083
- Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): bb16c970-ebcc-013c-02ad-0242ac110004
