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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
- Russian Americans
- Revolutionaries -- Soviet Union
- Communists -- United States
- Positivism
- Genres
- Diaries
- Correspondence
- Documents
- Notes
- Biographical/historical: William Frey (1839-1888) was a Russian-American social reformer and positivist.
- Physical Description
- Extent: 1 linear foot (2 boxes)
- Type of Resource
- Text
- Still image
- Identifiers
- NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b12354234
- MSS Unit ID: 1083
- Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 144d9240-c60b-012f-bec7-58d385a7bc34
