The utopian community of New Clairvaux was founded in the 1890s in Montague, Massachusetts, by Unitarian minister Edward Pearson Pressey. The title of his book published in 1909, explains the community’s purpose: The Vision of New Clairvaux or Ethical Reconstruction Through combination of Agriculture and Handicraft, under Conditions which exercise Emotion, Sentiment and Imagination, with loyalty to a supreme Ideal. Six families, students, and apprentices all had private residences, but shared common work. They wished to return to the pre-industrial age, when the efforts of labor done by hand were valued and the results honored.
Rollins, Carl Purrington. The Cabinetwork at New Clairvaux. 1907. Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, American Centuries. https://americancenturies.org/collection/l02-031/. Accessed on October 16, 2024.
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