A Guide to the Papers of the Twin Oaks Community 1969-1987 Twin Oaks Community, Papers of the 9840-q

A Guide to the Papers of the Twin Oaks Community 1969-1987

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The Special Collections Department
Accession Number 9840-q


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Repository
Special Collections, University of Virginia Library
Accession number
9840-q
Title
Papers of the Twin Oaks Community 1969-1987
Physical Characteristics
This collection consists of ca. 1300 items.
Language
English

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

Access is restricted to those having the written permission of the Twin Oaks Community Board of Planners.

Use Restrictions

See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

Preferred Citation

Papers of the Twin Oaks Community, Accession #9840-q , Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

This material was placed on loan with the Library by the Twin Oaks Community Board of Planners through Mary Lou LeClair, Twin Oaks Archives, Louisa, Virginia, on December 12, 1990.

Biographical/Historical Information

Twin Oaks is a collective settlement established in 1967 in Louisa County, Va., inspired by B.F. Skinner's "Walden Two."

Scope and Content Information

This collection consists of personal and business correspondence and papers, business and legal documents, manuscripts, agenda and minutes, and videotapes pertaining to various aspects of the Twin Oaks Community.

Arrangement

This collection is arranged alphabetically.

Contents List

Councils
  • Box 1
    Agriculture Council 1977-1981
  • Box 1
    Child Council 1977-1981
  • Box 1
    Child Council 1971-1974

    Meta Meeting Notes

  • Box 1
    Child Council 1975

    Meta Meeting Notes

  • Box 2
    Child Council 1976-1979
    2 folders
  • Box 2
    Construction and Utilities Council 1973-1981
  • Box 2
    Construction and Utilities Council 1977-1979

    Meeting Notes

  • Box 2
    Culinary Council 1975-1981
  • Box 2
    Domestic Council 1975-1981
  • Box 2
    Domestic Council 1978-1981

    (Small Living Groups) SLG Board

  • Box 2
    HEW Council 1976-1981
  • Box 2
    Income Council 1981

    Indexing--Business Set-up

  • Box 2
    Income Council 1975-1977

    Outside Work

  • Box 3
    Income Council 1978-1981

    Products--Emerald City

  • Box 3
    Income Council 1971-1981
    2 folders

    Products--Hammocks

  • Box 3
    Income Council 1977-1981

    Products--Hammocks Management and Business

  • Box 3
    Income Council 1977-1979

    Products--Hammocks Production Incentive Program

  • Box 3
    Income Council 1972-1975

    Products--Stretcher Making

  • Box 3
    Income Council 1976

    Small Business Council

  • Box 3
    Office Council 1972-1981
  • Box 3
    Outreach Council 1971-1981
    2 folders
  • Box 4
    Outreach Council 1977-1981

    East Wind Community

  • Box 4
    Outreach Council 1971-1974

    A Walden Two Experiment . . . by Kathleen Kinkade

  • Box 4
    Planning Council 1969-1981

    Community Planners

  • Box 4
    Planning Council 1974-1975

    Community Planners--Business Meeting Notes

  • Box 4
    Planning Council 1976

    Community Planners--Business Meeting Notes

  • Box 5
    Planning Council 1977

    Community Planners--Business Meeting Notes

  • Box 5
    Planning Coucil 1977

    Community Planners--Informants and Decisions

  • Box 5
    Planning Council 1975-1979
    2 folders

    Economic Planning

  • Box 6
    Planning Council 1980-1981
    2 folders

    Economic Planning

  • Box 6
    Planning Council 1976-1977

    Juniper Planner Meeting Notes

  • Box 6
    Planning Council 1975-1981

    Labor

  • Box 6
    Planning Council 1971-1981

    Land Planning

  • Box 6
    Planning Council 1969-1981

    Legal

  • Box 6
    Planning Council 1975-1981

    Local Relations

  • Box 7
    Planning Council 1976-1978

    Meeting Notes

  • Box 7
    Planning Council 1975-1981

    Membership Team

  • Box 7
    Planning Council 1977-1981

    Taxes

  • Box 7
    Support Council 1973-1981
  • Box 7
    Transportation and Maintenance Council 1979-1981
Box 7
Values 1973-1981
Controversial Issues
  • Box 7
    Branch Development 1972-1979
  • Box 7
    Farm Crisis 1978-1981
  • Box 7
    Personal Money Issues 1977-1981
Videotapes
  • Twin Oaks Community ca. 1973-1976
    Physical Location: Vc-20
    • Reel 1
      "New Age Communities, A Search for Utopia" n.d.
    • Reel 2
      "Window on the World" n.d.
    • Reel 3
      Home movies Mid-1970s
    • Reel 4
      "Grass Roots--Rural Communes in the USA" n.d.
    • Reel 5
      "Take 30" n.d.
  • Reel 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
    Twin Oaks Community 1987 June
    Physical Location: Vc-21

    20th Anniversary, Peter Sugarman--Win--Day 2

  • Reel 12, 13, 14, 15 ,16 , 17
    Twin Oaks Community 1987 June
    Physical Location: Vc-22

    20th Anniversary, Peter Sugarman--Win--Day 2

  • Reel 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23
    Twin Oaks Community 1987 June
    Physical Location: Vc-23

    20th Anniversary, Peter Sugarman--Bill--Day 3

  • Reel 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29
    Twin Oaks Community 1987 June
    Physical Location: Vc-24

    20th Anniversary, Peter Sugarman--Bill--Day 4

  • Reel 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29
    Twin Oaks Community 1987 June
    Physical Location: Vc-25

    20th Anniversary, Peter Sugarman--Win--Days 3 & 4

  • Reel 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35
    Twin Oaks Community 1987 June
    Physical Location: Vc-26

    20th Anniversary, Peter Sugarman

  • Reel 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35
    Twin Oaks Community 1987 June
    Physical Location: Vc-27

    20th Anniversary, Peter Sugarman--Win

  • Reel 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41
    Twin Oaks Community 1987 June
    Physical Location: Vc-28

    20th Anniversary, Peter Sugarman--Bill

  • Reel 36, 37, 38 , 39 , 40, 41
    Twin Oaks Community 1987 June
    Physical Location: Vc-29

    20th Anniversary, Peter Sugarman--Win

  • Reel 42, 43, 44 , 45, 46, 47
    Twin Oaks Community 1987 June
    Physical Location: Vc-30

    20th Anniversary, Peter Sugarman--Bill

  • Reel 42, 43, 44, 45, 46 ,47
    Twin Oaks Community 1987 June
    Physical Location: Vc-31

    20th Anniversary, Peter Sugarman--Win