Title:RAYMOND AND CHARLOTTE MOSKOWITZ KOCH COLLECTION

Type: Papers

Date: 1925 - 1982

Size: 3 Linear feet

ID#: 996

OCLC:

©Walter P. Reuther Library of Labor and Urban Affairs

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Scope & Contents

Raymond and Charlotte Moskowitz Koch deposited their papers with the Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs in August of 1980. The papers were made available for research in June of 1982.

Raymond Koch was born in 1909. In 1925, his family moved from Redland, Oregon to Polk County, Arkansas and Raymond Koch became a student at Commonwealth College at age 16. During his twelve‑year stay at Commonwealth, Raymond Koch filled various posts including industrial manager, office manager and instructor in trade union problems.

Charlotte Moskowitz arrived at Commonwealth College in the fall of 1927. Already possessing two years of college credit from Syracuse University she completed her college degree at Commonwealth. In 1927 or 1928 she became executive secretary of Commonwealth. In 1934 she took on the additional duties of treasurer of the college.

Raymond Koch and Charlotte Moskowitz were married on December 21, 1930. They left Commonwealth College in August of 1937 to work in the field of trade union education in St. Louis.

The papers of Raymond and Charlotte Koch reflect their work at Commonwealth College and their later work in labor education.

Subjects

Arkansas: labor conditions

politics

Commonwealth College

Communism

Faubus, J.S. and Orval

Koch, Lucien

Labor plays

Labor songs

O'Hare, Kate Richards

Southern tenant farmers

Williams, Claude and Joyce

Workers education

Zeuch, William Edward

Transferred

Photographs of Commonwealth College have been placed in the Archives Audio Visual Collections. Two books have been placed in the Archives Library.

Contents

6 manuscript boxes

Series I, Cooperative and Labor Colleges, Box 1 To Series 1

Sub Series lA, Commonwealth College, 1931‑1975; Box 1

Material from and relating to Commonwealth College, including catalogues, reports, clippings, histories and the constitution.

There is some material relating to the investigation of Commonwealth College on charges of communist activities.

Sub Series 1B, Other Cooperative and Labor Schools, Box 1

Material from and relating to other cooperative and labor schools. Including histories, personal accounts, proceedings, guides, and pamphlets.

Series II, Correspondence, 1942‑1982.; Box 2 To Series 2

Raymond and Charlotte Moskowitz Koch personal correspondence after they left Commonwealth College. Including Raymond's World War II letters to Charlotte, and Raymond and Charlotte's letters to people associated with Commonwealth or interested in Commonwealth.

Series III, Published and Manuscript Material, Boxes 3‑6 To Series 3

Sub Series IIIA, Commonwealth College Published Material, 1925‑1940; Box 3

Material published by Commonwealth College. Contains an almost complete set of the college newspaper and a few pamphlets and newsletters.

Sub Series IIIB, General Published and Manuscript Material, Boxes 3‑6

Published and manuscript material that relates to Commonwealth College, or to the cooperative and labor movements. Includes several working copies of Raymond and Charlotte Kochs' book, Educational Commune: The Story of Commonwealth College.

Containers

[Box1] [Box2] [Box3] [Box4] [Box5] [Box6] [Box7] [Box8] [Box9]

Series 1

Cooperative and Labor Colleges

Box 1

The material in Series I pertains to cooperative and labor colleges. Series I is divided into two subseries. Series IA contains material from and relating to Commonwealth College. Series IB contains material from and relating to other cooperative and labor schools.

Sub Series IA

Commonwealth College, 1931‑1975

Box 1

Material from and relating to Commonwealth College. Commonwealth College catalogues from 1934‑1939, newspaper clippings, status reports from department heads, histories of the college, and Commonwealth's 1932 constitution and amendments. Also, material pertaining to accusations that Commonwealth was a college for communists. Included in this material are transcripts of the Arkansas State Legislature's investigation of Commonwealth College in 1935. The material is arranged alphabetically by subject or type of material, and chronologically within each topic. This series covers the period from 1931‑1975, with the majority of the material falling within the 1930s.

Sub Series IB

Other Cooperative and labor Schools

[Box 1]

Material from and relating to other cooperative and labor schools. Including histories, personal accounts, proceedings, guides and pamphlets. This series contains both published and unpublished material. The

material is arranged alphabetically by topic or title, and chronologically within each topic

Admission Applications, Commonwealth College
Campus Bluff, 19 Jan 1939
Catalogues, Fall 1934‑Summer 1937
Catalogues, Fall 1937‑1939
Clippings, 1935‑1937
Clippings, 1938 1975
Commonwealth College Association Annual Meeting; Agenda, 1939
Commonwealth College Association Annual Meeting;
Education Director's Report, 1939
Commonwealth College Association Annual Meeting;
Executive Secretary Report, 1939
Commonwealth College Association Annual Meeting;
Industrial Manager Report, 1939
Commonwealth College Association Annual Meeting;
Librarian's Report, 1939
Commonwealth College Association Annual Meeting;
Planning Committee Report, 1939
Communism; Accusation of, 1935‑1937
Communism, Testimony of H. Brown in the case of Harry Bridges
Communism, Testimony of W. Thompson in the case of Harry Bridges
Constitution; adopted 26 Mar 1932, amended 18 Jan 1933
Constitution; amended, 10 Nov 1936
Constitution, adopted 30 Aug 1937
Constitution, proposed change
Directory and Closing Program, Jan 1938
Faubus, J.S.; correspondence to Sam Sandberg, Sep‑Oct 1932
Faubus, Orval; Governor of Arkansas, clippings, 1958‑1970
Field Program; report, Mar. 1938
Financial Reports, 1931‑1935 1939
Fulks, Clay; gubernatorial campaign material, 1932
Guides to Commonwealth College, 1923 and 1932
Hall, Covington (Covami), poem
Hall,.Covington, "A Short History of Commonwealth College"
Investigation of Commonwealth; Arkansas State Legislature Transcripts, 1935
Library; Bulletin No. Three, Feb 1937
Library; Bulletin No. Four, May 1939
Moskowitz; Charlotte's "Dear Commoners", 1935‑1936
Publicity, promotional flyers
Rules of Organization and Procedure
Stationary, Commonwealth College letterhead
Zeuch, William Edward, biographical information
Zeuch, William Edward, "Notes on Commonwealth College"
Zeuch, William Edward, poetry
Communities of the Past and Present; by Llano Colonist 1924
Highlander Folk School, pamphlets
The Llano Co‑operative Colony, by James McDonald
"Llano Colony History"; by Walter Millsap, 1963
Llano Del Rio Company of Neveda; Bulletin No. 2, 28 Jun 1968
The Llano Reporter; Vol. 1 , No. 2 , Apr‑May 1963
New Harmony, Indiana, guides
New Harmony Memorial; Proceedings of First Forum, 19 Mar 1942
Newllano Colony, Arkansas, personal accounts
Newllano Theatre; program, 14‑ Sep 1924
Southern Resident labor Colleges; newletter
Southern Tenant Farmers Union; leaflet, Mar 1940

[Box 2]

Series 2

Correspondence, 1942‑1982

Box 2

A collection of the Kochs' personal correspondence after they left Commonwealth College. Including Raymond Koch's World War II letters to Charlotte Moskowitz Koch, letters to former students and administrators of Commonwealth College, and letters to researchers and publishers. This series is arranged alphabetically by the name or category of the correspondent and then chronologically. The series covers the period from 1942‑1980, with the majority of the material falling within the 1960s and 1970s

Brown, Walter L., 1973
Commoners, Dec 1971‑Feb 1972
Commoners, Sep 1972‑77
Coy, Harold and Mildred
"Friends and Relations," (c. 1961‑1982)
"Friends and Relations," (c. 1961‑1982)
"Friends and Relations," (c. 1961‑1982)
"Friends and Relations," (c. 1961‑1982)
"Friends and Relations," (c. 1961‑1982)
"Friends and Relations," (c. 1961‑1982)
"Friends and Relations," (c. 1961‑1982)
"Friends and Relations," (c. 1961‑1982)
Goodhue, F.M., Oct 1965
Koch; WW II letters from Raymond to Charlotte, Introduction
United States , North Africa, Sardinia
Corsica , France, Germany
Libraries, 1972‑1973
Publishers, May‑Aug 1971
Publishers, Aug‑Sep 1971
Researchers and Scholars, 1972‑1973
Researchers and Scholars, 1973‑1980
33. Williams, Claude and Joyce, Mar 1970‑1972
Nov‑Dec 1972
1973
1974
1975
Jan‑May 1976
Jul – Nov. 1976
Mar - ??? 1977
Williams, Claude, Jul 1978 – Jul 1979
Zeuch, William Edward, 1963‑1965

[Box 3]

Series 3

Published and Manuscript Material

Boxes 3‑6

Published and manuscript material. Series III is divided into two subseries. Series IIIA contains material published by Commonwealth College. Series IIIB contains published and manuscript material that is about or relates to Commonwealth College, or to the cooperative and labor movements.

Sub Series IIIA

Commonwealth College Published Material, 1925‑1940

Box 3

Material published by Commonwealth College. This series contains an almost complete set of the college newspaper, some newsletters, and a number of pamphlets. The college newspaper began in April of 1925 as the Commonwealth Newsletter. It was a biweekly publication. During September of 1925 it was known as The Lodestar. In the fall of 1925 the name was changed to the Commonwealth College Fortnightly . In May of 1938 the Commonwealth College Fortnightly became The Commoner. The Commoner was a monthly publication. Commonwealth also published and printed pamphlets. Some of these were for instructional use at the college. Other pamphlets contained labor songs and plays. The material dates from 1925 to 1940 and is arranged in the order of college newspaper, newsletters, and pamphlets.

Sub Series IIIB

General Published and Manuscript Material

Boxes 3‑6

Published and manuscript material that relates to Commonwealth College, or to the cooperative and labor movements. Including, books, journal articles, and several working copies of Raymond and Charlotte Kochs' book, Educational Commune: The Story of Commonwealth College. The material is arranged alphabetically by title or subject.