Theses About Arden
Below is a list of theses written about the Ardens. The museum has these in its collection and some of them are also available online.
In Our Collection:
‘You must make it the fashion:’ selling utopia in Roycroft and Arden, 1895-1915
Rachael Anne Beyer
Iowa State University, History
2013
If you are unable to come into the museum and would like to read a copy of this thesis, please contact Rachael here.
Ideas and Perceptions in the Evolution of an Early Twentieth-Century Utopian Landscape: the Arden Colony of Northern Delaware
David S. Clarke
1999
Preservation Through the Lens of Traditional Cultural Properties
Darrell E. Cook
University of Delaware, Urban Affairs and Public Policy
2005
Arden: The Architecture and Planning of a Delaware Utopia
Eliza Harvey Edwards
University of Pennsylvania, Historic Preservation
1993
Public Goods and Private Communities
Fred Emanuel Foldvary
George Mason University, Economics
1992
Arden and Artificers: A Study of the Architecture, Arts, and Crafts of a Single Tax Community
Carolyn Lewis
University of Delaware, American Studies
1966
What the Arden School Can Teach Us: Hard Lessons in Community Building
Connee Wright McKinney
University of Delaware, Liberal Studies
2004
Utopian Communities in America: Potentials, Promises, and Perils
Barbara Reinke
1975
The Full Rental Value: A Study of the Tax Rate in Arden Using Single Tax Theory
Robert W. Wynn
University of Delaware, Business Administration
1965
Arden Revels Unmasked
Anita Wilson Rue
University of Delaware
1961
Term Papers and Group Projects for the Community of Arden
Students in the Seminar in Historic Preservation taught by Dr. David Ames
University of Delaware, Center for Historic Architecture and Design
1996
The Ardens of Delaware: The Case for National Historic Landmark Status
Professor David Ames and students
University of Delaware, Center for Historic Architecture and Design
1997
Online:
Ideas and Perceptions in the Evolution of an Early Twentieth-Century Utopian Landscape: the Arden Colony of Northern Delaware
David S. Clarke
1999
Arden: The Architecture and Planning of a Delaware Utopia
Eliza Harvey Edwards
University of Pennsylvania, Historic Preservation
1993
Research Requests
As we process archival material at the Arden Craft Shop Museum, we will create and post finding aids online to aid researchers. If you are interested in accessing these materials, please review the finding aids and contact us using the Research Requests form. For more information on researching and reproducing items in our collections, please see our Schedule of Fees, Request for Reproduction, and the “Access and Use” section of our Collections Policy.
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