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Magazine of Self-Master Colony (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• Kim said:

  A description of the Self-Master Colony is here at the Union Township page.

• Richard Norton said:

  I created this entry in WIkipedia last time I found a photo: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-Masters_Colony

• Wystan said:

  At Union, New Jersey: "Puts Men Derelicts Under Way Again" ----- New York Times article about A. S. Floyd and the Self-Master Colony, May 22, 1911: query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9B07E5D81031E2...

• Wystan said:

  Other Bain/LOC photos of the Self-Master Colony:

House of Self-Master Colony (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• Randy Reiss said:

  The Self-Master Colony was a shelter for homeless men in Union NJ, opened 1908 in the Hoyt family mansion. The building is now apparently used by the Girl Scouts.

• Richard Norton said:

  I started a Wikipedia entry: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-Master_Colony

• Wystan said:

  Other Bain/LOC photos of the Self-Master Colony:

• Wystan said:

  New York Times article on A. S. Floyd and the Self-Master Colony, May 22, 1911: "Puts Men Derelicts Under Way Again" query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9B07E5D81031E2...