"This institute should be solely and only applied to the diffusion of useful knowledge by mutual instruction amongst the producing classes who labor with their hands, and gain their bread by the sweat of their brow."       William Maclure

 

 

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Access for All Part One PowerPoint is a look at the new ground level access and elevator being installed at WMI in New Harmony, Indiana.  Click Here for The PowerPoint Presentation.

 

 

 

WMI-Serving New Harmony Since 1838 is a look at WMI through the years.   At one time there were 144 WMI's in Indiana and 16 in Illinois.  The New Harmony WMI was the first and only remaining.  WMI Construction.jpg

The WMI's were part of a larger worldwide Mechainics' Institute that was popular in the 1880s. Today only the WMI in New Harmony still functions as originally intended as a library and a museum. enjoy the PowerPoint about this rare treasure in New Harmony Indiana

CLICK HERE FOR WMI-SERVING NEW HARMONY SINCE 1838 POWERPOINT

  

Businesses in New Harmony covers early photos and documentation of the many businesses run by the Harmonists and later the Owenites in the Utopia of New Harmony.Solomon Wolfe House.jpg

 

 

 

 

 

The Interior of The Solomon Wolfe House.

Businesses in New Harmony PowerPoint Presentation

 

Our Town-A River Runs By It is a PowerPoint presentation that includes pictures and documents from the early 1800's to the early 1900's. It looks at the Wabash River and its great influence on New Harmony. Pic055.006.jpgThe river is shown at its worst with pictures of great floods to its best when shipping flourished and serenity was paramount on the river.

 

OUR TOWN-A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT POWERPOINT

 

 

 

Christmas In New Harmony is a collection of photos celebrating Christmas and winter in New Harmony.  The photos date back back to the 1800's and include rare looks of Christmas pasts.

OUR TOWN SERIES-CHRISTMAS IN NEW HARMONY POWERPOINT