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Communiqué the Communal Studies Association Newsletter VOLUME 45 ISSUE 1 WINTER 2020 Communiqué The Communal Studies Association Newsletter UPCOMING CONFERENCES Wonderful Winterthur On to Ephrata! Over 90 people attended It’s not too early to plan on 2020 the 2019 Communal Studies attending our 2020 confer- Ephrata, PA Conference at Winterthur ence, October 1-3, at Ephrata October 1-3 Museum, Library and Gar- Cloister in Ephrata, PA. We dens on October 17-19. We are now accepting paper pro- were delighted by the beauti- posals (see Call for Papers, 2021 ful grounds, the great weath- page 7) now. Theme for the Yellow Springs, OH er and the fabulous collec- conference is “Foundations Sept. 30-October 2 tions. The conference fo- and Futures,” and the deadline is May 9. The conference cused on the material culture of intentional communities. chair is Jeff Bach of the Young 2022 Our grateful thanks go to Center for Anabaptist Studies Canterbury, NH Tom Guiler, CSA Board at Elizabethtown College and Costumes from “The Crown” Michael Showalter of Ephrata Sept. 29-October 1 member and Assistant Pro- fessor of History and Public TV show were on display. heads up local arrangements. Humanities, Academic Pro- The conference motel is the 2023 grams at Winterthur, who Comfort Inn Lancaster New Harmony, IN provided the local arrange- County North, 12 miles ments. The staff, volunteers from Ephrata. Motel room Date TBD and Tom’s students made us rates are $99 Wednesday and feel welcome. Thanks also Thursday nights, and $115 go to Program Chair Susan Friday and Saturday nights. Love Brown of Florida Atlan- Call the motel directly at tic University, who organized 717/874-1079 to reserve an excellent array of papers. rooms and tell them you are Separate stories on pages 4 with CSA. Rooms will be and 6 report on the two pre- released to the public on Sep- conference tours, to Arden/ tember 1, so book early. Pre- Rose Valley and Greenbelt, Tom Guiler shows the vast conference tours (subject to Maryland. collection of draperies used in change) are scheduled for Inside this issue: the museum rooms. Wednesday, September 30 to Laura Johnston Kohl 2 Father Divine’s Mansion and Thursday, October 1 to His- CSA Awards 2 toric Bethlehem, PA. Online registration should be availa- Executive Director’s 3 ble around June 15, 2020. Column Those flying should use either Arden/Rose Valley 4 Harrisburg (MDT) or Philadel- Tour The museum is surrounded by phia (PHL) airports and plan acres of beautiful gardens. on car rental. Calendar of Events 5 Greenbelt, Md. Tour 6 Shaker furniture exhibit. Photos by Deborah Altus. PAGE 2 VOLUME 45 ISSUE 1 WINTER 2020 Remembering Laura Johnston Kohl When Laura Johnston Kohl, a and children of the community, along Laura, celebrating her 72nd birthday. member of the board of directors of with a United States Congressman, Laura was motivated by the desire to the Communal Studies Association Leo Ryan, photographer Greg Robin- find justice in the world and her concern died on November 19, 2019, many of son, and a number of others who for other people. The burden of having to us were struck by a loss of someone were shot as they attempted to leave. endure the tragedy – the loss of what she we had come to know and love and Laura, who was in Georgetown at the considered to be her family in Jonestown respect. Laura died after fighting can- time, survived because of that circum- – impelled her to memorialize those lost cer, during which she continued to stance. and to bring together those who sur- share her knowledge and wisdom After returning to the United States, vived. Laura was instrumental in bringing with the rest of us through her writ- Laura found her way to Synanon, an together scholars of the Peoples Temple ings, her talks, and her actions in intentional community in northern and Jonestown for a special issue of Com- commemorating those who lost their California, where she met her hus- munal Societies, the journal of the CSA lives in the Jonestown, Guyana. Her band, Ronald Kohl, and adopted a son. (No. 38, Vol.2). Laura wrote the intro- story, told in her book, Jonestown After Synanon, Laura and Ron moved duction for this special issue, but it was Survivor: An Insider’s View (2010) was to San Diego County, where Laura only one of many writings that she left to only one way in which she shared taught school for many years. She also the world. her experience with the rest of us. became a Quaker. (For a more de- We will sincerely miss Laura for a long Laura was born in Washington, D. tailed look at Laura’s life, her activities, time to come. She radiated warmth and C. in 1947 but grew up in a segregat- and awards, see the links below.) compassion wherever she went, and she ed Maryland neighborhood. She was Laura became a member of the passed that on to all of us. sensitive to racial injustice from the Communal Studies Association, at- Links to more information about Laura beginning and keenly aware of the tending its annual conferences and https://jonestown.sdsu.edu/? chaotic world around her – the giving presentations about her experi- page_id=17044 1960s characterized by political as- ences in the Peoples Temple, www.jonestownsurvivor.com/ sassinations, civil rights protests, and Jonestown, and the character of Jim http://www.jonestownsurvivor.com/lauras Vietnam war protests. In 1965, after Jones. She often brought others who -bio/ graduating from high school, she at- -Susan Love Brown tended the University of Bridgeport in Connecticut, but left in 1968 and Thanks from CommMag moved to California in 1970. We're happy to report that after a suc- That same year, she found and cessful fundraising campaign, the 47-year- joined the Peoples Temple (officially old Communities: Life in Cooperative Culture known as The Peoples Temple of has a new publisher: Global Ecovillage Disciples of Christ), which was head- Network--United States (GEN-US)! ed by a charismatic minister named We mailed Issue #185 ("Passing the Jim Jones. What appealed to her Torch: Generational Shifts in Communi- about the church was its interracial Ron and Laura Kohl at the CSA con- ty") at the end of December, and will membership. She was also drawn, as ference at Winterthur, October 19, publish Issue #186 ("Picking Up the Piec- were many, to the political messages 2019. Photo by Don Pitzer. es: New Beginnings") in March. We're still that issued from the pulpit. Jones was accepting articles for Issue #187, "Climate recognized as legitimate at the time, had been involved with Peoples Tem- Justice through Community," (June). but that was soon to change. ple to these conferences. Eventually, If you would like to receive a free In 1977, Laura went to Guyana as Laura was elected to the CSA board digital copy of our "relaunch" issue part of the Jonestown community and contributed to the organization as (#185), please email communi- that Jones established there – a com- chair of the Distinguished Scholar [email protected] with your request. munal settlement in which people Award Committee. We will not be offering other free digital farmed, worked, and worshipped In October of 2019, during the an- copies but we are making this offer as a together. It provided the sense of nual conference held at Winterthur way of reacquainting you with the maga- community that Laura was searching Museum, Library & Gardens, in Dela- zine under its new publisher. For sub- for, but it wasn’t long before things ware, Laura and Ron gave papers on scriptions, please visit gen-us.net/ began to fall apart, and the tragedy – Jonestown and Synanon in a joint ses- subscribe, part of the new website-under- the murder and/or suicide of 918 sion and joined all of us at our closing construction at gen-us.net/communities. people, including the women, men, banquet. We sang Happy Birthday to Thanks for your support! VOLUME 45 ISSUE 1 WINTER 2020 PAGE 3 Executive Director’s Winners of the 2019 CSA Awards Column By Kathy Fernandez Vice President Susan Love Brown pre- Money, money, never enough sents the Distinguished Scholar Award money! A refrain heard often in to Don Pitzer, who accepted it for both academia and non-profits. Daniel McKanan, who could not attend. Ccommittee Chair Lyda Jackson (L) pre- Well, there is money available to sents the Gina Walker Outstanding Pro- be had – check out this issue! ject Award for the film “Hippie Family There is the CSA’s research fel- Values” to Deborah Altus, who accepted lowship and Hidden Collections it for filmmaker Beverly Seckinger, who could not attend. digitization grant (see our website www.communalstudies.org/grants for both). The Center for Com- munal Studies has monetary awards for papers, and a travel grant. (See the story on page 6.) Better hurry to apply for the CSA Fellowship and the Center awards – the deadlines for both are March Committee Member Zach Rubin pre- 1. The Center’s travel grant dead- sents the CSA Book Award to Kathy line is May 1. The CSA’s Starting Fernandez for her volume “Zoar: The Scholar, deadline June 1, award Story of An Intentional Community.” comes with a $200 stipend and the Christian Goodwillie (L) accepts the Don- promise to publish the winning ald Durnbaugh Starting Scholar Award paper in our journal Communal for his Student Annaliese Vought, whose Societies. See our website under winning paper was on the Kerista Com- the “Awards” tab. munity. All photos by Don Pitzer. Speaking of awards, please nomi- nate a person, book, article or project for our 2020 awards.
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