"To Bear All That Comes Upon Us": Resurrecting the Aurora Colony Narrative Through Mortuary Analysis

The gravemarkers of the Aurora Colony Cemetery offer a means of examining identity and change within this early Oregon utopian community. Led by charismatic Wilhelm Keil and composed predominantly of people of German heritage, the members of the Aurora Colony sought to distance themselves from world...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kerr, Noah
Other Authors: Heath, Kingston
Language:en_US
Published: University of Oregon 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1794/18313