Leclaire
By: Cindy Reinhardt
Series: Images of America
Publisher: Arcadia Pub.
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Charleston, S.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 127
ISBN-13: 9780738583754
Subjects: N. O. Nelson Manufacturing Company; Pictorial works; Cooperative societies; History
Description: N. O. Nelson founded the village of Leclaire in 1890, naming it after Edme-Jean Leclaire, who had inaugurated employee profit sharing in France. Leclaire was a model cooperative village offering affordable homes, free education, opportunities for recreation, and employment at the N. O. Nelson Manufacturing Company. Nelson implemented profit sharing and employee benefits. In 1934, the city of Edwardsville, Illinois annexed the village. Leclaire was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. The renovated N. O. Nelson factory buildings are now the historic N. O. Nelson Campus of Lewis and Clark Community College.
Table of contents: title: N. O. Nelson Manufacturing; title: Educating the working class; title: Recreation for residents and guests; title: The houses of Leclaire; title: The families of Leclaire; title: Life in the village.