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= LINKS TO RESEARCH LIBRARIES, SHAKER MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS AND MUSEUM COLLECTIONS: =
 
 
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| [http://web.archive.org#Reference Works & Guides [Reference Works & Guides to Library &    Manuscript Collections listed in Bibliography]] [#Reference Works & Guides] 
 
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== THE MID-WEST: ==
 
=== INDIANA:    ===
 
 
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| [http://web.archive.org/web/20050405081334/http://www2.indianahistory.org/ihs1830/ Indiana    Historical Society] [http://www2.indianahistory.org/ihs1830/]    Library has Busro,    Indiana information.
 
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| [http://web.archive.org/web/20050405081334/http://wwwcgi.indiana.edu/cgi-bin-local/hit_bold3.pl/~liblilly/lilly/mss/html/byrd.html?1|Shaker#first_hit Lilly    Library, University of Indiana, Bloomington] [http://wwwcgi.indiana.edu/cgi-bin-local/hit_bold3.pl/~liblilly/lilly/mss/html/byrd.html?1|Shaker#first_hit]  The Byrd Family Papers.
 
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=== KENTUCKY: ===
 
 
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| [http://web.archive.org/web/20050405081334/http://www.uky.edu/Libraries/king.html University    of Kentucky Libraries-Margaret I. King Library] [http://www.uky.edu/Libraries/king.html]    Special Collections Division has Pleasant Hill materials.
 
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| [http://web.archive.org/web/20050405081334/http://www.filsonclub.org/window.html The Filson Club Historical    Society-Louisville, Ky] [http://www.filsonclub.org/window.html]  Pleasant Hill materials.
 
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| [http://web.archive.org/web/20050405081334/http://www2.wku.edu/library/museum/furnish.htm Western KU's Kentucky Museum    Furniture Collection] [http://www2.wku.edu/library/museum/furnish.htm]  Located 12 miles from South Union. The collection includes nine    examples of Shaker furniture, most notably two candle stands or tripod tables, a sewing    desk and two chests of drawers. These pieces were constructed in the more worldly fashion    generally characteristic of pieces made in Western Shaker villages.
 
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| [http://web.archive.org/web/20050405081334/http://www2.wku.edu/library/museum The Kentucky Museum at Western Kentucky    University] [http://www2.wku.edu/library/museum]  Located 12 miles east of South Union Shaker Village. Extensive collection    of manuscripts from South Union.
 
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=== MICHIGAN: ===
 
 
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| [http://web.archive.org/web/20050405081334/http://www.berrienhistory.org/ The    Berrien County Historical Association] [http://www.berrienhistory.org/]     Berrien Springs, Michigan
 
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| [http://web.archive.org/web/20050405081334/http://www.clements.umich.edu/ William L. Clements Library] [http://www.clements.umich.edu/]  -University of    Michigan
 
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=== OHIO: ===
 
 
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| [http://web.archive.org/web/20050405081334/http://www.wrhs.org/sites/library.htm Western Reserve Historical Society Library] [http://www.wrhs.org/sites/library.htm] ,    Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio. The most extensive collection of    Shaker materials in the world. 300,000 pages of manuscripts. ''A
 
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| [http://web.archive.org/web/20050405081334/http://www.logan.com/tavern/ Dunham Tavern Museum] [http://www.logan.com/tavern/] , Cleveland, Ohio- Collection    of Shaker Furniture.
 
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| [http://web.archive.org/web/20050405081334/http://www.cwru.edu/affil/shakhist/nord2.htm Shaker Historical Society-Elizabeth B.    Nord Library] [http://www.cwru.edu/affil/shakhist/nord2.htm] , Cleveland, Ohio. 39 items.
 
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| [http://web.archive.org/web/20050405081334/http://www.lib.muohio.edu/libinfo/depts/spec Miami University] [http://www.lib.muohio.edu/libinfo/depts/spec]       Shaker Collection.
 
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| [http://web.archive.org/web/20050405081334/http://www.dayton.lib.oh.us/~ads_elli/shakers.htm The Shaker Collection at the    Dayton-Montgomery Co.Public Library] [http://www.dayton.lib.oh.us/~ads_elli/shakers.htm] , Dayton, Ohio. Compiled by Elli Bambakidis.   
 
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| [http://web.archive.org/web/20050405081334/http://www.libraries.wright.edu/ Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio-Paul    Lawrence Dunbar Library] [http://www.libraries.wright.edu/]  WRHS Shaker collection and LC Shaker collection on microfilm.    In
 
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| [http://web.archive.org/web/20050405081334/http://www.dayton.com/daytours.html Kettering-Moraine Museum (Watervliet, Ohio    Shakers)] [http://www.dayton.com/daytours.html]  Collection of furniture from the Watervliet community and two buildings    preserved from the site and moved to this location in Moraine, Ohio, a suburb of Dayton.    See the article about this museum and the Watervliet Shaker Village on our home page.
 
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| [http://web.archive.org/web/20050405081334/http://travelohio.com/information/toig_business_1035.htm Warren County Historical    Society Museum (Union Village Collection)] [http://travelohio.com/information/toig_business_1035.htm] , Lebanon, Ohio. One of the best collection    of Shaker furniture and material culture west of the Allegheny Mountains.
 
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| [http://web.archive.org/web/20050405081334/http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/archlib/index.html Ohio Historical Society /    Resources / Archives-Library] [http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/archlib/index.html]  Look up Shaker manuscripts and books in the OHS    collection through
 
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=== WISCONSIN: ===
 
 
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| [http://web.archive.org/web/20050405081334/http://www.mam.org/ Art Museum, Milwaukee] [http://www.mam.org/]  Shaker collection in American Folk    Art Collection.
 
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| [http://web.archive.org/web/20050405081334/http://www.exploremilwaukee.com/mattract9.html Villa Terrace Decorative Arts Museum] [http://www.exploremilwaukee.com/mattract9.html]
 
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== NEW ENGLAND: ==
 
=== CONNECTICUT: ===
 
 
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| [http://web.archive.org/web/20050405081334/http://www.cslib.org/index.htm Connecticut State Library] [http://www.cslib.org/index.htm]  Has a large collection    of materials from Enfield, Connecticut.
 
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| [http://web.archive.org/web/20050405081334/http://yp.yahoo.com/py/ypMap.py?Pyt=Typ&YY=5946&city=Enfield&state=CT&country=US&slt=41.9761&sln=-72.5922&desc=Museums&cs=5&stx=841201.Y54604&stp=s&ad=2500&ycat=&l=11&tuid=500505&tq=8&btype=default Yahoo!    YP - Enfield Historical Society, Enfield, Connecticut] [http://yp.yahoo.com/py/ypMap.py?Pyt=Typ&YY=5946&city=Enfield&state=CT&country=US&slt=41.9761&sln=-72.5922&desc=Museums&cs=5&stx=841201.Y54604&stp=s&ad=2500&ycat=&l=11&tuid=500505&tq=8&btype=default]  Information about Enfield Shaker    site.
 
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| [http://web.archive.org/web/20050405081334/http://www.darien.and.newcanaan.com/nchistory/DEFAULT.HTM New Canaan Historical    Society] [http://www.darien.and.newcanaan.com/nchistory/DEFAULT.HTM]   New Canaan, Connecticut.
 
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=== MAINE: ===
 
 
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| [http://web.archive.org/web/20050405081334/http://www.shaker.lib.me.us/library.html The Sabbathday Lake Shaker Library] [http://www.shaker.lib.me.us/library.html]  at    Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village, New Gloucester, Maine, was started in 1882 by Elder Otis    Sawyer. It is housed in the 1880 Shaker Schoolhouse located in the Village. Contains:    books, photographs, manuscripts, ephemera, periodicals, clippings, scrapbooks, maps, oral    histories and sound recordings, music, video cassettes and microfilm collections of WRHS,    the N.Y. State Library, the Library of Congress, University of Kentucky and the N.Y.    Public Library. It is also noted for its Radical Collection which contains printed    materials about radical religious sects and communal groups all over the world.
 
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=== MASSACHUSETTS: ===
 
 
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| [http://web.archive.org/web/20050405081334/http://www.williams.edu/library/archives/shaker.html The Shaker Collection at    Williams College] [http://www.williams.edu/library/archives/shaker.html] , Williamstown, Massachusetts. The manuscript portion of the    collection includes account books, journals and photographs, and is especially strong in    spirit communications and hymnals. The core of the Shaker Collection was donated to the    Williams College Library in 1931 by Edward B. Wight, Class of 1907.
 
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| [http://web.archive.org/web/20050405081334/http://www.berkshire.net/PittsfieldLibrary/index.html Welcome to the Berkshire    Athenaeum] [http://www.berkshire.net/PittsfieldLibrary/index.html] , Pittsfield, MA. Hancock and other material. Complete set of the ''
 
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| [http://web.archive.org/web/20050405081334/http://masshist.org/ Massachusetts Historical Society] [http://masshist.org/] , Boston, MA. Books and    pamphlets and some manuscripts.
 
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| [http://web.archive.org/web/20050405081334/http://yp.yahoo.com/py/ypMap.py?Pyt=Typ&YY=11581&city=Shirley&state=MA&country=US&zip=01464&stx=Historical%20Society&stp=a&ad=2500&ycat=&l=11&tuid=41971&tq=8&btype=default Yahoo!    YP - Shirley Historical Society] [http://yp.yahoo.com/py/ypMap.py?Pyt=Typ&YY=11581&city=Shirley&state=MA&country=US&zip=01464&stx=Historical%20Society&stp=a&ad=2500&ycat=&l=11&tuid=41971&tq=8&btype=default] , Shirley, MA. Information about the Shirley Shaker    site.
 
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| [http://web.archive.org/web/20050405081334/http://yp.yahoo.com/py/ypMap.py?Pyt=Typ&YY=11416&city=Duxbury&state=MA&country=US&slt=42.0417&sln=-70.6728&cs=5&stx=Art%20Complex%20Museum&stp=a&ad=2500&ycat=&l=11&tuid=228775&tq=8&btype=default Yahoo!    YP - Art Complex Inc At Duxbury] [http://yp.yahoo.com/py/ypMap.py?Pyt=Typ&YY=11416&city=Duxbury&state=MA&country=US&slt=42.0417&sln=-70.6728&cs=5&stx=Art%20Complex%20Museum&stp=a&ad=2500&ycat=&l=11&tuid=228775&tq=8&btype=default]  Shaker furniture collection.
 
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=== NEW HAMPSHIRE: ===
 
 
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| [http://web.archive.org/web/20050405081334/http://www.dartmouth.edu/~library/thelibs/baker.html Dartmouth College:  Baker    Library] [http://www.dartmouth.edu/~library/thelibs/baker.html] , Hanover, N.H. Books and photographs and a few manuscripts.
 
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| [http://web.archive.org/web/20050405081334/http://yp.yahoo.com/py/ypMap.py?Pyt=Typ&YY=3529&city=Hanover&state=NH&country=US&slt=43.7137&sln=-72.2601&cs=5&stx=The%20Hood%20Museum%20of%20Art&stp=a&ad=2500&ycat=&l=11&tuid=366818&tq=8&btype=default Yahoo!    YP - Hood Museum Of Art] [http://yp.yahoo.com/py/ypMap.py?Pyt=Typ&YY=3529&city=Hanover&state=NH&country=US&slt=43.7137&sln=-72.2601&cs=5&stx=The%20Hood%20Museum%20of%20Art&stp=a&ad=2500&ycat=&l=11&tuid=366818&tq=8&btype=default] , Hanover, N.H. Collection of Shaker objects.
 
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| [http://web.archive.org/web/20050405081334/http://nhhistory.org/library.html New Hampshire Historical Society Library    Collections] [http://nhhistory.org/library.html]  Materials from Canterbury and Enfield, New Hampshire.
 
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| [http://web.archive.org/web/20050405081334/http://wwwsc.library.unh.edu/specoll/exhibits/chrchill.htm Eleanor Parmenter    Churchill Archive-University of New Hampshire.] [http://wwwsc.library.unh.edu/specoll/exhibits/chrchill.htm]  Eleanor Parmenter arrived at the    Canterbury, New Hampshire Shaker Village on June 14, 1926 - six months before her twelfth    birthday. She was one of several children who, due to any number of family and social    circumstances, lived among the Shakers. While under their guidance, Eleanor Parmenter    attended school taught by Sister Marguerite Frost and played with the other children. She    cooked, sewed, and did chores alongside the sisters and also participated in the    recreational life of the Village.
 
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| [http://web.archive.org/web/20050405081334/http://wwwsc.library.unh.edu/specoll/mancoll/shaker.htm Other collections in the    University of New Hampshire Shaker Collection] [http://wwwsc.library.unh.edu/specoll/mancoll/shaker.htm]  The David Proper Shaker Manuscript    Collection contains over 200 titles of primary and secondary Shaker materials--pamphlets,    serials, articles, broad-sides, and posters--as well as over 50 works on utopian-communal    life. The collection also contains Proper's personal files with correspondence from six    Shakers, catalogs, trustees' reports, and information from various Shaker organizations.    In addition to the Manuscript Collection, the David Proper Shaker Book Collection (see    Appendix) comprises approximately 150 books, both primary and secondary, on the Shakers    and 100 books about utopian communities. The Shaker collection also includes ''
 
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=== VERMONT: ===
 
 
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| [http://web.archive.org/web/20050405081334/http://www.shelburnmuseum.org/ngshakershed.html Shelburn Museum] [http://www.shelburnmuseum.org/ngshakershed.html]       Shaker shed from Canterbury, N.H. and many other artifacts.
 
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=== THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES: ===
 
=== DELAWARE: ===
 
 
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| [http://web.archive.org/web/20050405081334/http://www.winterthur.org/ Winterthur    Museum Garden & Library] [http://www.winterthur.org/]  Located 6 miles west    of Wilmington, Delaware. The location of the Edward Deming Andrews Memorial Shaker    Collection, named to honor America's pioneer scholar on the Shaker religious sect. It    features manuscripts, books, and visual materials on the Shakers as well as the research    archives compiled by Dr. Andrews.
 
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=== MARYLAND: ===
 
 
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| [http://web.archive.org/web/20050405081334/http://umbc7.umbc.edu/~curnoles/speccoll.html Albin O. Kuhn Library & Gallary    Special Collections ] [http://umbc7.umbc.edu/~curnoles/speccoll.html]   University of Maryland, Baltimore County.  A 3,000    volume collection of books and pamphlets forcusing on 19th century Britsh and American    socialism, Shakerism and Utopian literature. 
 
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=== NEW YORK STATE: ===
 
 
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| [http://web.archive.org/web/20050405081334/http://www.shakermuseumoldchat.org/ Shaker    Museum and Emma B. King Library at Old Chatham, N.Y.] [http://www.shakermuseumoldchat.org/]  The core of the Library's Shaker manuscript, imprint, and photographic    collection was acquired by the Museum's founder, John S. Williams, Sr., directly from the    Shakers at Mount Lebanon, New York, Hancock, Massachusetts, and Canterbury, New Hampshire.    In 1961, the Shakers' Central Ministry, through the offices of Eldress Emma B. King, for    whom the Library was named, designated the Shaker Museum "the official repository of    the records of discontinued Shaker Societies."
 
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| [http://web.archive.org/web/20050405081334/http://www.nypl.org/research/chss/grd/resguides/shaker.html A Shaker Resource    Guide-New York City Public Library] [http://www.nypl.org/research/chss/grd/resguides/shaker.html]  A large and comprehensive collection.
 
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| [http://web.archive.org/web/20050405081334/http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/hiscollect.html#shake Collections of the New York State    Historical Museum] [http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/hiscollect.html#shake] , Albany, N.Y. The Museum has a large and important Shaker    Collection. It was begun in 1926 when the Church Family, Watervliet, Shakers sold their    buildings to Albany County for the Ann Lee Home. The Shakers assisted Museum curators in    gathering and documenting the materials from that community.
 
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| [http://web.archive.org/web/20050405081334/http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/ New York State Library] [http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/] , Albany, N.Y. Manuscript    collection from Watervliet, N.Y., New Lebanon, Groveland, and Harvard, Massachusetts.   
 
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| [http://web.archive.org/web/20050405081334/http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyliving/lchs/index.htm Livingston County Historical    Society] [http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyliving/lchs/index.htm] , Genesceo, N.Y. Home of the famous Groveland Fountain Stone
 
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| [http://web.archive.org/web/20050405081334/http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyliving/town/groveland.htm Groveland, Livingston County,    N.Y.] [http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyliving/town/groveland.htm]  Description of the area and mention of the Shakers.
 
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| [http://web.archive.org/web/20050405081334/http://libwww.syr.edu/ Syracuse University Library] [http://libwww.syr.edu/]    In this library can    be found
 
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| [http://web.archive.org/web/20050405081334/http://www.aspr.com/index.htm American Society for Psychical Research] [http://www.aspr.com/index.htm] , New York    City. America's first research group to study psychic and paranormal activity. They have a    Shaker collection.
 
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| [http://web.archive.org/web/20050405081334/http://www.metmuseum.org/htmlfile/gallery/first/amer.html The Metropolitan Museum    of Art, American Art-American Wing] [http://www.metmuseum.org/htmlfile/gallery/first/amer.html]  A Shaker retiring room from New Lebanon, N.Y.   
 
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| [http://web.archive.org/web/20050405081334/http://library.hamilton.edu/ Hamilton College Library ] [http://library.hamilton.edu/]  Clinton, N.Y.     Close to 1,000  Shaker items.
 
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| [http://web.archive.org/web/20050405081334/http://www.hofstra.edu/Library/Axinn/index.html Hofstra University-Special    Collections] [http://www.hofstra.edu/Library/Axinn/index.html]   Joan & Donald E. Axinn Library, West Campus.    Hempstead, Long Island, N.Y.
 
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| [http://web.archive.org/web/20050405081334/http://www.buffalolib.org/cl_collectdetails.html Buffalo & Erie County Public    Library] [http://www.buffalolib.org/cl_collectdetails.html]   Special Collection Department  
 
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=== PENNSYLVANIA: ===
 
 
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| [http://web.archive.org/web/20050405081334/http://www.philamuseum.org/ Philadelphia    Museum of Art] [http://www.philamuseum.org/]  Shaker Sisters' retiring room from    Mount Lebanon and other furniture and artifacts.
 
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=== THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS AND NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART, WASHINGTON, D.C.:  ===
 
 
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| [http://web.archive.org/web/20050405081334/http://www.lcweb.loc.gov/ Library of Congress Home Page] [http://www.lcweb.loc.gov/]  Use the LC's catalogue    search and enjoy!
 
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| [http://web.archive.org/web/20050405081334/http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/rarebook/ Rare Book and Special Collections Reading Room    Home Page] [http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/rarebook/]  The Library of Congress Shaker Collection is made up of 487 items donated by    J.P. MacLean. A microfilm edition and catalogue of the LC Shaker collection on 32 reels is    available. A copy of the LC Shaker Collection can be found at Wright State University,    Paul Lawrence Dunbar Library.
 
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| [http://web.archive.org/web/20050405081334/http://lcweb.loc.gov/z3950/gateway.html Library of congress WWW-Z39.50 Gateway] [http://lcweb.loc.gov/z3950/gateway.html]   
 
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| [http://web.archive.org/web/20050405081334/http://www.nga.gov/collection/gallery/iad.htm National Gallery of Art - Index of    American Design] [http://www.nga.gov/collection/gallery/iad.htm]  Click on ''
 
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== THE SOUTH: ==
 
=== FLORIDA:  ===
 
 
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| [http://web.archive.org/web/20050405081334/http://www.historical-museum.org/collect/guide/c.htm Historical Museum of South    Florida] [http://www.historical-museum.org/collect/guide/c.htm] , see #95, Catlow, Patty Munroe, The Tea    Chest correspondence-Shaker correspondence.
 
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=== GEORGIA: ===
 
 
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| [http://web.archive.org/web/20050405081334/http://www.savannah-online.com/ghs/archives.htm The Georgia Historical Society] [http://www.savannah-online.com/ghs/archives.htm]      Savannah, Georgia.
 
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=== NORTH CAROLINA: ===
 
 
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| [http://web.archive.org/web/20050405081334/http://odyssey.lib.duke.edu/guide/ Guide to the Cataloged Special Collections-Duke    University] [http://odyssey.lib.duke.edu/guide/] , William R. Perkins Library
 
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| [http://web.archive.org/web/20050405081334/http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/inv/s/Shaker_Records.html Library of the University of    North Carolina at Chapel Hill] [http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/inv/s/Shaker_Records.html] Manuscripts Department,
 
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== ENGLAND: ==
 
 
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| [http://web.archive.org/web/20050405081334/http://www.bath.co.uk/americanmuseum/Index.html Bath, UK-The American Museum with    Shaker Collection] [http://www.bath.co.uk/americanmuseum/Index.html]   Shaker room, display gallery and library.
 
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=== SHAKER AND RELATED MANUSCRIPTS ON LINE: ===
 
 
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| [http://web.archive.org/web/20050405081334/http://www.passtheword.org/SHAKER-MANUSCRIPTS Shaker Manuscripts On-Line] [http://www.passtheword.org/SHAKER-MANUSCRIPTS]  This    site has excerpts from ''
 
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| [http://web.archive.org/web/20050405081334/http://www.mun.ca/cgi-bin/mfs/03/rels/hrollmann/restmov/people/rmcnemar.html Richard    McNemar Page] [http://www.mun.ca/cgi-bin/mfs/03/rels/hrollmann/restmov/people/rmcnemar.html]  contains ''
 
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| [http://web.archive.org/web/20050405081334/http://www.umi.com/hp/Support/Research/Files/171.html Information about UMI    Research Collections: Shaker Collection, 1723-1952] [http://www.umi.com/hp/Support/Research/Files/171.html]  and
 
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=== ON-LINE DISCUSSION FORUM: ===
 
 
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| [http://web.archive.org/web/20050405081334/http://tile.net/lists/shaker.html A    Discussion Forum on the United Society of Believers] [http://tile.net/lists/shaker.html]  Sponsored by the University of    Kentucky. 175 members.
 
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=== JOURNALS: ===
 
=== JOURNALS: ===

Revision as of 02:23, 2 March 2016

SHAKER HISTORICAL SITES:

Links
Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village [1]
Canterbury Shaker Village [2]
The Enfield, Connecticut Shakers-a Research Project (CMNH) [3]
Hancock Shaker Village [4]
The Berkshire web Map-shows relationship between Pittsfield (Hancock), Tyringham and Savoy [5] Click on their names located on the map.
Fruitlands Museums [6] Located half way between two Shaker village sites: Harvard and Shirley, Massachusetts.
Mount Lebanon Shaker Village, New Lebanon, N.Y. & Old Chatham [7]
Shaker Museum at Old Chatham, N.Y. [8]
Shaker Heritage Society, Albany, N.Y. [9]
PWWMH-Watervliet Shaker Historical District, Albany, N.Y. [10] Go to
PWWMH-Harvard Shaker Village Historical District [11] Go to
Shaker Historical Society & Museum, Shaker Heights, Ohio [12]
Shaker Museum, Shaker Heights, Ohio [13]
The Enfield Shaker Museum, Enfield, NEW HAMPSHIRE [14]
Pleasant Hill Shaker Village, K.Y. [15]
Pleasant Hill, Kentucky-Map and general info [16]
Another Site about Pleasant Hill [17]
The Holy Mount at Pleasant Hill [18]
Shaker Museum at South Union, Kentucky [19]
The Shaker Trustees' Building [20] perserved at Genesee County Museum, N.Y.
Sodus Bay Shaker Festival, Alasa Farm-Western N.Y. State [21] The Sodus Bay Shaker Festival is bi-annual.


JOURNALS:

Links
The Union Seminary Quarterly Review [22] Vol. 49, #1-2,
Communal Societies: Journal of the Communal Studies Association. [23]
"Utopian Studies" Index [24] Journal of the Society for Utopian Studies.
IC Web Site: Communities Magazine [25] Magazine of Intentional Communities.
Religion & American Culture:  A Journal of Interpretation [26]  Published by the Center for the Study of Religion and American Culture, Indiana University-Purdue University in Indianapolis, Indiana.

, Sabbathday Lake, Maine.

The Manifesto, published by the United Society of Shakers, Vols. I-XXIX, January 1, 1871 to December, 1899.

Shakers World

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Addresses addresses of Journals [#Journal Addresses] For

THE SHAKERS AND THE ARTS:

Links
and the Arts Information about the Shakers and the Arts listed in the Bibliography [#Shakers and the Arts]


Links
"Shaker Made" by Ellen McBreen-Review of "The Quiet in the Land" [27]
Institute of Contemporary Art [28] in Boston, MA. "Quiet in the Land" through end of September.
Constantine Kermes Art Gallery [29]
E! Online - Fact Sheet - The Shakers - Hands to Work, Hearts to God (1985) [30] by Ken Burns.
The Parrish Art Museum: Newsletter "Shaker: The Art of Craftsmanship" [31]
Shaker:The Art of Craftsmanship Poster [32]
Shaker Historical Society Poster [33]  by Wendell Minor, artist.
Kindred Spirits Exhibit [34]   April 21-October 8, 1995.  Mingei International Museum,
"The Shaker World"  by Fran Kramer [35] .  A review of exhibit at Old Chatham based on John Kirk's 1997 book,
Shaker Gift Drawings Surface [36] by Fran Kramer & Lita Solis-Cohen.
Lafayette College [37] :  Exhibits Celebrating Shaker Design, Culture & Craftsmanship.
Shaker Visionary Image [38]   by Orville Cline.
[39] [40]
Shaker Exhibition [41] at Paine Webber.

INTERESTING LINKS:

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Film-"I Don't Want To Be Remembered As A Chair" [42]
American Traditional Culture Series-The Shakers [43]
Response to a question [44]  Are Shaker practices related to magical and shamanic rites?  The answer, of course, is "no"!
580CFRA-News Talk Radio [45]   "Last Few Shakers Attract Few members to Last Village" by Tom Kirchofer.
Description of Shaker Life [46]
Mother Ann Lee: Why Do We Know So Little About Her Early Life?, Dixon [47]
History of Elder Eades of South Union [48]
Landmarks of Faith-Educator's Notes-The Shakers [49]
Shakers: The United Society of Believers [50]  Shaker Profile, Sociology 257, University of Virginia
Frequently Asked Questions-Shakers (Ohio State) [51]
Some Disturbing Facts on the Signs & Wonder Movement [52]
Learn about the Shakers [53]
Polly Reed: A Shaker Life [54]
Northeast journal antiques and art: Mount Lebanon Shakers [55]  A short article about the Mt. Lebanon Shakers.
Making His Mark [56] An article about Orren Haskins.
Review of [57]  (Miguel Gomez-Ibanez-Furniture Society)
Herbal Exposure-Herbalist & Author Steven Foster [58]
Paper-"Determinants of Stay in a Religious Commune:  The Shakers, 1850-1870" [59] by Brad Andrew & Metin M. Cosgel.  Can download the paper in PDF format.
Paper-"Between God & Market:  Integration of Economy & Spirit in Shaker Communal Dairying, 1830-1875" [60] by John E. Murray & Metin M. Cosgel.  Can download the paper in PDF format.
Paper-"Productivity of a Commune: The Shakers, 1850-1880 [61] " by Metin M. Cosgel & John E. Murray. Can download the paper in PDF format.
Paper-"Responding to Price signals in Communal Agriculture:  Shaker Hog Production, 1788-1850"  [62] by Metin M. Cosgel & John E. Murray.  Can download the paper in PDF format.
Paper-"Regional Specialization in Communal Agriculture:  The Shakers, 1850-1880" [63]   by Metin M. Cosgel & John E. Murray.  Can download the paper in PDF format.
Ann Lee, Founder of the Shaker Sect [64]   by Rev. H.P. Andrews. The Ladies' Repository.   Vol. 18, #11, Nov., 1858, pp. 646-650. 
A Picture of Shakerism--Mrs. Mary M. Dyer [65]   by Rev. H.P. Andrews.  The Ladies' Repository. Vol. 21, #5, May, 1861, pp. 273-277).
Shaker Gift Drawings Surface [66] by Fran Kramer & Lita Solis--Cohen
"Shaker Legacy Is Simple" [67] by Frank Bentayou.  Beacon Journal On-Line.  Trip to Shaker Heights Museum.
The Quaker Corner:  The differences between being Shaker & Quaker [68] .
Shaker Space: Being & Becoming in a Separtist Community [69]   by Jeff Jones & Carolyn Gallagher. 
Shakers by Jutta Gierse [70]
Engines of Our Ingenuity-Un. of Houston, Engineering [71]
Glaube, Friede, Hoffnung [72]


Links
I Hear America Singing [73]    
Rebecca Cox Jackson: 1795-1871 [74]    
Excerpts from Gifts of Power [75]  by Rebecca Cox Jackson.  
The Shakers:  Hands to Work, Hearts to God [76]   by Ken Burns 

COMMERCIAL STUFF

Table of Products:

Links
Furniture, Crafts and Collectibles Books about Shaker Furniture, Crafts and Collectibles listed in Bibliography [#Shaker Furniture, Crafts and Collectibles]

Herbs:

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and Gardening Books about Herbs and Gardens listed in Bibliography [#Herbs and Gardening]


Links
Sabbathday Lake Catalog of Shaker Teas, Culinary Herbs & Rose Water [77] Help support the Sabbathday Lake Shakers through the purchase of their products. Besides herbs, the Shaker store at Sabbathday Lake sells hand sewn articles, candy, books, furniture, Shaker made oval boxes and baskets, and many other items.

Just a Few (!) Shaker Furniture & Oval Box Sites:

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Shaker Furniture-Swartzendruber Hardwoods [78]
American Home-German Site [79]   American Style funriture.  Includes Shaker.
Robert Ortiz Studios [80]  Contemporary furniture in the Shaker and Japanese traditions.
Marco Polo:  The Shakers [81]    Unique furniture Replicas from Milan, Italy.
Rogers Woodworking [82]   Harrodsburg, Kentucky.
Shaker Workshops [83]
Shaker Shops West [84]
Shaker & Amish Design Furniture [85]  El Sobrante, California.
Chickadee Woodworking [86]  Shaker lap desk (copied from the desk which Orren Haskins made for Emma J. Neale), magazine rack and keepsake box.
North Wind Furniture & Cabinetmakers [87]  Rangeley, Maine.
Jefferson Woodworking [88]  Artwood:  A Gallery of Fine Woodworking, Bellingham, Washington.
J&B Atlantic Company - Shaker furniture - solid wood furniture, home accessories [89]
Cherry Pond Designs; fine furniture handcrafted from solid wood [90]
Spring Wood Smith-Antique Reproductions [91]  Shaker style furniture.
Shaker furniture (Shaker Mobel) in Oelde [92]
Shaker Furniture from Carolina Dealers [93]
Shaker Furniture [94]   Custom designed furnishings in the Shaker tradition by Stephen C. Barlow.
Project Plans [95]  Shaker hall table.
Shaker Furniture Shaker Style Highboy Dresser by Delnero Fine Shaker Furniture [96]
Shaker Furniture Reproductions from S. Timberlake Co. [97]
James Redway Furniture Makers - Cherry Shaker Furniture - 18th Century Country [98] .
Shaker Chairs [99]  Alan L. Nichols Furniture. 
Dana Robes Wood Craftsmen [100]  Lower Shaker Village, New Hampshire.
Shaker Furniture--Howe & Braskie [101]    Canterbury, N.H. 
Thunderbird Shaker Village Series Bedroom [102] .
Kinion Furniture Co. [103]   Portland, Oregon.
Village Chairs & Wares   Port Jefferson, N.Y. [104]
Ragged Mountain Woodworks [105]
Chilton Shaker Furniture Home Page [106]
The Village Woodsmith [107]   Shaker Video Collection from the shop of Garry Smith in Otselic Valley, Upstate New York.
Ralph Hamilton & Sons [108]    A small family operation on the eastern shore of Maryland.
Branch Hill Joinery [109]    Amish and Shaker furniture made by the Amish craftsmen of southern Michigan.
Xylem Furniture [110]   Michael Waldchen designs and handicrafts furniture from his workshop, Xylem Furniture Studio, in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
The Shaker Shop [111]   located in Sturbridge, Ma.  Shaker furniture reproductions, oval boxes and Shaker milk paints.
Asleep In the Woods [112]   Calais, VT.
Evolution [113]    San Francisco & Berkeley, California.
Circa 1820 [114]   Vassalboro, Maine.  1790-1850 Reproductions.
William Laberge Cabinetmaker [115]   Wells, VT.
Ian Ingersoll [116]   Master Woodworker.
Sam Allen Woodworking Books & Tools [117]    Shaker Jelly Cupboard.
Yankee Builders Country Store: [118]   Shaker & Colonial Furniture.
William Presley-Shaker & Country Style [119]   Gheen, Minnesota.
Shaker Woodworks & Antiques [120]    Carrollton, Texas.
F.A. Wildnauer Woodwork [121]    South Berwick, Maine.
Wayne Marcoux [122]    Fine Handcrafted Hardwood Furniture.
Main Street Trading Co. [123]    Milford, Ohio. 
Gardner & Halliwell Furniture [124]    Murrysville, PA.
Jacobs Woodworking [125]   Springvale, Maine.
C. Lindley Custom Woods [126]    Carrollton, Ga.
D. Andrew Kates [127] Cabinetmaker.  LeLange. Il.
House of Kirk [128]   Shaker & Early American Styles.
Homespun Shaker [129]
The Hitchcock Chair Co., Ltd. [130]   (see Berkshire Collection).
Richard Bissell Fine Woodworking [131]   Putney, VT.
Shaker Furniture & Collectibles in N.Y.C. [132]
Shaker Style furnishings [133]
Berkshire House Publishers, Woodworking [134] Publisher of Shaker shop drawings.
Willow Glen Kitchen & Baths [135]  Shaker furnishings.
Woodtown Unfinished Furniture [136]    Shaker Tables.
The Unpainted Place, Inc [137] .    Minneapolis, MN.
Privy Pine Products [138]   Shaker Style Vanities- Canada.
Replitiques [139]  Peg board and mirrors.
Shaker Pegs [140]  Baby furniture Shaker style!
TIMEKEEPERS - Gallery [141] Clocks.
Creative Woodworking [142]  Shaker style clocks.
Roggenburg Woodworking [143]   Shaker wall clock.
Woodware Designs [144]  Shaker computer tables.
Shaker Tape [145]  for chairs.
H.H. Perkins Co. [146]    Shaker Tape.
Restoration Products, Inc. [147]  Shaker tape and rush.
Orleans Carpenters - Museum Quality Shaker Oval Boxes [148]
Mountain Gourmet Product Sampler: Shaker Classics [149] Oval boxes.
McIntosh Sampler [150] Oval Boxes.
John Wilson [151] Oval boxes.
Henn workshops-Shaker Boxes [152] Oval boxes.
Traditions:  Sharing Americas Past [153]   Shaker Collection.
The Boxes and Boards [154]   Homemade Shaker boxes.
The Shaker Box Company [155]   Avon, CT.

Needlework:

Links
Shaker pincushions [156] Stitch with Sudberry:
Julia's Needleworks [157]  Ten shaker designs.
Homespun Elegance [158]  "Old Shaker Tune" Sampler, #130.

Shaker Miniatures:

Links
Shaker House [159] Shaker doll house.
Miniatures:  Shaker Works West [160]  by Ken Byers.
Miniatures by George [161]    by George Pennell.
Fine Wooden Miniature Furniture by Paul W. Frazier [162]   Mesquite, TX.
Miniature Shaker Oval Boxes [163]   by Eric Taylor
Shaker Village Series [164] The Cat's Meow Shaker Series.
Baskets "Shaker Baskets" [#Shaker Baskets] See miniature Shaker baskets listed under

Shaker Postcards:

Links
Shaker Postcards [165]  National Postcards:  The Source For Collector Postcards. Their Shaker Page.

Shaker Baskets:

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Shaker Fancy Baskets [166]  by Martha Wetherbee & Nathan Taylor.
Patterson's Baskets [167]   Miniature baskets.

Rare Books and Manuscripts:

Links
DeWolfe & Wood, Catalog 31: The Shakers & Other American Communal Groups [168]

Shaker Photography:

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Averso Publishing [169]    Exclusive supplier of 32 Pleasant Hill Shaker postcard prints by John Stines.  Also, posters and Ilfochrome prints, the

Restaurants, Inns and Bed & Breakfasts:

Links
Shaker Tavern - South Union, Kentucky - Bed & Breakfast Inns ONLINE [170]
Pleasant Hill Kentucky Shaker Village Dining [171]
Lodging at Pleasant Hill [172]   80 guestrooms on site.
Golden Lamb - GoCinci Dining Directory [173] Menu & Information.
The Golden Lamb Home Page [174] , Lebanon, Ohio. Site contains sample menus, gift shop info, and an excellent history of the inn. "The Golden Lamb" has a fine collection of antique Shaker furniture.
Sunset Farm Inn in the Tyringham Valley [175] Overlooks the site of the Tyringham Shaker Village. The Inn has a collection of Shaker antiques.
The Shaker Inn, Enfield, New Hampshire [176]
Mary Keane House [177]   Lower Shaker Village, Enfield, New Hampshire.  Shaker purists may prefer a room in the Ministry House, their 1880 Shaker house.  (Shaker Museum and Dana Robes Woodcraft are on the premises.)
The Old Chatham Sheepherding Company Inn [178]  located in Old Chatham, N.Y. directly across from the Shaker Museum and Library. 

SHAKER ANTIQUES:

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Willis Henry Auctions, Inc. [179]
Equinox Antiques - Shaker [180]   Manchester Center, VT.
Kovels' On-line price guide to Shaker antiques & collectibles [181]
Yellow House Antiques [182]    Buying and selling museum quality American and Shaker antiques.  Reading, VT.
G. Eldridge Antiques [183]   Glastonbury, CT.
Sloan's On-Line [184]   32 dealers with specialty in Shaker.
Shaker Antiques & Items in Maine [185]
Fresh Shaker Pieces Sell Well" [186] "
Shaker Toys [187]   Owners trying to identify toys as Shaker.  Were given to them as such.
Antiques & Americana with George Michael [188]  A video series of twelve 2 hour videos, 46 topics.  One of the topics is "Hancock Shaker Village". 

Books:

Academic:

Links
the Shakers Books about the Shakers are listed in the Bibliography [#About the Shakers]


Links
Amazon.com: A Glance: The Shaker Experience in America [189]  Review of
NYTimes-Shaker Communities, Shaker Lives [190] A review of Priscilla J. Brewer's book.
NYTimes-Shaker Built: The Form and Function of Shaker Architecture [191] by Paul Rocheleau & June Sprigg.
Review-The Shaker World [192]  by John T. Kirk.
Review-Shaker Herb & Garden Book [193]  by Rita Buchanan.
Review-Shaker Medicinal Herbs [194]  by Amy Bess Miller
Review-Origins of the Shakers [195] by Clark Garrett

Spiritual:

Links
Review of Skees' God Among the Shakers: A Search for Stillness & Faith at Sabbathday Lake. [196]
Review of Shees' God Among the Shakers [197]   Christian Science Monitor
Review of Simple Gifts: A Memoir of a Shaker Village [198] : by June Sprigg.
Shaker Advice to Children:  On behavior At Table [199]   Miniature Book--The Press of Ward Schori.

Novels and Short Stories:

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Works about the Shakers Fictional Works about the Shakers listed in Bibliography [#Fictional Works about the Shakers]


Links
[200] [201]
Janice Holt Giles. [202]
"The Shaker Bridal" from Twice-told Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne [203]
Death of a Winter Shaker [204] and
NYTimes-The Divine Comedy of John Venner [205] by George Blake Smith.  The Divine Comedy Shaker style. Mother Ann is portrayed as a spiritual guide to John Venner who seeks paradise stumbling through his own purgatory and hell. The last Shaker sister, Sabbathday Wells, is John's Beatrice.
Amazon.com-The Divine Comedy of John Venner [206]  by George Blake Smith.  Another review.
NYTimes-Perfect Agreement [207] by Michael Downing.  The Shakers of Kentucky are a subplot in this novel.
Amazon.com-Perfect Agreement [208]  by Michael Downing.  Another review.

Cookbooks:

Links
Books Shaker Cook Books listed in Bibliography [#Cook Books]


Links
NYTimes-Shaker Your Plate by Sr. Frances Carr [209] A review of Sr. Frances' great cookbook. The review includes the following recipes: chicken tarragon, Sr. Marie's potatoes, Shaker stewed tomatoes and lemon pie. I use the book all the time. Get a copy. Help support the the Shakers and buy it from Sabbathday Lake.
NYTimes-In a Shaker Kitchen [210] A N.Y.Times review of Norma MacMillian's book. Includes recipes for Shaker applesauce and cinnamon sour cream cookies.
Shaker Recipes On-Line:

Shaker Furniture:

Links
Furniture, Crafts and Collectibles Books about Furniture and other Collectibles are listed in the Bibliography [#Shaker Furniture, Crafts and Collectibles]


Links
NYTimes-The Shaker Chair [211] by Charles R. Muller & Timothy D. Rieman.
The complete Book of Shaker Furniture, Rieman & Burks [212] A review.
Shaker Legacy:Perspectives on an Enduring Furniture Style, C.Becksvoort [213]  A review.
Review of [214]  by Joy Krause.
Amazon.com-The Shaker Legacy [215]   by Christian Becksvoort.  A review.