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Museums and Libraries located on the sites of Shaker villages

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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 []
Shaker Museum at South Union, Kentucky [18]
The Shaker Trustees' Building [19] perserved at Genesee County Museum, N.Y.
Sodus Bay Shaker Festival, Alasa Farm-Western N.Y. State [20] The Sodus Bay Shaker Festival is bi-annual.

English Dissenters and Millenarians:

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ExLibris: English Dissenters [21]  An incredibly informative site that covers the English dissenters prior and during the Civil War in England as well as the Interregnum. Includes: Adamites, Anabaptists, Baptists, Barrowists, Behmenists, Brownists, Diggers, Familists, Fifth Monarchists, Free-Will Men, Grindletonians, Jacobites, Levellers, Lollards, Muggletonians, Puritans, Quakers, Ranters and Seekers.
Mary's City of David Home Page [22]  This community is located at Benton Harbor, Michigan. The Israelite Movement looks back to Joanna Southcott, the First Messenger, 1792, Devonshire, England. They claim to be the second oldest communal order in America after the Shakers.
Joanna Southcott [23]   and the Panacea Society.  A good book about her is:
The Anglo-Israelites [24]  believe that the modern Anglo-Saxons are the direct descendants of the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel.  All Anglo-Israelite groups look back to Richard Brothers (1757-1824) who called himself "Prince of the Hebrews and Nephew of the Almighty."
Christian Israelite Church [25]  traces its roots back to John Wroe of Yorkshire, England, 1782-1863, who is often called the British Joseph Smith.

English Dissenters-The Puritans in England and New England:

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The Puritan Page [26]   Theology from a Bunch of Dead Guys:  The Hall of Church History.
Fire and Ice:  Puritan and Reformed Writings [27]
Jonathan Edwards On-Line [28]

English Dissenters-The Society of Friends (Quakers):

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The Religious Society of Friends [29]  An truly awesome site!
The Quakers in Brief [30]  An excellent introduction to Quakerism by David M. Murray-Rust  of the Birkenhead Meeting, Merseyside, UK.
[31] [] , Rufus M. Jones, editor.
Quaker Information Center [32]  Located at Friends Center in Philadelphia, Pa.
American Friends Service Committee [33]   The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) is a Quaker organization which includes people of various faiths who are committed to social justice, peace, and humanitarian service. Its work is based on the Quaker belief in the worth of every person, and faith in the power of love to overcome violence and injustice.
The Quaker Collection at Haverford College [34]   Friends have published a great deal in the past three centuries, and Haverford has attempted to collect as much of this material as possible. There are more than 32,000 printed titles on the shelves, not including thousands of pamphlets, clippings and other ephemeral material. In addition, there are over 250,000 Quaker items in the manuscript collection.
Friends Historical Association [35]   The Friends Historical Association is an association devoted to the study, preservation and publication of material relating to the history of the Religious Society of Friends. Founded in Philadelphia in 1873, FHA has become an organization that is international in membership and interests and which anyone, Friend or not, is invited to join. The Annual Meeting in the Fall, and an historical pilgrimage in the Spring to an area associated with the history of Quakerism are important activities of the Association.
The Quaker Corner [36]   This is a family genealogy site, but, is full of information about Quakerism.
George Amoss's Quaker Electronic Archive & Meeting Place [37]   This site, the first general-purpose Quaker archive on the Internet, contains Quaker writings and other documents such as minutes and resource guides, as well as a message board and chat rooms in which Friends and friends are welcome to meet and worship together. The archive offers a keyword search function, and links to other sites of interest to Friends are also provided.
Quaker Web Ring [38]   Twenty-two sites.
Places Where Women Made History-Jemima Wilkinson House [39] Go to
Unruly Women [40]   "Biographies from Early America:  Unruly Women:  Jemima Wilkinson and Deborah Sampson Gannett" by James Henretta.

The Anabaptist-Pietist Traditions:

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Church of the Bretheren Network [41]    Their European Origins.  Good introduction.
Count Nikolaus Zinzendorf [42] & the Moravian Church (Unitas Fratrum).

The Methodists:

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[43] [44]  A book, study guide and web site.  A good introduction to Methodism.
Sermons of John Wesley [45]  Christian Classics Ethereal Library, Wheaton College.
A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the People Called Methodists, John Wesley, M.A. [46]  Some- time Fellow of Lincoln College, Oxford, England.

Barton Stone-Alexander Campbell Restoration Movement:

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Stone-Campbell Restoration Movement Resources [47] Barton Stone was the primary minister at Cane Ridge during the Great Revival in Kentucky, the center of the Second Great Awakening.
Restoration Resources [48] More Stone-Campbell
Restoration Movement Pages [49] Even more Stone-Campbell
Old Cane Ridge Meeting-House [50] and
Historical Events in Early American Presbyterianism [51] Information about "The Kentucky Revival or the Second Great Awakening" taken from the
Early American Presbyterians -- M [52] Scroll down to "Rev. Richard McNemar". Info taken from the
Early American Presbyterians -- D [53] Scroll down to "Rev. John Dunlavy". Info taken from the
Barton W. Stone Short Autobiography [54] In chapters 7 through 9, Stone discusses Richard McNemar and John Dunlevy, the Kentucky Revival and the coming of the Shaker missionaries from New Lebanon, N.Y.

Emanuel Swedenborg and the Church of the New Jerusalem:

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The New Earth Swedenborg BBS [55]  Everything you ever wanted to know about Swedenborgianism.
The Swedenborg Foundation [56]  Non-profit book publisher and educational site.
The Swedenborgian Church [57]  Located in Newton, Massachusetts.  Informative site.  Good links.
[58] []  by Emanuel Swedenborg.

The French Prophets-The Camisards:

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Le Musee du Desert-Camisards Museum [59]  In a typical hamlet in the Cevennes Mountains, inside the Camisard Chief Rolland's birth place, is a museum dedicated to the "Desert" period (1685-1787), from the repeal of the Edict of Nantes to the Edict of Tolerance and the Camisard War.
-The Movie [60]   French movie make in 1970 about the Camisard guerrilla war against the royal French troops.   The Huguenot/Camisard resistance has inspired two French operas,

Other Similar Groups:

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Ephrata Cloister [61] and
Communal Societies:  Alphabetical Listing [62]   Synoptic Index for
Utopo-Genesis:  Introduction to America-as-Utopia [63] by Steve Mizrach, Un. of Florida.
Early Restoration Research & Information Service (Mormon) [64] Section 49-Revelation given through Joseph Smith, Jr., March 1831, at Kirtland, Ohio, addressed to Sidney Rigdon, Parley P. Pratt, and Lemon Copley. These elders were sent on a mission to the Shakers. Copley had been a member of the Society of Shakers but had recently joined the Mormon church. The revelation sets forth the major teachings of the Restoration wherein they differ from those of the Shakers.
Kirtland Temple Historic Center [65] run by the RLDS Church. This little town in Ohio has preserved a number of local sites important in Mormonism. It was from here that the early Mormons sent missionaries to the nearby Shaker Village, now Shaker Heights in Cleveland.
New Harmony, Indiana []    Home of the Rapites and the Owenites!
"Communism in Indiana" []   An Editorial,
Bruderhof Communities Home Page [66]
OHS/Zoar Village [67] ,Ohio-Society of Separatist of Zoar, founded 1817.
Willkommen!-The Seven Amana Colonies [68]
The Oneida Community [69] by Randall Hillebrand
Artcom Museum Tour: Oneida Community Mansion House [70]
Koreshan Site [71] Take a virtual tour of the Koreshan site.
Florida State Parks - KORESHAN STATE HISTORIC SITE [72]
Cyrus Teed [73] , the founder of Koreshanity.
Abode of the Message []    Spiritual Community of the Sufi Order International, guided by Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan.  Located at South Family of Mount Lebanon, N.Y.
FATHER DIVINE, MOTHER DIVINE & The International Peace Mission [74]
Shakers guests at the Jubilee Celebration of Father & Mother Divine's Wedding [75]

INDIANA:  

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Indiana Historical Society [76]   Library has Busro, Indiana information.
Shaker#first_hit Lilly Library, University of Indiana, Bloomington] [77] The Byrd Family Papers.

KENTUCKY:

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University of Kentucky Libraries-Margaret I. King Library [78] Special Collections Division has Pleasant Hill materials.
The Filson Club Historical Society-Louisville, Ky [79] Pleasant Hill materials.
Western KU's Kentucky Museum Furniture Collection [80] 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.
The Kentucky Museum at Western Kentucky University [81] Located 12 miles east of South Union Shaker Village. Extensive collection of manuscripts from South Union.

MICHIGAN:

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The Berrien County Historical Association [82]  Berrien Springs, Michigan
William L. Clements Library [83] -University of Michigan

OHIO:

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Western Reserve Historical Society Library [84] , Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio. The most extensive collection of Shaker materials in the world. 300,000 pages of manuscripts.
Dunham Tavern Museum [85] , Cleveland, Ohio- Collection of Shaker Furniture.
Shaker Historical Society-Elizabeth B. Nord Library [86] , Cleveland, Ohio. 39 items.
Miami University [87]    Shaker Collection.
The Shaker Collection at the Dayton-Montgomery Co.Public Library [88] , Dayton, Ohio. Compiled by Elli Bambakidis.
Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio-Paul Lawrence Dunbar Library [89] WRHS Shaker collection and LC Shaker collection on microfilm. In
Kettering-Moraine Museum (Watervliet, Ohio Shakers) [90] 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.
Warren County Historical Society Museum (Union Village Collection) [91] , Lebanon, Ohio. One of the best collection of Shaker furniture and material culture west of the Allegheny Mountains.
Ohio Historical Society / Resources / Archives-Library [92] Look up Shaker manuscripts and books in the OHS collection through

WISCONSIN:

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Art Museum, Milwaukee [93] Shaker collection in American Folk Art Collection.
Villa Terrace Decorative Arts Museum [94]

CONNECTICUT:

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Connecticut State Library [95] Has a large collection of materials from Enfield, Connecticut.
Yahoo! YP - Enfield Historical Society, Enfield, Connecticut [96] Information about Enfield Shaker site.
New Canaan Historical Society [97]  New Canaan, Connecticut.

MASSACHUSETTS:

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The Shaker Collection at Williams College [98] , 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.
Welcome to the Berkshire Athenaeum [99] , Pittsfield, MA. Hancock and other material. Complete set of the
Massachusetts Historical Society [100] , Boston, MA. Books and pamphlets and some manuscripts.
Yahoo! YP - Shirley Historical Society [101] , Shirley, MA. Information about the Shirley Shaker site.
Yahoo! YP - Art Complex Inc At Duxbury [102] Shaker furniture collection.

NEW HAMPSHIRE:

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Dartmouth College:  Baker Library [103] , Hanover, N.H. Books and photographs and a few manuscripts.
Yahoo! YP - Hood Museum Of Art [104] , Hanover, N.H. Collection of Shaker objects.
New Hampshire Historical Society Library Collections [105] Materials from Canterbury and Enfield, New Hampshire.
Eleanor Parmenter Churchill Archive-University of New Hampshire. [106] 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.
Other collections in the University of New Hampshire Shaker Collection [107] 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

NEW YORK STATE:

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Shaker Museum and Emma B. King Library at Old Chatham, N.Y. [108] 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."
A Shaker Resource Guide-New York City Public Library [109] A large and comprehensive collection.
Collections of the New York State Historical Museum [110] , 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.
New York State Library [111] , Albany, N.Y. Manuscript collection from Watervliet, N.Y., New Lebanon, Groveland, and Harvard, Massachusetts.
Livingston County Historical Society [112] , Genesceo, N.Y. Home of the famous Groveland Fountain Stone
Groveland, Livingston County, N.Y. [113] Description of the area and mention of the Shakers.
Syracuse University Library [114]   In this library can be found
American Society for Psychical Research [115] , New York City. America's first research group to study psychic and paranormal activity. They have a Shaker collection.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, American Art-American Wing [116] A Shaker retiring room from New Lebanon, N.Y.
Hamilton College Library [117]  Clinton, N.Y.  Close to 1,000  Shaker items.
Hofstra University-Special Collections [118]  Joan & Donald E. Axinn Library, West Campus. Hempstead, Long Island, N.Y.
Buffalo & Erie County Public Library [119]  Special Collection Department

THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS AND NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART, WASHINGTON, D.C.:

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Library of Congress Home Page [120] Use the LC's catalogue search and enjoy!
Rare Book and Special Collections Reading Room Home Page [121] 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.
Library of congress WWW-Z39.50 Gateway [122]
National Gallery of Art - Index of American Design [123] Click on

NORTH CAROLINA:

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Guide to the Cataloged Special Collections-Duke University [124] , William R. Perkins Library
Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill [] Manuscripts Department,

SHAKER AND RELATED MANUSCRIPTS ON LINE:

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Shaker Manuscripts On-Line [125] This site has excerpts from
Richard McNemar Page [126] contains
Information about UMI Research Collections: Shaker Collection, 1723-1952 [127] and

JOURNALS:

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The Union Seminary Quarterly Review [128] Vol. 49, #1-2,
Communal Societies: Journal of the Communal Studies Association. [129]
"Utopian Studies" Index [130] Journal of the Society for Utopian Studies.
IC Web Site: Communities Magazine [131] Magazine of Intentional Communities.
Religion & American Culture:  A Journal of Interpretation [132]  Published by the Center for the Study of Religion and American Culture, Indiana University-Purdue University in Indianapolis, Indiana.

SHAKER MUSIC:

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"Early Shaker Spirituals" [133]    The beauty and grace of Shaker culture is reflected in these authentic songs, rendered by members of the United Society of Shakers of Sabbathday Lake, Maine.
I Hear America Singing [134]
Music Buffs-Shaker Music [135]  Site by Roger Hall.  See photograph of Aaron Copland with Sister Mildred Barker when they met at Shaker Heights, Cleveland, on Nov. 9, 1974.
Gourd Music [136]
Arrangements of Shaker Music-Simple Gifts,Tree of Life,Music on the Mountains [137]
THE SHAKERS by Gail Corbin (Dance Video) [138]
The Boston Camerata: Simple Gifts [139] The Boston Camerata recorded Shaker music in the Meetinghouse at Sabbathday Lake. Samples of music can be played.
The Boston Camerata: Angels [140] An award winning CD. Shaker selections.
The Boston Camerata: Online Newsletter [141] Sabbathday Lake Shakers sing with
Norumbega Harmony [142] Norumbega Harmony is one of the largest and most active groups of Sacred Harp and shape-note singers in New England. A recording of Shaker music done at the Old Hancock Shaker Village called Shaker Songs:
Article in the Detroit Free Press [143] -November 11, 1998, "150 Years of

THE SHAKERS AND THE ARTS:

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"Shaker Made" by Ellen McBreen-Review of "The Quiet in the Land" [144]
Institute of Contemporary Art [145] in Boston, MA. "Quiet in the Land" through end of September.
Constantine Kermes Art Gallery [146]
E! Online - Fact Sheet - The Shakers - Hands to Work, Hearts to God (1985) [147] by Ken Burns.
The Parrish Art Museum: Newsletter "Shaker: The Art of Craftsmanship" [148]
Shaker:The Art of Craftsmanship Poster [149]
Shaker Historical Society Poster [150]  by Wendell Minor, artist.
Kindred Spirits Exhibit []   April 21-October 8, 1995.  Mingei International Museum,
"The Shaker World"  by Fran Kramer [151] .  A review of exhibit at Old Chatham based on John Kirk's 1997 book,
Shaker Gift Drawings Surface [] by Fran Kramer & Lita Solis-Cohen.
Lafayette College [] :  Exhibits Celebrating Shaker Design, Culture & Craftsmanship.
Shaker Visionary Image [152]   by Orville Cline.
[153] [] by Ronald Kidd, American playwright.
Shaker Exhibition [] at Paine Webber.

INTERESTING LINKS:

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Film-"I Don't Want To Be Remembered As A Chair" [154]
American Traditional Culture Series-The Shakers [155]
Response to a question [156]  Are Shaker practices related to magical and shamanic rites?  The answer, of course, is "no"!
580CFRA-News Talk Radio []   "Last Few Shakers Attract Few members to Last Village" by Tom Kirchofer.
Description of Shaker Life [157]
Mother Ann Lee: Why Do We Know So Little About Her Early Life?, Dixon [158]
History of Elder Eades of South Union [159]
Landmarks of Faith-Educator's Notes-The Shakers [160]
Shakers: The United Society of Believers [161]  Shaker Profile, Sociology 257, University of Virginia
Frequently Asked Questions-Shakers (Ohio State) [162]
Some Disturbing Facts on the Signs & Wonder Movement [163]
Learn about the Shakers [164]
Polly Reed: A Shaker Life [165]
Northeast journal antiques and art: Mount Lebanon Shakers [166]  A short article about the Mt. Lebanon Shakers.
Making His Mark [167] An article about Orren Haskins.
Review of [168]  (Miguel Gomez-Ibanez-Furniture Society)
Herbal Exposure-Herbalist & Author Steven Foster [169]
Paper-"Determinants of Stay in a Religious Commune:  The Shakers, 1850-1870" [] 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" [] by John E. Murray & Metin M. Cosgel.  Can download the paper in PDF format.
Paper-"Productivity of a Commune: The Shakers, 1850-1880 [170] " 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"  [] by Metin M. Cosgel & John E. Murray.  Can download the paper in PDF format.
Paper-"Regional Specialization in Communal Agriculture:  The Shakers, 1850-1880" []   by Metin M. Cosgel & John E. Murray.  Can download the paper in PDF format.
Ann Lee, Founder of the Shaker Sect []   by Rev. H.P. Andrews.
A Picture of Shakerism--Mrs. Mary M. Dyer []   by Rev. H.P. Andrews.
Shaker Gift Drawings Surface [] by Fran Kramer & Lita Solis--Cohen
"Shaker Legacy Is Simple" [] by Frank Bentayou.  Beacon Journal On-Line.  Trip to Shaker Heights Museum.
The Quaker Corner:  The differences between being Shaker & Quaker [] .
Shaker Space: Being & Becoming in a Separtist Community []   by Jeff Jones & Carolyn Gallagher.
Shakers by Jutta Gierse [171]
Engines of Our Ingenuity-Un. of Houston, Engineering [172]
Glaube, Friede, Hoffnung [173]

INTERESTING LINKS:

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I Hear America Singing [174]
Rebecca Cox Jackson: 1795-1871 [175]
Excerpts from Gifts of Power [176]  by Rebecca Cox Jackson.
The Shakers:  Hands to Work, Hearts to God [177]   by Ken Burns

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

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Shaker Furniture-Swartzendruber Hardwoods [178]
American Home-German Site []   American Style funriture.  Includes Shaker.
Robert Ortiz Studios [179]  Contemporary furniture in the Shaker and Japanese traditions.
Marco Polo:  The Shakers [180]    Unique furniture Replicas from Milan, Italy.
Rogers Woodworking [181]   Harrodsburg, Kentucky.
Shaker Workshops [182]
Shaker Shops West [183]
Shaker & Amish Design Furniture [184]  El Sobrante, California.
Chickadee Woodworking [185]  Shaker lap desk (copied from the desk which Orren Haskins made for Emma J. Neale), magazine rack and keepsake box.
North Wind Furniture & Cabinetmakers [186]  Rangeley, Maine.
Jefferson Woodworking [187]  Artwood:  A Gallery of Fine Woodworking, Bellingham, Washington.
J&B Atlantic Company - Shaker furniture - solid wood furniture, home accessories [188]
Cherry Pond Designs; fine furniture handcrafted from solid wood [189]
Spring Wood Smith-Antique Reproductions [190]  Shaker style furniture.
Shaker furniture (Shaker Mobel) in Oelde [191]
Shaker Furniture from Carolina Dealers [192]
Shaker Furniture [193]   Custom designed furnishings in the Shaker tradition by Stephen C. Barlow.
Project Plans [194]  Shaker hall table.
Shaker Furniture Shaker Style Highboy Dresser by Delnero Fine Shaker Furniture [195]
Shaker Furniture Reproductions from S. Timberlake Co. [196]
James Redway Furniture Makers - Cherry Shaker Furniture - 18th Century Country [197] .
Shaker Chairs [198]  Alan L. Nichols Furniture.
Dana Robes Wood Craftsmen [199]  Lower Shaker Village, New Hampshire.
Shaker Furniture--Howe & Braskie []    Canterbury, N.H.
Thunderbird Shaker Village Series Bedroom [200] .
Kinion Furniture Co. []   Portland, Oregon.
Village Chairs & Wares   Port Jefferson, N.Y. [201]
Ragged Mountain Woodworks [202]
Chilton Shaker Furniture Home Page [203]
The Village Woodsmith [204]   Shaker Video Collection from the shop of Garry Smith in Otselic Valley, Upstate New York.
Ralph Hamilton & Sons [205]    A small family operation on the eastern shore of Maryland.
Branch Hill Joinery [206]    Amish and Shaker furniture made by the Amish craftsmen of southern Michigan.
Xylem Furniture [207]   Michael Waldchen designs and handicrafts furniture from his workshop, Xylem Furniture Studio, in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
The Shaker Shop [208]   located in Sturbridge, Ma.  Shaker furniture reproductions, oval boxes and Shaker milk paints.
Asleep In the Woods []   Calais, VT.
Evolution []    San Francisco & Berkeley, California.
Circa 1820 []   Vassalboro, Maine.  1790-1850 Reproductions.
William Laberge Cabinetmaker []   Wells, VT.
Ian Ingersoll []   Master Woodworker.
Sam Allen Woodworking Books & Tools []    Shaker Jelly Cupboard.
Yankee Builders Country Store: []   Shaker & Colonial Furniture.
William Presley-Shaker & Country Style []   Gheen, Minnesota.
Shaker Woodworks & Antiques []    Carrollton, Texas.
F.A. Wildnauer Woodwork []    South Berwick, Maine.
Wayne Marcoux []    Fine Handcrafted Hardwood Furniture.
Main Street Trading Co. []    Milford, Ohio.
Gardner & Halliwell Furniture []    Murrysville, PA.
Jacobs Woodworking []   Springvale, Maine.
C. Lindley Custom Woods []    Carrollton, Ga.
D. Andrew Kates [] Cabinetmaker.  LeLange. Il.
House of Kirk []   Shaker & Early American Styles.
Homespun Shaker []
The Hitchcock Chair Co., Ltd. []   (see Berkshire Collection).
Richard Bissell Fine Woodworking []   Putney, VT.
Shaker Furniture & Collectibles in N.Y.C. [209]
Shaker Style furnishings []
Berkshire House Publishers, Woodworking [210] Publisher of Shaker shop drawings.
Willow Glen Kitchen & Baths [211]  Shaker furnishings.
Woodtown Unfinished Furniture []    Shaker Tables.
The Unpainted Place, Inc [] .    Minneapolis, MN.
Privy Pine Products []   Shaker Style Vanities- Canada.
Replitiques [212]  Peg board and mirrors.
Shaker Pegs [213]  Baby furniture Shaker style!
TIMEKEEPERS - Gallery [214] Clocks.
Creative Woodworking [215]  Shaker style clocks.
Roggenburg Woodworking [216]   Shaker wall clock.
Woodware Designs [217]  Shaker computer tables.
Shaker Tape [218]  for chairs.
H.H. Perkins Co. []    Shaker Tape.
Restoration Products, Inc. [219]  Shaker tape and rush.
Orleans Carpenters - Museum Quality Shaker Oval Boxes [220]
Mountain Gourmet Product Sampler: Shaker Classics [221] Oval boxes.
McIntosh Sampler [] Oval Boxes.
John Wilson [222] Oval boxes.
Henn workshops-Shaker Boxes [223] Oval boxes.
Traditions:  Sharing Americas Past [224]   Shaker Collection.
The Boxes and Boards [225]   Homemade Shaker boxes.
The Shaker Box Company []   Avon, CT.

Needlework:

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Shaker pincushions [226] Stitch with Sudberry:
Julia's Needleworks [227]  Ten shaker designs.
Homespun Elegance [228]  "Old Shaker Tune" Sampler, #130.

Shaker Miniatures:

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Shaker House [229] Shaker doll house.
Miniatures:  Shaker Works West [230]  by Ken Byers.
Miniatures by George [231]    by George Pennell.
Fine Wooden Miniature Furniture by Paul W. Frazier []   Mesquite, TX.
Miniature Shaker Oval Boxes []   by Eric Taylor
Shaker Village Series [232] The Cat's Meow Shaker Series.
Baskets "Shaker Baskets" [#Shaker Baskets] See miniature Shaker baskets listed under

Shaker Baskets:

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Shaker Fancy Baskets [233]  by Martha Wetherbee & Nathan Taylor.
Patterson's Baskets [234]   Miniature baskets.

Restaurants, Inns and Bed & Breakfasts:

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Shaker Tavern - South Union, Kentucky - Bed & Breakfast Inns ONLINE [235]
Pleasant Hill Kentucky Shaker Village Dining [236]
Lodging at Pleasant Hill [237]   80 guestrooms on site.
Golden Lamb - GoCinci Dining Directory [238] Menu & Information.
The Golden Lamb Home Page [239] , 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 [240] Overlooks the site of the Tyringham Shaker Village. The Inn has a collection of Shaker antiques.
The Shaker Inn, Enfield, New Hampshire [241]
Mary Keane House [242]   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 [243]  located in Old Chatham, N.Y. directly across from the Shaker Museum and Library.

SHAKER ANTIQUES:

Links
Willis Henry Auctions, Inc. [244]
Equinox Antiques - Shaker [245]   Manchester Center, VT.
Kovels' On-line price guide to Shaker antiques & collectibles [246]
Yellow House Antiques [247]    Buying and selling museum quality American and Shaker antiques.  Reading, VT.
G. Eldridge Antiques [248]   Glastonbury, CT.
Sloan's On-Line [249]   32 dealers with specialty in Shaker.
Shaker Antiques & Items in Maine [250]
Fresh Shaker Pieces Sell Well" [] "
Shaker Toys []   Owners trying to identify toys as Shaker.  Were given to them as such.
Antiques & Americana with George Michael [251]  A video series of twelve 2 hour videos, 46 topics.  One of the topics is "Hancock Shaker Village".

Academic:

Links
Amazon.com: A Glance: The Shaker Experience in America [252]  Review of
NYTimes-Shaker Communities, Shaker Lives [253] A review of Priscilla J. Brewer's book.
NYTimes-Shaker Built: The Form and Function of Shaker Architecture [254] by Paul Rocheleau & June Sprigg.
Review-The Shaker World [255]  by John T. Kirk.
Review-Shaker Herb & Garden Book [256]  by Rita Buchanan.
Review-Shaker Medicinal Herbs [257]  by Amy Bess Miller
Review-Origins of the Shakers [258] by Clark Garrett

Spiritual:

Links
Review of Skees' God Among the Shakers: A Search for Stillness & Faith at Sabbathday Lake. [259]
Review of Shees' God Among the Shakers []   Christian Science Monitor
Review of Simple Gifts: A Memoir of a Shaker Village [260] : by June Sprigg.
Shaker Advice to Children:  On behavior At Table []   Miniature Book--The Press of Ward Schori.

Novels and Short Stories:

Links
[261] []   An Internet Hotlist.
[262] []  by Michael Sullivan,
Janice Holt Giles. [263] by
"The Shaker Bridal" from Twice-told Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne [264]
Death of a Winter Shaker [265] and
NYTimes-The Divine Comedy of John Venner [266] 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 [267]  by George Blake Smith.  Another review.
NYTimes-Perfect Agreement [268] by Michael Downing.  The Shakers of Kentucky are a subplot in this novel.
Amazon.com-Perfect Agreement [269] by Michael Downing.  Another review.

Cookbooks:

Links
NYTimes-Shaker Your Plate by Sr. Frances Carr [270] 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 [271] A N.Y.Times review of Norma MacMillian's book. Includes recipes for Shaker applesauce and cinnamon sour cream cookies.
[272] [] Shaker Recipes On-Line:

Shaker Furniture:

Links
NYTimes-The Shaker Chair [273] by Charles R. Muller & Timothy D. Rieman.
The complete Book of Shaker Furniture, Rieman & Burks [274] A review.
Shaker Legacy:Perspectives on an Enduring Furniture Style, C.Becksvoort [275]  A review.
Review of [276]  by Joy Krause.
Amazon.com-The Shaker Legacy [277]   by Christian Becksvoort.  A review.

THE AMERICAN RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE:

Links
Religion and the Founding of the American Republic (Library of Congress Exhibit) [278] An excellent on-line exhibit. A exhibit catalogue can also be purchased from the Library of Congress.
RELIGION 166: Religious Life in the United States [279]  A fantastic course on American religious life. Professor Terry Matthews of Wake Forest University. Lectures, bibliography and more links.
RELIGION 466: Religion in the South [280] Another great course from Terry Matthews. Lectures, bibliography and more links.
Divining America:  Religion & the National Culture [281]  "TeacherServe" from the National Humanities Center.  An interactive curriculum enrichment service for high school teachers.
Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance: Home Page [282] A great resource for religions of all kinds!
The New Religious Movements Homepage [283] A marvelous resource from the Sociology Department at the University of Virginia.
American Academy of Religion: Home Page [284] This site serves as an introduction to the AAR, the major learned society and professional association for scholars whose object of study is religion. Its mission, in a world where religion plays so central a role in social, political and economic events, as well as in the lives of communities and individuals, is to meet a critical need for ongoing reflection upon and understanding of religious traditions, issues, questions and values.
Georgetown American Studies Web: Philosophy and Religion [285]
Indiana University Center for Study of Religion and America [286] A joint effort of Indiana University & Purdue
American Religion Links-West Virgina Un. [287]
WestWeb: Western Religious History [288] Promised Land. Religious experience in the American far west.
American Religious Experience [289]
The Center for the Study of American Religion [290] Princeton University
PAL: Perspectives in American Literature: Table of Contents [291]
Making of America-Digital Library of Primary Sources in Am. Soc. History [292]

By the Shakers

Links
[293] [] Barker, Sister Mildred R.
[294] [] Barker, Sister Mildred R.
[295] [] Barker, Sister Mildred R.
[296] [] Bishop, Rufus and Seth Y. Wells, eds.
[297] [] Blinn, Henry C., introduction.
[298] [] Bussell, Joshua H., 1816-1900.
[299] [] Carr, Sister Frances A.
[300] [] .  Canterbury, N.H.:  Printed in the United society, 1847.  First published in 1813.
[301] [] Cultrone, John and Brother Arnold Hadd.
[302] [] Doolittle, Mary Antionette.
[303] [] Dunlavy, John.
[304] [] Evans, Frederick. W.
[305] [] Evans, Frederick W.
[306] [] Evans, Frederick W.
[307] [] Evans, Frederick W.
[308] [] Evans, Frederick W.
[309] [] Fraser, Daniel.
[310] [] Fraser, Daniel.
[311] [] Fraser, Daniel.
[312] [] Green, Calvin and Seth Y. Wells.
[313] [] Green, Calvin.
[314] [] .  R.M. Wagon & Co., Mount Lebanon, N.Y.  Reprint:  Old Chatham, N.Y.:  The Shaker Museum, 1975.
[315] [] Hollister, A.G. and C. Green.
[316] [] Johnson, Theodore E.
[317] [] Johnson, Theodore E.
[318] [] Johnson, Theodore E.
[319] [] Johnson, Theodore E.
[320] [] Johnson, Theodore E.
[321] [] Leonard, Wm.
[322] [] Mace, Aurelia G.
[323] [] Mace, Fayette.
[324] [] .  Paper published by the United Society, Vols. I-XXIX, January 1, 1871 to December, 1899.  Title variations:
[325] [] McNemar, Richard.
[326] [] McNemar, Richard.
[327] [] McNemar, Richard.
[328] [] Meacham, Joseph.  A
[329] [] Pelham, Richard W.
[330] [] .  Published for the North Family, Mt. Lebanon, N.Y.   New York:  William A. Pond & Co., 25 Union Square, 1884.  Reprint:  Sabbathday Lake, Maine:  The United Society of Shakers, 1992.
[331] [] .  New York:  Wm. A Pond & Company, 25 Union Square, 1893.  Reprint:  Sabbathday Lake, Maine:  The United Society of Shakers, 1992.
[332] [] Stewart, Philemon, instrument.
[333] [] Whitcher, Sister Mary, complied by George Lorenz.
[334] [] Whitcher, Sister Mary.
[335] [] White, Anna and Leila S. Taylor.
[336] [] Whittaker, James.
[337] [] Youngs, Benjamin S., David Darrow and John Meacham.
[338] [] Youngs, Isaac.

By Ex-Shakers

Links
[339] [] Brown, Thomas.
[340] [] Dyer, Mary Marshall.
[341] [] Dyer, Mary Marshall.
[342] [] Elkins, Hervey.
[343] [] Hulings, Martha A.
[344] [] Lamson, David R.
[345] [] Rathbun, Reuben.
[346] [] Rathbun, Valentine.  "About the Shakers."
[347] [] Shaver, Elizabeth D., ed., Author Unknown.

By Ex-Shakers

Links
[348] [] Adams, Elva R.
[349] [] Anderson, Russell H.
[350] [] Anderson, Russell H.
[351] [] Andrews, Edward Deming.
[352] [] Andrews, Edward Deming.
[353] [] Andrews, Edward Deming.
[354] [] Andrews, Edward Deming and Faith Andrews.
[355] [] Andrews, Edward Deming.
[356] [] Andrews, Edward Deming.
[357] [] Andrews, Edward Deming.
[358] [] Andrews, Edward Deming.
[359] [] Andrews, Edwar Deming.
[360] [] Andrews, Edward Deming.
[361] [] Andrews, Edward Deming.
[362] [] Bainbridge, William Sims.  "Shaker Demographics, 1840-1900:  An Example of the Use of U.S. Census Enumeration Schedules."
[363] [] Baird, Henry Martyn.
[364] [] Barnes, Sherman B.
[365] [] Barton, Cynthia H.
[366] [] Bestor, Arthur.
[367] [] .
[368] []
[369] [] .
[370] [] "'Tho' of the Weaker Sex':  A Reassessment of Gender Equality among the Shakers."
[371] []
[372] [] Burns, Amy Stechler and Ken Burns.
[373] [] Burns, Deborah E.
[374] [] Burress, Marjorie Byrnside.
[375] [] Butler, Linda.
[376] [] Campion, Nardi Reeder.
[377] [] "Canterbury Shaker Village", Special Issue.
[378] [] Chmielewski, Wendy, Louis J. Kern, and Marlyn Klee-Hartzell, eds.
[379] [] Clark, Thomas D. and F. Gerald Ham.
[380] [] Conlin, Mary Lou.
[381] [] Cornforth, John.
[382] [] Crosthwaite, Jane F.  "
[383] [] Crosthwaite, Jane F.  "'A White and Seamless Robe':  Celibacy and Equality in Shaker Art and Theology."
[384] [] Deignan, Kathleen.
[385] [] Desroche, Henri, John K. Savacool, trans.
[386] [] DeWolfe, Elizabeth.
[387] [] Eastman, Harland H.
[388] [] Edwards, Sharon.
[389] [] Emerich, A.D. and A.H. Benning, eds.
[390] [] Emlen, Robert P.
[391] [] Filley, Dorothy M.
[392] [] Foster, Laurence.
[393] [] Foster, Laurence.
[394] [] Garrett, Clarke.
[395] [] Garrett, Clarke.
[396] [] Gifford, Don, ed.
[397] [] Gooden, Rosemary D.
[398] [] Green, Nancy L.
[399] [] .  Shirley, Massachusetts: Shirley Historical Society,  1994.
[400] [] Gutowski, Diane.
[401] [] "Hancock Shaker Vilage".
[402] [] Harrison, J.F.C.
[403] [] Hayden, Dolores.
[404] [] Hess, Wendell.
[405] [] Hinds, William Alfred.
[406] [] Hines, Tommy.
[407] [] Holloway, Mark.
[408] [] Horgan, Edward R.
[409] [] Hulick, Diana Emery and Peter Walch.
[410] [] Humez, Jean, ed.
[411] [] Humez, Jean, ed.
[412] [] Humez, Jean.
[413] [] Humez. Jean.
[414] [] Humez. Jean.
[415] [] Hunt, Melba L.
[416] [] Hutton, Daniel, M.
[417] [] Keig, Susan Jackson.
[418] [] Keith, John M.
[419] [] Kephart, William M.
[420] [] Kern, Louis J.
[421] [] Kilty, Klare Kay.
[422] [] Kirk, John T.
[423] [] Klyver, Richard D.
[424] [] Kramer, Fran.
[425] [] Kramer, Fran.
[426] [] Ledes, Allison Eckardt.
[427] [] MacLean, J.P.
[428] [] MacLean, J.P.
[429] [] Madden, Etta M.
[430] [] Madden, Etta M.  "Reading, Writing, and the Race of Mother Figures:  Shaker Rebecca Cox Jackson and Alonzo Giles Hollister."
[431] [] Mahoney, Kathleen, photographs by Lilo Raymond.
[432] [] Marini, Stephen A.
[433] [] McCully, Susan.
[434] [] McNutt, Randy.  "Shaker Simplicity:  Warren County's Collection of Shaker Artifacts is One of the Largest and Best in the Country."
[435] [] Melcher, Marguerite Fellows.
[436] [] Mercadante, Linda A.
[437] [] Milbern, Gwendolyn.
[438] [] Miller, Amy Bess.
[439] [] Morse, Flo.
[440] [] Morse, Flo.
[441] [] Murray, John.
[442] [] Murray, John.
[443] [] Murray, John.
[444] [] Murray, John, Metin M. Cosgel and Thomas J. Miceli.
[445] [] Murray, Stuart.
[446] [] Neal, Julia.
[447] [] Neal, Julia, editor.
[448] [] Neal, Julia.
[449] [] Neuhaus, Cable.
[450] [] Newman, Cathy, photographs by Sam Abell.
[451] [] Nickless, Karen and Pamela J. Nickless.
[452] [] Nordhoff, Charles.
[453] [] Noyes, John Humphrey.
[454] [] Olson, Kathryn M.
[455] [] Ott, John Harlow.
[456] [] Parker, Donna.
[457] [] Parsons, Dr. Usher.
[458] [] Paterwic. Stephen.  "
Patterson, Daniel W [] .
[459] [] Patterson, Daniel W.  "Shaker Music."
[460] [] Patterson, Daniel W.
[461] [] Pauly, Fred L.
[462] [] Pearson, Elmer R. and Julia Neal.
[463] [] Pearson, Elmer R.
[464] [] Peters, Robert.
[465] [] Phillippi, J.M.
[466] [] Phillips, Hazel Spencer.
[467] [] Phillips, Hazel Spencer.
[468] [] Phillips, Hazel Spencer.
[469] [] Piercy, Caroline B.
[470] [] Piercy, M.D., Harry D.  "Shaker Medicine."
[471] [] Pitzer, Donald E.
[472] [] Price, Robert.
[473] [] Priestley, Wendy L. Kenerson.
[474] [] Procter-Smith, Marjorie.
[475] [] Procter-Smith, Marjorie.  "
[476] [] Procter-Smith, Marjorie.  W
Promey, Sally M. []
[477] [] Queenan, Linda.
[478] [] Richmond, Colin Becket.
[479] [] Robinson, Charles Edson.
[480] [] Rose, Milton C. & Emily Mason Rose.
[481] [] Rotundo, Barbara.
[482] [] Sasson, Diane.
[483] [] Sasson, Diane.
[484] [] Sasson, Diane.
[485] [] Schwartz, Hillel.
[486] [] Schwartz. Hillel.
[487] [] Sears, Clara Endicott.
[488] [] .  Vol. 5, #3 (May-June, 1979), pp. 107-129.
[489] [] . Cleveland, Ohio:  The Shaker Historical Society, 1980.
[490] [] .  Special issue with essays on Shaker prose and poetry, the western Shakers, furniture, and Spirit Drawings.  Philadelphia Museum Bulletin:  Spring, 1962.
[491] [] Shaver, Elizabeth and Ned Pratt.
[492] [] Sirico, Louis J. Jr.
[493] [] Skees, Suzanne.
[494] [] Skolnlick, Solomon M., photographer.
[495] [] Starbuck, David R. and  Swank, Scott T.
[496] [] Stein, Stephen J.
[497] [] Stein, Stephen J.
[498] [] Stein, Stephen J.
[499] [] Stein, Stephen J.  "Shaker Gift and Shaker Order:  A Study of Religious Tensions in Nineteenth Century America."
[500] [] Stier, Maggie and Ralph N. Fuller.
[501] [] Swain, Thomas.
[502] [] Taylor, Frank G.
[503] [] Thomas, Samuel W. and James C. Thomas.
[504] [] Thurman, Suzanne.
[505] [] Thurman, Suzanne.  "The Order of Nature, the Order of Grace:  Community Formation, Female Status, and Relations with the World in the Shaker Villages of Harvard and Shirley, Massachusetts, 1781-1875."  Ph.D. dissertation, Indiana University, 1994.
[506] []  Lebanon, Ohio:  The Warren County Historical Society, 1989.
[507] [] Van Kolken, Diana.
[508] [] Vanstory, Burnette.
[509] [] Walker, Alice.
[510] [] Weisbrod, Carol.
[511] [] Wertkin, Gerard C.
[512] [] Williams, John S.
[513] [] Williams, Richard E., Cheryl Dorschner, ed.
[514] [] Winchester, Alice.
[515] [] Whitson, Robley Edward, ed.
[516] [] Whitworth, John McKelvie.
[517] [] Wisbey, Herbert A.

By Ex-Shakers

Links
[518] [] Edwards, Sharon, compiler.
[519] [] MacLean, J.P.
[520] [] McKinstry, Richard E.
[521] [] Meader, F. W., complied under his direction.
[522] [] Pike, Kermit J., Chief Librarian.
[523] [] Poppeliers, John, editor.
[524] []  Ann Arbor, Michigan:  University Microfilms International (UMI), 1977.
[525] [] Richmond, Mary L.
[526] [] Weimer, Mark F.  The William A. Hinds American Communities Collection.
[527] [] Winter, Esther C. & Joanna S. Ellett.
[528] [] Wolfskill, Mary Margaret.

Journals

Links
[529] [] , published by the United Society of Shakers
[530] [] A full collection of
[531] []
[532] []   (no longer in print)
[533] []   (no longer in print)
[534] [] magazine was published for only a year:

Fictional Works about the Shakers

Links
[535] [] Barsam, Richard Meran, afterword, illustrated by Alice and Martin Provensen.
[536] [] Bial, Raymond.
[537] [] Bolick, Nancy O'Keefe and Sallie G. Randolph, illustrated by Melissa Francisco.
[538] [] Bolick, Nancy O'Keefe and Sallie G.Randolph, illustrated by Laura LoTurco.
[539] [] Bunnell, Jean, ed.
[540] [] Deland, Margaret.
[541] [] Downing, Michael.
[542] [] Faber, Doris.
[543] [] Gaeddert, Louann.
[544] [] Giles, Janice Holt.
[545] [] Gillon, Edmund V., Jr.
[546] [] Greene, Nancy Lewis.  Ye Olde Shaker Bells.   Lexington, Ky.:  Published by author,  1930.
[547] [] Hawthorne, Nathaniel.  "The Canterbury Pilgrims," in
[548] [] Hawthorne, Nathaniel.  "The Shaker Bridal,"  in
[549] [] Hawthorne, Nathaniel.  "The Canterbury Pilgrims" and "The Shaker Bridal" in
[550] [] Hickman, Janet.
[551] [] Holden, Marietta.
[552] [] Howells, William Dean.
[553] [] Howells, William Dean.
[554] [] Howells, William Dean.
[555] [] Howells, William Dean.
[556] [] Jonas, Gerald.  "The Shaker Revival," (science fiction)
[557] [] Joy, Arthur F.
[558] [] Leslie, Ann George.
[559] [] "Look at the Shakers."  Doncaster, U.K.:  Bessacarr Prints, 1994.
[560] [] Moriarty, Kathleen M., illustrated by Mary Taylor.
[561] [] Norris, Zoe Anderson.
[562] [] Peck, Robert Newton.
[563] [] Peck, Robert Newton.
[564] [] Ray, Mary Lyn.
[565] [] Ray, Mary Lyn, illustrated by Jeanette Winter.
[566] [] Sanders, Joan.
[567] [] Sanders, Joan.
[568] [] Sears, Clara Endicott.
[569] [] Sedgwick, Catharine Maria.
[570] [] "The Shakers."  Cobblestone, April, 1983.  For copies contact:  Cobblestone Publishing, 28 Main Street, Peterborough, N.H. 03458.  (603) 924-7209.
[571] [] Smith, George Blake.
[572] [] Thorne-Thomson, Kathleen.
[573] [] Turner, Ann, illustrated by Wendell Minor.
[574] [] Wiggin, Kate Douglas.
[575] [] Williams, Jean Kinney.
[576] [] Woodworth, Deborah.
[577] [] Woodworth, Deborah.
[578] [] Woodworth, Deborah.
[579] [] Yolen, Jane.
[580] [] Yolen, Jane, illustrated by Betty Fraser.
[581] [] Zaroulis, Nancy.

Fictional Works about the Shakers

Links
[582] [] Anderson, Cheryl P.
[583] [] Bell, Vicki P.  "Shaker Music Theory:  The Nineteenth-Century Treatise of Isaac Newton Youngs and Russel Haskell."  Ph.D dissertation, University of Kentucky, 1998.
[584] [] Christenson, Donald E.  "Music of the Shakers from Union Village, Ohio:  A Repertory Study and Tune Index of the Manuscripts Originating in the 1840's."  Ph.D. dissertation, The Ohio State University, 1988.
[585] [] Christenson, Donald E.  "A History of the Early Shakers and their Music".
[586] [] Christenson, Donald E.  "A Transcription to Modern Notation of a Shaker Hymnal by Isaac Youngs Based Upon His Theory Book."  Masters thesis, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 1976.
[587] [] Collins, Mitzie, ed., and Roger Hall, and Colleen Liggett.
[588] [] Cook, Harold E.
[589] [] Coulter, William and Barry Phillips.
[590] [] Diamond, Pamela Hurley.
[591] [] Emlen, Robert P.  "The Shaker Dance Prints."
[592] [] Hall, Roger.
[593] [] Hall, Roger.
[594] [] Hall, Roger.
[595] [] Hall, Roger.
[596] [] Hall, Roger, ed.
[597] [] Hall, Roger.  "The Simple Gifts of Shaker Music".
[598] [] McCully, Susan.
[599] [] Patterson, Daniel W.
[600] [] Smith, Harold Vaughn.
[601] [] Sturm, Ann Black, ed.
[602] [] :  With comment on the musical notation by Fann R. Herndon.  Introduction by Julia Neal.  Bowling Green, Ky.:  Folklore Society, 1967.

Cook Books

Links
[603] [] Boice, Martha.
[604] [] Carr, Sister Frances A.
[605] [] Kremer, Elizabeth.
[606] [] Kremer, Elizabeth.
[607] [] Lassiter, William Lawrence.
[608] [] Lindsay, Sister Bertha, ed. by Mary Rose Boswell.
[609] [] MacMillan, Norma.
[610] [] Miller, Amy Bess & Persis Fuller.
[611] [] .  Nashville, Indiana:  Bear Wallow Books, Publishers, Inc., 1982
[612] [] Paige, Jeffrey (contributer) and James Haller.
[613] [] Paige, Jeffrey S.
[614] [] Piercy, Caroline B.
[615] [] Piercy, Caroline and Arthur Tolve.
[616] [] Stewart, Jillian, ed.
[617] [] Tolve, Arthur and James Bissland III.  Sister Jennie's Desserts.  Bowling Green, Ohio:  Gabriel's Horn Publishing Co., 1983.
[618] [] Whitcher, Sister Mary.

Cook Books

Links
[619] [] Beale, Galen and Mary Rose Boswell.
[620] [] Buchanan, Rita.
[621] [] Herbrandson, Dee.
[622] [] Miller, Amy Bess.
[623] [] Miller, Amy Bess.
[624] [] .  Prepared by The Herb Department, United Society of Shakers, Sabbathday Lake, Maine.

Architecture:

Links
[625] [] Emerich, A. Donald.  "American Monastic; or, The Meaning of Shaker Architecture."
[626] [] Gill, Brendan.
[627] [] Grant, Jerry V.
[628] [] Hopping, D.M.G. and Gerald R. Watland.
[629] [] Lassiter, William Lawrence.
[630] [] Nicoletta, Julie.
[631] [] Poppeliers, John (editor).
[632] [] Schiffer, Herbert, comp.
[633] [] Weil, Ella.
[634] [] Wolf, Peter M.

Shakers and the Arts

Links
[635] [] Kaplan, Janet A.
[636] [] Larson, Kay.
[637] [] Morin, France.  Tim Yohn, ed.,
[638] [] Ratcliff, Carter.
[639] []   Munich:  Die neue Sammlung, Staatliches Museum fur angewandte Kunst, 1974.
[640] [] .   Duxbury, Mass.:  Art Complex Museum, 1983.

Shaker Furniture, Crafts and Collectibles

Links
[641] [] Abram, Norm.
[642] [] Andrews, Edward Deming and Faith Andrews.
[643] [] Andrews, Edward Deming, and Faith Andrews.
[644] [] Andrews, Edward Deming.
[645] [] Andrews, Edward Deming and Faith Andrews.
[646] [] Budis, Erin M.
[647] [] Carpenter, Mary Grace and Charles H. Carptenter, Jr.
[648] [] .  Reprint:  Sabbathday Lake, Maine:  The United Society of Shakers, 1992.
[649] [] Close Ties:  The Relationship Between Kentucky Shaker Furniture Makers and Their Worldly Contemporaries:  An Exhibition Between Kentucky Shaker Furniture Makers and Their Worldly Contemporaries.  South Union, Ky.: Shaker Museum at South Union, 1994.
[650] [] Comstock, Helen.
[651] [] Evelegh, Tessa.
[652] [] Washington D.C.:  Renwick Galley, The Smithsonian, 1973.
[653] [] Gibbs, James W. and Rober F. W. Meader.
[654] [] Gordon, Beverly.
[655] [] Grant, Jerry V. and Douglas R. Allen.
[656] [] Handberg, Ejner.
[657] [] Handberg, Ejner.
[658] [] Handberg, Ejner.
[659] [] Handberg, Ejner.
[660] [] Handbert, Ejner.
[661] [] Horsham, Michael.
[662] [] Jeffrey, Jonathan and Donna Parker.
[663] [] Kassay, John.
[664] [] Kennedy, Gerrie, Galen Beale and Jim Johnson.
[665] [] Klamkin, Marian.
[666] [] Marini, Stephen A., foreword.
[667] [] McGuire, John.
[668] [] Meader, Robert F.W.
[669] [] Miller, Dr. M. Stephen.
[670] [] Moser, Thomas.
[671] [] Muller, Charles R. and Timothy D. Rieman.
[672] [] Muller, Charles R.
[673] [] P�ladeau, Marius B.
[674] [] Pennington, David A.and Michael B. Taylor.
[675] [] Pierce, Kerry.
[676] [] Purcell, L. Edward.
[677] [] Raycraft, Don and Carol.
[678] [] Rieman, Timothy D. and Jean M. Burks.
[679] [] Rieman, Timothy D.
[680] [] Rose, Milton and Emily Mason.
[681] [] Rubin, Cynthia.
[682] [] .  South Union, Ky.:  Shaker Museum at South Union,  1996.
[683] [] Serette, David.
[684] [] .  Duxbury, Ma.:  Art Complex Museum, 1983.
[685] [] Shea, John G.
[686] [] Sprigg, June.
[687] [] Sprigg, June.
[688] [] Sprigg, June.  Photographs by Linda Butler.
[689] [] Sprigg, June.
[690] [] Sprigg, June and David Larkin.
[691] [] Sprigg, June and Jim Johnson.
[692] [] Sprigg, June and Jim Johnson.
[693] [] Thrasher, William.
[694] [] .   Concord:  The Society, 1974.
[695] [] Wetherbee, Martha.
[696] [] Wetherbee, Martha and Nathan Taylor.

VHS Videos about The United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing:

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[697] []    A film by Ken Burns and Amy Stechler Burns. A Florentine Films Production.  58 minutes color, 1985.  Distributed by Direct Cinema Limited. Inc. Phone (213) 652-8000.  There is a companion book:  Amy Stechler Burns & Ken Burns.  The Shakers:  Hands To Work  Hearts to God.  New York:  Portland House.
[698] []   Narrated by Ben Kingsley.  Produced by Films For the Humanities & Sciences.  52 minutes color.  For more information call 800/257-5126 or 609-275-1400.
[699] []   Produced by Applause Video, 1991.  28 minutes. V2003   ISBN: 0-940630-27-3.
[700] []   Produced by Davenport Films.  29:57   Phone (703) 592-3701
[701] []   This videotape serves as a good introduction to the Shakers and to their utopian dream in central Kentucky, and to those early pioneers in preservation, whose foresight rescued 30 historic Shaker structures from ruin and decay.  27 minutes color.
[702] [] 21 minutes.
[703] [] Shaker Images:
[704] []   27 minutes.
[705] []  Famed actress Helen Hayes narrates this dramatic portrayal of the Shaker experience at Pleasant Hill.  25 minutes color.
[706] [] South Union Shakers.  Bowling Green, Ky.:  WKYU-TV, Western Kentucky University, 1990.
[707] []   MPI-Home Video.  Actual Shaker recipes:  Baked Bean Soup, Shaker Fresh Herb Soup, Shaker Daily Loaf, Oyster & Ham Pie, Stuffed Onions.
[708] []   Produced by Michael A. Breeding.  Narrated by Peter Thomas. TRT 14:58.  Pleasant Hill Shakers
[709] [] Produced by Jane Treays for the BBC.  Unfortunately, this excellent video in unavailable in the USA.  You may be able to get a copy if you call the BBC office in New York City.
E-Mail []  "How to" videos from the shop of Garry Smith in Otselic Valley, Upstate New York.  Videos on how to make a Shaker Clock,  Shaker Oval Boxes, and a Shaker Hall Table.  For more information

Audio Tapes and CDs of Shaker Music:

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[710] [] The Boston Camerata, Joel Cohen, and Tod Machover.
[711] [] Directed by Mary Ann Haagen.  Enfield, New Hampshire.  Thirty-four Gift Songs, Hymns, and Anthems.  A Celebration of the Shaker Musical Tradition.  IMPACT MEDIA  1995.  (CD5020)
[712] [] South Union Shaker Quartet,  South Union, Kentucky
[713] [] The beauty and grace of Shaker culture is reflected in these authentic songs, rendered by members of the United Society of Shakers of Sabbathday Lake, Maine -- one of the few surviving Shaker communities in Maine. This collection of forty19th century Shaker spirituals (including
[714] [] Randy Folger.  Twenty-six Shaker tunes sung
[715] [] Diane Schneider.  Recorded in the Meeting House at Pleasant Hill, Kentucky.
[716] [] Vocal Music of the Shaker Communities.  Thirty-eight songs of the season.  Randy Folger, Colleen Liggett, Kathy Leigh Johnson, Mitzie Collins, The Sampler Chorus, and The Eastman Bach Children's Chorus.  Sampler Records Ltd., 1995.  Timing: 71 minutes.  (Sampler 9528)
[717] [] Vocal Music of the Shaker Communities.  Thirty-seven songs.  Roger Hall, Mitzie Collins and The Sampler Chorus.  Sampler Records Ltd., 1991.  Timing 53 minutes.  (Sampler 9222)
[718] []
[719] [] Directed by Mary Ann Wilde.  Enfield, New Hampshire.  Thirty-three Songs of the Shakers.  A re-creation of the Shaker musical experience.  IMPACT MEDIA  1992.  (CD5001)
[720] [] Domenico de Clario, piano.  CD 1:
[721] [] Ann Black Sturm.  Recorded by Musica Antiqua in the Meetinghouse at Pleasant Hill, Kentucky, 1980.
[722] [] The Boston Camerata, The Schola Cantorum of Boston and The Shaker Community of Sabbathday Lake, Maine.  Thirty-four songs.  ERATO  1995  Timing  59:53.  (4509-98491-2)
Music Buffs [723] Hancock Shaker Village.  Northumbega Harmony and singers from Hancock Shaker Village.  This recording is not considered a good recording.  Go to
[724] [] William Coulter & Barry Phillips.  Instrumental arrangements of Shaker Music.  Gourd Music.: