Shaker manuscript collection, 1780-1952.

Links

• View catalog record
• View finding aid (58.09 KB PDF)

Location

Manuscripts and Archives Division

Extent

• Originals: 8 linear feet (2 boxes, 49 v.).
• Copies: 9 microfilm reels.

Access Restrictions

Restricted access; Manuscripts and Archives Division; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Originals available only by permission of Curator of Manuscripts.

Scope/Contents Note

Collection consists of records of daily events, diaries, recollections, accounts of seances, recipes, spirit messages, songs, hymns, poems, church covenants, accounts,correspondence, drawings, printed material, and photographs documenting Shaker communities in the United States, chiefly those in New Lebanon and Watervliet, New York.

Controlled Access Terms

• Shakers -- United States.
• New Lebanon (N.Y.)
• Watervliet (N.Y.)
• Diaries.
• Drawings.
• Hymns.
• Photographs.
• Recipes.
• Songs.

Additional Creator Names

• Shakers. Mt. Lebanon Bishopric (N.Y.)
• National Endowment for the Humanities Preservation Grant [1990]