General Works

Andrews, Edward D. The People Called Shakers. New York: Oxford, 1953. ZXWC. In this history of Shakerism the author discusses the foundation of the church, its development in America, its doctrinal principles and polity, and its relation with the world. Bibliography, statistical appendices, and illustrations.

Eastman, Harland H. Alfred, Maine, the Shakers and the Village. Springvale, Maine: Wilson, 1986. IQB (Alfred) 87-29. This is a pictorial work on a Shaker community in Maine. This work and that by Thomas (listed below) are concerned with individual Shaker communities: these two sources, representative of similar studies held by the Library, portray through discrete examples the way of life common to the Shakers.

Morse, Flo. The Shakers and the World's People. New York: Dodd, Mead, 1980. JXE 81-30. A collection of writings, largely by outsiders, on Shakerism and Shaker life. Chronological bibliography and illustrations.

Morse, Flo. The Story of the Shakers. Woodstock, Vermont: Countrymen Press, 1986. JFD 87-803. A popular introduction to the Shakers with some emphasis on their contemporary life. A brief bibliography and illustrations.

The Shaker Image. Boston: New York Graphic Society, 1974. JXF 75-16. A superb collection of photographs portraying life in several different Shaker communities.

Sprigg, June. Shaker--Life, Work, and Art. New York: Stewart, Tabori, and Chang, 1987. 3-MNE 87-6088. A profusely illustrated work (largely in color) which, although it explores all facets of Shaker life, concentrates on Shaker material culture.

Thomas, Samuel W. The Simple Spirit; A Pictorial Study of the Shaker Community at Pleasant Hill, Kentucky. Harrodsburg, Kentucky: Pleasant Hill Press, 1973. ITZ (Pleasant Hill) 75-433. The photographs and illustrations in this pictorial work are accompanied by excerpts from diaries, journals, and letters relating to the life of this settlement.