Shaker Collection (Library of Congress) mixed material monographic eng 500 40 2 32 15.2 Correspondence, covenants, diaries and journals, financial and legal papers, hymns and hymnals, church orders and instructions, poetry, spiritual communications, inspirational writings and drawings, essays, biographical and historical sketches, memoirs, registers, clippings, and other papers, primarily relating to and emanating from Shaker communities at Enfield, Conn., Pleasant Hill and South Union, Ky., Canaan and New Lebanon, N.Y., and Union Village, Ohio, reflecting many aspects of Shaker belief, life, history, and custom. Includes additional material relating to other communities at Alfred, Me.; Busro (West Union), Ind.; Canterbury and Enfield, N.H.; Hancock, Harvard, Pittsfield, and Tyringham, Mass.; Watervliet, N.Y.; and Watervliet and Whitewater, Ohio. Prominent Shakers represented include Giles Bushnell Avery, David Darrow, Calvin Green, Matthew Houston, Rebecca Jackson, Susanna C. Liddell, Richard McNemar, Joseph Meacham, R.W. Pelham, Seth Y. Wells, and Isaac N. Youngs. Open to research. Microfilm edition available, no. 16,790. Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1976. Members of the United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing, a millenial religious sect originating in England among the Society of Friends in the 18th century, were popularly known as Shakers. Ann Lee (1736-1784) brought a small following to New York in 1774; communities were established as far west as Indiana and Kentucky. Mostly farmers and woodworkers, the Shakers were celibate and recruited only by conversion. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms000004 Index available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room. Avery, Giles B. (Giles Bushnell) 1815-1890 Darrow, David 1750-1825 Green, Calvin Houston, Matthew 1764-1848 Jackson, Rebecca 1795-1871 Liddell, Susanna C 1824- McNemar, Richard 1770-1839 Meacham, Joseph 1742-1796 Pelham, R. W. (Richard W.) 1797-1873 Wells, Seth Y. (Seth Youngs) Youngs, Isaac N. (Isaac Newton) Shakers Connecticut Shakers Indiana Shakers Kentucky Shakers Maine Shakers Massachusetts Shakers New Hampshire Shakers New York (State) Shakers Ohio Alfred (Me.) Religious life and customs Canaan (N.Y.) Religious life and customs Canterbury (N.H.) Religious life and customs Enfield (Conn.) Religious life and customs Enfield (N.H.) Religious life and customs Hancock (Mass.) Religious life and customs Harvard (Mass.) Religious life and customs New Lebanon (N.Y.) Religious life and customs Pittsfield (Mass.) Religious life and customs Pleasant Hill (Ky.) Religious life and customs South Union (Ky.) Religious life and customs Tyringham (Mass.) Religious life and customs Otterbein (Warren County, Ohio) Religious life and customs Watervliet (N.Y.) Religious life and customs Watervliet (Ohio) Religious life and customs West Union (Ind.) Religious life and customs Whitewater (Ohio) Religious life and customs mm 76039552 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms000004 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms000004.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms000004 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms000004.3 Open to research. DLC 761018 20260227111617.0 mm 76039552