Research Catalog

Title

Shaker manuscript collection, 1780-1952.

Supplementary Content

Finding Aid

Details

Additional Authors

Shakers. Mt. Lebanon Bishopric (N.Y.)

Description

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

Summary

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.

Donor/Sponsor

National Endowment for the Humanities Preservation Grant [1990]

Subjects

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

Genre/Form

• Diaries.
• Drawings.
• Hymns.
• Photographs.
• Recipes.
• Songs.

Access (note)

• Restricted access;

Additional Formats (note)

• available on microfilm;

Source (note)

• Kramer, Leon; Melcher, Marguerite; Dauber & Pine; Salloch, William; Lassiter, William L.; Mott, Howard S.

Processing Action (note)

• Cataloged
• Cataloging updated

Call Number

MssCol 2731

OCLC

NYPW92-A23

Title

Shaker manuscript collection, 1780-1952.

Restricted Access

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

Access

Originals available only by permission of Curator of Manuscripts.

Additional Formats

Entire collection available on microfilm; New York Public Library; *ZL-301

Finding Aids

Collection guide available in repository and on internet.

Connect to:

NYPL Digital Collections

Finding Aid

Added Author

Shakers. Mt. Lebanon Bishopric (N.Y.)

LCCN

ms 64000360

Research Call Number

MssCol 2731

Manuscripts and Archives Division,