| | Book | Requires cookie* | | 3 | Title: | Archaeological investigations of the Shaker Farm, Ashburnham, Massachusetts
| | | | Creator: | Timms, Peter. | | | | | Clements, Joyce. | | | | | Kruczek-Aaron, Hadley. | | | | | Ashburnham Historical Society (Ashburnham, Mass.) | | | | Publication: | Ashburnham Historical Society, Ashburnham, Mass,c2006. | | | | Notes: | The Harvard Shaker community owned the farm at Ashburnham, Mass. between 1822 and 1882, but they did not live on the property. They employed non-Shaker managers to care for the farm and used the pasture, lumber, bark and herbs for their community. Includes bibliographical references (p. 137-144). | | | | Call #: | BX9768 H3T58 | | | | Extent: | viii, 144 p. : ill. (some fold.), maps ; 28 cm. | | | | Subjects: | Shaker Farm (Ashburnham, Mass.) | Shakers -- Massachusetts -- Harvard | Ashburnham Historical Society (Ashburnham, Mass.) | Shakers -- Massachusetts -- Ashburnham | Excavations (Archaeology) -- Massachusetts -- Ashburnham | Historic sites -- Massachusetts -- Ashburnham | Ashburnham (Mass. : Town) -- History
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 4 | Title: | Shaker Manuscripts
| | | | Creator: | Shaker Communities | | | | Dates: | 1723-1952 | | | | Abstract: | The Shakers were a religious communal society founded and originally led by Mother Ann Lee, who came to America from England in 1774. By 1826 communities were established throughout New England and the Midwest, as well as in Georgia and Florida. In 1911 Wallace H. Cathcart, Director of the Western Reserve Historical Society, began collecting Shaker memorabilia. The collection consists of covenants, laws, legal records, land records, financial records, membership records, correspondence, diaries, journals, testimonies, biographies, addresses, sermons, essays, inspired writings and drawings (also known as spirit drawings), other writings, music, poetry, recipes, prescriptions, school books, instructional texts, scrapbooks, photographs, and miscellaneous material relating to 20 Shaker communities located in 10 eastern States. | | | | Call #: | MS 3944 | | | | Extent: | 122.00 linear feet (392 containers, 1 oversize folder, and 121 reels of microfilm) | | | | Subjects: | Shakers -- Archives. | Shakers -- United States -- History -- Sources -- Bibliography. | Shakers -- United States. | Shakers -- Manuscripts. | Shakers -- Statistics. | Shakers -- Correspondence. | Shakers -- Personal narratives. | Shakers -- Biography. | Shakers -- Government. | Shakers -- Cookbooks. | Shakers -- Formulas, recipes, etc. | Shakers -- Education. | Shakers -- Songs and music. | Shakers -- Sermons. | Sermons, American. | American poetry -- Shaker authors. | Medicine -- Formulae, receipts, prescriptions. | Shakers -- Maine -- Alfred. | Shakers -- New Hampshire -- Canterbury. | Shakers -- Connecticut -- Enfield. | Shakers -- New Hampshire -- Enfield. | Shakers -- New York (State) -- Groveland. | Shakers -- New York (State) -- Sodus (Town) | Shakers -- New York (State) -- Mount Lebanon. | Shakers -- New York (State) -- Watervliet. | Shakers -- Massachusetts -- Hancock. | Shakers -- Massachusetts -- Harvard. | Shakers -- Massachusetts -- Shirley. | Shakers -- Massachusetts -- Tyringham. | Shakers -- Maine -- Sabbathday Lake. | Shakers -- Ohio -- North Union. | Shakers -- Ohio -- Union Village. | Shakers -- Ohio -- Watervliet. | Shakers -- Ohio -- Whitewater. | Shakers -- Indiana -- West Union. | Shakers -- Florida. | Shakers -- Kentucky -- Pleasant Hill. | Shakers -- Kentucky -- South Union. | Spirit writings. | Shaker drawing. | Visions in art.
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