Shakers
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Rose Mary Lawson Shaker Research Collection (MS-571)
Collection
Identifier: MS-571
Abstract
This collection contains various documents, photographs, maps, correspondences, books, and audio-visual materials pertaining to Shaker religious communities in Ohio and Kentucky. Materials in this collection were either used or produced by Rose Mary Lawson, or her colleague, Martha Boice, during their research of Shaker communities. Rose Mary Lawson, née Haley, was an archivist, author, teacher, and researcher of Shaker religious communities. Lawson produced many written works on the...
Dates:
1980 - 2001; Majority of material found within 1990 - 2000
Found in:
Special Collections
United Society of Believers Papers (MFM-134)
Collection
Identifier: MFM-134
Scope and Contents
A collection of diaries kept by members of the Watervliet Community of Shakers near Dayton, Ohio. The diaries of Nathaniel Taylor (1823-1830), Henry Reynolds (1854-1856), James Prescott (1842), Richard Pelham (1834-1840), and Moses Eastwood are included. The collection also includes a 2-volume autobiography of Elder Issachar Bates.
Dates:
1823-1892
Found in:
Special Collections
