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Parker, David, 1807-1867. Canterbury, N.H., single-sheet manuscripts, 1849-1926.

Title: Canterbury, N.H., single-sheet manuscripts, 1849-1926.

Chiefly correspondence (some letters with envelopes), poems, songs, greeting cards, circulars, and other papers, of members of the Shaker community at Canterbury, N.H. Also includes letters from Henry C. Blinn (1861) and Betsy J. Kaime (1864) to Otis Sawyer, SDL, reflecting daily events, the health of community members, vegetarian diets, and Kaime's safe journey home; description of the Canterbury Shaker village (1874) copied from The Statistics and Gazetteer of New Hampshire, compiled by Alonzo J. Fogg; letter (1874 Oct. 11) from Mary L. Miller to Joseph Brackett, SDL, recalling visits to Maine and describing a meeting of Shakers in Franklin, N.H., held for the "World's People"; verses and complimentary cards from Mary Whitcher to Henry Green, Alfred; and letter (1875 Sept. 19) from Alexander Cochran to Green, relating to sales trips, visiting tourists, the holding of local meetings to explain Shakerism, a visit from Henry Cummings of Enfield, N.H., and the report of James Hartley in England promoting the Shakers to the British. Also includes letters (1901-1903) from Chellis Wing, Julia J. Briggs, Mary Ann Wilson, Lucy A. Shepard, and Sarah F. Wilson to Br. Delmer Wilson, SDL, relating to new agricultural machinery at Canterbury, building repairs, grain prices, gardening, visits to SDL, the weather, etc.; plan (1903) of Canterbury Shaker village drawn by Delmer Wilson, showing 34 buildings; journal excerpt (1903) prepared by Jessie Evans, detailing the revision and reprinting of the Canterbury Shaker Music Book; Christmas letters from or to Miriam Wall, Emma King, Edith Green, and Alice M. Howland; and several letters, chiefly on daily affairs written to Mildred Barker, Alfred, by various Canterbury sisters, including Lillian Phelps, Annie Baker, and Jessie Evans.

ArchivalResource: .5 box.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70953891 View

Wolcott, Eva. Canterbury, N.H., single-sheet manuscripts, 1828-1836.

Title: Canterbury, N.H., single-sheet manuscripts, 1828-1836.

Correspondence, songs, hymns, poems, and other papers, of members of the Canterbury, N.H., Shaker community. Other songs included, originating from Canterbury, have the following first lines: "I Cannot Forget"; "What Joy is Mine, What Blessings Rich"; How Oft I've Asked O Jordan"; "In the Book of Life Eternal"; "Let Us Seek Amid Life's Testings"; "On the Rock of Truth Securely"; "I Cannot Forget That My God Has Been Good"; "Are We Followers of Our Savior"; "Before the Altar of My God"; "I Am Looking for My Chosen"; "Blest Covenant, So Sacred, Herein is Sealed My All"; "A supplicating Prayer"; "Michael's War", written by John Kaime (words only); and "The Waters That Rise to the Mountains."

ArchivalResource: 1 box.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70942126 View

Phelps, Lillian. A collection of original Shaker songs used in their hours of religious worship.

Title: A collection of original Shaker songs used in their hours of religious worship. 1950.

ArchivalResource: 46 p. of ms. music ; 22 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/58805654 View

Bean, Myra. Canterbury, N.H., single-sheet manuscripts, 1837 Nov. 29-1926 Apr. 4.

Title: Canterbury, N.H., single-sheet manuscripts, 1837 Nov. 29-1926 Apr. 4.

Chiefly correspondence (some letters with envelopes), poems, recipes, songs, spirit writings, postcards, and other papers, of members of the Shaker community at Canterbury, N.H. Also includes letter (1859 Sept. 23) from David Parker to H.D. Robertson, Warner, N.H., ordering white pine for construction of washing machines; letter (1860 Mar. 12) from U.S. representative M.W. Tappan, Washington, D.C., to Mrs. C.L.T. Carr, referring to Parker's visit and the sending of speeches to Shaker girls in New Hampshire; poems written by Abraham Perkins, Mary Whitcher, Abby Joanna Trull, and others; letter (1875 Sept. 19) from Alexander Cochran, Canterbury to Henry Green, Alfred, regarding Green's sales trip to the mountains, Shaker meetings held, and the lack of recruitment of new members; letters from Julia J. Briggs and others to Delmer C. Wilson, SDL, expressing appreciation for photographs and including many spiritual sentiments; letters from Miriam Wall to Emma King, Canterbury; pattern instructions addressed to Ada S. Cummings, SDL; and letters from Lillian Phelps and other Shaker women in Canterbury to Mildred Barker, Alfred, regarding music lessons and other subjects.

ArchivalResource: 1 box.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70961122 View