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Shakers. Millennial laws, or, Gospel statutes and ordinances adapted to the day of Christ's second appearing [microform] : given and established in the church for the protection thereof by Father Joseph Meacham and Mother Lucy Wright, the presiding ministry, and by their successors, the ministry and elders / recorded at New Lebanon, Augst 7th, 1821 ; revised and re-established by the ministry and elders, Oct., 1845.

Title: Millennial laws, or, Gospel statutes and ordinances adapted to the day of Christ's second appearing [microform] : given and established in the church for the protection thereof by Father Joseph Meacham and Mother Lucy Wright, the presiding ministry, and by their successors, the ministry and elders / recorded at New Lebanon, Augst 7th, 1821 ; revised and re-established by the ministry and elders, Oct., 1845. [1845]

ArchivalResource: [6], 94, [3] p. ; 21 cm.

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Wright, Lucy, 1760-1821. New Lebanon, N.Y., single-sheet manuscripts, ca. 1790-1900.

Title: New Lebanon, N.Y., single-sheet manuscripts, ca. 1790-1900.

Correspondence, recipes, advertisements, songs, music, booklets, poems, homilies, accounts, and other materials, of/or relating to Mount Lebanon, the Shaker community at New Lebanon, N.Y. Also includes letter (1833 Sept. 21) from Asa L. Thompson, New York, N.Y., to Alpheus Longley, Hatfield, Mass., ordering Shaker brushes and brooms; indenture (1836 Apr. 25) of Sarah Bradley to Jonathan Wood, of New Lebanon, until Bradley's 21st birthday; booklet (1841 Feb. 17) of the words of Mother Ann Lee written to Eldress Ruth Landon; spirit messages (1841, 1849) from Mother Ann to the New Lebanon, Second Family; booklets of rules for living; spirit drawings (1842-1848) including card (1843 Jan. 25) to George W. Curtiss; letter (1849 Mar. 17) from Robert White, Jr., New York, N.Y., to Nathan Freeman, Alfred, opposing a law before the New York Legislature making joining the Shakers (among other things) a cause for divorce; extract of journal (ca. 1850) of Isaac Youngs, relating to a trip to Union Village, Ohio; speech (1850 July) of Samantha Fairbanks about the necessity for a plain life; address (ca. 1855) of Betsy Bates to the meeting at Mount Lebanon, written in poetry, calling for a better higher life; accounts and records of medicinal herbs and other medicines of various drug companies; and billheads (8 items, 1858) of Edward Fowler, New Lebanon, wholesale dealer in botanic medicine.

ArchivalResource: 1 box.

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Sheldon Glueck papers

Title: Sheldon Glueck papers

Includes papers relating to Glueck's literary interests as well as material on Glueck's career in criminology and administration of criminal justice, especially the Harvard Law School Survey of Crime and Criminal Justice in Boston,1926-1933, war crimes and criminals, Glueck's work on the Model Penal Code of the American Law Institute, membership on two advisory committees on Federal rules of criminal procedure (1941-1942,1960-1966), and his study (1926-1938) of the Belgian Ministry of Justice. The bulk of the collection consists of professional correspondence (1920's-1972), chiefly with professional organizations, public and private agencies, and their respective officials.

ArchivalResource: 129 boxes

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William Ernest Hocking papers

Title: William Ernest Hocking papers

Correspondence of Harvard philosopher William Ernest Hocking, his wife, Agnes Hocking, the Hocking family, and others.

ArchivalResource: 144 linear feet (110 boxes)

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Wilson, John, of Londonderry, N.H. Alfred, Me., single sheet manuscripts, ca. 1780-ca. 1928.

Title: Alfred, Me., single sheet manuscripts, ca. 1780-ca. 1928.

Deeds, poems, lists, songs, and other papers, chiefly undated, of the Alfred, Me., Shaker community.

ArchivalResource: 1 box.

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Diary, 1820-1824.

Title: Diary, 1820-1824.

Diary recording daily events, visitors, erection of buildings, weather damages from storms, and the death of Mother Lucy.

ArchivalResource: 1 v.

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Minor theology collection, 1784-1910.

Title: Minor theology collection, 1784-1910.

Manuscript books, some of which are contemporary copies, containing the sayings of Mother Lucy, 1854; brief account of the death and funeral of Mother Eldress Betsey Bates with songs, spirit communications, and letters from other Shaker societies, 1869; religious discourses, 1830; two letters between Elder William Leonard, Harvard, Mass., and Elder Frederick W. Evans, Mount Lebanon, N.Y., 1867, with Leonard's autobiography, 1870s; series of lectures delivered at the Mount Lebanon Lyceum, 1863; and other religious and moral writings, ca. 1830-1860. Manuscript pamphlet containing missionary letter by James Whittaker exhorting his parents to live the Shaker life, 1784, and other pamphlets and fragments on rules for living, Biblical commentary, spiritual observations, and other theological topics, ca. 1840-1910.

ArchivalResource: 1 cubic ft.

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Covenants and rules, 1792-1934.

Title: Covenants and rules, 1792-1934.

Manuscript and printed covenants signed by members, records of appointments, rules and procedures for Shaker settlements in Canterbury, N.H., 1792-1919; Enfield, Conn., 1803-1903; Enfield, N.H., 1801-1918; Groveland, N.Y., 1838-1901; Hancock, Mass., 1799-1934; Harvard, Mass., 1831-1931; Mount Lebanon, N.Y., 1814-1924; Shirley, Mass., 1797-1899; South Union, Ky., 1845-1917; Union Village, Ohio, 1812-1829; Watervliet, N.Y., 1830-1912; and Watervliet, Ohio, 1818. Also, manuscript copies of the millenial laws by Father Joseph Meacham and Mother Lucy Wright, 1821, and of the Holy Orders of the Church by Father Joseph [Meacham], 1841, detailing official duties, schooling, use of paint and colors, clothing, care of animals, and other aspects of daily life. Manuscript pamphlets on hygienic rules, n.d., and "counsel to sisters for their safe going and protection," 1855. Miscellaneous items including pastoral epistles, 1803-1864; discharge and release papers, 1799-1927; and a letter from William Reynolds at the North Union Society to Elder Giles Avery about the government of North Union Ohio, 1876.

ArchivalResource: 5 linear ft., .4 cubic ft.

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Biography and autobiography collection, 1853-1975.

Title: Biography and autobiography collection, 1853-1975.

Manuscript biographies of Mother Lucy Wright by Calvin Green, Mt. Lebanon, 1861; of Issachar Bates (1758-1837) concerning Ohio Shaker settlement of the 1820s-1830s with some poems and hymns he wrote, ca. 1860; of Father Joseph Meacham by Anne Mathewson, with copies of some of his religious writings as well, ca. 1860; and of Elder Henry Clough, Canterbury, N.H., n.d., which also includes copies of letters by Charles D. Hampton of Union Village, Ohio, to Martha A. Anthony and others concerning religious experiences and theology, 1840s. Manuscript biographies of Elmira Allard concerning the Enfield, N.H. settlement, 1885; of Richard Pelham, North Union, Ohio and of William Leonard, Harvard, Mass., 1863; and of Emeline L. Kimball, Canterbury, N.H., 1856. Other items include a phrenology study of Emma J. Neale, 1880; genealogy of Issachar Bates family, 1963; genealogical letters concerning various Shakers, 1968-1975; clippings and obituaries, 1890-1973; copy of the will of Mary (Marshall) Dyer, Enfield, N.H., 1853; and biographical sketch, clippings, and letters concerning the Dyer history, 1867-1971.

ArchivalResource: .5 cubic ft.

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Wright, Lucy, 1760-1821. Orders for the Church of Christ's second appearing, established by the Ministry and Elders of the Church, 1887 Nov.

Title: Orders for the Church of Christ's second appearing, established by the Ministry and Elders of the Church, 1887 Nov.

Shaker rules and orders, established by the Ministry and Elders of the Church at Mount Lebanon, N.Y., including "Mother Lucy's Sayings Spoken at Different Times and Under Various Circumstances", by Mother Lucy Wright.

ArchivalResource: 100 p.

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Mother's last visit to Watervliet. 1821.

Title: Mother's last visit to Watervliet. 1821.

Concerns the activities of Mother Lucy between January 10, when she arrived at Watervliet, New York, and February 7, 1821, when she died. It is not known who wrote this account.

ArchivalResource: [8] p. ; 20 cm.

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