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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

New Lebanon, N.Y. Community. [Records of spiritual meetings and orders by Elder Henry G. Green]. 1854-1908.

Title: [Records of spiritual meetings and orders by Elder Henry G. Green]. 1854-1908.

Volume consists of two distinct sections. The first, covering 1854-1860, records events at Shaker religious meetings of the Second Family at New Lebanon, New York. Marching and singing are mentioned. Funerals are included in these descriptions. A list of Shaker men and women in the Second Family for 1855 is included. The list includes a date, presumably the date on which each person joined the Shakers. A list of singers is also found. The second section is made up of business records generated from orders taken by Elder Henry G. Green for Shaker cloaks, 1902-1908. The color and length of each cloak is given. Sometimes the lining fabric is mentioned. In 1903, Green made tours of Florida (in February) and "Eastern coast resorts" (in July). The customers were from the North and Midwest. One cloak, purchased in 1905, was noted as having been made for a woman's exhibition in 1903. The "Emma" mentioned in some orders was Emma J. Neale, who made cloaks.

ArchivalResource: 1 vol. (unpaged) ; 25 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/779873179 View

Green, Henry G., 1844-1931. Letter, 1907.

Title: Letter, 1907.

Letter to "Friend Mitchell" (Horace Mitchell, Sr.), of Kittery Point, Me., describing brewing and bottling cider.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70927382 View

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

Miscellaneous Shaker photographs : oversized--Alfred and Sabbathday Lake, Me., children, [19--]-[19--].

Title: Miscellaneous Shaker photographs : oversized--Alfred and Sabbathday Lake, Me., children, [19--]-[19--].

Photographs used in an exhibit, chiefly showing adults with children from the Alfred and Sabbathday Lake Shaker communities.

ArchivalResource: 1 box.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70953769 View

Green, Henry G., 1844-1931. [Records of spiritual meetings, and, Orders by Elder Henry G. Green] [microform].

Title: [Records of spiritual meetings, and, Orders by Elder Henry G. Green] [microform]. [1854-1908]

Manuscript volume in two parts. The first, covering 1854-1860, records events at Shaker religious meetings; a list of shaker men and women for 1855 is included. The second is made up of business records generated from orders taken by Elder Henry G. Green for Shaker fabrics.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (unpaged) ; 25 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/682166120 View