Shaker history collection, 1769-1978.

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Shaker history collection, 1769-1978.

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Clippings and articles, some in scrapbooks, on Shakers' lives and products, 1769-1965; unpublished articles, speeches, and notes concerning Shakers, 1862-1978; letters concerning Shaker history, largely to Robert F.W. Meader of the Shaker Museum, 1901-1977; brochures, clippings, and letters concerning the restoration of the Shaker village at Pleasant Hill, Ky., ca. 1962; photograph album of Shaker village at East Canterbury, N.H., 1949-1950; and typed excerpts from the diary of Rudolf Gottfried Zollinger of Zurich, Switzerland, 1886-1887, who worked for the Shakers at Pleasant Hill. Original documents include a description of attempted break-in at Canaan, N.Y., 1805, and depositions attesting to the sanity of Malcham Worley of Union Village, Ohio, 1846.

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Zollinger, Rudolf Gottfried.

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Meader, Robert F. W.

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Shaker Museum (Old Chatham, N.Y.)

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Covenants were articles of agreement concerning admission to the society and its rules and regulations. From the description of Covenants and rules, 1792-1934. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155494464 ...

Worley, Malcham.

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