Eleanor Parmenter Churchill papers, 1924-1992.

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Eleanor Parmenter Churchill papers, 1924-1992.

Contains materials relating to Churchill's childhood with the Shakers, newspaper clippings and articles about the Shakers, and the correspondence she received from various Shaker sisters, including: her "aunt" Aida Elam, her school teacher Marguerite Frost, Emma King, Bertha Lindsay, her "mother" Evelyn Polsey, her "grandmother" Helena Sarle, Gertrude Soule and others. Also includes well over a hundred photographs that document life at Canterbury from 1926 to 1940, as well as three cassette tapes that contain telephone conversations and interviews with the Shakers.

7 boxes (2.33 cubic ft.)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7369133

UNH Durham, Dimond Library

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Sarle, Helena

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Elam, Aida

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Shakers

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The South Union, Kentucky, Shaker Society was located in Logan County, Kentucky, southwest of Bowling Green. From the description of South Union, Kentucky, Shaker Society records, 1769-1922 (1804-1916) [microform]. (Rhinelander District Library). WorldCat record id: 45232375 The United Society of Believers, also known as the Shakers, of South Union, Logan County, Ky., was established by missionaries from Ohio and Upper Kentucky who arrived in the Gaspar River area in 1807. T...

King, Emma Belle, 1873-1966

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Polsey, Evelyn.

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Lindsay, Bertha, 1897-

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Churchill, Eleanor Parmenter.

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Childhood resident of Canterbury, N.H. Shaker Village and lifelong friend of the Shakers. From the description of Eleanor Parmenter Churchill papers, 1924-1992. (Manchester City Library). WorldCat record id: 35099236 ...

Shaker Village, Inc.

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Shakers. Bishopric of New Hampshire

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Frost, Marguerite

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Soule, Gertrude M., 1894-1988

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Shaker sister, of Sabbathday Lake, Me. From the description of Scrapbook, ca. 1900-ca. 1920. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70947944 From the description of Historical notes, 1959. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70938093 ...