Shaker manuscript collection

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Description: Collection consists of records of daily events, diaries, recollections, accounts of seances, recipes, spirit messages, songs, hymns, poems, church covenants, accounts, correspondence, drawings, printed material, and photographs documenting Shaker communities in the United States, chiefly those in New Lebanon and Watervliet, New York.
Names: Shakers. Mt. Lebanon Bishopric (N.Y.) (Creator)
Dates / Origin: Date Created: 1780 - 1952
Library locations: Manuscripts and Archives Division; Shelf locator: MssCol 2731
Topics: Shakers -- United States; New Lebanon (N.Y.); Watervliet (N.Y.)
Genres: Diaries; Documents; Correspondence; Drawings; Photographs; Ephemera
Physical Description: Extent: 8 linear feet (2 boxes, 49 v.); 9 microfilm reels
Type of Resource: Text; Still image
Identifiers: NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b11992489; MSS Unit ID: 2731; Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 3ed0c5d0-a6a7-013d-738f-0242ac110003