Scope and arrangement
Arrangement
Arranged by Shaker Manuscript item number
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- Call number
- MssCol 2731
- Physical description
- 8 linear feet (2 boxes, 49 v.); 9 microfilm reels
- Language
- Materials in English
- Preferred Citation
Shaker manuscript collection, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Manuscripts and Archives Division
- Location
- Manuscripts and Archives Division,
- Access to materials
- Request an in-person research appointment.
- Portions of this collection have been digitized and are available online.
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.
Using the collection
Location
Manuscripts and Archives DivisionStephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788
Brooke Russell Astor Reading Room, Third Floor, Room 328
Access to materials
Request an in-person research appointment.Alternative form available
Entire collection available on microfilm; New York Public Library; *ZL-301