THE SHAKERS COLLECTION
A Special Collection of Historical Materials at the Dayton Metro Library bybyby Elli Bambakidis May 1119921992 Revised edition November 2004 MSMSMS-MS ---003003
PREFACE
This inventory of the archives of the United Order of Believers, or Shakers, documents the life and history of a group of simple Christians with distinct beliefs. They formed a significant chapter in American religious history and, through the establishment of
Watervliet Village in l813, of local Dayton history as well. After Watervliet Village was dissolved in 1900, many Shaker diaries and personal records were lost. This inventory will help historians and researchers locate information which otherwise would be difficult to find. Much credit for making this inventory possible is owed to William J. Hamilton
(l884-l974), director of the Dayton and Montgomery County Public Library from l936- l956. The Collection was built and enriched largely by his efforts. The Shakers contributed significantly to the economic life of southwestern Ohio through their innovations in agriculture, furniture-making and other crafts. It is hoped that this
Collection will help preserve the history of this unique religious group.
Elli Bambakidis Archivist
2 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Throughout the past years during which this inventory was created, many individuals have contributed information that was vital to the completion of this finding aid and to the research upon which it is based. For all these contributions both large and small, I am extremely grateful. This inventory would not exist were it not for the long-standing support and encouragement of Glenna Reynolds, Head of Adult Services Department. Also, I’d like to thank Nancy Horlacher and Carole Medlar, both Librarians of the Local History Room, for their assistance in centralizing the collections. Finally, words alone cannot express the thanks I owe to Gust Bambakidis, my husband, for his encouragement and assistance.
Elli Bambakidis Archivist/Conservator
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CONTAINER LIST INTRODUCTION ...... 6
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH ...... 7
SCOPE AND CONTENT...... 12
SERIES I. PRINTED MATERIAL...... 13 SUBSERIES 1. RARE BOOKS ...... 13 SUBSERIES 2. BOUND MAGAZINES ...... 17 SUBSERIES 3. PAMPHLETS ...... 17 Box 1, Folder 1, Pamphlets A-M, 1890-1954 – 3 items...... 17 Box 1, Folder 2, Pamphlets A-M, 1830 – 3 items...... 17 Box 1, Folder 3, Pamphlets A-M, 1904-1940 – 2 items...... 17 Box 1, Folder 4, Pamphlets A-M, 1804 – 1 item ...... 18 Box 1, Folder 5, Pamphlets A-M, 1847 – 1 item ...... 18 Box 1, Folder 6, Pamphlets A-M, 1919-1990 – 5 items...... 18 Box 1, Folder 7, Pamphlets A-M, 1838-1960 – 4 items...... 18 Box 1, Folder 8, Pamphlets A-M, 1838-1960 - 3 items ...... 19 Box 2, Folder 1, Pamphlets M-O, 1904-1982 – 4 items ...... 19 Box 2, Folder 2, Pamphlets M-O, 1836 –1 item...... 19 Box 2, Folder 3, Pamphlets M-O, 1835 – 1 item...... 19 Box 2, Folder 4, Pamphlets M-O, 1823 – 2 items ...... 20 Box 2, Folder 5, Pamphlets M-O, 1834 –2 items ...... 20 Box 2, Folder 6, Pamphlets M-O, 1833 – 4 items ...... 20 Box 2, Folder 7, Pamphlets M-O, 1846 – 1 item...... 20 Box 2, Folder 8, Pamphlets M-O, 1831 – 1 item...... 20 Box 2, Folder 9, Pamphlets M-O, 1835 – 2 items ...... 20 Box 2, Folder 10, Pamphlets M-O, 1823 – 1 item...... 20 Box 2, Folder 11, Pamphlets M-O, 1832 – 1 item...... 20 Box 2, Folder 12, Pamphlets M-O, 1833 – 1 item...... 21 Box 2, Folder 13, Pamphlets M-O, 1846 – 1 item...... 21 Box 2, Folder 14, Pamphlets M-O, 1835-1972 – 2 items ...... 21 Box 3, Folder 1, Pamphlets P-Z, 1964 – 1 item ...... 21 Box 3, Folder 2, Pamphlets P-Z, 1868-1959 – 3 items...... 21 Box 3, Folder 3, Pamphlets P-Z, 1969 – 1 item ...... 21 Box 3, Folder 4, Pamphlets P-Z, n.d. – 1 item ...... 22 Box 3, Folder 5, Pamphlets P-Z, 1883-1992 – 5 items...... 22 Box 3, Folder 6, Pamphlets P-Z, 1988 – 1 item ...... 22 Box 3, Folder 7, Pamphlets P-Z, 1970 – 2 items...... 23 Box 3, Folder 8, Pamphlets P-Z, 1831 – 3 items...... 23 Box 3, Folder 9, Pamphlets P-Z, 1810 – 2 items...... 23 SERIES II. MANUSCRIPTS...... 23 SUBSERIES 4. DIARIES : OVERSIZE ...... 23 Box 4, Folder 1, Diaries, 1846 – 1895 – 3 items...... 23 Box 4, Folder 2, Diaries, 1758 – 1837 – 7 items...... 24 Box 4, Folder 3, Diaries, 1863 – 1 item ...... 24 Box 4, Folder 4, Diaries, 1887 – 1 item ...... 24 SUBSERIES 5. CORRESPONDENCE ...... 24 Box 5, Folder 1, Correspondence of Mr. MacLean –18 items...... 24 Box 5, Folder 2, Corrspondence from members of the Shaker Community – 1 item...... 25
4 Box 5, Folder 3, Correspondence from members of the Shaker Community – 32 items ...... 26 Box 5, Folder 4, Correspondence of Mr. William J. Hamilton – 40 items...... 28 Box 5, Folder 5, Mr. William J. Hamilton's Personal Papers –39 items ...... 33 Box 5, Folder 6, Mr. William J. Hamilton's Personal Papers –96 items ...... 34 Box 5, Folder 7, General correspondence of Mr. W. J. Hamilton –104 items ...... 35 Box 6, Folder 1, Grosvenor Library, Buffalo, New York – 54 items ...... 46 Box 6, Folder 2, Huntington Library, San Marino, California – 28 items...... 48 Box 6, Folder 3, Library of Congress, Washington, D. C. –57 items...... 48 Box 6, Folder 4, Midland Rare Book Company –17 items...... 53 Box 6, Folder 5, The New York Public Library –27 items ...... 55 Box 6, Folder 6, Ohio State Archaeological & Historical Society –16 items...... 56 Box 6, Folder 7, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio –43 items ...... 58 Box 6, Folder 8, Williams College Library, Williamstown, Massachusetts –23 items ...... 63 Box 6, Folder 9, Miscellaneous correspondence –14 items ...... 64 Box 6, Folder 10, Notes of Mr. William J. Hamilton on J. P. McLean's bibliography -74 items...... 66 SERIES III. PHOTOGRAPHIC MATERIAL ...... 66 SUBSERIES 6. SHAKERS PHOTOGRAPHS ...... 66 Box 7, Folder 1, Photos n.d. – 5 items ...... 66 Box 7, Folder 2, Photos, n.d. – 5 items ...... 67 SERIES IV. AUDIO RECORDINGS ...... 67 SUBSERIES 7. SOUND RECORDINGS ...... 67 Box 8, Folder 1, Shakers Music – 2 items ...... 67 SUBSERIES 8. MISCELLANEOUS ...... 67 Box 8, Folder 2, Miscellaneous...... 67 SUBSERIES 9. MICROFILMS ...... 68 INDEX...... 69
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INTRODUCTION
Dayton Collection, Manuscripts Section Dayton and Montgomery County Public Library
Processed by Elli Bambakidis
Date completed: June, 1991 Updated, 2004
The Shakers Collection, both of national and local interest, covers the period 1808-1983. The Collection includes many rare and valuable books, pamphlets, diaries, photographs and correspondence. The Collection was built and enriched by the efforts of Mr. William J. Hamilton, a previous director of the Dayton and Montgomery County Public Library. It is apparent from his correspondence that much of the material was donated by Mr. and Mrs. John Stephen, who were formerly members of the Whitewater Shaker Community at New Haven in Hamilton County, Ohio. This material, however, had been given to them by Andrew Barrett, a traveling Shaker minister, after the Whitewater Community was disbanded in 1911. They regretted that much similar material had been burned when the community ceased. Mr. Hamilton thought that the Library had a responsibility to locate material about the local Shaker community in Watervliet, since it formed an important part of Dayton history. He wrote a bibliography along with a short biography of Richard McNemar.
Linear feet on shelf occupied: 2 linear feet in manuscripts and 42 rare books. Approximate number of items: 3,000 (rare books are not included). Dayton Collection, Manuscripts Section, The Shakers Collection
6 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
Shakerism was born in Manchester, England in 1772 under the direction of Mother Ann Lee, who felt for humanity and had a passion for saving and purifying mankind. Ann Lee was the daughter of William Lee and the wife of Abraham Stanley. She was one of seven children and had no formal education. She was born in Toad Lane, Manchester, on Feb. 29, 1736, when King George II was King of England. Religious leaders had forgotten that emotion is a part of all true religious experience. Shakerism was announced to the world for those who, like Jesus of Nazareth, thought of religion as something to live by; Shakers actually practiced what they preached. The tenets of the religion were four: confession of sin, celibacy, community property, and withdrawal from the world. The official name of the sect was "The United Order of Believers", but they largely received the popular name "Shakers" because members often shook with emotion during their religious services.
Because of the persecution which they experienced in England, the Shakers looked to America as an ideal world. The formation of the sect nearly coincided with the War of Independence. Shortly before that, Mother Ann Lee received a divine promise that "the Word of God would greatly increase, and the millennial church would be established in that country." She left with some of her followers on May 19, 1774, from Liverpool for New York on the ship "Mariah" and arrived Aug. 6, 1774, in the New World. They settled in an area near Albany called Watervliet, New York, where they first found a real home of their own. They began forming other Shaker communities based on Lee's teachings soon after her death in 1784. The largest, in New Lebanon, New York, was founded in 1787 and served as the Shakers' mother community. In about 1850, when the Shakers were at their height of popularity, about 6000 members lived in communities from Maine to Kentucky.
Since the Shakers didn't believe in marriage or bearing children and depended on conversions and adoptions to maintain membership, the number of Shakers began to decline after the end of the Civil War in 1865. The few remaining Shakers (probably less
7 than one dozen) lived in two communities - Sabbath Day Lake, Maine, and Canterbury, New Hampshire.
The history of the Shakers in Ohio begins in 1805 with the arrival of three Shaker missionaries from Mt. Lebanon, New York, at Turtle Creek in Warren County. The Presbyterian community at Turtle Creek, led by their pastor Richard McNemar, adopted Shakerism within a few days and changed the name of the settlement to Union Village. Twenty-two miles to the northeast, in Van Buren Township in Montgomery County, a sister Presbyterian congregation existed called Beulah. In 1806, two of the Mt. Lebanon missionaries, Benjamin Youngs and Issachar Bates, were invited to preach at Beulah. As a result, most of the congregation became Shakers. In 1813 the community, occupying 800 acres of farmland, was formally renamed Watervliet Village in honor of the first Shaker home in the New World in Watervliet, New York. The life of Watervliet Village lasted until about 1900. According to the book Summers at Watervliet by Melba L. Hunt, the settlement had approximately 100 individuals at its peak and about 55 at the end.
Mentioned frequently in the collection are five individuals: William J. Hamilton, Richard McNemar, Issachar Bates, Stephen Ball and Nancy Moore.
William J. Hamilton was director of the Dayton and Montgomery County Public Library from 1936 to 1956. He felt that this library should establish a Shakers collection because of local historical interest and because some rare books on the Shakers were already in the library. From 1942 until his retirement in 1956, he was active in enlarging this collection. He was born August 26, 1884, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and died on July 20, 1974, in Kokomo, Indiana. His life encompassed fifty years of active library work. He came to Dayton from the Gary, Indiana Public Library. He had two sons, Philip and Carl, both of whom also became librarians. Mr. Hamilton was active in library legislative work and was OLA President in 1940. During his tenure at the Library his accomplishments were extraordinary. He directed the Library throughout the difficult years of the Great Depression and World War II. His character and work enriched the
8 cultural and intellectual life of the entire Dayton community. He had fought to extend library services and meet the increasing demands of a burgeoning metropolitan area. He built an excellent staff, developed a library with a variety of books, music, and films for all age groups and imbued a vital institution with his own spirit of community service. Most of all, he knew the value of old rare books and was willing to spend time and effort to preserve them and make them available to the public.
The most important collection that he built was the Shakers Collection. He spent many years and much effort in locating material and corresponded with many historical societies and libraries. Using J.P. MacLean's Bibliography of Shaker Literature , he wrote a bibliography of all the material published in Watervliet during the 1830's, especially the publications of Richard McNemar, who, under the pseudonym of Eleazar Wright, had issued many pamphlets and books. Mr. Hamilton helped to untangle some confusion regarding Shaker publications, especially those of McNemar.
John Patterson MacLean was born March 12, 1848 in Franklin, Warren County, and died August 12, 1939, in Greenville, Ohio; he is buried in Franklin, Ohio. He was a clergyman and studied at Normal University and St. Lawrence Seminary. He became a Universalist minister and preached in Ohio and other states until 1906. He wrote many books, articles, and reports, including the biography of Richard McNemar, 1905.
Richard McNemar was a printer and an editor at Union Village and Watervliet Village until 1836. He was an outstanding figure in Western Shakerism. He was the eternal adventurer, the practical frontiersman and honest thinker unafraid to follow his convictions wherever they might lead him - the prototype of all that was best in the Shaker Church. He was born in Tuscarora, Pennsylvania, on Nov. 20, 1770, of Scotch- Irish parents. At the age of 16 he left home and taught at various schools. In 1791 he entered school at Maysville, Kentucky (then called Limestone), to study Latin, and was characterized as a "classical scholar who read Latin, Greek and Hebrew with ease." He was licensed to preach at Caneridge, Kentucky, in 1797. He was a prolific writer of
9 sermons and songs yet today is seldom mentioned except in connection with bibliographical puzzles which tease collectors and librarians. McNemar bought a farm in 1802 at Turtle Creek in Warren County, west of Lebanon, and in 1805 he came to live there. The Turtle Creek Presbyterian Church followed McNemar, its pastor, into the "New Light" religious movement and was the largest of the western churches of that order. In 1810 McNemar had been appointed as a "High Priest in Zion" by Mother Ann Wright (the woman who replaced Mother Ann Lee). She renamed him Brother Eleazar Wright. At the age of 65 he was released from his duties at Watervliet. On Jan. 13, 1836, he left for Union Village to pass the remainder of his life. He died Sept. 15, 1839.
The Collection includes the diaries of Issachar Bates, Stephen Ball, and Nancy Moore. Issachar Bates was born in Kingum or Kingham City, which is part of Suffolk County Massachusetts, on Jan. 29, 1758, and died March 17, 1837. He was the son of William and Mercy Joy Bates. He was brought up as a Presbyterian and was one of eleven children. He was a hard-bitten soldier of the Revolution and merry singer of ballad tunes, who gave up everything to join the Shakers, becoming their most indefatigable missionary to the "Southeastern Territory." It was he who travelled thirty- eight thousand miles in ten years, most of it on foot, converting eleven hundred people to Shakerism. It was he who wrote from Busro, Indiana in 1811, "My health is not very good, probably in consequence of having to travel seven miles every day to and from my work at the mill, sometimes in mud and water up to my knees, but my faith is everlasting and I mean to keep it." (Diaries)
Stephen Ball was one of a group of one hundred Millerites who came to the Whitewater Community of Shakers at New Haven in Hamilton County after the prophecies of William Miller failed to come true. Many of the families, in anticipation of the Resurrection had given away all their belongings and were destitute, but they proved to be hard working, earnest additions to the community. Ball, who had two daughters, was an elder at various times in both the Watervliet and Whitewater Communities. One
10 of his daughters, Fanny, left Watervliet with another member, Epraim Frost. The two were married and gave up the communal life.
Nancy Moore was born in Logan County, Kentucky, in 1808. She wrote her diaries in two volumes. Two copies of her diaries existed, one, vol. 2, which is original, at Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, Kentucky, and the other, vol. 1, which is a copy, in the Dayton and Montgomery County Public Library. The copier is unknown. Mr. Hamilton was of the opinion that it was Moses Eastwood, an elder of the South Union Church who had also copied Issachar Bates' diaries, but this has not been verified. Moses Eastwood was the son of John Eastwood, who joined the Watervliet group in 1807. He was for years the "first in care" or Elder of the Watervliet community. In the second volume, only the information pertaining to the Civil War that was related to Logan County was copied; this is of special importance to Kentucky local history.
The Shakers Collection comprises the history of a unique religious sect. Encountering persecution from their origin in England to their first settlement in the New World, they found eventual tolerance and acceptance in the Ohio Valley, in particular, at Watervliet Village. They gained a reputation for honesty, hard work and skill in agriculture and hand crafts. Doomed to decline and eventual extinction by their celibate way of life, their history was preserved by dedicated Shaker chroniclers such as Richard McNemar, Issachar Bates, Stephen Ball and Nancy Moore, and by non-Shaker researchers such as William J. Hamilton and J. P. MacLean.
11 SCOPE AND CONTENT
The Shakers were simple Christians with distinct beliefs, and this led to a unique experiment in association. From this collection it is evident that the United Order of Believers, or Shakers, formed a significant chapter in American history: ♦ by virtue of its communal principles; ♦ its status as a separatist sect; ♦ and its diverse social and economic contributions.
These ideas and experiments attracted a lively contemporary interest and a continuing curiosity. Thousands joined such communities. The extensive literature about the Shakers, especially from the 1780s to the present, is evidence of the attraction the movement had for people from various educational and economic backgrounds, many of whom recorded their impressions via the printed word and which are presented in this collection. This information is made available in: ♦ Diaries ♦ Pamphlets ♦ Rare Books ♦ Correspondence ♦ Music ♦ Photographs Also, this collection is of importance because of the Shaker contribution to local Dayton history. It will help historians and researchers to locate information since many Shaker diaries and personal records were destroyed or misplaced after the Watervliet Village of Dayton was closed down. Finally, Shakers made a great contribution to agriculture, wood growing, broom-making and woodworking. Shaker furniture was highly regarded for its practical design and sturdy construction; the development of improved seed banks for many of the crops grown in southwestern Ohio contributed greatly to the development of agriculture in this state.
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Subseries 1. Rare Books
Andrews, Edward D. The Community Industries of the Shakers . Albany, RA NY : University of the State of New York, 1932. 289.8 A566C
Andrews, Edward D. The People Called Shakers: a Search for the Perfect RA Society . New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 1953. 289.8 A566P
Bates, Paulina. The Divine Book of Holy and Eternal Wisdom Revealing RA the Word of God Out of Whose Mouth Goeth a Sharp Sword . Canterbury, 289.8 NY : United Society Called Shakers, 1849. B329D
Boice, Martha, Dale Covington and Richard Spence. Maps of the Shaker RA West: A Journey of Discovery; A Collection of Maps and Histories of 289.8 Better Known and Lesser Known Shaker Sites in Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, B678M Illinois, and Michigan Beginning in 1800 . Dayton, OH : Knot Garden Press, 1977.
Chandler, Lloyd Horwitz, 1869-1947. The New Hampshire Shakers . RA Concord, NH : New Hampshire Historical Society, 1952. 289.8742 C455N
Clark, Thomas Dionysius, 1903-. Pleasant Hill in the Civil War . Pleasant RA Hill Press, KY : Pleasant Hill Press, 1972. 289.876 C595P
Dunlavy, John. The Manifesto or a Declaration of the Doctrine and RA Practice of the Church of Christ . Pleasant-Hill, Ky : Edward O. Jenkins, 289.8 1847. (2 copies) D921M
Dyer, Mary M. A Portraiture of Shakerism Exhibiting a General View of RA Their Character and Conduct, From the First Appearance of Ann Lee in 289.8 New England, Down to the Present Time . Concord, NH : [s.n.], 1822. M369P
Eads, Harvey L. Shaker Sermons : Scripture Rational, Containing the RA Substance of Shaker Theology. Together With Replies and Criticisms 289.8 Logically and Clearly Set Forth. South Union, KY : [s.n.], 1887. E11
Evans, F.W. Shakers, Compendium of the Origin, History, Principles, RA Rules and Regulations, Government and Doctrines of the United Society of 289.8 Believers in Christ's Second Appearing. Appleton, NY : AMS Press, 1859 E92
13 (c1858).
Evans, F. W. Tests of Divine Inspiration; or the Rudimental Principles by RA Which True and False Revelation in all Eras of the World Can Be 289.8 Unerringly Discriminated. New Lebanon, NY : United Society Called E92T Shakers, 1853.
Filley, Dorothy M. Recapturing Wisdom’s Valley , Albany, NY : Shaker Dayton Heritage Society, 1975. 289.809 F485R
Gentle Manners. A Guide to Good Morals . East Canterbury, NH : [s.n.], RA 1899. 289.8 G338
Gibson, Marywebb. Shakerism in Kentucky Founded in America by Ann RA Lee . Cynthiana, KY : The Hobson Press, 1942. 289.8769 G449
Greene, Nancy Lewis. Ye Olde Shaker Bells . Lexington, KY : N.L. RA Greene, c1930. 289.8 G811Y
Hollister, Alonzo Giles. Pearly Gate of the True Life and Doctrine for RA Believers in Christ . Mount Lebanon, NY : [s.n.], 1896. 289.8 H744P
Hunt, Melba L. Summers at Watervliet . Kettering, OH : Kettering- RA Moraine Museum & Historical Society, c1985. 289.8 H942S
Koomler, Sharon Duane. Shaker Style : Form, Function, and Furniture . Dayton [U.S.] : Courage Books/Running Press, c2000. 749.213 K83S Mace, Fayette. Familiar Dialogues on Shakerism, in which the Principles of RA the United Society Are Illustrated and Defended . Concord, NH : William 289.8 White, 1838. M141F
MacLean, J.P. A Bibliography of Shaker Literature with an Introductory RA Study of Writings and Publications Pertaining to Ohio Believers . 289.8 Published for the author by Fred J. Heer, Columbus, Ohio, 1905. (2 M163 copies)
MacLean, John Patterson. The Kentucky Revival and its Influence on the RA Miami Valley . Columbus, OH : Ohio Archaeological and Historical 289.8
14 Quarterly, 1903. M16K
McNemar, Richard. The Kentucky Revival: or a Short History of the Late RA Extraordinary Out-Pouring of the Spirit . Cincinnati, OH : E. & E. Hosford, 289.8 1808. M16S
McNemar, Richard. A Selection of Hymns and Poems for the Use of Dayton Believers . Watervliet, OH : [s.n.], 1833. 245 M16
Melcher, Marguerite Fellows. The Shaker Adventure . Princeton, NJ : RA Princeton University Press; H. Milford, Oxford University Press, 1941. (2 289.8 copies) M518S
Moore, Nancy. Diary: Scenes and Incidents Appertaining to the War RA Occurring at or Near South Union, Kentucky . South Union, KY : [s.n.], 289.8769 1861-1863. M823DA
Moore, Nancy. The Journal of Eldress Nancy Moore . South Union, KY : RA Shaker Village, 1863-1864. 289.8769 M823J
Neal, Julia. By Their Fruits: the Story of Shakerism in South Union, RA Kentucky . Chapel Hill, NC : University of North Carolina Press, 1947. 289.8769 N341B
Phillipi, J. M. Shakerism or the Romance of a Religion . Dayton, OH : The RA Otterbein Press, 1912. (3 copies) 289.8 P557
Phillips, Hazel Spencer. Richard the Shaker . Oxford, OH : Typoprint, RA Inc., 1972. B M1695P Piercy, Caroline B. The Valley of God's Pleasure; a Saga of the North RA Union Shaker Community , New York, NY : Stratford House, 1951. (2 289.8771 copies) P618V
Richmond, Mary L. Shaker Literature: A Bibliography . Hanover, NH : RA University Press of the New England, 1977. 016.2898 R533S
Robinson, Charles Edson. A Concise History of the United Society of RA Believers, Called Shakers . East Canterbury, NH : Robinson, 1893. 289.8 R658C
15 Sears, Clara Endicott. Gleanings From Old Shaker Journals, Compiled by RA Clara Endicott Sears . Boston, MA : Houghton Mifflin Co., 1916. 289.8 S439G
Shaker Church Covenant . [Albany], NH : Shaker Village, 1889. RA 289.8 S527C
Shakers. Account of Some of the Proceedings of the Legislatures of the RA State of Kentucky and New Hampshire, 1828, in Relation to People Called 289.8 Shakers . [Albany, NY] : Egbert, Hovey, & King, 1846. S527AC
Shakers. A Collection of Hymns and Anthems Adapted to Public Worship . RA [S.l.] : East Canterbury, NH, 1892. 289.878 S527CO
Shakers. Shaker Music, Original Inspirational Hymns and Songs, RA Illustrative of the Resurrection . Mt. Lebanon, NY : W.A. Pond and Co., 289.878 c1884. (vol. I and II) S527S
Shakers. A Summary View of the Millennial Church, or United Society of RA Believers, Commonly Called Shakers , Albany, NY : C. Van Benthuysen, 289.8 1848. S527A
Shakers. Testimonies of the Life, Character, Revelations and Doctrine of RA Mother Ann Lee and the Elders With Her . Albany, NY : Weed Parsons & 289.8 Co., 1888. S527T
Spinning, David. A Short Sketch of the Life of David Spinning Written by RA Himself and a Sketch of the Life and Religious Experience of Richard W. B Pelham . [S.l. ]: United Society of Believers, [1862]. S757
Stewart, Philemon. Holy, Sacred and Divine Roll and Book: From the RA Lord God of Heaven to the Inhabitants of Earth . Canterbury, NH : United 289.8 Society, 1843. S581H
Whitewater, Ohio, Village of Shakers, 1824-1916: Its History and Its Dayton People . Cincinnati, OH : M. B. Burress, 1979. 977.177 W594
White, Anna. Shakerism, its Meaning and Message; Embracing a RA Historical Account, Statement of Belief and Spiritual Experience . 289.8 Columbus, OH : Press of F.J. Heer, 1904. W58
Williams, Richard E. Called and Chosen: the Story of Mother Rebecca RA
16 Jackson and the Philadelphia Shakers . Metuchen, NJ : Scarecrow Press, B 1981. J1372W
De Wolfe , Elizabeth A. Shaking the Faith: Women, Family, and Mary Dayton Marshall Dyer’s Anti-Shaker Campaign, 1815-1867 . New York, NY : 289.8092 Palgrave, 2002. D524S
Youngs, Benjamin Seth. The Testimony of Christ's Second Appearing: RA Containing a General Statement of all Things Pertaining to the Faith . 289.8 Lebanon, OH : John MacLean, 1808. (4 copies: 2-1808, 1-1810, 1-1823). Y81
Youngs, Benjamin Seth. Testimony of Christ's Second Appearing : RA Exemplified by the Principles and Practice of the True Church of Christ . 289.8 Albany, NY : United Society Called Shakers, 1856. Y81AB
Subseries 2. Bound Magazines
The Shaker Manifesto . Shaker Village, N.H. : United Societies, l878-l883 Dayton 050
Subseries 3. Pamphlets
Box 1, Folder 1, Pamphlets A-M, 1890-1954 – 3 items
Allen, Catharine. Biographical Sketch of Daniel Fraser of the Shaker Community of Mt. Lebanon . Albany, New York : Weed, Parsons & Co., 1890.
Andrews, Edward and Andrews, Faith. The Shaker Order of Christmas . New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 1954 (2 copies).
Box 1, Folder 2, Pamphlets A-M, 1830 – 3 items
A Brief Exposition of the Established Principles and Regulations of the United Society of Believers Called Shakers . Albany, NY : Packard & Van Benthuysen, 1830.
A Brief Exposition of the Established Principles and Regulations of the United Society of Believers Called Shakers . Watervliet, OH : Packard and Van Benthuysen, 1832.
A Brief Exposition of Principles and Regulations of the United Society of Believers . Shaker Village, Canterbury, N. H. : 1895.
Box 1, Folder 3, Pamphlets A-M, 1904-1940 – 2 items
17 “List of Works in the New York Public Library Relating to Shakers,” in Bulletin of the New York Public Library 11 (November 1904) : 550-559.
Winter, Esther C. “Shaker Literature in the Grosvenor Library : A Bibliography.” Grosvenor Library Bulletin 22 (June 1940) : 66-119.
Box 1, Folder 4, Pamphlets A-M, 1804 – 1 item
The Church of Christ Unto the People in Kentucky and the Adjacent States, Sendeth Greetings . New Lebanon, NY : December 31, 1804.
Box 1, Folder 5, Pamphlets A-M, 1847 – 1 item
Condition of Society; and its Only Hope in Obeying the Everlasting Gospel as Now Developing Among Believers In Christ’s Second Appearing . Union Village, OH : Day- Star Office, 1847.
Clark, Debra. Montgomery County Common Pleas Chancery Court Record Nathan Sharp, Lewis Valentine, Henry Valentine, and Ithamar Johnson Petitioners VS. George Patterson and Others . Montgomery Co., Common Pleas Chancery Court record : Bk E-1, pg. 196.
Box 1, Folder 6, Pamphlets A-M, 1919-1990 – 5 items
Ellwanger, Ella Hutchison. “Shakertown Its Present and Its Past,” The Register of the Kentucky State Historical Society 17 (Sept. l919) : 29-43.
Evans, Elder F. W. Resurrection . Mt. Lebanon, New York : [s.n.], n.d.
Evans, Elder F. W. Shakerism, the Possibility of the Race . Enon Valley, PA : Office of the Shakers, 1872.
The Gardener's Manual . New Lebanon, N. Y. : United Society, 1843.
Herbrandson, Dee. Shaker Herbs and Their Medical Uses . Albany, New York : Shaker Heritage Society, 1990.
Box 1, Folder 7, Pamphlets A-M, 1838-1960 – 4 items
Lee, Charles. The Shakers as Pioneers in the American Herb and Drug Industry , reprinted from the American Journal of Pharmacy 32, (May 1960), pp 178-193.
18 Mace, Fayette. Familiar Dialogues On Shakerism In Which the Principles of the United Society Are Illustrated and Defended . Concord, NH : William Whiter, 1838.
Milbern, Gwendolyn. Shaker Clothing . Lebanon, OH : Warren County Historical Society, n.d.
Morgan, Edith Joy. Herb Teas and Tea Herbs Falls Village, CT : The Herb Grower, 1960.
Box 1, Folder 8, Pamphlets A-M, 1838-1960 - 3 items
Gabor-Hotchkiss, Magda. Guide to Bound Shaker Manuscripts in the Library Collection of Hancock Shaker Village . Pittsfield, MA : Hancock Shaker Village, 2001.
Gabor-Hotchkiss, Magda. Guide to Unbound Shaker Manuscripts in the Library Collection of Hancock Shaker Village . Pittsfield, MA : Hancock Shaker Village, 2001.
Gabor-Hotchkiss, Magda. Guide to Printed Shaker Works in the Library Collection of Hancock Shaker Village . Pittsfield, MA : Hancock Shaker Village, 2001.
Box 2, Folder 1, Pamphlets M-O, 1904-1982 – 4 items
McGraw, Marjorie and Rose Mary Lawson. Shaker Ring. Poland Springs, Maine : Sabbath Day Lake, 1982.
McGraw, Marjorie and Rose Mary Lawson. Shaker Paper Dolls . Kettering, OH : [s.n.], 1981.
MacLean, J. P. “Origin of the Watervliet Ohio Shaker Community,” Dayton Daily News , 16 January 1904. (2 copies) Note: This paper was read before the Dayton Historical Society, Saturday afternoon, 1904.
Box 2, Folder 2, Pamphlets M-O, 1836 –1 item
McNemar, Richard. “A Brief Exposition of Certain Points of Doctrine,” in Selection of Hymns and Poems . [S.l.] : [s.n.], 1836.
Box 2, Folder 3, Pamphlets M-O, 1835 – 1 item
McNemar, Richard. “Colloquy, or Children's Talk, Anna, Maria and Emily,” in Little Selection of Choice Poetry, New and Old . [S.l.] : [s.n], 1835.
19 Box 2, Folder 4, Pamphlets M-O, 1823 – 2 items
McNemar, Richard [?]. A Concise Answer to the General Inquiry, Who or What are the Shakers , Union Village : 1823.
McNemar, Richard [?]. A Concise Answer to the General Inquiry, Who or What are the Shakers , Union Village, OH : 1825.
Box 2, Folder 5, Pamphlets M-O, 1834 –2 items
McNemar, Richard. Important to Believers Ministy : Decision of the Court of Appeals in Kentucky . O. Brown and A. G. Hodges, Dayton, Ohio, 1834. Note: A present from Elder E. Wright to Rufus Bishop, Sept. 27, 1834.
Box 2, Folder 6, Pamphlets M-O, 1833 – 4 items
McNemar, Richard. “Dialogue Between the Church and the Old Gentleman,” in Selection of Hymns and Poems . [S.l.] : [s.n.], 1833.
Box 2, Folder 7, Pamphlets M-O, 1846 – 1 item
McNemar, Richard. Investigator, or A Defense of the Order, Government and Economy of the United Society Called Shakers, Against Sundry Charges and Legislative Proceedings . Lexington, KY : Smith & Parmer, 1828. Note: Addressed to the Political World.
Box 2, Folder 8, Pamphlets M-O, 1831 – 1 item
McNemar, Richard. A New Year’s Gift . [S.l.] : [s.n.], 1831.
Box 2, Folder 9, Pamphlets M-O, 1835 – 2 items
McNemar, Richard. Orthodox Incarnation or Divine Humanity of Jesus Christ . [S.l.] : Watervliet, OH, 1835. (2 copies)
The Orthodox Trinity With A Few Remarks Upon Certain Doctrines Connected Therewith . Union Village, OH : [s.n.], 1835.
Box 2, Folder 10, Pamphlets M-O, 1823 – 1 item
McNemar, Richard. Public Discourses . Union Village, OH : [s.n.], 1823.
Box 2, Folder 11, Pamphlets M-O, 1832 – 1 item
20 McNemar, Richard. A Series of Lectures on Orthodoxy and Heterodoxy in Allusion to the Testimony of Christ Second Appearing . Dayton, OH : [s.n.], 1832.
Box 2, Folder 12, Pamphlets M-O, 1833 – 1 item
McNemar, Richard. Shakerism Detected, Examined and Refuted in Five Propositions . Watervliet, OH : [s.n.], 1833.
Box 2, Folder 13, Pamphlets M-O, 1846 – 1 item
McNemar, Richard. Speech of Robert Wickliffe in the Senate of Kentucky . Watervliet, OH : [s.n.], 1831.
Box 2, Folder 14, Pamphlets M-O, 1835-1972 – 2 items
McNemar, Richard. Valuable Extracts From Sundry Writers (On Various Subjects) Congenial to the Faith of the Gospel for the Refutation of Bigotry and Infidelity . Dayton, OH : [s.n.], 1835.
Music Educators Journal 62, no. 1 (1975).
Witcher, Mary. Shaker House-Keeper . Hancock, NY : Hancock Shaker Village, 1972.
Box 3, Folder 1, Pamphlets P-Z, 1964 – 1 item
Patterson, Daniel W. Nine Shaker Spirituals with a Brief Account of Early Shaker Song . Old Chatham, NY : The Shaker Museum Foundation, 1964.
The Shaker Heritage: An Annotated Pictorial Guide to the Collection of the Shaker Historical Museum . Shaker Heights, OH : The Shaker Historical Society, 1980.
Box 3, Folder 2, Pamphlets P-Z, 1868-1959 – 3 items
Pelham, R. W. A Correspondence Between May F. C. of Mount Holly City and a Shaker Sister Sarah L. of Union Village , Union Village, OH : [s.n.], 1868.
Pelham, R. W. The Shakers Answer to a Letter from an Inquirer , Union Village, OH : [s.n.], 1868.
Phillips, Hazel Spencer. The Shakers: The Story of a Way of Life , Lebanon, OH : [s.n.], l959.
Box 3, Folder 3, Pamphlets P-Z, 1969 – 1 item
Quick Glimpses of Pleasant Hill . Lexington, KY : Richard S. DeCamp, 1969.
21 Box 3, Folder 4, Pamphlets P-Z, n.d. – 1 item
MacLean, J. P.[?]. The Resurrection . [S.l.] : Lebanon, OH, n.d.
MacLean, J. P.[?]. Voice of Mother . [S.l.] : Lebanon, OH, n.d.
MacLean, J. P.[?]. Notes to Voice . [S.l.] : Lebanon, OH, n.d.
MacLean, J. P.[?]. Anthem . [S.l.] : Lebanon, OH, n.d.
MacLean, J. P.[?]. Heaven to Earth . [S.l.] : Lebanon, OH, n.d.
MacLean, J. P.[?]. Holy Work of God . [S.l.] : Lebanon, OH, n.d.
MacLean, J. P.[?]. An Anthem . [S.l.] : Lebanon, OH, n.d.
MacLean, J. P.[?]. True Peace . [S.l.] : Lebanon, OH, n.d. Note: All these are in one pamphlet (no title, date, or name of publisher). On the front cover there is a note saying that the above titles were written by J. P. MacLean [?].
Box 3, Folder 5, Pamphlets P-Z, 1883-1992 – 5 items
The Shaker Messenger 13, (December l991).
Sketches of Shakers and Shakerism , Synopsis of Theology of United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing . Albany, NY : Weed Parsons, 1883.
Spencer, Dale R. Song Sheets : typescript, [s.n.], 2000.
Spence, Richard B. Membership List and Burial Locations : White Water Shaker Village : typescript, [s.n.], Aug. 11, l991.
Spence, Richard B. A Summary of Research Activities and Chronology for White Water Shaker Village : typescript, Hamilton County, OH, Sept. 15, l992.
Spence, Richard B. The White Water Shakers , Part I : typescript, Hamilton County Park District, l991.
Box 3, Folder 6, Pamphlets P-Z, 1988 – 1 item
Thompson, Nancy M. Learning About Shakers, for Young People , Albany, N.Y. : Pleasant Grove Publishing Co., 1988.
22 Box 3, Folder 7, Pamphlets P-Z, 1970 – 2 items
“Vegeterianism Among Shakers,” The Counselor . Mount Lebanon, NY : [s.n.], n.d.
We Make You Kindly Welcome, Recipe From the Trustees House Daily Fare . Harrodsburg, KY : Pleasant Hill Press, 1970.
Box 3, Folder 8, Pamphlets P-Z, 1831 – 3 items
Wright, E. A Review of the Most Important Events Relating to the Rise and Progress of the United Society of Believers in the West; With Sundry Other Documents Connected With the History of the Society , Union Village, OH : [s.n.], 1831. Note: (E. Wright is the pseudonym of R. McNemar). Also in this folder are included: ♦ Duplicate pages from Western Review ; ♦ A letter dated, April 27, 1946 , from L. Fallnor, Library of Congress to Mr. William Hamilton, on Shaker material.
Box 3, Folder 9, Pamphlets P-Z, 1810 – 2 items
Youngs, Benjamin Seth. Transactions of the Ohio Mob, Called in the Public Papers. An Expedition Against the Shakers . Miami County, OH : [s.n.], 1810 (two copies).
SERIES II. MANUSCRIPTS
Subseries 4. Diaries: Oversize
Box 4, Folder 1, Diaries, 1846 – 1895 – 3 items
Ball, Stephen. Notebook 1846-1895 [?]. Note: There was no title for this booklet but entry only penciled on paper. There is a caption of inverted text at the end of the volume saying: “Whitewater Village.” Also, a signature on page five of inverted text: “S.W.B.” Also, penned on cover: “School Business. District 20.”
Spence, Richard B. School Business: Stephen N. Ball / typescript, n.d
Stephen Ball; Book With His Brethren and Sisters, 1846 /Diary, n.d. Note: Inverted text at end of volume. Leather covered manuscript enclosed in case. Prefatory note by W. J. Hamilton, Librarian, Dayton Public Library, inserted in front of book. Religious reflections of a Shaker. Includes a prayer, some verse, and a few pages of music notations. Stephen Ball was a Millerite who came to Whitewater, Ohio,
23 after the failure of William Miller's prophecies. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John Stephens, Dayton, Ohio.
Box 4, Folder 2, Diaries, 1758 – 1837 – 7 items
Bates, Issachar, 1758 – 1837. A Concise Sketch of The Life and Experience of Issachar Bates . Diary, n.d. Note: Written by himself, (1832, 117p), the title was taken from the caption since there wasn't a title page, "Copyed (sic) from the original manuscript" in the handwriting of Moses Eastwood whose autograph appears on the fly-leaf. Pages 86-117 seem to be Eastwood's contribution. Includes a copy of a letter addressed to the "Elders and people of Watervliet" and six poems written by the author. A brief history of this "sketch" written by W. J. Hamilton; manuscript in cover labeled "Compositions." Along with this diary is information pertaining to how this diary came to Dayton & Montgomery County Public Library.
Bates, Issachar, 1758 – 1837. A Concise Sketch of The Life and Experience of Issachar Bates /transcript, n.d. (four copies)
Box 4, Folder 3, Diaries, 1863 – 1 item
Nancy Moore. Diary Scenes and Incidents Appertaining to the War Occuring At, Or Near South Union, Kentucky . South Union, KY : [s.n.], Aug. 15, 1861 - Oct. 14, 1863.
Box 4, Folder 4, Diaries, 1887 – 1 item
Order Book of South Family. Shakers : , Whitewater, OH : [s.n.], 1887. Note: A Shaker manuscript.
Subseries 5. Correspondence
Box 5, Folder 1, Correspondence of Mr. MacLean –18 items
The following letters were from John Patterson MacLean, Franklin, Ohio, to Mr. J. O. Arnold, Secretary of the Dayton Historical Society.
December 29, 1903 Apparently, Mr. MacLean is writing a paper and explains to Mr. Arnold that the topic of the paper is the origin of the Watervliet Shaker Community in Dayton, Ohio. Also, he is asking for information about the next meeting of the Dayton Historical Society and wants permission to bring belongings of Vincy McNemar's to share with others. Finally, he
24 says that Mr. Moore S. Mason, a prominent Shaker, will attend the meeting and will also bring Shaker donations. Attached: January 1, 1904 From J. P. MacLean, Franklin, Ohio, to Mr. J. O. Arnold, Secretary of the Dayton Historical Society. Apparently the day for the meeting is January 16, and this is an agreeable day for Mr. MacLean. He again talks about his paper on the origin of Watervliet and wants to have it published. He says that at the meeting he'll bring the first book ever published by the Shakers and that he has copies from almost every book and pamphlet published by the sect. He thinks that his paper has enormous information, especially about the circumstances that led to the organization. They were originally Presbyterian, then were called Christian (New Light) and in 1806, Shakers. Attached: January 6, 1904 Mr. MacLean prefers January 16 for a meeting. Attached: January 20, 1904 Mr. MacLean is explaining that the Shaker community of Montgomery County is a thing of history since it won't be too long before it goes out of existence. He thinks that libraries having a Shakers collection will be historical. Apparently, he visited many Shaker Societies and has many duplicate books. He is sending a price list to Mr. Arnold and wishes in return to purchase a copy of Edgar's book, Pioneer Life in Dayton and Vicinity , from Mr. Arnold.
No date This is MacLean's price list.
Box 5, Folder 2, Corrspondence from members of the Shaker Community – 1 item
Note: The next two folders are letters from members of the Shaker Community.
December 23, 1900 From Mollie McBride, Union Village, Ohio, to Margaret Keemen. Mollie McBride, who previously was living in the Watervliet Community, is writing to Maggie; apparently, Maggie was a Shaker from Union Village who may have left to get married since she now has a family. Mollie is sending news about all the sisters that live with her in the Shaker house and hopes to see her sometime. She also sends the address of a friend, Emma Dunbar, whose married name is Emma Nichols, so that Maggie can write to her. (Later on in the correspondence the name Maggie refers to Margaret English).
25 Box 5, Folder 3, Correspondence from members of the Shaker Community – 32 items
More letters from members of Shaker Communities.
Correspondence From Margaret English, Detroit, Michigan
January 17, 1944 Apparently Mrs. English has received an article from Mrs. Harry White of Dayton regarding the Shaker settlement at Watervliet; Mrs. English used to live there but left at the age of fourteen. She describes life with the Shakers, their religious beliefs, their management by Elders and Eldresses and their working skills. She talks about a tornado that she experienced in 1886 that did much damage to Watervliet. After that she moved to Union Village in Lebanon. Mrs. English was born in a house at Catalpa and Hillcrest in Dayton and was married twice.
January 27, 1944 Mr. Klopfer had sent a letter from Mrs. English who was previously a Shaker and this letter was donated to the Library for permanent preservation. Mr. Hamilton was thankful for the address of Ms. Mort and he'll be happy to have any additional historical information.
February 12, 1944 Mrs. English informs Mr. Hamilton that she lost the Shaker papers; however, she had a letter of Mollie McBride's that she was willing to send. (See letter in folder #2)
February 16, 1944 Mr. Hamilton is thanking Mrs. English for sending the letter of Eldress Mollie McBride.
Correspondence From Mr. & Mrs. John Stephens, Springfield, Ohio
April 29, 1941 Apparently Mrs. Sara Stephens donated another Shakers book to the library. Mr. Hamilton is writing a thank-you letter to Mrs. Stephens (wife of Mr. John Stephens who donated the diaries of Issachar Bates and Stephen Ball) and asks if the library can pay $10.00 for this priceless book.
December 7, 1943 Mr. Hamilton informs Mrs. Stephens that the library has new editions on Shakers that were donated and wants to have some biographical information about them.
December 13, 1943 Mrs. Stephens gives the dates that they entered and left the Shakers Village, and also some biographical information.
26 Correspondence From Mrs. Jessie B. Tripp, Waynesville, Ohio
February 8, 1944 Mrs. Tripp heard from a book collector that the Dayton and Montgomery County Public Library was collecting Shakerism information and was willing to cooperate and help with anything possible. She was a Shaker herself.
February 16, 1944 Mr. Hamilton is very happy that Mrs. Tripp has books and material about the Shakers and is asking her to sell these to the library, especially MacLean's Shakers of Ohio .
February 23, 1944 Mrs. Tripp is sending a list of all the books that she has.
February 23, 1944 Mr. Hamilton is explaining what the library already owns and what they need to have.
February 27, 1944 Mrs. Tripp is sending three volumes on Shakerism for the library to buy for $25.00 and also informs him that she owns some other very rare books.
March 2, 1944 Mr. Hamilton replies and offers $15.00 for the books and $10.00 for the Paulina Bates Divine Books of Holy Wisdom. He says that the library buys only material that relates to their collection and not because they are old.
March 6, 1944 Mrs. Tripp accepts the above mentioned price for the books and mentions more books that she owns.
March 9, 1944 Mr. Hamilton informs Mrs. Tripp that he received the package with the books, but he is disappointed since Bates' volume lacks a title page; he'll make arrangements for payment.
March 27, 1944 Mrs. Tripp found one more book that she is sending to the library (title not clear).
April 6, 1944 Mr. Hamilton informs Mrs. Tripp that the library owns the copy of Evan's Shaker Compendium and tells her of other places that don't have this copy.
May 8, 1944 Mrs. Tripp informs him that she has four Shaker rugs that she is willing to give up.
May 9, 1944
27 Mr. Hamilton tells Mrs. Tripp that the rugs will be better to be placed in the Dayton Historical Society since the library is a Natural History Institution.
August 13, 1945 Mrs. Tripp informs Mr. Hamilton that she has Familiar Dialogues by Fayette Mace and wants to sell it.
August 14, 1945 Mr. Hamilton thinks that it is really nice of Mrs. Tripp to remember that the library wants to acquire a good collection of Shaker items and wants to buy Mace's book for $2.50.
Box 5, Folder 4, Correspondence of Mr. William J. Hamilton – 40 items
This folder pertains correspondence to Nancy Moore's and Issachar Bates' diaries. Also, correspondence of Mr. William J. Hamilton, Director of the Dayton and Montgomery County Public Library.
June 14, 1952 From Mr. William J. Hamilton to Miss Mary Webb Gibson in Cynthiana, Kentucky. Apparently Miss Gibson was the author of a volume called Shakerism in Kentucky , and Mr. Hamilton informs her that the Dayton Library owns a manuscript presented 40 years ago by a man connected with the Whitewater Hamilton County Shaker Colony, a Shaker item called Diary, Scenes and Incidents Appertaining to the War Occuring at or Near South Union, Kentucky, Taken From the Writings of Nancy E. Moore . He is asking her if she knows of Nancy Moore or whether there are other later volumes of a similar diary.
June 14, 1952 From Mr. Hamilton to Miss Julia Neal, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Miss Neal was apparently the author of a book on Shakerism, By Their Fruits , and he is writing to inform her of the copy that he mentioned to Miss Gibson above and asks the same questions. On the front of this letter there is a note giving information about who donated the book. His name was Job Stephens who died in 1950 and lived in the Whitewater Shaker Community from 1905 to 1910. He was given this volume by Andrew Barrett who was a visiting Shaker dignitary. Stephens apparently also donated a copy of Issachar Bates' diary made by Moses Eastwood. On the back of the letter there is another note giving the date of Nancy Moore's death (1889). Attached: June 14, 1952 From Mr. Hamilton to the Kentucky Historical Society in Frankfort, Kentucky. Mr. Hamilton is asking them if they have any knowledge of a later volume of Nancy Moore's diary and of any information as to who Nancy E. Moore was. June 18, 1952
28 From G. Glenn Clift, Assistant Secretary of the Kentucky Historical Society to Mr. Hamilton. Mr. Cliff responds to Mr. Hamilton's letter and says that he has very little information about Nancy Moore; he found in the U.S. Census, 1860 of Kentucky, District 1, Logan County, P.O. South Union, "Shaker town" that Miss Moore was 52 years of age, "occupation - domestic" and was born in Kentucky. However, any Logan County accounts fail to mention her or her writings. He would like to have a copy of the diary in any form.
June 19, 1952 From Mr. Hamilton to Kentucky Historical Society, Frankfort, Kentucky. Mr. Hamilton is asking the Kentucky Historical Society if they have any information about Miss Mary Webb Gibson so he'll be able to get in touch with her. (Author of Shakerism in Kentucky .)
June 23, 1952 From Julia Neal to Mr. Hamilton. Apparently, Miss Neal received the letter from Mr. Hamilton and wrote to him. She used a volume by Nancy E. Moore that covered the period from Jan. 17, 1863 to Sept. 4, 1864, and the copy that the Dayton Library owns is probably the companion volume. She gives biographical information about Nancy Moore. She is sending a copy of his letter to Mrs. Frank Moore, librarian at Bowling Green, Kentucky.
June 25, 1952 From G. Glenn Clift, Kentucky Historical Society to Mr. Hamilton. He informs Mr. Hamilton that he really doesn't know where Miss Mary Gibson, the author of Shakerism in Kentucky , might be.
June 27, 1952 From Mary T. Moore, Librarian of the Western Kentucky State College, Bowling Green, Kentucky, to Mr. Hamilton. Mrs. Moore informs Mr. Hamilton that she was informed by Miss Julia Neal the author of By Their Fruits , that the Dayton Public Library has holdings of Nancy Moore's Diary, vol. I, 1861, 62, & 63, and wants to exchange copies of their holdings. They own the diary from January 17, 1863 to September 4, 1864.
July 1, 1952 From Mrs. Susie N. Bilger, Head of Business Office at Dayton and Montgomery County Public Library, to Mrs. Mary T. Moore at Western Kentucky State College.
July 21, 1952 From Mr. Hamilton to Mr. G. Glenn Clift, Kentucky Historical Society. Mr. Hamilton informs him that Nancy Moore's diary was followed by another volume, January 14, 1863 to September 4, 1864, now in possession of the Library of Western Kentucky State College at Bowling Green. He hopes to exchange copies with
29 Western Kentucky. He also says that he'll write to the librarian there, Mrs. Mary Moore, to find information about Miss Gibson.
July 21, 1952 From Mr. Hamilton to Miss Julia Neal, State Teachers College, Florence, Alabama. Mr. Hamilton is pleased to hear from Miss Neal and also informs her that he received a letter from Mrs. Moore who wants to copy the Dayton Public Library volume so the Western Kentucky State College will have the entire collection. He apparently never received a reply from Miss Gibson and wants any possible information about her.
July 21, 1952 From Mr. Hamilton to Mrs. Mary T. Moore at Western Kentucky State College, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Mr. Hamilton came back from the ALA meeting and found Mrs. Moore's letter and said that he'll be glad to cooperate with her to exchange copies of diaries. He expresses doubts as to his copy being an original since two different handwritings appear on the title page.
July 28, 1952 From Mrs. Mary T. Moore to Mr. Hamilton. Apparently Mrs. Moore received Mr. Hamilton's letter and thanks him; she says that they'll help to verify the authenticity of the diary when they see it because they know that their diary is in Nancy's handwriting. She also encloses references about a Mr. Andrew Barrett from their journal (possibly the Andrew Barrett mentioned as the original holder of Nancy's diary) and is willing to show any information available.
July 29, 1952 To Mrs. Alene Lowe White, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio. Mr. Hamilton is asking Mrs. White if the Western Reserve Historical Society has any information in their list of Shaker memberships concerning Andrew Barrett, a man connected with the South Union meeting in Kentucky, with the Watervliet community, and later with the Whitewater community of Shakers in Hamilton County, Ohio.
July 30, 1952 To Mrs. Mary T. Moore, Western Kentucky State College, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Mr. Hamilton made arrangements to send their diary to the Kentucky collection for copying as an interlibrary loan for a month. Also, he is telling Mrs. Moore that they are trying to find information connected to Mr. Andrew Barrett.
August 1, 1952 From Mrs. Alene Lowe White, Western Reserve Historical Society to Mr. Hamilton. Mrs. White was able to find some biographical information concerning a Mr. Andrew Barrett; also she informs Mr. Hamilton that they have the April 1892 Manifesto printing a posthumous letter by Nancy E. Moore and also an article From the Diary of
30 Eldress Nancy E. MooreNo. 4 , entitled A Word to the Young . She is willing to make arrangements for copying the material and having it sent to Dayton.
August 4, 1952 To Mrs. Mary T. Moore. Mr. Hamilton informs her of the information pertaining to Mr. Andrew Barrett, received from Mrs. A. L. White. Also, he informs her that recently he found a picture of Andrew Barrett in an article by G. W. Berry in the Ohio Magazine , vol. 3, page 15, 1907, in which he is mentioned with two others as "the ministry" at Union Village. His biographical information, however, doesn't show any connection with the South Union, Kentucky, or the Whitewater Community in Hamilton County.
August 11, 1952 From Gayle R. Carver, Curator of the Kentucky Museum, Western Kentucky State College, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Apparently, Mrs. Mary T. Moore was gone on vacation when they received the diary and letter from Mr. Hamilton. Ms. Carver informs him that everything is on Mrs. Moore's desk. Attached: A small brochure of the "Kentucky Building" Museum-Library at Western Kentucky State College in Bowling Green.
September 11, 1952 To Mrs. Mary T. Moore. Apparently, Mrs. Moore sent a pamphlet to Mr. Hamilton describing the special Kentucky Collection. Mr. Hamilton tells her he is endeavoring to assemble a check list and location list of materials published in Watervliet, where during the 1830s, Richard McNemar, under the pseudonym of Eleazar Wright, had issued many pamphlets. He asks Mrs. Moore if she has any of McNemar's titles in her collection. September 16, 1952 From Mrs. M. T. Moore (Mrs. Frank P. Moore, apparently the name of her husband.) Mrs. Moore informs Mr. Hamilton that she received the diary of Nancy Moore and that she "read and enjoyed every word of it" and found that this diary has information connected to the Civil War history in their community that they were unable to locate earlier. She also notes a few items in their collection that were published at Watervliet.
September 22, 1952 To Mrs. Frank E. Moore. Mr. Hamilton is asking if they have in their collection McNemar's Little Selection of Choice Poetry, New and Old , 1835, and the size of it.
October 30, 1952 From Mrs. Mary T. Moore. Mrs. Moore informs Mr. Hamilton that they finished the copying of Nancy Moore's diary and are sending a copy of their own so both will have complete collections.
31 She brings to his attention that the Dayton and Montgomery County Public Library copy is not an original since this diary overlaps with their own up to page 65 of the latter, for the years 1863-64, and that the overlapping days vary in content. She mentions the fact that the title page of the Dayton diary explains that these writings are "taken from the writings." Whoever did that retained only the passages dealing with the Civil War itself. She also brings to his attention that along with the diary there should be a manuscript called Concise Sketch of the Life of Issachar Bates and asks that if they do have it to allow Moore to copy it also. There is a note on the letter giving the number of this book as: B B329
November 3, 1952 To Mrs. Mary T. Moore. Mr. Hamilton writes that he himself found the manuscript, Life of Issachar Bates on the Dayton Library shelves in 1941. It had been given little attention. He was able to visit the gentleman who had donated the book and recalls his mentioning the other volume as Civil War memoirs, but made no connection with the Shakers. When Mrs. Moore returns it, he will compare the handwriting in it with Bates' manuscript to see if the former was also written by Moses Eastwood. He will then send the Bates manuscript to Mrs. Moore for her to copy. There is a handwritten note at the bottom stating that the handwriting of Moore's diary and Bates' are not the same.
November 8, 1952 To Mrs. Mary T. Moore. Mr. Hamilton thanks her for a typed copy of Nancy Moore's original diary as well as for returning the Dayton diary. He informs her that the Dayton copy is not in the handwriting of Moses Eastwood and that the original Bates diary is to be found at the Library of Congress in Washington. He also appreciates learning that his copy of the Moore diary was abridged; he estimates that about half of the original diary had been left out.
December 8, 1952 From Mrs. Mary T. Moore. Apparently, they had borrowed the Library's copy of the diary of Issachar Bates for copying and they are returning it along with an extra copy.
December 11, 1952 To Mrs. Mary T. Moore. Mr. Hamilton replies that he received the copy of the Issachar Bates diary.
November 2, 1959 From Mary Julia Neal, Florence Alabama.
32 Ms. Neal is writing to Mr. Hamilton asking for permission to edit and publish Nancy Moore's diary; she is asking if anyone had done so and if the library has the original.
November 5, 1959 From unknown person at the Dayton and Montgomery County Public Library to Miss Mary Julia Neal. Mr. Hamilton has retired by now. The writer states that the Dayton manuscript of Nancy Moore's diary has been published and that Mr. Chait, current Director of the Dayton Library, says that she is free to edit it. The person who wrote this letter also explains everything she wanted to know about the diary.
March 11, 1960 From Helen Santmyer, in the Dayton Room, Dayton and Montgomery County Public Library, to Miss Mary J. Neal, Florence, AL. Miss Santmyer replies to Miss Neal and tells her that the library will be happy to have her use the carbon copy of Nancy Moore's diary which Western Kentucky College gave to the library.
March 14, 1960 From Mary Julia Neal to Mr. William Chait, Director of Dayton and Montgomery County Public Library. Miss Neal is telling Mr. Chait that she has a typed copy of vol. II of Nancy Moore's diary owned by the Kentucky Library at Western Kentucky College. She is asking him if he has vol. I, she would like to use it through interlibrary loan. Even though Ms. Santmyer’s letter above is dated March 11, it may actually be a reply to this letter.
September 20, 1963 From Mary Julia Neal to Mr. William Chait. Apparently, Ms. Neal published the diaries and sent a copy of her publication to the Dayton Library. Mr. Chait wrote her a thank-you note. Now she is writing to thank him for letting her use the diary and especially she is thankful for the help that Mr. Hamilton gave her. She also sent a copy to the Dayton News for a review.
No date A newspaper clipping,"Shaker Blessing Seen Aiding Dayton's Growth" by Ken Davis, Columbus, Ohio, Dayton Journal , July 18, 1947.
Box 5, Folder 5, Mr. William J. Hamilton's Personal Papers –39 items
December 21, 1954 Richard McNemar: bibliography by William J. Hamilton
Biographical information of Richard McNemar by William J. Hamilton
33 Box 5, Folder 6, Mr. William J. Hamilton's Personal Papers –96 items
Notes of Mr. Hamilton for McNemar's bibliography. The following material contains the notes of Mr. Hamilton who tried to "untangle" the bibliographic puzzles involved in various leaflets and pamphlets issued at what was formerly Watervliet Village, a Dayton suburb where Richard McNemar (sometimes using the pseudonyms E. N. Eleazar Wright, or Brother Eleazar) operated the printing press at the Shaker community between 1832 and 1836.
September 27, 28, 1944 Handwriting of Mr. Hamilton, explaining that the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society in Columbus, Ohio, has 45 boxes of miscellaneous material related to Shakers or the United Society of Believers. Mr. Hamilton gives a brief synopsis of the contents. 1952 [?] Copy of Shaker hymn books examined on loan by William Hamilton in boards covered with the familiar grey-blue paper.
October, 1953 Watervliet Shaker material examined October 1953 at Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society. Attached: The first gives information as to when Richard McNemar became an elder in Watervliet; this information was taken from a letter in the J. P. MacLean Collection signed by "Suzan." Attached: The second note gives information from the Watervliet diary, 1823-30, about Nathan Taylor and Eleazar Wright.
No date This is the form letter that Mr. Hamilton sent to various places to help him untangle the questions he had regarding McNemar's materials.
No date Tentative bibliography of books, leaflets, and broadsides, ascribed to Richard McNemar, "Eleazar Wright" as author, compiler, editor and/or printer.
No date Listing of pamphlets at the Western Reserve Historical Society.
No date Comparison and attempt at alignment of materials in two Shaker pamphlet volumes at Western Reserve Historical Society.
No date
34 This note discusses the Shaker Constitution and the classification of sundry covenants into Ohio and Kentucky groups.
No date Note regarding "Review of the Most Important Events" relating to the Rise and Progress of the United Society of Believers in the West , with sundry other documents connected with the history of the society, collected from various journals, by E. Wright, Union Village, OH, 1831.
No date Note regarding Memorable Events in the Life of Richard McNemar, Written by Himself , used by J. P. MacLean when he wrote the Life of Richard McNemar in 1905.
No date Note regarding the hymn, "Precious Way of God," Grosvenor Library (Buffalo, N. Y.), and referring to Paul M. Rooney, Reference Department.
No date Note regarding The Church of Christ Unto the People in Kentucky and the Adjacent States, Sendeth Greetings , with opening lines.
No date Copy made by Mr. Hamilton of the letter brought to Ohio by the Shaker missionaries John Meacham, Issachar Bates, and Benjamin Youngs, from New York.
No date Listing of some of McNemar's poems.
No date Thesaurus of Williams College, Shaker hymn book.
No date Unidentified hymn books from Williams College sent to Mr. Hamilton for examination.
No date Fragments of Shaker material from Williams College, sent to Mr. Hamilton for examination, April, 1953.
Box 5, Folder 7, General correspondence of Mr. W. J. Hamilton –104 items
October 16, 1904 From John Patterson MacLean to the Executive Committee, Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society.
35 This letter, titled "Unappreciated Donations," refers to items given to J. P. MacLean to be donated to the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society. Because of an offensive letter written to MacLean by an employee of the Society, they have decided to have Mr. MacLean hold any donations until a change in the administration of the Society takes place.
April 27, 1941 From Estell T. Weeks, Washington D.C. to the Dayton Library. Ms. Weeks is asking if the library has any printed or manuscript works by or about the Shakers, especially any of their hymns or music. Ms. Weeks also is working to revise J. P. MacLean's bibliography on Shakers literature. Attached: April 29, 1941 From Mr. W. J. Hamilton to Ms. Weeks. Mr. Hamilton thanks Ms. Weeks for her request because this helped them locate material in the library that wasn't even known to be there. He mentions the fact that much of the Shakers material was destroyed during the 1913 flood. Attached: May 2, 1941 From Ms. E. T. Weeks to Mr. Hamilton. Apparently Mr. Hamilton communicated again with Ms. Weeks and told her how her letter had gotten him interested and Ms. Weeks is happy to hear that. She is giving information in her letter as to where good Shakers collections exist and what they have. She also gives some advice as to what can be done to preserve the material and the value of this important collection. Attached: May 2, 1941 From Mr. Hamilton to Mr. Ernest J. Wessen, Mansfield, OH. Mr. Hamilton is asking Mr. Wessen if they have a copy of MacLean's Shakers of Ohio , published in 1907, to buy for the library.
August 2, 1941 From Clarence S. Brigham, American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Massachusetts, to Mr. Hamilton. Mr. Brigham is sending Mr. Hamilton a bibliography of Dayton Newspapers before 1821. Attached: The bibliography.
August 12, 1941 From Mr. Hamilton to Mr. Lee R. Dodds, Lebanon, Ohio. Mr. Hamilton is attempting to identify a newspaper clipping dealing with the Shakers at Union Village. The heading of the newspaper is gone, and he asks if the name "Malcolm A. Karsher" means anything to Mr. Dodds, or if he knows where the
36 newspaper was issued. The only information he has is that it was issued from June 28, 1911, somewhere in Ohio. September 1, 1942 From R. G. Vail, New York State Library, to Mr. Hamilton. Mr. Vail informs Mr. Hamilton that their copy of Youngs’ publication Testimony of Christ s, Second Appearting is in excellent condition, but it has a preliminary fly leaf, followed by the half title, with the quotation of Moses, but doesn't have the leaflet The Church of Christ .
September 8, 1942 From "B.F.," the Newberry Library, to Mr. Hamilton. Same findings as Messrs. Vail and Rice.
September 14, 1942 From Mr. Keyes D. Metcalf, Harvard University Library, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Mr. Hamilton wants to know who purchased the Herschell V. Jones collection because he knew that this collection was strong, especially in Shakers material; he is very interested in locating a leaflet, Testimony of Christ's Second Appearing .
September 17, 1942 From K. D. Metcalf, Harvard College, Cambridge, Massachusetts, to Mr. Hamilton. Mr. Metcalf informs Mr. Hamilton that they did not purchase the H. V. Jones Collection, nor do they have the requested pamphlet.
September 19, 1942 From Mr. Hamilton to Mr. K. D. Metcalf Apparently, Mr. Metcalf sent information to Mr. Hamilton about the H. V. Jones Collection, which Mr. Hamilton had confused with the M. B. Jones Collection. He apparently wrote to many other libraries and was unable to locate the leaflet that he had requested above.
September 19, 1942 From Mr. Hamilton to Mr. C. K. Shipton, American Antiquarian Library, Worcester, Mass. Mr. Hamilton wants to know if they own the leaflet Testimony of Christ's Second Appearing . Attached: September 23, 1942 From Mr. Hamilton to Mr. R. W. G. Vail, New York State Library, Albany, New York. Mr. Hamilton informs Mr. Vail of the response he got from Miss Stephens at Williams College.
September 24, 1942 From Clifford K. Shipton, to Mr. Hamilton Mr. Shipton informs Mr. Hamilton that they do not have the above leaflet.
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September 28, 1942 From Mr. Hamilton to Connecticut State Library, Hartford, Connecticut. Mr. Hamilton informs them of the 1808 edition of Youngs’ Testimony of Christ and the four page leaflet headed The Church of Christ that the Dayton and Montgomery County Public Library owns. He asks if they own this copy. Below, there is a note saying that this letter was sent to: ♦ Connecticut Library ♦ Connecticut Historical Society ♦ Berkshire Athenaeum, Pittsfield, Mass. ♦ New York Historical Society, New York ♦ Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, New Jersey ♦ Wisconsin State Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin ♦ Crozer Theological Seminary, Chester, Pennsylvania
September 30, 1942 From Mr. Kenneth S. Gapp, Theological Seminary Library, Princeton, New Jersey to Mr. Hamilton. Mr. Gapp says that they do not have the poem of the Testimony of Christ's Second Appearing about which Mr. Hamilton had sent an inquiry.
October 2, 1942 From Dorothy C. Barck, New York Historical Society, New York, to Mr. Hamilton. Same answer as above for the same request.
October 5, 1942 From Ms. Fanny G. Clark, Berkshire Athenaeum, Pittsfield, Massachusetts to Mr. Hamilton. Same answer as above for the same request.
October 6, 1942 From Mary Foster, State of Wisconsin, State Historical Society to Mr. Hamilton. Ms. Foster informs Mr. Hamilton that they do not own the copy entitled The Church of Christ .
October 8, 1942 From James Brewster, Connecticut State Library, Hartford, Connecticut to Mr. Hamilton. Mr. James Brewster informs Mr. Hamilton that they do not have the requested copy, The Church of Christ .
October 19, 1942 From Frank Gillingham, Crozer Theological Seminary, Chester, Pennsylvania to Mr. Hamilton. Same negative answer for the requested copy, The Church of Christ .
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November 3, 1942 From Mr. Hamilton to the following institutions, telling them that our library acquired a second copy of A Summary View of the Millennial Church, or United Believers, Commonly Called Shakers , ed. 2, Albany, 1848: ♦ Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio ♦ Newberry Library, Chicago, Illinois ♦ Berkshire Athenaeum, Pittsfield, Massachusetts ♦ Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society, Columbus, Ohio ♦ New York State Library, Albany, New York ♦ New York Public Library, New York ♦ State Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin ♦ Crozer Theological Seminary, Chester, Pennsylvania ♦ Connecticut Public Library, Hartford, Connecticut
From all these, only Western Reserve Historical Society and Ohio State Archaeological Society didn't have this copy. Mr. Hamilton's decision is not clear.
February 6, 1943 From Mr. Thompson R. Harlow, Hartford, Connecticut, to Mr. Hamilton. Mr. Thompson informs Mr. Hamilton that he cannot help him with information referred to in his letter of September 28, 1942.
July 9, 1943 From Mr. Hamilton to Mr. Charles H. Young, Lebanon, Ohio. Apparently, Mr. Young, Secretary of the People's Building and Loan Co., gave a presentation at a meeting of the Warren Historical Society at the Golden Lamb, about the "Life and Customs of the Shakers." Mr. Hamilton wanted a copy of his presentation. Attached: July 16, 1943 From Mr. Charles H. Young to Mr. Hamilton. Mr. Young states that he didn't have anything written and that his notes were not in good shape. Attached: September 23, 1943 Mr. Young recommends a book called The Shaker Adventure by Marguerite Fellows Melcher, 1941; he says that all that he had in his presentation had been included in this book, and a great deal more. Attached: September 25, 1943 From Mr. Hamilton to Mr. Young. Mr. Hamilton thought that Mr. Young had gotten his information from local people and that is why he wanted to know the sources of his presentation. He informed Mr. Young that the Library owns Melcher's book The Shaker Adventure .
39 December 20, 1943 From Ms. Esther Liput, Miamisburg, Ohio, to Mr. Hamilton. Mr. Hamilton apparently asked her if she could find references to the Dayton Shakers in old issues of the Miamisburg Bulletin . She is loaning him three copies of the bulletin (Aug. 29, 1890, April 10, 1891, and Sept. 18, 1891) and mentions that she found several references to articles on Union Village appearing in other issues of that period but hasn't been able to look at those issues yet.
December 28, 1943 From Mr. Hamilton to Mrs. Van Camp, Lebanon, Ohio. Mr. Hamilton had read an article in one of the Dayton newspapers about the history of Watervliet and was informed by Mr. Harry Patton that Otterbein Home Farm had loaned a book on this subject. He wanted to know if the library could acquire this book.
September 19, 1944 From Mr. Hamilton to Mr. Robert W. G. Vail, New York State Library, Albany, New York. Mr. Hamilton is trying to find the correct pagination for the poems "Father Job and Canterbury, 1829, Number 4," of Certain Points of Doctrine and A Brief Exposition of the Established Principles . Attached: October 2, 1944 From Mr. R. G. Vail to Mr. Hamilton. Mr. Vail is saying that he found nothing in their library; he refers him to the Antiquarian Society (it is supposed to have the best Shakers Collection), Western Historical Society, and New York Public Library. Attached: October 4, 1944 From Clarence Brigham, American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Massachusetts. Mr. Brigham answers Mr. Hamilton and says that he also found nothing about these poems. He mentions that Mr. Wallace H. Cathcarthad obtained a lot of printed material from the Shakers and gave these to Western Reserve. He hopes that this is the place that can help. Attached: October 6, 1944 From Mr. Hamilton to Mr. Clarence S. Brigham, American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Massachusetts. Mr. Hamilton apparently was referred to Western Reserve Historical Society by Mr. Brigham for information about the poem, "Father Job," but Western Reserve never replied. He is asking if the Society has a volume, without title page, for which his copy of A Series of Lectures on Orthodoxy might have been intended as a title page and introduction. Attached: October 7, 1944
40 From Mr. Paul Rice, New York Public Library to Mr. Hamilton. Mr. Rice informs Mr. Hamilton that they also have none of these poems.
October 23, 1944 From Mr. Clarence Brigham to Mr. Hamilton. Mr. Brigham informs Mr. Hamilton that they have no information pertaining to Mr. Hamilton's queries and that he has to wait until Western Reserve has the time to search.
October 30, 1944 From L. E. Froom, General Conference of Seventh Day Adventists, Tacoma Park, Washington, D. C. to Mr. Hamilton. Apparently Mr. Froom was referred to Mr. Hamilton by Miss Margaret Dempster of the Western Reserve Historical Society for some photos of Shakers; Miss Dempster thinks that Dayton & Montgomery County Public Library has a good collection pertaining to Shakers. Attached: October 31, 1944 From Mr. Hamilton to Ms. L. E. Froom. Mr. Hamilton informs Mr. Froom that Dayton & Montgomery County Public Library actually does not have a good collection of photos; they still are trying to enrich their collection.
April 16, 1946 From Mr. Hamilton to Col. E. A. Deeds, National Cash Register Co., Dayton, Ohio. Mr. Hamilton talks about their efforts to enrich the Shakers collection in the library and the reasons why it is so important. A book by Richard McNemar, Review of the Most Important Events , is offered for sale to the Dayton Library for $50.00 and Mr. Hamilton is asking for financial help.
April 23, 1946 From Mr. Hamilton to Col. E. A. Deeds,, NCR. Mr. Hamilton is sending a funny quote about people who collect rare books.
April 25, 1946 From Joseph Usellis, New York, to Mr. Hamilton. Mr. Usellis replies to Mr. Hamilton's letter to Col. Deeds,, who wants to donate the $50.00 for the purchase of the book. Attached: May 1, 1946 From Mr. Hamilton to Col. E.A. Deeds,, New York. Mr. Hamilton was able to buy the book for $40.00 and asks Col. Deeds, if he can use the $10.00 for the purchase of a second book, Kentucky Revival or a Short History . Attached: May 7, 1946
41 Mr. Joseph Usellis to Mr. Hamilton. Mr. Usellis says that Col. Deeds agrees for the library to use the rest of the money for an additional book. Attached: April 12, 1946 The receipt for buying three books, dated April 12, 1946.
May 29, 1946 From Mr. Hamilton to Mr. Edward D. Alexander, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin. Mr. Hamilton informed Mr. Alexander that the Dayton and Montgomery County Public Library recently acquired a 24 page pamphlet titled The Resurrection ascribed to Frederick W. Evans, which was received "about the first of November, 1839, for Mother Ann." He would like for someone to check the pamphlet and send bibliographic information.
June 3, 1946 From Benton H. Wilcox, The State of Wisconsin, State Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin to Mr. Hamilton. Mr. Wilcox replies to Mr. Hamilton regarding the requested pamphlet and says that theirs is exactly the same except that it has 29 pages instead of 24, and believes that item 264 in MacLean's Bibliography is something different.
August 6, 1946 From Harold E. Cook, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, to Dayton and Montgomery County Public Library. Mr. Cook is attempting a collation of all Shaker manuscripts and asks if the library has any Shaker hymnals. Attached: August 10, 1946 From Mr. Hamilton to Mr. Harold Cook. Mr. Hamilton replies to Mr. Cook and says that the Dayton Library doesn't have any Shaker hymnals. He regrets the fact that the Library didn't appreciate earlier the existence of Watervliet and make an effort to acquire Shaker material; as a result most of the material is at the Library of Congress, Western Reserve Historical Society of Cleveland, and the Library of the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society at Columbus, Ohio.
August 21, 1947 From Mr. Hamilton to Mr. Frank A. Kavanaugh, Kentucky Law and Legislative Library, Frankfort, Kentucky. Mr. Hamilton informs Mr. Kavanaugh that the Dayton and Montgomery County Public Library obtained a 12 page leaflet Court of Appeals, the Shaker Case , Gross & Banta vs. Wilheit, an opinion delivered by Judge Nicholas, May 5, 1839, in Frankfort, Kentucky. He wants to know the correct pagination; he also thinks that this is part of
42 another volume and if so, what is the volume; if they have it to please see if this leaflet would appear among other cases. Attached: August 22, 1947 From Frank Kavanaugh to Mr. Hamilton. Mr. Frank Kavanaugh replies to Mr. Hamilton and says that he can find complete texts of Gross and Banta vs. Wilheit in 34 Kentucky Reports 170 to 203 May 1834, opinion by Judge Nicholas, involving the settlement of Shaker property at Pleasant Hill in Mercer County. The case is copied in vol. 26, American Decisions , pp. 446 to 459 and further suggests that he go to any important law library to compare their pamphlet copy.
June 14, 1952 From Mr. Hamilton to Miss Elizabeth C. Biggert, Ohio State Museum, Columbus, Ohio. Mr. Hamilton knows that the Ohio State Museum is aware of J.P. MacLean's Bibliography on Shaker Literature and asks them to check item no. 264.
June 14, 1952 From Mr. Hamilton to Mr. Benton H. Wilcox, State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin. Mr. Hamilton informs Mr. Wilcox that the library's copy of Resurrection about which they corresponded earlier had been in the possession of J. P. MacLean and has the autograph of Lydia Dutton who was, in the 1850s, a member of the Sabbath Day Lake Colony of New Gloucester, Maine. He thinks that their copy is no. 264 in MacLean's bibliography because he cannot find a trace of that size anymore. He wants the headings on pages 23 to 29 of that item.
June 16, 1952 From Benton H. Wilcox to Mr. Hamilton. Mr. Wilcox is sending the headings for the requested pages.
June 19, 1952 From Mr. Hamilton to Mr. Benton H. Wilcox. Mr. Hamilton found that there are two different pamphlets under the same title Resurrection . He knows that their library has two copies and wants to buy one of them if possible. Otherwise, he would like to have a copy from one of them so the Dayton and Montgomery County Public Library will have both copies.
June 23, 1952 From Benton H. Wilcox to Mr. Hamilton. Mr. Wilcox is willing to give up the second copy to Dayton and Montgomery County Public Library, however he doesn't know the value of this pamphlet. He assumes around $3.00 to $5.00.
July 21, 1952 From Mr. Hamilton to Mr. Wilcox. Mr. Hamilton offers to buy the pamphlet for $4.00.
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July 22, 1952 From Mr. Wilcox to Mr. Hamilton. Mr. Wilcox agrees to Mr. Hamilton's offer.
November 11, 1952 From Mr. Hamilton to Mrs. Harriet S. Tatley, Essex Institute, Salem, Massachusetts. Mr. Hamilton had heard that Essex Institute had under their ownership Concise Answer of the General Inquiry . by Richard McNemar and want to see it. Attached: November 19, 1952 From Esther Usher, Essex Institute, Salem, Massachusetts to Mr. Hamilton. Miss Usher is sending the pamphlet that Mr. Hamilton had requested. Attached: November 21, 1952 From Mr. Hamilton to Miss Esther Usher. Mr. Hamilton thanks Miss Usher for sending the item that he had requested; however, he found that this was item 192 instead of item 191 that MacLean had in his bibliography and that MacLean didn't give credit to them as owning this.
December 8, 1952 From Ben C. Bowman, Newberry Library, Chicago, Illinois to Mr. Hamilton. Mr. Bowman informs Mr. Hamilton that they cannot really help him with any of his queries about imprints since they have no holdings of Shaker material.
January 13, 1953 From Evelyn Nelson, New York State Library, Albany, New York, to Mr. Hamilton. Ms. Nelson had received the inquiry of Mr. Hamilton through Dr. Gosnell and gives a listing of their holdings.
September 29, 1953 From Mr. Hamilton to Mr. Benton H. Wilcox, Historical Society of Wisconsin. Mr. Hamilton is asking for 1) the speech by Robert Wickliffe, 2) the manuscript Memorable Events , and 3) The Kentucky Revival , 1837 ed. Attached: October 2, 1953 From Mr. Wilcox to Mr. Hamilton. Mr. Wilcox replies to Mr. Hamilton saying that their Society doesn't have any of the above.
October 3, 1953 From Mr. Hamilton to Mr. Virginius C. Hall, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio. Mr. Hamilton is asking whether an article, "Dr. Holley's Review of Professor Silliman's," which MacLean states appeared in the Western Review , vol. 3, page 903,
44 might actually have appeared in the Western Review and Miscellany Magazine published in Lexington, Kentucky, from 1819 to 1821.
October 7, 1953 From Virginius C. Hall to Mr. Hamilton. Mr. Hall verifies to Mr. Hamilton that Dr. Holley is not the author of the Western Review .
October 14, 1953 From Mr. Hamilton to Mr. Edward D. Andrews, Scarborough School, Scarborough, New York. Apparently Mr. Andrews wrote a book on Shakers and Mr. Hamilton is asking him if he had come across Memorable Events in the Live of Richard McNemar during his research.
October 15, 1953 From Mr. Hamilton to Mr. Virginius C. Hall. Mr. Hamilton is asking for the size of their leaflet, Constitution of the United Society of Believers .
October 19, 1953 From Virginius C. Hall, Historical and Philosophical Society of Ohio, Cincinnati, Ohio, to Mr. Hamilton. Mr. Hall is sending the dimensions of the pamphlet United Society of Believers Called Shakers . A note in the back of the letter says that MacLean probably confused the Western Review and Miscellany Magazine with McNemar's Western Review in referencing the article "Dr. Holley's Review."
October 26, 1953 From Edward P. Andrews, Scarborough School, Scarborough, New York, to Mr. Hamilton. Mr. Andrews informs Mr. Hamilton that he hasn't seen McNemar's manuscript Memorable Events ; he suggests that he write to the Library of Congress or to Grosvenor Library in Buffalo, New York.
October 31, 1953 From Mr. Hamilton to Mrs. Hazel M. Phillips, Warren County Historical Museum, Lebanon, Ohio. Mr. Hamilton is asking if Mrs. Phillips knows of any record of Jenny Dunlavy's being married to McNemar. Attached: November 7, 1953 From Mr. Hamilton to Mrs. Phillips. Apparently, Mr. Hamilton found out that Rev. John Dunlavy had married a Cassie McNemar and wants to know when the marriage took place.
45 Attached: No date From Mrs. Phillips to Mr. Hamilton. She informs Mr. Hamilton that she had a heart attack and was in bed for 3 weeks. She tells him that she found no record of McNemar's marriage to Jenny Dunlavy but did find that John Dunlavy married Cassie McNemar. Attached: November 9, 1953 From Mrs. Wm. Mason Phillips, Glendower Museum, Lebanon, Ohio, to Mr. Hamilton. Mrs. Phillips informs Mr. Hamilton that the Kentucky records do not include McNemar and Dunlavy's marriage. She thinks that this information would be in a family Bible but doesn't know where such a Bible might be. She is asking for the biography of David Durriance and a list of publications by McNemar. Attached: November 11, 1953 From Mr. Hamilton to Mrs. Phillips. Apparently, Mr. Hamilton was assigned by Mr. Wessen to write an article on McNemar and that is why he is working on his Shaker bibliography. He informs Mrs. Phillips that there will be enough space for her to expand on MacLean's biography of McNemar.
No date (but probably precedes the following letter) From Hazel S. Phillips to Mr. Hamilton Mrs. Phillips apparently was informed that Mr. Hamilton will retire, and she is writing a note to him. She says that they'll miss Mr. Hamilton's not being at the Library and she is asking for a copy of McNemar's bibliography that Mr. Hamilton wrote.
March 8, 1956 From Mr. Hamilton to Mrs. William M. Phillips, Warren County Historical Museum, Lebanon, Ohio. Mr. Hamilton informs Mrs. Phillips that the McNemar bibliography was not published but he is sending a carbon copy.
January 28, 1957 From Faith Andrews, New Haven, Connecticut, to Mr. Hamilton. Duplicate material of books and pamphlets is offered to the Dayton Library for acquiring. Attached: February 7, 1957 From Mrs. Elizabeth Faries to Mrs. Edward D. Andrews. Ms. Faries informs Mrs. Andrews that Mr. Hamilton has retired, but the library is interested in acquiring Shakers material and wants a price list of books and pamphlets.
Box 6, Folder 1, Grosvenor Library, Buffalo, New York – 54 items
46 September 14, 1942 From Mr. Hamilton to Mr. Joseph B. Rounds, Grosvenor Library, Buffalo, New York. Mr. Hamilton informs Mr. Rounds that the Dayton and Montgomery County Public Library has come into possession of a rare Shaker item, Youngs’ Testimony of Christ's Second Appearing . However, inside it there was a four page leaflet headed The Church of Christ . He wants to have their bibliography and a listing of their holdings. Attached: September 18, 1942 From Mildred E. Ross to Mr. Hamilton. She is replying and is sending the bibliography and says that the largest Shaker collection is at the Western Reserve Historical Society in Cleveland. Attached: September 19, 1942 From Mr. Hamilton to Miss Mildred E. Ross. Mr. Hamilton thanks her for the information and writes that the director of the Western Reserve Historical Society, Mr. Wallace Cathcart, died two weeks ago. Attached: September 23, 1942 From Mildred E. Ross. She was sorry to hear about Mr. Cathcart's death and says that the person who compiled the Shaker bibliography at Grosvenor's Library (Miss Esther C. Winter) is in California now.
From November 8, 1943 - July 17, 1953 All these letters were bound together and were addressed to: ♦ Mr. Robert W. Christ ♦ Mr. Paul Rooney ♦ Mrs. Janise R. Mentas ♦ Miss J. D. Van Arsdale ♦ Mr. Joseph B. Rounds ♦ Ms. Mildred E. Ross
Mr. Hamilton wrote to Grosvenor Library to examine the two publications, An Improved Edition of the Church Covenant and Valuable Extracts from Sundry Writers dated 1835, from which Mr. Hamilton thought that McNemar was preparing a new edition of some sort. The second of the two publications was called Selections of Shaker Literature , at Grosvenor Library and A Little Selection of Choice Poetry, New and Old at the Library of Congress. Also, Mr. Hamilton examined the poem "Precious Way of God" from Selections of Hymns and Poems and A Sacred Repository of Anthems and Hymns by R. McNemar. Mr. Hamilton asked for photostats from Selections of Shaker Literature item (winter 182, 181) which was a printing of parts of a contemplated 1836 enlargement of the authors 1833 Selections of Hymns and Poems . He also obtained photostats of The Orthodox Trinity owned by Western Reserve Historical Society. Along with this material are also included Mr. Hamilton's notes from his findings.
47 Box 6, Folder 2, Huntington Library, San Marino, California – 28 items
September 12, 1953 From Mr. Hamilton to Mr. Lyle H. Wright. Mr. Hamilton is asking Mr. Wright to examine The Kentucky Revival , Cincinnati: Press of J. W. Browne, 1807, (in MacLean's Bibliography item #65) for the number of pages. Attached: September 12, 1953 From Mr. Hamilton to Mr. Virginius C. Hall, Historical and Philosophical Society, University of Cincinnati, Ohio. Mr. Hamilton is asking the same question. Attached: September 14, 1953 From Mrs. Alice Hook, Historical and Philosophical Society of Ohio, Cincinnati, Ohio. Mrs. Hook informed Mr. Hamilton that their copy of McNemar's The Kentucky Revival , contains a 28 page work at the end, Observations on Church Government . Attached: October 14, 1953 From Carl Vitz, Cincinnati Public Library, Cincinnati, Ohio. Mr. Carl Vitz also replies stating his observations about the Cincinnati Public Library copy of The Kentucky Revival .
September 21, 1953 From Mary Isabel Fry. Apparently, Mr. Hamilton had written to Mr. Wright but he was on vacation. Ms. Fry replies to his question by saying that they do not have Pelham's To the Memory of David Spinning . Note: See also folders Nos 7, 3.
Box 6, Folder 3, Library of Congress, Washington, D. C. –57 items
September 3, 1942 From Mr. Frederick R. Goff to Mr. Hamilton. Mr. Goff replies concerning Youngs’ Testimony of Christ's Second Appearing (1808); he says that in their copy the half-title that Mr. Hamilton describes is the first leaf in the volume and that their copy doesn't contain the four-page leaflet headed The Church of Christ .
September 23, 1942 From Mr. Hamilton to Mr. Frederick Goff. Mr. Hamilton informs Mr. Goff that he was able to find one of the little Shaker leaflets in the Library of Williams College and that the date 1304 was an obvious mistake. It had been corrected in their copy.
48 Note: No title of the leaflet.
September 12, 1944 From Mr. Hamilton to Mr. George E. Schwegmann. Mr. Hamilton is trying to locate the pamphlet A Series of Lectures on Orthodoxy and Heterodoxy , to find out how large the entire work was. Also, he wants to find information on The Western Expositor , no. 4.
September 19, 1944 From Mr. George E. Schwegmann. This is a reply to Mr. Hamilton saying that according to the Union Catalog, the only copies available are their copies, a copy at the Western Reserve Historical Society, and the one at the Dayton Public Library. He can't locate The Western Expositor , no. 4.
October 4, 1944 From unknown person to Mr. Hamilton. Apparently, the letter that Mr. Hamilton sent to the Library of Congress , was sent somewhere else to help locate The Western Expositor but with no luck.
October 4, 1944 From Mr. Frederick Goff to Mr. Hamilton. Mr. Goff replies about The Western Expositor , no. 4, and says that their library owns two copies of this four page item, but they have no source that indicates date of publication or book in which this was first printed. Attached: October 7, 1944 From Mr. Hamilton to Mr. Frederick Goff. Mr. Hamilton thinks, after receiving the letter of Mr. Goff, that R. McNemar had published The Western Expositor , no. 4, under the pseudonym of E. W. (Eleazar Wright). Attached: October 12, 1944 From Mr. Goff to Mr. Hamilton. Mr. Goff agrees with Mr. Hamilton and says that he'll keep this letter in his files for future researchers.
June 7, 1946 From F. R. Goff to Mr. Hamilton. Mr. Goff informs Mr. Hamilton that they have no holdings of the pamphlet called Resurrection .
April 16, 1946 From Mr. Hamilton to Inter-Library Division.
49 Mr. Hamilton writes about the unusual collection that the Dayton Library has of Valuable Extracts From , published in 1835, and wants to borrow their rare book Little Selections .
May 3, 1946 From Mr. Hamilton to Miss Elsie Rackstraw. Mr. Hamilton is returning their copy (which they loaned him) of Review of the Most Important Events , Union Village, 1831, and is asking for her to arrange an exchange or purchase of two duplicate signatures which were inserts to their copy of Little Selections . Attached: May 15, 1946 From Thomas R. Barcus to Mr. Hamilton. Mr. Barcus says that exchange arrangements can be done for only one of the signatures.
May 29, 1946 From Mr. Hamilton to Thomas Barcus. Apparently, Mr. Barcus sent some duplicate material to Mr. Hamilton about the Shakers, and Mr. Hamilton is thanking him. He also would like someone to check for the pamphlet which is item number 264 in MacLean's bibliography.
May 7, 1947 From Mr. Lewis M. Stark, New York Public Library, to Mr. Frederick Goff. Mr. Stark is asking for information on McNemar's A Review of the Most Important Events , Union Village, Ohio (1831), as to pagination and content. Attached: May 21, 1947 From Mr. Vincent L. Eaton to Mr. Stark. This is the response from Mr. Vincent L. Eaton to Mr. Stark giving the information he needed. Mr. Eaton's copy of A Review is a confusing one bibliographically, for it contains numerous printer's errors and appears to have extraneous material bound in.
August 6, 1952 From Mr. Hamilton to Mr. John W. Cronin Mr. Hamilton needs information about a Shaker hymn book, since there is no entry under the title referred to. Attached: August 15, 1952 From Mr. John W. Croninto Mr. Hamilton. This is the reply of Mr. Cronin saying that this hymn book was published without a title page and bound up from sheets in the printing office with no attempt at regularity. This work does not appear in the standard Shaker bibliographies. Attached:
50 August 21, 1952 From Mr. Hamilton to Mr. Cronin. Mr. Hamilton is asking if Mr. Cronin could send him McNemar's hymn book to check it; he also asks him to compare A Selection of Hymns and Poems with A Little Selection of Choice Poetry, New and Old September 2, 1952 From Mr. Goff to Mr. Hamilton. Mr. Goff informs Mr. Hamilton that it is impossible for them to make available for interlibrary loan the early Shaker hymn book about which he had inquired. However, he is sending him a list of the contents, the pagination, the size in centimeters, and the transcription of the type note which appears on the inside front fly-leaf. He also makes Mr. Hamilton aware of the extensive collection of unclassified Shaker material which is available at the Library of Congress . Attached: The information that Mr. Goff had mentioned in this letter.
September 13, 1952 From Mr. Hamilton to Mr. Goff. Mr. Hamilton wants to know the individual headings for pages 1-12 and 13-20 of A Little Selection of Choice Poetry (1835).
September 16, 1952 From Mr. Goff to Mr. Hamilton. This is Mr. Goff's reply to Mr. Hamilton's request for the second copy of McNemar's A Little Selection of Choice Poetry . He is furnishing him the individual heading of all three copies. Attached: Information for the three copies.
September 22 - October 15, 1952 From Mr. Hamilton to Mr. Goff. Mr. Hamilton is asking Mr. Goff if he could borrow through interlibrary loan McNemar's Selection of Choice Poetry (1835), provided that the Grosvenor Library at Buffalo and the Huntington Library at San Marino will send their copies so he can physically compare them. Also, he is asking for the leaflet Western Expositor . The Library of Congress has no objections to this, as well as the Grosvenor Library, however, Huntington sent only a detailed descriptive pagination to use. Mr. Hamilton states his finding with very interesting data. Finally, the Library of Congress donated the duplicate copy of a fragment of 12 pages from McNemar's Selection of Choice Poetry . Attached: October 28, 1952 This is a list of all the questions that arose to Mr. Hamilton in trying to untangle the bibliographic puzzles involved in various leaflets and pamphlets issued at what was formerly the Shaker Village of Watervliet, Ohio, where Richard McNemar (sometimes using the pseudonym E. W. Eleazar Wright, or Brother Eleazar) operated the printing
51 press of the Shaker community. Mr. Hamilton used this list to send inquiries to many libraries around the United States to locate Shaker material related to the holdings of the Dayton Library. Attached: November 5, 1952 From Mr. Hamilton to Mr. Goff. Mr. Hamilton wants to have a fuller listing of the six final unnumbered pages in copy 3 of McNemar's Little Selection (1835) and also the exact contents of these last six pages, with any titles and verse numbers which appear on each page. Attached: The notes from his findings.
November 14, 1952 From Mr. Frederick Goff to Mr. Hamilton. Mr. Goff replies to Mr. Hamilton's previous letter and includes the information that had been requested.
April 16, 1953 From Mr. Frederick Goff to Mr. Hamilton. Mr. Goff informs Mr. Hamilton that the Libraray of Congress does not possess a copy of either the Western Review no. 7 or the Journal of Peter Pease .
April 20, 1953 From Mr. Hamilton to Mr. Frederick Goff. Mr. Hamilton is requesting to be sent the entire first verse of the poem "The Precious Way" because he found some peculiar Shaker hymn books without title pages. Attached: April 22, 1953 From Mr. Frederick Goff. He is sending the requested information. Attached: April 22, 1953 From Mr. Hamilton to Mr. Goff. Mr. Hamilton is asking Mr. Goff to send him The Shaker Hymn Book on interlibrary loan. Attached: April 29, 1953 From Mr. Hamilton to Mr. Goff. Apparently Mr. Hamilton was not clear about what he had requested and Mr. Goff sent him the wrong book. He specifies what he really wants. Attached: May 13, 1953 From Mr. Goff to Mr. Hamilton. Mr. Goff is now sending the book that Mr. Hamilton requested: Shaker Hymn Book .
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June 6, 1953 From Mr. Hamilton to Mr. Goff. Mr. Hamilton is returning the Shaker Hymn Book that the Library of Congress sent him and states that the pages of this item correspond roughly to three similar hymn books without title pages at Williams College, but there is a variety of arrangements in all four copies that is almost impossible to describe. September 3, 1953 To Mr. Frederick Goff from Mr. Hamilton Mr. Hamilton was asking the number of the page on which McNemar's Little Selection of Choice Poetry . Attached: September 14, 1953 From Vincent L. Eaton. Apparently Mr. Goff was on vacation and Mr. Eaton replied to Mr. Hamilton. He says that Jordan Pope's Certificate has immediately beneath the heading, the line "published at Harrodsburg (+) 1827." Also, he states that the Library of Congress has a copy of Constitution of the United Society of Believers . Attached: September 29, 1953 From Mr. Hamilton to Mr. Goff. Mr. Hamilton is trying to locate the manuscript entitled Memorable Events in the Life of Richard McNemar, Written by Himself .
Box 6, Folder 4, Midland Rare Book Company –17 items
June 11, 1941 From Mr. Ernest J. Wessen to Mr. Hamilton. Mr. Wessen informs Mr. Hamilton that their company bought all the books that they could use for J. P. MacLean's library; he says that there is a copy on the history and influence of the Shakers upon Miami Valley called The Kentucky Revival and Its Influence On the Miami Valley . He says that they can sell it to the library for $1.00.
June 12, 1941 From Mr. Hamilton to Mr. Wessen. Mr. Hamilton informs Mr. Wessen that they will be willing to buy the book for $1.00.
September 18, 1944 From Mr. Hamilton to Mr. Wessen. Mr. Hamilton is asking Mr. Wessen how the material came to the library (whether it came from the MacLean collection). Attached: September 20, 1944 From Mr. Wessen to Mr. Hamilton
53 Mr. Wessen believes that these pamphlets were indeed property of John Patterson MacLean, who was the founder of about every Shaker collection in the country. Attached: The notes of Mr. Hamilton.
May 26, 1946 From Mr. Wessen to Mr. Hamilton. Mr. Wessen informs Mr. Hamilton of the importance of this material and tries to persuade him to buy this book for the library.
November 10, 1952 From Mr. Hamilton to A. W. Rosenbach Co., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Mr. Hamilton was informed that this company handled the sale of the Herschell V. Jones Collection of Americana that included Shaker material. He wants to know what institution bought the Shaker material. Attached: November 12, 1952 From A. W. Rosenbach Co. (Ralph T. Howey) to Mr. Hamilton. Mr. Howey informs Mr. Hamilton that the material didn't include any Shaker material.
June 16, 1954 From Mr. Hamilton to Mr. Wessen. Mr. Hamilton informs Mr. Wessen that McNemar's bibliography that he is working on will be done soon. He comments on his difficulties in completing this. He also is going to send him the biographica l sketch of R. McNemar. Attached: August 20, 1954 From Mr. Hamilton to Mr. Wessen. Mr. Hamilton informs Mr. Wessen about some errors that he discovered in his copy of McNemar's bibliography. Attached: August 21, 1954 From Mr. Wessen to Mr. Hamilton. Apparently Mr. Wessen received the bibliography that Mr. Hamilton wrote and makes comments on that. Attached: September 7, 1954 From Mr. Hamilton to Mr. Wessen. Mr Hamilton informs Mr. Wessen about a couple of corrections for his McNemar bibliography. Attached: October 11, 1954 From Mr. Hamilton to Mr. Wessen. Mr. Hamilton is sending R. McNemar's biographical sketch that he wrote.
54 Box 6, Folder 5, The New York Public Library –27 items
September 4, 1942 From Paul North Rice to Mr. Hamilton. Mr. Rice reports his findings regarding Youngs’ publication, Testimony of Christ's Second Appearing .
May 9, 1946 From Mr. Hamilton to Mr. Paul North Rice. Mr. Hamilton is trying this time to investigate McNemar's Review of the Most Important Events , from page 3 on: does this copy contain the Epistle Dedicatory of the Union Press, 1832, [?]; do you have the complete 55 pages of which MacLean speaks[?]. Attached: May 14, 1946 From Mr. P. N. Rice to Mr. Hamilton. This is the reply of Mr. Rice, giving the pagination on pages that Mr. Hamilton requested and tells him that their Review of the Most Important Events doesn't contain the Epistle Dedicatory of the Union Press . Attached: September 13, 1952 From Mr. Hamilton to Mr. Lewis M. Stark. Mr. Hamilton is asking Mr. Stark to have someone check the two copies of Little Selection (1835) for the page headings of the first 12 pages. Attached: September 16, 1952 From Mr. Lewis M. Stark to Mr. Hamilton. This is the reply of Mr. Stark.
June 14, 1952 From Mr. Hamilton to Mr. Lewis M. Stark, New York Public Library. He is asking Mr. Stark about a seven page Shakers pamphlet held by the New York Public Library by Frederick W. Evans, entitled Resurrection , to find out if it is similar to the 24 page leaflet, The Resurrection held by Mr. Hamilton. A note at the bottom of this letter states that Benton Wilcox of the Wisconsin Historical Society says (June 16, 1952) they have both publications and they are not at all the same, while the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society has only the seven page pamphlet.
June 25, 1952 From Mr. Paul North Rice to Mr. Hamilton. Apparently, Mr. Hamilton wrote to Mr. Stark, but he was on vacation and Mr. Rice replies. He says that their library owns the copy Resurrection , but it was rebound and no longer contains the Evans item. He is giving a detailed description of their copy.
July 21, 1952 From Mr. Hamilton to Mr. P. N. Rice.
55 Mr. Hamilton is thanking Mr. Rice for the information.
October 14, 1953 From Mr. Hamilton to Mr. Lewis Stark. Mr. Hamilton is asking them if they have an autobiographical manuscript in their collection called Memorable Events , which J. P. MacLean states was in his possession when he wrote his life of McNemar in 1905. Attached: The note for his request.
April 19 - September 7, 1954 To Lewis M. Stark from Mr. Hamilton. Mr. Hamilton wanted to know whether the Public Discourses delivered at Union Village, 1823, were by John Dunlavy or by McNemar or by a joint authorship. However, the New York Public Library has cataloged the above item under McNemar with a note "First ascribed by J.P. MacLean to John Dunlavy." Mr. Hamilton refers to his bibliography as a long project; he is sending a copy to Mr. Stark who thinks that this is a real achievement and makes some corrections for which Mr. Hamilton is appreciative. Attached: September 10, 1954 From Mr. Lewis M. Stark to Mr. Hamilton. Mr. Stark located a copy of the Nov. 1904 Bulletin of the New York Public Library . He removed the pages containing their list of works pertaining to Shakers and is sending them to Mr. Hamilton. Attached: Is the list of all the letters.
Box 6, Folder 6, Ohio State Archaeological & Historical Society –16 items
August 29, 1942 From Mr. Hamilton to the Ohio State Archaeological & Historical Society. Mr. Hamilton informs the Historical Society that the Dayton Library is about to come into the possession of a rare Lebanon 1808 edition of Youngs’ Testimony of Christ's Second Appearing , but it lacks the main title page. It has a half-title page which contains a two-line quotation from "Moses." He wants to know where this half-title page is located in their volume. Also, he is unable to find the leaflet The Church of Christ listed in the bibliographies which he has and wants to know if they have it or have any record of it. The same letter was sent to: Library of Congress New York Public Library New York State Library Newberry Library, Chicago, IL Public Library of Lexington, KY
56 September 1, 1942 From Mr. Harlow Lindley to Mr. Hamilton. The writer informs Mr. Hamilton that the half title page of Youngs’ Testimony of Christ precedes the main title.
September 3, 1942 From Mr. Hamilton to Mr. Harlow Lindley. Mr. Hamilton wants to know where the half title would be located since their book is in fragments.
November 15, 1943 From Mr. Hamilton to Mr. Harlow Lindley. Mr. Hamilton is asking if they have a printed list of MacLean's materials and asks if they have a duplicate copy of his Shakers of Ohio Fugitive Papers published in 1907. Attached: November 24, 1943 From Mr. Harlow Lindley to Mr. Hamilton. He is saying that he'll be sending a list of MacLean's material but he does not have a duplicate copy.
August 30, 1945 From Mr. Hamilton to Mr. Harlow Lindley. Mr. Hamilton had borrowed one of the Shakers books and now he is returning it.
May 29, 1946 From Mr. Hamilton to Mr. Harlow Lindley. Mr. Hamilton is asking them to examine their pamphlet called The Resurrection and send him bibliographic information which will permit him to compare it with their copy at Dayton and Montgomery County Public Library.
June 10, 1946 From Helen M. Mills to Mr. Hamilton. Ms. Mills informs Mr. Hamilton that they do not have the pamphlet The Resurrection . Below there is a note that Mr. Hamilton wrote again in 1952 for the same request and they had the 7 page pamphlet.
June 8, 1952 From Janet Hamer to Mr. Hamilton. Ms. Hamer is sending a detailed description of their pamphlet The Resurrection .
September 16, 1952 From Mrs. Wm. Mason Phillips to Mr. Hamilton. Mrs. Phillips informs Mr. Hamilton that she cannot help him with his request for information (Karsler). She tells him they have been very busy sending material to be microfilmed and says that she would like to spend more time in the archives.
57 Attached: September 19, 1952 From Mr. Hamilton to Mrs. William M. Phillips. Mr. Hamilton thanks Mrs. Phillips because in the meantime she probably sent him some clippings. He talks further of his findings of J. P. MacLean's publications which the library has acquired, although he has some puzzles that he wants to solve.
November 21, 1952 From Elizabeth C. Biggert to Mr. Hamilton. Ms. Biggert gives a listing of all their holdings on Shakers.
September 17, 1953 From Mr. Hamilton to Mrs. Elizabeth R. Martin. Mr. Hamilton is asking the Historical Society to see if they have the autobiography of Richard McNemar, Memorable Events in the Life of Richard McNemar , which John P. MacLean used in writing McNemar's biography. Attached: September 21, 1953 From Elizabeth R. Martin to Mr. Hamilton. Mrs. Martin informs Mr. Hamilton that they cannot find the manuscript Memorable Events . Attached: September 29, 1953 From Mr. Hamilton to Mr. Chas. F. Gosnell, New York State Library, Albany, New York. Mr. Hamilton is still trying to locate the autobiography of Mr. John P. McNemar. He believes that this book should be there since, after Union Village Colony was closed, all the manuscripts were sent to the Shaker Colony at Lebanon, New York. Attached: October 2, 1953 From Charles Francis Gosnell to Mr. Hamilton. Mr. Gosnell informs Mr. Hamilton that they cannot find the McNemar manuscript.
Box 6, Folder 7, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio –43 items
September 14, 1942 From Mr. Hamilton to Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio. Mr. Hamilton informs the Historical Society that the Dayton and Montgomery County Public Library has come into possession of Youngs’ Testimony of Christ's , and inside it there is a four page leaflet, The Church of Christ . He wants to know if their library has a copy of this leaflet.
September 17, 1942 From Margaret Dempster to Mr. Hamilton.
58 Ms. Dempster informs Mr. Hamilton that their collection doesn't have the leaflet The Church of Christ ; she thinks that this probably is an item inserted in some volume but not listed in their catalog.
November 8, 1943 From Mr. Hamilton to Mr. Elbert J. Benton. Mr. Hamilton is asking Mr. Benton to ask Ms. Dempster to check the two pamphlet volumes, An Improved Edition of the Church Covenant . Also, he is asking for the price of the duplicate copies of the Manifesto .
November 8, 1943 From Mr. Hamilton to Ms. Margaret Dempster. Mr. Hamilton is also writing to Ms. Dempster for the two volume pamphlets that he had written to Mr. Benton.
December 3, 1943 From Margaret Dempster to Mr. Hamilton. Ms. Dempster replies to Mr. Hamilton concerning the Vicksburg Daily Citizen by giving a brief description of it. She also offers to type a history of Watervliet at $1.00 per hour and tells Mr. Hamilton of some publications available for sale from their duplicate shelves and their prices. Finally, she lists the names of some Shakers about whom Mr. Hamilton had asked and gives whatever information she has about each one. Attached: December 6, 1943 From Mr. Hamilton to Ms. Dempster. Mr. Hamilton informs Ms. Dempster that he had asked the Acquisition Department to have a formal order written for the three copies and there was some confusion. He also asks Ms. Dempster to see if MacLean's history of Watervliet is the same as that which he asked previously from her.
September 12, 1944 From Mr. Hamilton to Ms. Margaret Dempster, WRHS, Cleveland, Ohio. Mr. Hamilton is trying to locate the entire series of John Patterson MacLean's A Series of Lectures on Orthodoxy and the number of pages in the volume of the original book. Attached: Is a note saying that the Baptist, Ohio Mad River Association [?] held at Nettle Creek, September, 1816, and that he didn't have any reply to his request from Western Reserve Historical Society.
September 15, 1944 From Mr. William J. Hamilton to Ms. Margaret Dempster, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio. Mr. Hamilton is asking Ms. Dempster to clarify details on J.P. MacLean's copy, A Brief Exposition of the Established Principles . He wants to know whether there are
59 two styles of covers or whether an additional supplement was included in the second copy, since the Dayton Library's copy has a listing of books published by believers, but lacks any "supplement" or any printed "note of identification". Also, Mr. Hamilton is asking for a copy of the Baptist Ohio - Minutes of Mad River Association .
October 31, 1944 From Mr. Hamilton to Ms. Dempster. Mr. Hamilton asks Ms. Dempster to look through her collection of Day-Star and Western Midnight Cry , which was its alternate title, to see just which numbers were published at Union Village.
November 16, 1944 From Margaret Dempster. Ms. Dempster is giving the dates and years of the issues of the Day-Star that were published at Union Village, Ohio.
April 11, 1946 From Mr. Hamilton to Miss Margaret Gidney. Mr. Hamilton wants to look closely at the differences between their copy and the Dayton Library copy of An Improved Edition of the Church Covenant ; he says that spelling and phrasing are slightly different.
August 20, 1947 From Mr. Hamilton to Miss Margaret S. Gidney. Mr. Hamilton is asking her to examine their pamphlet BX9759-A1, item 2, entitled The Decision of the Court of Appeals in Kentucky , printed by Elder E. Wright (Richard McNemar) in Dayton, for clarification of some of the wording and pagination, for comparison with a copy which Dayton & Montgomery County Public Library had recently acquired. Attached: August 22, 1947 Reply from Miss Alene Lowe White. Mrs. White confirms the repetition of paging numbers and the irregular paging, and the different typography appearing in two sections.
February 3, 1949 From Mr. Hamilton to Miss Alene Lowe White. Mr. Hamilton asks if her Shaker files contain the names of Lydia Dutton, Elder Lazarus and Elder Thomas. These names appear in a Shaker leaflet, The Resurrection , recently acquired by Dayton and Montgomery County Public Library, and Mr. Hamilton wants to know more about these individuals. Attached: February 5, 1949 Reply from Alene Lowe White to Mr. Hamilton.
60 Miss White located Lydia Dutton (Sabbath Day Lake Colony, New Gloucester, Maine, 1856) but found no information on Elders Lazarus and Thomas.
August 9, 1952 From Mr. Hamilton to Miss Alene Lowe White. Mr. Hamilton asks the Historical Society to compare the phraseology of three copies which they have of the pamphlet An Improved Edition of the Church Covenant. Attached: August 12, 1952 From Miss Alene Lowe White. She says that all three pamphlets are identical.
April 22, 1953 From Miss Alene Lowe White. Apparently, Mr. Hamilton had asked for personal information about Oliver Prentiss and Miss White is sending this to him.
September 17, 1953 To Miss Alene Lowe White. Mr. Hamilton is asking the Western Reserve Historical Society for the autobiogaphy of Richard McNemar.
September 24, 1953 From Mr. Hamilton to Miss Alene Lowe White. Mr. Hamilton is asking to send any photostats of McNemar's poem (title is not mentioned) or any other item about him.
October 15, 1953 From Mr. Hamilton to Miss Alene Lowe White. Mr. Hamilton is asking for the page size in centimeters of the leaflet Constitution of the United Society of Believers .
October 21, 1953 From Alene Lowe White. Miss White has checked the two books of pamphlets that Mr. Hamilton had requested and is sending the dimentions for the size and the title page.
March 20, 1954 From Mr. Hamilton to Miss Alene Lowe White. Mr. Hamilton is asking for information about pamphlet Vol. BX9759A2; he is concerned with the name of the state of Kentucky, and also, the even number on a right hand page and whether this pamphlet is two pages shorter than the other. Attached: March 30, 1954 From Miss Alene Lowe White to Mr. Hamilton.
61 Ms. White informs Mr. Hamilton about the pagination of two pamphlets: Covenant or Constitution and the Constitution or Covenant of the Church at Pleasant Hill (Kentucky) .
April 3, 1954 From Mr. Hamilton to Miss Alene Lowe White. Mr. Hamilton thinks that 3 items, Orthodox Trinity , Athanasian Creed and Orthodox Incarnation , came out as one set. He wants to know if the Dayton copy of Orthodox Trinity corresponds with their copy.
April 9, 1954 From Miss Alene Lowe White. Ms. White says that they have four copies of McNemar's Orthodox Trinity , none of which corresponds with the copy they have at the Dayton Library; however, The Orthodox Incarnation is identical.
April 10, 1954 From Mr. Hamilton to Alene Lowe White. Mr. Hamilton is thankful and now he is asking for the contents of the pages 13-16 of the Little Selection of Choice Poetry . Also, he is asking if they are willing to sell some of the duplicates that they have.
April 14, 1954 From Alene Lowe White. Miss Alene White is giving the contents on the pages that Mr. Hamilton requested and informs him that they have no duplicates.
April 16, 1954 From Mr. Hamilton to Alene Lowe White. Mr. Hamilton is replying to an earlier letter in which she gives him some information about her copy of Little Selection of Choice Poetry . He asks whether her copies of The Orthodox Trinity , which do not correspond with the copy he sent her, are all identical in typography.
April 17, 1954 From Alene Lowe White to Mr. Hamilton. Miss White informs him that she unearthed a fifth copy of Orthodox Trinity , and all five copies are different in typography, arrangement on the pages, size of page, contents of last page, etc.
April 19, 1954 From Mr. Hamilton to Alene Lowe White. He would like to have photostatic copies of the first and last pages of her fifth variant issue of The Orthodox Trinity . He wants to know if it is similar to the copy he
62 sent her and if any of the five is similar to the Orthodox Incarnation or the the Athanasian Creed , both of which he has.
April 23, 1954 From Alene Lowe White to Mr. Hamilton. She encloses the photostats he requested and will send bibliographic cards later. Photostats are included for six different copies of The Orthodox Trinity .
April 26, 1954 From Mr. Hamilton to Alene Lowe White. He thanks her for the six groups of photostats and asks her to check three of them to see whether they contain part of the Athanasian Creed .
April 29, 1954 From Mr. Hamilton to Alene Lowe White. He asks her to examine her copy of McNemar's Shakerism Detected , the Lexington 1811 edition, for the exact wording of the heading for the "Postscript" on page 107.
May 12, 1954 From Alene Lowe White to Mr. Hamilton. She has two editions of McNemar's Shakerism Detected , 1811 and 1833, with slightly different postscripts, copies of which she has enclosed. Attached: Are the copies of the two postscripts.
Box 6, Folder 8, Williams College Library, Williamstown, Massachusetts –23 items
September 19, 1942 From Mr. Hamilton to Miss Alida M. Stephens. Mr. Hamilton is trying to locate duplicates of the poem in the four page leaflet, The Church of Christ Unto the People , with a sentence printed at the end "written in the Church of New Lebanon in the town of Canaan County. . ."
September 21, 1942 From Alida M. Stephens to Mr. Hamilton. Miss Stephens informs Mr. Hamilton that their library has this poem with the corrected date of 1804.
September 23, 1942 From Mr. Hamilton to Miss Stephens. Mr. Hamilton thanks her for the information and wants to know whether the numbers have been changed by the printer or if it is just a manuscript correction.
September 25, 1942
63 Reply from Miss Stephens. She says that the date is printed 1804 and that this is not a manuscript correction.
November 12, 1952 - October 17, 1953 To or from Wyllis E. Wright, Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts. Mr. Hamilton believes that Williams College has the most extensive collection in the country on Shakers. Apparently, Mr. Wright is collecting notes on the bibliography on the Shakers as is Mr. Hamilton. He is helping him with everything he requested such as The Western Expositor and the Western Review . Attached to the first letter is a description of his copies of the Constitution of the United Society of Believers , Watervliet (1833). Mr. Hamilton gives facts concerning Epistle Dedicatory (1832) and Little Selection (1835) and is asking for a description of their 10-page No. 7 of Western Review , since MacLean's No. 369 speaks of it as Broadside. Mr. Wright says that Shakers material, hymns, and several fragments all printed in Ohio in the 1830's are definitely not part of McNemar's Selection of Hymns. Mr. Hamilton got copies of different hymns from Mr. Wright and compared them with the hymns owned by the Dayton Library and he is sending a copy of McNemar's hymns, althought Mr. Hamilton is still wondering if some of these unnumbered pages were actual fragments from the Stockbridge 1826 edition or reprints in different form. Mr. Wright verified that McNemar's Dialogue was not a fragment and, since he had a duplicate copy, he donated one to the Dayton Library. Finally, in his last letter Mr. Wright states that their library has no record of Memorable Events and gives suggestions of its possible location.
October 7, 1953 From Mr. Wyllis E. Wright to Mr. Hamilton. Mr. Wright is sending the pamphlet that Mr. Hamilton requested, Western Review , no. 7.
October 17, 1953 From Wyllis E. Wright. Mr. Wright writes that he has no record of Memorable Events in the Life of Richard McNemar and gives suggestions of its possible location.
Box 6, Folder 9, Miscellaneous correspondence –14 items
November 15, l897[?] Phelps, N. A. “Quaint Shakers Will Soon Become a Tradition: Their Thrift, their Industry and Kindness”. Source unknown.
August l945 Watervliet Ave and the Shakertown Pike: typescript, by Charles F. Sullivan, Dayton, Ohio.
64 July 6, 1975 From F. W. Meader, director of the Shaker Museums Foundation, Inc. in Old Chatham, N.Y., to Miss Laurie Smith, Dayton Collection Librarian, at the Dayton & Montgomery County Public Library. Mr. Meader is asking Miss Smith if he could secure a xerox copy of the publication owned by the Dayton Library called Shakers of Ohio: the Fugitive Papers Concerning the Shakers of Ohio, with Unpublished Manuscript . Attached: July 14, 1975 From Lewis E. Goodman, Dayton Library, to Mr. Robert F. W. Meader. Mr. Goodman replies to Mr. Robert Meader and tells him that it is possible for him to secure a xerox copy of the above mentioned publication, but he has to make arrangements with the Gem City Blue Print and Supply Company in Dayton.
October 26, 1983 From Leon S. Bey, Dayton & Montgomery County Public Library, to Ms. Maria Dos Santos in Troy, New York. Ms. Dos Santos wanted information for a manufacturer called Woodenward, that made wagons and brooms; Mr. Bey replied that the Dayton & Montgomery County Public Library has some reference material pertaining to this company; he also gave the name of Ms. Melba Hunt, director of Kettering-Moraine Museum, who, according to Mr. Bey, is an expert on the Dayton Shakers.
November 1, 1983 From Mrs. Jean Mulhern, Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio, to Mr. Leon Bey. Mrs. Mulhern was informed that Mr. Bey is doing research on Watervliet and wants to know if there were any black Shakers in Watervliet since she knows that there were black Shakers in other settlements. Attached: November 1, 1983 From Mr. L. Bey to Mrs. Jean Mulhern. Mr. Bey says that there were no African Amerian Shakers in Watervliet.
Aug. 4, l995 “Annual Shaker Study Group Picnic and Tour of Marble Hall,” Western Shaker Study Group.
No date America’s First Shaker Settlement: brochure, Shaker Heritage Society, Albany, New York. Attached: Rules for Doing Good: card Attached: Be What you Seem to be: card by Father James
65 August 19, 1999 From James C. Thomas to Mr. Robert Phillips. A thank you letter for a donation of $100 in memory of Randy L. Folger, a previous member at Pleasant Hill.
Box 6, Folder 10, Notes of Mr. William J. Hamilton on J. P. McLean's bibliography -74 items
The contents of this folder constitute the notes and findings of Mr. Hamilton that helped him untangle MacLean's bibliography.
SERIES III. PHOTOGRAPHIC MATERIAL
Subseries 6. Shakers Photographs
Box 7, Folder 1, Photos n.d. – 5 items
No 1 Oliver C. Hampton, 1 portrait reproduction : b&w ; 18.2 x 15.3, cm Lebanon, Ohio : A. G. Gilmour, n.d.
No 2 Unidentified photo, 1 portrait reproduction : b&w ; 18.2 x 15.3 cm Lebanon, Ohio : A. G. Gilmour, n.d.
No 3 Watervliet 1 map reproduction : col ; 25.3 x 20.3 Lodus, Bay : George Kendall, 1835 Attached: March 24, 1992 From Kathryn L. Ergstrom, Library of Congress to Mrs. Martha Boice, Dayton, Ohio. Mrs. Boice had placed a request for a copy of reproduction as a color photograph of the Watervliet map, from Kendall’s Sketches of the Various Societies of Believers in the States of Ohio and Kentucky. She is enclosing the estimate. Attached: Undated From Martha Boice to Nancy Horlacher, Librarian of the Local History Room of the Dayton and Montgomery County Public Library Mrs. Boice is donating a copy of this reproduction to the Library.
66 Box 7, Folder 2, Photos, n.d. – 5 items “Mother’s Gospel”/Poem ,1805 Note: Photostatic copies of three Shaker poems. One of them is the poem of the entrance of Mother’s Gospel in the West in the year 1805. This poem is still entertaining to those who understand its sublime imagery.
SERIES IV. AUDIO RECORDINGS
Subseries 7. Sound Recordings
Box 8, Folder 1, Shakers Music – 2 items
Early Shaker Spirituals . The Shaker Society, Sabbath Day Lake, Maine. Sound recording. n.d.
Music of the Shakers. Scholastic Magazines, Inc., New York, N.Y. Sound recording. n.d.
Subseries 8. Miscellaneous
Box 8, Folder 2, Miscellaneous
Dayton Shaker Village, 1835: A photocopy showing the village of Watervliet.
Receipt to "Shakers of Union Village Ohio," for Shaker garden seeds, 1875.
Crame, Miriam Anne. More Love, Brother . Dayton, OH : [s.n.], 1945. Note: A play in three acts about the people called Shakers.
Statistical information pertaining to Watervliet Shakers Village of Ohio; compiled by Leon S. Bey, Reference Librarian at the Dayton and Montgomery County Public Library, July, 1983.
Springs, June and David Larkin. Shaker Life, Work, and Art , Stewart, Tabori and Chang, distributed by Workman Publishing, New York, 1987.
Lane, Paul. "The Shaker Legacy." Dayton , [March/April 1989] : 21-23.
Two 1991 calendars showing the Shaker Legacy , with Shakers photos, Canterbury, New Hampshire.
"Receiving the Faith : Museum Exhibit Focuses on Life of the Shakers of Canterbury, N. H." The Northern Light , [November 1992] :12-13.
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Western Shaker Study Group : Membership Directory, 1996.
Richard McNemar and His Printing Press : program at Western Shaker Study Group, Lebanon, OH, October 1, 1999.
White Water Update : program at Western Shaker Study Group, Lebanon, OH, February 4, 2000-2001.
MacLean, J. P. “The Blessing at Dayton.” Shakers of Ohio , [n.d.] : 201.
The Patterson Family , Dayton, OH, n.d. [?]
Subseries 9. Microfilms
McNemar, Richard. Diary and Testimory, 1805-1835 . Note: In microfilm cabinet, Dayton Collection.
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INDEX biography A Daniel Fraser ...... 17 Account of Some of the Proceedings ...... 16 Bishop Alexander Rufus...... 20 Edward D...... 42 Boice Allen Martha ...... 66 Catharine ...... 17 books Andrews rare...... 8, 9, 12, 13, 27, 41, 50, 53 Edward ...... 17 Bowman Edward D...... 13, 45 Ben C...... 44 Edward P...... 45 Brewster Faith...... 17, 46 James ...... 38 Mrs. Edward D...... 46 Brief Exposition of Certain ...... 19 Anthem ...... 16, 22 Brief Exposition of Principles and Regulations 17 Antiquarian Society...... 36, 40 Brief Exposition of the Established Principles 40, Arnold 59 J. O...... 24 Brief Exposition of the Established Principles art and Regulations ...... 17 brooms...... 65 Brigham wagons...... 65 Clarence S...... 36, 40, 41 wooden ...... 65 Brother Eleazar...... 10, 34, 51 Athanasian Creed ...... 62, 63 Bulletin New York Public Library ...... 18, 56 By Their Fruits ...... 28, 29 B C Ball Stephen...... 8, 10, 11, 23, 26 Called and Chosen ...... 16 Baptist Ohio - Minutes of Mad River Association Carver ...... 31 ...... 60 Gayle R...... 31 Baptist, Ohio Mad River Association ...... 59 Cathcart Barck Wallace H...... 40, 47 Dorothy C...... 38 Certain Points of Doctrine ...... 40 Barcus Chait ...... 33 Thomas R...... 50 William...... 33 Barrett Chandler Andrew...... 6, 28, 30, 31 Lloyd Horwitz...... 13 Bates...... 27, 32 Christ Issachar...... 8, 10, 11, 24, 26, 28, 32, 35 Robert W...... 47 Mercy Joy...... 10 Church of Christ ...... 37, 38, 47, 48, 56, 58, 59 Paulina...... 13, 27 Church of Christ Unto the People ...... 63 William...... 10 Church of Christ Unto the People in Kentucky 18, Benton 35 Elbert J...... 59 Civil War ...... 7, 11, 13, 31, 32 Bey Clark Leon S...... 65, 67 Debra ...... 18 bibliography ...... 6, 9, 15, 33, 34, 36, 47, 66 Fanny G...... 38 Bibliography of Shaker Literature ...... 14 Thomas Dionysius ...... 13 Biggert Clift Elizabeth C...... 43, 58 Glenn G...... 29 Bilger Colloquy ...... 19 Susie N...... 29 communities Biographical Sketch of Daniel Fraser ...... 17 Watervliet ...... 24
69 Whitewater...... 6, 10, 23, 28, 30, 31 Dodds Community Industries of the Shakers ...... 13 Lee ...... 36 Concise Answer of the General Inquiry ...... 44 Dos Santos Concise Answer to the General Inquiry ...... 20 Maria...... 65 Concise History of the United Society ...... 15 Dunbar Concise Sketch of The Life and Experience of Emma...... 25 Issachar Bates ...... 24 Dunlavy Concise Sketch of the Life of Issachar Bates ... 32 John...... 13, 45, 46, 56 Condition of Society and its Only Hope ...... 18 Dutton ...... 61 congregation Lydia...... 43, 60 Beulah...... 8 Dyer Constitution of the Society ...... 45 Mary M ...... 13 Constitution of the United Society ...... 53, 61, 64 E Constitution or Covenant ...... 62 Cook Eads Harold E...... 42 Harvey...... 13 correspondence...... 6, 24, 25, 28, 35, 64 Early Shaker Spirituals ...... 67 Correspondence Between May F. C. of Mount Eastwood Holly City ...... 21 John...... 11 Counselor ...... 23 Moses...... 11, 24, 28, 32 counties Eaton Canaan ...... 63 Vincent L...... 50, 53 Hamilton ...... 6, 10, 22, 28, 30, 31 Ellwanger Logan...... 11, 29 Ella Hutchison...... 18 Maimi...... 23 English ...... 26 Mercer...... 43 Margaret...... 25, 26 Montgomery ...... 25 Epistle Dedicatory ...... 55, 64 Warren ...... 19, 45 Ergstrom Court of Appeal ...... 42, 60 Kathryn L...... 66 Covenant or Constitutio n...... 62 Essex Institute...... 44 Crame Evans Miriam Anne...... 67 F.W...... 13, 14, 18, 42, 55 Cronin F John W...... 50 Fallnor D L. 23 Daily Citizen ...... 59 Familiar Dialogues ...... 14, 19, 28 Day-Star ...... 60 Faries De Wolfe Elizabeth ...... 46 Elizabeth A...... 17 Filley decisions Dorothy M...... 14 Court of Appeal ...... 20 Foster Deeds Mary...... 38 Col. Edward .A...... 41, 42 Fraser Dempster Daniel...... 17 Margaret ...... 41, 58, 59, 60 From the Diary of Eldress Nancy E. Moore .... 31 Dialogue Between the Church ...... 20 Froom diaries L. E...... 41 authenticity ...... 30 Frost Issachar Bates ...... 10, 11, 24, 26, 28 Epraim...... 11 Nancy Moore ...... 11, 15, 24, 28, 29, 30, 31 Fry Stephen Ball...... 23 Mary Isabel ...... 48 Diary and Testimony ...... 68 Fugitive Papers ...... 57, 65 Diary Scenes and Incidents ...... 15, 24, 28 Divine Book ...... 13
70 G Improved Edition of the Church Covenant 47, 59, 60, 61 Gabor-Hotchkiss Investigator, or A Defense of the Order ...... 20 Magda...... 19 Gapp J Kenneth S...... 38 Jones Gardener's Manual ...... 18 Herschell V...... 37, 54 Gibson Jordan Pope's Certificat e...... 53 Mary Webb...... 28, 29, 30 Journal of Eldress Nancy Moore ...... 15 Marywebb...... 14 Journal of Peter Pease ...... 52 Gidney Margaret S...... 60 K Gillingham Karsher Frank...... 38 Malcolm A...... 36 Gleanings From Old ...... 16 Kavanaugh Goff Frank A...... 42, 43 Frederick...... 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53 Kendall Goodman George ...... 66 Lewis ...... 65 Kentucky Historical Society ...... 28, 29 Gosnell Kentucky Revival ...... 14, 15, 41, 44, 48, 53 Charles Frances ...... 44, 58 Kettering-Moraine Museum ...... 14 Greene Koomler Nancy Lewis...... 14 Sharon Duane ...... 14 H L Hall Lane Virginius C...... 44, 45, 48 Paul...... 67 Hamer Larkin Janet...... 57 David ...... 67 Hamilton Lawson William J. ....23, 24, 44, 48, 50, 52, 53, 54, 56, Rose Mary ...... 19 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 66 Learning About Shakers ...... 22 Hampton Lee...... 7, 10 Oliver C...... 66 Ann ...... 7, 10, 13, 14, 16 Heaven to Earth ...... 22 Charles...... 18 Herb Teas and Tea Herbs ...... 19 William...... 7 Herbrandson libraries Dee ...... 18 Albany ...... 7, 37, 39, 40, 44, 58 Hollister Connecticut Library...... 38 Alonzo Giles...... 14 Grosvenor Library ...... 18, 35, 45, 46, 47, 51 Holy Work of God ...... 22 Huntington...... 48, 51 Holy, Sacred and Divine Roll ...... 16 Library of Congress .23, 32, 42, 45, 47, 48, 49, Hook 51, 53, 56, 66 Alice ...... 48 Library of Lexington...... 56 Horlacher New York Public Library ....18, 39, 40, 41, 50, Nancy ...... 66 55, 56 Howey New York State Library..37, 39, 40, 44, 56, 58 Ralph T...... 54 Newberry Library ...... 37, 39, 44, 56 Hunt Lindley Melba L...... 8, 14, 65 Harlow...... 57 Hymns ...... 15, 16, 19, 47 Little Selection of Choice Poetry New and Old I ...... 19, 31, 47, 51, 53, 62 Little Selections ...... 50, 52, 55, 64 Important to Believers Minist y Decision ...... 20 Lodus Bay...... 66
71 M Morgan Edith Joy...... 19 Mace Mulhern Fayette ...... 14, 19, 28 Jean ...... 65 MacLean museums John Patterson9, 11, 14, 17, 19, 22, 24, 25, 27, Kettering-Moraine Museum...... 65 34, 35, 36, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 48, 50, 53, Music Educators Journal ...... 21 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 64, 66 Music of the Shakers ...... 67 Manifesto ...... 13, 30, 59 Maps of the Shaker West ...... 13 N Martin Neal Elizabeth R...... 58 Julia...... 15, 28, 29, 30 McBride Mary Julia ...... 32, 33 Mollie ...... 25, 26 Nelson McGraw Evelyn...... 44 Marjorie...... 19 New Hampshire ...... 8, 13, 14, 15, 16, 19, 67 McNemar...... 54 New Haven ...... 6, 10, 46 bibliography...... 54 New Lebanon...... 7, 14, 63 biography...... 54 New Light ...... 10, 25 Cassie...... 46 New Year’s Gift ...... 20 John P...... 58 New York Historical Society ...... 38 Richard . 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 15, 19, 20, 21, 23, 31, newspapers...... 36, 40 33, 34, 35, 41, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, Nichols 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 58, 60, 61, 62, 63, Emma...... 25 64, 68 Nine Shaker Spirituals ...... 21 Vincy ...... 24 Northern Light ...... 67 Meader Notes to Voice ...... 22 F.W...... 65 Robert F.W...... 65 O Melcher Observations on Church Government ...... 48 Marguerite Fellows...... 15, 39 Ohio Believers ...... 14 membership...... 7 Ohio Magazine ...... 31 Membership List and Burial Locations ...... 22 Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society Memorable Events...... 35, 44, 45, 53, 56, 58, 64 ...... 34, 35, 36, 39, 42, 55 Memory of David Spinning ...... 48 Order Book of South Family Shakers ...... 24 Mentas Orthodox Incarnation ...... 20, 62, 63 Janise R...... 47 Orthodox Trinity ...... 20, 47, 62, 63 Metcalf Otterbein Home...... 40 Keyes D...... 37 Miamisburg Bulletin ...... 40 P microfilms...... 57 pamphlets. 6, 9, 31, 34, 43, 46, 51, 54, 59, 61, 62 Midland Rare Book ...... 53 Patterson Milbern Daniel W...... 21 Gwendolyn...... 19 Patterson Family ...... 68 Millerites...... 10 Patton Mills Harry...... 40 Helen M...... 57 Pearly Gate of the True ...... 14 Montgomery County Common Pleas ...... 18 Pelham Moore Richard E...... 16 Frank...... 29 Richard W...... 16, 21, 48 Mary T...... 29, 30, 31, 32 People Called Shakers ...... 13 Mason S...... 25 Phelps Mrs. Frank ...... 31 N. A...... 64 Nancy. 8, 10, 11, 15, 24, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 Phillipi More Love, Brother ...... 67 J.M...... 15
72 Phillips Series of Lectures on Orthodoxy ....21, 40, 49, 59 Hazel M...... 15, 45, 46, 58 Shaker Mason W...... 46, 57 property ...... 43 Robert...... 66 Shaker Adventure ...... 15 William M...... 46, 58 Shaker Church Covenant ...... 16 Piercy Shaker Clothing ...... 19 Caroline B...... 15 Shaker Heritage: An Annotated Pictorial Guide Pleasant Hill ...... 13, 23, 43, 62 ...... 21 principles...... 12 Shaker House-Keeper ...... 21 programs...... 68 Shaker Hymn Book ...... 52, 53 Public Discourses ...... 20, 56 Shaker Legacy ...... 67 publications ...... 9, 47, 55, 58, 59 Shaker Life ...... 67 Shaker Literature ...... 15 Q Shaker Manifesto ...... 17 Quick Glimpses Pleasant Hill ...... 21 Shaker Manuscript ...... 19 Shaker Messenger ...... 22 R Shaker Music ...... 16 Rackstraw Shaker Order of Christmas ...... 17 Elsie...... 50 Shaker Ring ...... 19 Recapturing Wisdom’s ...... 14 Shaker Sermons Scripture Rational ...... 13 Resurrection ...... 10, 22, 42, 43, 49, 55, 57, 60 Shaker Style ...... 14 Review ...... 50 Shakerism ..7, 8, 9, 10, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 21, Review of the Most Important Events ..23, 41, 50, 22, 27, 28, 29, 63 55 born...... 7 Rice Shakerism Detected, Examined and Refuted in Paul...... 37, 41, 55, 56 Five Propositions ...... 21 Richard the Shaker ...... 15 Shakerism in Kentucky ...... 29 Richmond Shakers Mary L...... 15 African American ...... 65 Robinson agriculture...... 11, 12 Charles Edson...... 15 anthems...... 47 Rooney bibliographies ...... 43 Paul...... 35, 47 bibliography..43, 44, 46, 50, 54, 56, 57, 64, 66 Rosenbach Co...... 54 books ...... 57 Ross broom-making...... 12 Mildred E...... 47 celibacy...... 7 Rounds constitution ...... 35, 45, 53, 61, 62 Joseph B...... 47 diaries ...... 6, 10, 11, 12, 28, 30, 33, 34, 68 doctrine...... 13, 14, 16, 19, 40 S first settlement ...... 65 Sabbath Day Lake...... 8, 19, 43, 61, 67 herbs ...... 18, 19 Sacred Repository ...... 47 hymns...... 20, 47, 50 Santmyer industry...... 18, 64 Helen ...... 33 life and customs...... 21, 39, 67 School Business list...... 59 Stephen N. Ball ...... 23 manners ...... 14 schools manuscripts...... 24 Scarborough School ...... 45 membership ...... 68 Schwegmann memoirs ...... 32 George E...... 49 music...... 21, 52 Sears persecution...... 7, 11 Clara Endicott...... 16 photos ...... 66 Selection of Choice Poetry ...... 51 poems15, 19, 20, 24, 35, 40, 41, 47, 51, 63, 67 Selection of Hymns ...... 51, 64 prayer...... 23 Selections of Shaker Literature ...... 47 prophecies...... 10, 24
73 publications...... 46 Synopsis Theology ...... 13, 22 regulations ...... 13, 17 T seeds ...... 67 sermons...... 10 Tatley songs...... 21 Harriet S...... 44 statistics ...... 67 Testimonies of the Life ...... 16 typography...... 62 Testimony of Christ ...... 17 wood growing ...... 12 Testimony of Christ Second Appearing 17, 37, 38, woodworking ...... 12 47, 48, 55, 56, 57, 58 Shakers Answer to a Letter from an Inquirer .. 21 Tests of Divine Inspiration ...... 14 Shakers as Pioneers in the American Herb ..... 18 Theological Seminary ...... 38, 39 Shakers of Ohio ...... 27, 36, 57, 65, 68 Thomas Shakers, Compendium ...... 13 James C...... 66 Shakers: The Story of a Way of Life ...... 21 Thompson Shaking the Faith ...... 17 Nancy M...... 22 Shipton Toad Lane...... 7 C.K...... 37 Transactions of the Ohio Mob ...... 23 Short Sketch of the Life ...... 16 True Peace ...... 22 Sketches of Shakers and Shakerism ...... 22 Turtle Creek...... 8, 10 Smith Tuscarora ...... 9 Laurie...... 65 typography ...... 60, 62 Song Sheets ...... 22 U sound recordings...... 67 South Union...... 11, 13, 15, 24, 28, 29, 30, 31 Union Village 8, 9, 10, 18, 20, 21, 23, 25, 26, 31, South Union Church ...... 11 35, 36, 40, 50, 56, 58, 60 Speech of Robert Wickliffe ...... 21 United Order ...... 7, 12 Spence United Society. 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 20, 22, 23, 34, Richard B...... 22 35, 53, 61, 64 Spencer United Society of Believers Called Shakers ..... 45 Dale R...... 22 Universalist...... 9 Phillips...... 21 Usellis Spinning Joseph ...... 41, 42 David ...... 16 Usher Springs Esther ...... 44 June...... 67 V St. Lawrence Seminary ...... 9 Stanley Vail Abraham ...... 7 R. G...... 37, 40 Stark Valley of God's Pleasure ...... 15 Lewis M...... 50, 55, 56 Valuable Extracts from Sundry Writers 21, 47, 50 Stephen Van Arsdale Ball ...... 23 J.D...... 47 Stephen Ball Book With His Brethren and Sisters Van Buren...... 8 ...... 23 Vitz Stephens Carl ...... 48 Alida M...... 63, 64 Voice of Mother ...... 22 Mrs. John ...... 6, 24 W Stewart Philemon...... 16 Warren Historical Society...... 39 Sullivan We Make You Kindly Welcome, Recipe ...... 23 Charles F...... 64 Weeks Summary of Research Activities and Chronology Estell T...... 36 ...... 22 Wessen Summary View of the Millennial Church ... 16, 39 Ernest J...... 36, 46, 53, 54 Summers at Watervliet ...... 14 Western Expositor ...... 49, 51, 64
74 Western Kentucky State College...... 29, 30, 31 Witcher Western Midnight Cry ...... 60 Mary ...... 21 Western Reserve Historical Society ....30, 34, 39, Word to the Young ...... 31 40, 41, 42, 47, 49, 58, 59, 61 Wright Western Review ...... 23, 44, 45, 52, 64 Brother Eleazar....9, 10, 23, 31, 34, 35, 49, 51, Western Shaker Study Group ...... 65 60 White Lyle H...... 48 Alene Lowe ...... 30, 31, 60, 61, 62, 63 Mother Ann ...... 10 Anna ...... 16 Wyllis E...... 64 White Water Sha kers ...... 22 Y Whitewater, Ohio, Village ...... 16 Wickliffe Ye Olde Shaker ...... 14 Robert...... 21, 44 Young Wilcox Charles H...... 39 Benton H...... 42, 43, 44, 55 Youngs Williams Benjamin Seth8, 17, 23, 35, 37, 38, 47, 48, 55, Richard E...... 16 56, 57, 58 Williams College...... 35, 37, 48, 53, 63, 64 Z Winter Ester C...... 18, 47 Zion ...... 10 Wisconsin State Historical Society...... 38
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