Shaker collection of records concerning the United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing, 1676-1937

Collection Summary

Title	Shaker collection of records concerning the United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing, 1676-1937
Span Dates	1676-1937
Bulk Dates	(bulk 1792-1937)
ID No.	MSS39552
Creator	Shakers
Extent	500 items
Extent	40 containers plus 2 oversize
Extent	15.2 linear feet
Extent	32 microfilm reels
Language	Collection material in English
Location	Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Finding Aid Permalink	Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms000004
LCCN Permalink	LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm76039552
Summary	Members of the United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing, a millenial religious sect originating in England among the Society of Friends in the 18th century, were popularly known as Shakers. Correspondence, covenants, diaries and journals, financial and legal papers, hymns and hymnals, church orders and instructions, poetry, spiritual communications, inspirational writings and drawings, essays, biographical and historical sketches, memoirs, and other papers primarily relating to and emanating from Shaker communities at Enfield, Conn., Pleasant Hill and South Union, Ky., Canaan and New Lebanon, N.Y., and Union Village, Ohio, reflecting many aspects of Shaker belief, life, history, and custom.