Resources on Shakers and Shakerism
- Beth Bidlack, Bibliographer for Religion and Philosophy, University of Chicago Library, April 2007
Web Resources:
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New York Public Library, Shakers and Shakerism: A Guide to the Collections
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New York Public Library, Digital Library includes photographs of Shaker buildings
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Ken Burns, American Stories, The Shakers (a PBS documentary)
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Sabbathday Lake in New Gloucester, Maine (an active Shaker community)
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New Religious Movements:Â United Society of Believers (student web page for University of Virginia course) includes background info, resource list, and links to audio-visual resources
Finding Books:
To find books on the subject of Shakerism, try searching the library catalog using the following subject search terms. You can also use these terms in a keyword search:
- Shakers -- Hymns
- Shakers -- Music
- Shaker art
- Shaker chairs
- Shaker decorative arts
- Shaker decorative arts -- Exhibitions
- Shaker drawing
- Shaker furniture
- Shaker women
- Shakers [subdivided geog] You can enter a geographical term after Shakers to find a resource in Shakers and Shakerism in a particular area.
To find books on Shakers, try searching the library catalog using the following author search terms. You can also use these terms in a subject or keyword search:
- Lee, Ann, 1736-1784
- Lee, William, 1740-1784
- Whittaker, James, 1751-1787
- Hockness, John Hockness, 1723?-1799
- Meacham, Joseph, 1742-1796
- Wright, Lucy Wright, 1760-1821
To find more books in other libraries, use these search terms in WorldCat and place an interlibrary loan request using the "Find it" button.
Finding Journal Articles and Essays in Books:
Use the search terms above in the following databases:
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ATLA Religion Database : (1949-) The most important index for religious and theological studies. It indexes more than 700 journals relating to religion, some of which contain links to the full-text of the articles. It also indexes essays in books, including Festschriften; and book reviews. Compiled by the American Theological Library Association, this resource is intended to support the study and research of faculty and students studying religion.
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Academic Search Premier : A scholarly, full text database designed for academic institutions. The database includes full text for 1800 publications as well as images, for nearly every academic field of study.
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America: History and Life : The fundamental indexing and abstracting tool for American and Canadian history. Abstracts and indexes articles and reviews from 2,000 journals published worldwide from 1954. Database also includes citations to abstracts of dissertations published in these areas. Database updated monthly.
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Finding online, full-text collections:
Use the search terms above in the following online collections:
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Early English Books Online (EEBO) : Titles from Pollard & Redgrave (1475-1640), Wing (1641-1700), Thomason Tracts (1640-1661) and Early English Books Tract Supplement. Subjects include literature, history, philosophy, linguistics, theology, music, art, education, mathematics, and science.
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Eighteen Century Collections Online (ECCO) : Comprehensive digital edition of the eighteenth century, a microfilm collection of 150,000 English-language titles and editions published between 1701 and 1800. Includes books and broadsides, Bibles, tract books and sermons to printed ephemera by well-known and lesser-known eighteenth-century authors.
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Sabin Americana Collection (1500-1926)
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Early American Imprints, Series I: Evans Digital Editions (1639-1800) : a resource for research on 17th and 18th century American life, which includes devotional literature, prayer books, prayers, psalters, and sermons.
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Early American Imprints, Series II: Shaw-Shoemaker (1801-1819) : a resource for research on 19th century American life, which includes devotional literature, prayer books, prayers, psalters, and sermons.
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Early American Newspapers : Provides full text of issues from hundreds of American newspapers published between 1699 and 1876, concentrating on newspapers that began publication before 1820. Provides page images and images of individual articles. Texts are word searchable.
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Finding Resources on Music and Art:
Library subject pages on Art and Architecture, Music, History, and other subjects
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Grove Art Online : Covers all aspects of the visual arts from prehistory to the 1990s. Provides access to 45,000 articles on the art and culture of Asia, Africa, Europe, the Americas and the Pacific, with links to images and further information in museum and other art-related web sites.
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ARTstor : Searchable database of more than 300,000 digital images. ARTstor covers many time periods and cultures, and documents the fields of architecture, painting, sculpture, photography, decorative arts, and design, as well as forms of visual culture. Users can search, view, and download images.
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Grove Music Online : This landmark reference work includes over 29,000 articles in all areas of music. Includes coverage of classical western music, world, jazz, popular and 20th century music.
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