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Review: Cynthia’S Attic: The Missing Locket, Misty Conger

Georgia Library Quarterly

Review of the young adult book "Cynthia’s Attic: The Missing Locket," by Mary Cunningham.

Review: Down Town, Patrice Prevost

Georgia Library Quarterly

Review of the novel "Down Town," by Ferrol Sams.

Review: Garden Spells, Carol Malcolm

Georgia Library Quarterly

Review of the novel "Garden Spells," by Sarah Addison Allen.

Review: Don’T Know Where, Don’T Know When, Rebecca Ziegler

Georgia Library Quarterly

Review of the middle grade novel "Don’t Know Where, Don’t Know When," by Annette Laing.

Review: Elephant On My Roof, Leslie R. G. Bullington

Georgia Library Quarterly

Review of the children's book "Elephant on My Roof," by Erin Harris.

Review: The Messy Monkey Tea Party, Tracy Walker

Georgia Library Quarterly

Review of the children's book "The Messy Monkey Tea Party," by Cheri Bivin Deich.

Historical Assessment And Archeological Survey Of 4.9 Miles Of Fm 2092 From Menard To Fivemile Crossing, Menard County, Texas, Jennifer K. Mcwilliams, Douglas K. Boyd, Celine Finney

Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State

This preliminary report describes historical research and an intensive archeological survey conducted for a 4.9-mile-long stretch of FM 2092 in Menard County by Prewitt and Associates, Inc. The work was performed for the Texas Department of Transportation in conjunction with a road improvement project beginning at the eastern Menard city limit and extending eastward to just beyond Fivemile Crossing. Crossing over Pleistocene and Holocene alluvial terraces of the San Saba River, the project area is located in a high-probability area for buried prehistoric sites and has a dynamic history of intensive use since Spanish colonial times. Investigations included geoarcheological mapping, …

A Meeting Of Angels: Thomas Merton And The Shakers, Paul M. Pearson

American Communal Societies Quarterly

Thomas Merton (1915-1968) is arguably the most influential American Catholic author of the twentieth century. His autobiography The Seven Storey Mountain has sold over one million copies and has been translated into over fifteen languages. He wrote over sixty other books and hundreds of poems and articles on topics ranging from monastic spirituality to civil rights, nonviolence, and the nuclear arms race. In this paper I will discuss Thomas Merton’s interest in the Shakers and suggest some of the reasons for his attraction to them.

“Dear Friend And Sister”: Laura Holloway-Langford And The Shakers, Diane Sasson

American Communal Societies Quarterly

For more than fifty years, Laura Holloway-Langford and the Mount Lebanon Shaker community sustained a complex relationship which has been preserved in correspondence written between 1874 and 1926. In her prime, Holloway-Langford was well known as an author, a supporter of progressive cultural and social causes, and an advocate for unconventional religious ideas. In 1906, she purchased the Upper Canaan farm from the Mount Lebanon Shakers, initially intending that it become a spiritual retreat. It was only after the deaths of her closest Shaker friends that Laura Holloway-Langford left Brooklyn to make her home on this property, where she died …

Letters, Sally Dean, Phineas Fletcher

American Communal Societies Quarterly

Three letters between Phineas Fletcher of the Baptized Church of Kingsbury and Hartford, New York, and Sally Dean, a former member who joined the New Lebanon, New York Shaker society. Dated March 16, April 14, and April 15, 1822.

Source: Shaker Manuscripts, MS. 3944, Series IV Folder 34. Western Reserve Historical Society Library, Cleveland, Ohio. Used with permission. Transcribed by Glendyne Wergland, June 9, 2007.

Sally Dean And Her Letter To “Respected Friend Phineas”: Introduction, Glendyne Wergland

American Communal Societies Quarterly

In 1822, a young Shaker sister named Sally Dean penned a remarkable letter to her former church. Simultaneously a testimony of her faith and a rebuttal to criticism of Shakerism, it is the only known manuscript attributed to Dean, who wrote that it was “quite contrary” to her feelings to communicate in writing. That letter, however, did an excellent job of promoting Shaker views. What provoked it was a letter from Phineas Fletcher of the Baptized Church of Kingsbury and Hartford, New York. He wanted to know why, after professing her faith to the Baptists, she had left their church …

The Shaker Leaf Song: Solving A Perplexing Puzzle, Roger L. Hall

American Communal Societies Quarterly

The Shakers are known for their simplicity of design, especially in their furniture and artifacts. This is also true of their drawings and songs. When they were discovered by Edward Deming and Faith Andrews in the 1930s, the drawings were unknown to the outside world, having been hidden away for many years by Shaker elders and eldresses. Unfortunately, by that time countless drawings had already been discarded by the Shakers.

Most Shaker drawings were received during the Era of Manifestations, also known as “Mother’s Work,” between the late 1830s and 1850s. Both Andrews and Patterson believe that many drawings were …

Church Of Christ Unto A People In Kentucky & The Adjacent States, David Meacham, Amos Hammond, Ebenezer Cooly

American Communal Societies Quarterly

Written in the Church at New Lebanon, in the town of Canaan, County of Columbia and state of New York. Dec. 31, 1804. Signed in behalf of the Church, David Meacham, Amos Hammond, Ebenezer Cooly.

Church Of Christ Unto A People In Kentucky & The Adjacent States: Introduction, Ralph Stenstrom

American Communal Societies Quarterly

This pamphlet played an important role in the expansion of Shakerism into the western states of Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana. It is in the form of a letter written to participants in the Kentucky Revival who attended the remarkable frontier camp meetings. Whether Youngs, Meacham and Bates carried printed or manuscript versions of the Letter, it remains the second earliest known written statement by the Shakers directed to the world.

Review: The Real Question, Ellen Zander

Georgia Library Quarterly

Review of the young adult book "The Real Question," by Adrian Fogelin.

Review: The Boy Who Was Raised By Librarians, Lory Cox

Georgia Library Quarterly

Review of the children's book "The Boy Who Was Raised by Librarians," by Carla Morris and illustrated by Brad Sneed.

Review: Thirteen Moons, Tim Wojcik

Georgia Library Quarterly

Review of the novel "Thirteen Moons," by Charles Frazier.

Review: The Rainforest Grew All Around, Lora Mirza

Georgia Library Quarterly

Review of the children's book "The Rainforest Grew All Around," by Susan K. Mitchell and illustrated by Connie McLennan.

Review: Between, Georgia, Verely Sue Dotson

Georgia Library Quarterly

Review of the novel "Between, Georgia," by Joshilyn Jackson.

Review: Agnes And Me, Lee Ann Cline

Georgia Library Quarterly

Review of the novel "Agnes and Me," by Jerry Gollihar.

Review: Family Payne, Lee Ann Cline

Georgia Library Quarterly

Review of the novel "Family Payne," by Jerry Gollihar.

Review: Turtle Summer: A Journal For My Daughter, Evelyne Lamar

Georgia Library Quarterly

Review of the young adult book "Turtle Summer: A Journal for My Daughter," by Mary Alice Monroe, with photographs by Barbara J. Bergwerf.

Michigan’S Siberia: The House Of David On High Island, Clare E. Adkin Jr.

American Communal Societies Quarterly

One of the Israelite House of David’s more novel business ventures took place on High Island, a small island in northern Lake Michigan four miles west of Beaver Island, and featuring a sand dune reported to be the highest point in the lake. Between 1912 and 1928, approximately 150 colony converts accepted assignments to live and work in a new lumber enterprise. The segment of the House of David membership that lived and worked there gave this island a unique history while contributing significantly to the material growth of the House of David. It also, quite unwittingly, contributed to the …

The Copley-Lyman Shaker Family Of Enfield, Connecticut: An Annotated Genealogy, M. Stephen Miller

American Communal Societies Quarterly

The relationship between Shaker communal families and the natural families who joined the sect is a most interesting one; yet, to date, it has received little attention in print. As a celibate sect, the Shakers depended upon converts for membership. From the time of the founding of their relatively self-contained communities in the 1780s, it was common for Believers to accept, and ultimately convert, whole families. At the entry or novitiate level of membership, these family units usually remained together, sharing with the rest of the community only work, worship, and the necessities for living. This organizational unit was called …

Archaeology, Language, And The African Past, Roger Blench

African Diaspora Archaeology Newsletter

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Archeological Investigations And National Register Testing At 41cv163, Coryell County, Texas, John E. Dockall, Jennifer K. Mcwilliams, Karl W. Kibler

Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State

Prewitt and Associates, Inc. (PAI), conducted archeological testing of 41CV1636 for the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), Environmental Affairs Division, under Contract No. 575XXSA006 (Work Authorization No. 57530SA006) and Texas Antiquities Permit No. 3980 from the Texas Historical Commission. Site 41CV1636 is situated in northwestern Coryell County, approximately 13 km east of Evant, Texas. The site was located during an archeological survey for a proposed roadway widening project along U.S. Highway 84. Proposed design plans required an additional 5 m of new right of way that would directly impact 41CV1636. Site 41CV1636 is a prehistoric site buried in Holocene alluvium …

Contents, Tom Mack, Ph.D.

The Oswald Review: An International Journal of Undergraduate Research and Criticism in the Discipline of English

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Mother Lucy’S Last Visit To Watervliet: Introduction, David D. Newell

American Communal Societies Quarterly

The Shaker Ministry considered certain texts to have a substantial sacred value and esteemed them as pearls that were not to be “cast before swine.” These were intended to be read only by the various society and family elders and eldresses and never shared with “the world’s people.” The Hamilton College Library recently acquired one such Shaker manuscript, probably dating to 1821 or shortly thereafter. It bears a caption title: “Mother’s Last Visit to Watervliet” and consists of nine unnumbered pages (filled) within a twenty-four page booklet. It is an important and early work, and was never published by the …

The Road From Harmony, Eileen Aiken English

American Communal Societies Quarterly

The Harmony Society dissolved in 1905—one hundred years after its founding, and one hundred twenty years after Georg Rapp first drew a following in Germany. In 1992 an effort was made to compile a directory of its membership, including some demographic information; it was published as George Rapp’s Disciples, Pioneers, and Heirs: A Register of the Harmonists in America. Sadly, the work is incomplete and contains errors. This author has undertaken a revision, based on information from a variety of public and private records and a review of documents in the Harmonist archives.

In the amended edition, the Demographic …

A Sampling Of Rare Shaker Broadsides At Hamilton College Library, Christian Goodwillie

American Communal Societies Quarterly

The Hamilton College Library holds a large collection of imprints unrecorded in Mary Richmond’s authoritative bibliography Shaker Literature. Broadsides account for some of the more interesting examples. The following selection of five rare Shaker broadsides from the Communal Societies Collection illustrates that the Shaker (and sometimes non-Shaker) printer set his type for many different purposes, both sacred and profane. All five examples are exceptionally rare (none are located by OCLC WorldCat) and only one of these broadsides was noticed by Mary Richmond. Most of these selections are likely unique survivals. All are from the nineteenth century, and one example …