This post was written by our Spring 2014 Intern, Victoria McClellan. If you have ever strolled around the gift shop here at the Shaker Heritage Society you may have come
Hello all! I am Victoria McClellan, an education intern from Russell Sage College. I was honored when Samantha asked me to be the guest blog post for the month of
“Robbing and incendiary fires around us; neighbors are keeping watch nights,” a Shaker diarist recorded on November 11, 1872. Fires were a constant concern for the Shakers. Between careless hired
“Some mediums at the Church Family from New York. We go down this afternoon to a séance held in Church’s meeting room.” This entry was recorded in the Shaker Church
Shakers are one of the most pigeonholed groups in American religious history. While many aspects of these stereotypes have a basis in fact, many scholars have offered only a very
Imagine that you are seven years old. Your family has made the decision to send you to live with the Shakers in Watervliet. This was the experience of Nehemiah White,
Many people are surprised to learn that the Shakers promoted and practiced racial and gender equality throughout their history. The Watervliet community had the largest black population of any of
In the 19th century, Sunday visitors to Shaker communities often came to observe Shaker worship. James Fenimore Cooper, only one …
The Shakers are known for their beliefs about equality – man or woman, black or white, no one brother or …
A brief entry from June 29, 1848 in the South Family Journal reads: “A runaway slave comes from Indiana to …
