The
Edward Deming Andrews Memorial Shaker
Collection
Henry Francis du Pont
5105 Kennett Pike,
302-888-4600 or 800-448-3883
OVERVIEW OF
THE COLLECTION
Creator: Brown, Margaret.
Title: Collection of items relating to Shaker
furniture
Dates: 1923-1955.
Call No.: ASC 1089
Acc. No.: SA 1409, Sa 1410
Quantity: ca.100 items (3 folders)
Location: 29 D 5
BIOGRAPHICAL
STATEMENT
Little is known about Margaret Brown. Letters are addressed to her primarily in New
Rochelle, but also in Rye, New York, and Nantucket, Massachusetts. Some letters are addressed to her at the New
Rochelle Book Store. Several references
are made to her sister, and a few items are addressed to Pauline Brown. Margaret Brown acquired several pieces of
furniture from the Shakers, but whether for herself or for resale is not known.
SCOPE AND
CONTENT
This group includes fifty-eight letters, eight
invoices, three drawings, nineteen samples of Shaker chair tapes, and eighteen clippings
from newspapers and magazines. The letters are mostly addressed to Margaret
Brown and are generally from either Sarah Collins or Frances Hall, with a few
other correspondents. The invoices are, likewise, mostly to Margaret Brown and
are from R.M. Wagan and Company, New Lebanon, N.Y. Brown wanted to purchase furniture used by the
Shakers themselves and hoped to have her Shaker chairs repaired with genuine,
but hard to find, Shaker tape. Sister
Sarah Collins often mentions the aging Shakers and occasionally mentions
financial problems. Sister Frances Hall’s
letters hint at the disruptions caused by World War II in obtaining materials
and workers. The drawings are of
furniture and a stove being offered to Miss Brown for sale.
ORGANIZATION
Within each folder, items are grouped by type of
item (bills, letters, etc.) and are in chronological order, not accession
number order.
LANGUAGE OF
MATERIALS
The materials are in English.
RESTRICTIONS
ON ACCESS
Collection is open to the public. Copyright restrictions may apply.
PROVENANCE
Gift of Mrs. Edward D. Andrews.
ACCESS POINTS
People:
Anderson, Martha J. (Martha
Jane), 1844-1897.
Anderson,
William, 1840-1930.
Collins, Sarah,
Eldress
Hall, Frances,
Eldress
Neale, Emma, 1857-1943.
Topics:
Shakers - New York (State) -
New Lebanon.
Shakers – Industries - New York (State) - New Lebanon.
Darrow School (New Lebanon, N.Y.)
R.M. Wagan & Co.
Religious
communities - New York (State) - New Lebanon.
Shaker chairs - New
York (State) - New Lebanon.
Shaker furniture
- Pictorial works.
Stoves -
Pictorial works.
Textile fabrics
- Specimens.
DETAILED
DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION
Location: 29 D 5
Folder 1: SA 1409.1-40
Bills: (.1-.7,
.40):
.1 receipted bill, Margaret Brown, New
Rochelle, N.Y., paid R.M. Wagan & Co., Mount Lebanon, N.Y., for stools with
cherry or mahogany stain, Nov. 13-20, 1923.
Bill has picture of Shaker rocking chair.
.2 receipted bill, Mrs. T. Pomeroy
Washburn, Anniston, Ala., paid R.M. Wagan & Co., Mount Lebanon, N.Y., for
stool; bill to be sent to Margaret Brown, Nov. 24-30, 1925. Picture of Shaker rocking chair has been cut
from bill.
.3 receipted bill, Margaret Brown, New
Rochelle, N.Y., paid R.M. Wagan & Co., Mount Lebanon, N.Y., for chairs,
July 20-29, 1926. Bill has picture of
Shaker rocking chair.
.4 receipted bill, Mrs. J.H. Gilbert,
Ware, Mass. paid R.M. Wagan & Co., Mount Lebanon, N.Y., for a maple stool,
Dec. 3-8, 1926. Bill has picture of
Shaker rocking chair.
.5 receipted bill, M[argaret Brown], New
Rochelle Book Store, New Rochelle, N.Y., paid R.M. Wagan & Co., Mount
Lebanon, N.Y., for stools with mahogany finish, Sept. 13-23, 1927. Bill has picture of Shaker rocking chair.
.6 Bill, Pauline Brown, New Rochelle,
N.Y., bought from R.M. Wagan & Co., Mount Lebanon, N.Y., a chair and stool,
Sept. 2, 1928. Bill has picture of
Shaker rocking chair.
.7 receipt bill, Pauline Brown, paid R.M.
Wagan & Co., Mount Lebanon, N.Y., for a Shaker rocker, Jan. 15-23, 1937. Bill has picture of Shaker rocking chair. This bill is different from .1-.6 above.
.40 envelope addressed to Margaret Brown, New
Rochelle, with printed return address of R.M. Wagan & Co., which includes
illustration of Shaker rocking chair, postmarked Feb. 29, 1932. A note on the envelope notes that it
contained an “illustrated catalogue & price list of chairs.”
Letters from Sister Frances Hall: (.8-.23, in
chronological order):
.8 letter, Frances Hall, New Lebanon,
N.Y., to Margaret Brown, Rye, N.Y., Feb. 3, 1944. Sister Lillian died in 1942. Had to close chair business because of lack
of help and inability to procure chair tape.
Hopes war ends soon. Sister Sarah
Collins is almost 89 and still making rugs.
.9a-b letter, Frances Hall, New Lebanon, N.Y., to
Margaret Brown, Feb. 15, 1944. Mentions
that family consists of several elderly members, all over 80 and one is
93. Sister Lillian’s desk is for sale,
$40. Will ask Sister Sarah about the
Chinese flute and Sister Sadie about the Shaker table.
.10a-c letter, Frances Hall, New Lebanon, N.Y., to
Miss Brown, Feb. 23, 1944, with 2 sheets of drawings of desks. The place where Sister Lillian used to live
was sold and was featured in Vogue, Oct. 1, 1942. Doesn’t believe the desk they have is the one
she wants, but encloses drawings of 2 (.10b-c).
Sister Sarah does not remember
the sister from China; she is happy working on braided mats. On one of the drawings is a note that the
desk was “sent to Nantucket, 1944.”
[note: a copy of the article in Vogue is ASC 652 at this repository]
.11 letter, Frances Hall, New Lebanon, N.Y.,
to Miss Brown, Feb. 29, 1944. Miss
Brown’s check received and will hold desk for her until she is ready for
it. Have had much ice this winter. Note added later: “letter May 18 ’44, asking
to send”
.12 letter, Frances Hall, New Lebanon, N.Y.,
to Miss Brown, May 22, 1944. A neighbor
crated the desk (and would not take a fee for the work) and it is being taken
to Pittsfield for shipment to her. Hopes
she likes it.
.13 letter, Frances Hall, New Lebanon, N.Y.,
to Miss Brown, [Nantucket,] no date.
Glad she likes the desk. Her idea
of a gift for the man who did the crating is a good one.
.15a-b letter, Frances Hall, Pittsfield, Mass., to
Miss Brown, [Nantucket,] June 11, 1944.
Package sent by Miss Brown arrived safely and all pleased with
contents. Sister Frances is trustee
both for Hancock and New Lebanon, and travels between the 2 communities.
.17a-b letter, Frances Hall, New Lebanon, N.Y., to
Miss Brown, [Nantucket,] July 29, 1945, with drawing of a stove. Encloses drawing of a stove being saved for
Miss Brown; sold a number during the war.
Only 7 Shakers left in New Lebanon; Sister Sarah (age 90) has given up
making braided rugs. News of a local
flood.
.18 letter, Frances Hall, [New Lebanon?], to Miss
Brown, [Nantucket?], Aug. 14, 1945. Have
a great many callers looking for Shaker antiques. Sister Sarah grows weaker as the days go
by. Hope the war ends soon.
.19 letter, Frances Hall, Pittsfield, Mass.,
to Miss Brown, Oct. 7, 1945. Am looking
for a bench for her nephew. The best of
the furniture has already been sold.
.20 short letter, Frances Hall, [Pittsfield,
Mass.?], to Miss Brown, Oct. 12, 1945.
“Let me know when you are coming and I will try to meet you at Mount
Lebanon.” Not sure there is enough tape
left for her chair.
.14a-b letter, Frances Hall, Pittsfield, Mass., to
Miss Brown, Nov. 25, 1946. Mr. and Mrs.
Robinson bought the land which had been New Lebanon’s Second Family. They are quite pleased with it. Glad her nephew likes the bench.
.21 letter, Frances Hall, Pittsfield, Mass.,
to Miss Brown, Jan. 19, 1949. About
people who might be able to redo the chair tapes; there are so few Shakers that
it takes them all to do their work and they have no time to tape chairs.
.22 letter, Frances Hall, Pittsfield, Mass.,
to Miss Brown, Nov. 25, 1949. Sisters
recently moved and all unneeded furniture is in storage. If find a case of drawers, will let her know.
.23 letter, Frances Hall, Pittsfield, Mass.,
to Miss Brown, Mar. 12, 1952. More
about retaping chair seats. Have had
much illness during the winter.
.16 letter, Frances Hall, Pittsfield, Mass.,
to “dear Friend” [Margaret Brown,] May 29, 1953. General news.
Sister Sarah’s rugs sold as fast as she made them and the family does
not have one.
Letters from others (.24-.34, in chronological
order):
.29 letter, Faith Andrews, Pittsfield, Mass.,
to Miss Brown, no place, Sept. 15, 1938.
Offers to sell a Shaker secretary-desk.
.30 letter, C.B. Frost, Hope Webbing Co., Providence,
R.I., to Margaret Brown, Rye, N.Y., Oct. 22, 1945. Have not been able to produce the type of
webbing she seeks.
.31 letter, C.B. Frost, Hope Webbing Co.,
Providence, R.I., to Margaret Brown, Rye, N.Y., Jan. 6, 1947. Only made the webbing for “the ones who
apparently made these chairs” and do not anticipate weaving any more.
.27 letter, Alvin G. Whitney, New York State
Museum, Albany, to Margaret Brown, Rye, N.Y., Oct. 27, 1948. Most of the museum’s Shaker collection is in
storage, but some on display in Albany and in Cooperstown.
.28 short letter, Alvin G. Whitney, New York
State Museum, Albany, to Margaret Brown, Rye, N.Y., Nov. 5, 1948. Mailing her a copy of “The Community
Industries of the Shakers.”
.32a, d-e letter, R.A. Kendrick, Sturges
Manufacturing Co., Utica, N.Y., to Margaret Brown, Rye, N.Y., Jan. 5, 1949,
with enclosures. Refers her to Mrs.
James S. Brown for information about the webbing to be used on Shaker chairs. Enclosures: business card for James S. Brown
of Lee, Mass., dealer in Shaker furniture; and two cards for George D. Davis,
upholsterer and furniture repairer, Danbury, Conn.
.24 letter, Mrs. James S. Brown, Lee, Mass.,
to Miss Brown, Jan. 8, 1949. About
retaping chairs.
.25 letter, Mrs. James S. Brown, Lee, Mass.,
to Miss Brown, Jan. 20, 1949. About
retaping chairs.
.26 letter, Mrs. Spall, Mamaroneck, N.Y., to
Miss Brown, Jan. 25, 1949. Does not know
of a place where her chairs can be retaped.
.32b letter, Mrs. James S. Brown, Lee, Mass., to
Miss Brown, Feb. 9, 1949. Giving prices
for retaping the Shaker chairs and stools.
.33 postcard, Joe LaCava, West Redding,
Conn., to Miss McN. Brown, Stamford, Conn., Jan. 20, 1952. Can retape her chairs for her.
.34a-b letter, Joe LaCava, West Redding, Conn., to
Margaret Brown, Stamford, Conn., Jan. 25, 1952; with envelope holding 7 samples
of tape, 2 of which are pinned together.
Encloses samples of tape and explains difficulty of getting certain
colors.
Newspaper clippings and poem (.35-.39; originals and
photocopies):
.35 printed poem, “To Sister Sarah Collins on
her 80th Birthday,” a poem by Elizabeth Easton, Mount Lebanon
.36 death notice of Sister Sarah Jane
Collins, died Nov. 25, 1947, in Pittsfield
.37 article, “Shaker Festival has Role in the
Hudson Celebration,” from unknown New York City newspaper, July 24, probably
1959.
.38 article, “Museum to Put Gift Sculpture on
View Today,” illustrated with picture of an engraving of the Shakers dancing,
from New York Herald Tribune, March
6, 1940 . [another copy of this article is in folder 2]
.39a-b article, “Wise Angler nets Thriving Business,”
about Hitchcock Chair Co., from New York
Times, Feb. 6, 1955 (2 pages)
Folder 2: SA
1410.1-.37
Receipted
bills and letters about bills (.2):
.2a receipted bill, Margaret Brown, New
Rochelle, N.Y., paid R.M. Wagan & Co., Mount Lebanon, N.Y., Feb. 26, 1927,
but marked paid Dec. 29, 1926. For maple
stools, one of which was for Mrs. J. H. G. Gilbert, Ware., Mass. Picture of Shaker rocking chair on bill.
.2b letter, R.M. Wagaon & Co., Mount
Lebanon, N.Y., to Margaret Brown, Feb. 17, 1927. About a mistake in their records about which
bill was paid. Picture of Shaker rocking
chair on stationery.
.2c letter, R.M. Wagaon & Co., Mount
Lebanon, N.Y., to Margaret Brown, Feb. 19, 1927. More about the mistake in their records about
which bill was paid. Picture of Shaker
rocking chair on stationery.
.2d envelope addressed to Margaret Brown, New
Rochelle, N.Y., with return address of R.M. Wagan & Co., Mt. Lebanon,
N.Y. Picture of Shaker rocking chair on
envelope.
Letters from Sister Sarah Collins (SA1410.1b-h,
.3-11, .14-16, .18, .19):
.1b letter, S. [Sarah] Collins, Mt. Lebanon,
N.Y., to “Dear Friend” [Miss Brown], Oct. 3, 1924. Cannot get the frames needed for her chairs;
“so much destroyed by the fire.”
.1c letter, Sarah Collins, Mt. Lebanon, N.Y.,
to “Dear Friend” [Miss Brown], Jan. 12, 1925.
Don’t know when the chairs will be ready – still need frames. Busy with braided rugs instead.
.1d letter, Sarah Collins, Mt. Lebanon, N.Y.,
to “Dear Friend” [Miss Brown], Feb. 2, 1925.
Frames still not ready. Hosted
Boy Scouts yesterday and did not have enough chairs for all.
.1e letter, Sarah Collins, Mt. Lebanon, N.Y.,
to “Dear Friend” [Miss Brown], no date. Still doesn’t know when chairs will be
ready. People have stopped by to buy
things.
.1f letter, Sarah Collins, Mt. Lebanon,
N.Y., to “Dear Friend” [Miss Brown], Nov. [no date], 1925. Am finally getting some chairs made and
catching up on orders.
.1g letter, Sarah Collins, [Mt. Lebanon,
N.Y.], to “Dear Friend” [Miss Brown, New Rochelle, N.Y.], Dec. [no date],
1925. Will ship 2 chairs when they are
completed, but not yet sure of price.
Have send stools to Rye.
.1h envelope addressed to Margaret Brown, New
Rochelle, N.Y., with return address of R.M. Wagan & Co., Mt. Lebanon,
N.Y. Picture of Shaker rocking chair on
envelope. Penciled on envelope: Sister
Sarah Collins, fire in 1924.
.3c short letter, Sarah Collins, Mt. Lebanon,
N.Y., to “dear friend,” [Miss Brown], no date.
About stools and chairs. “I will
see you have the duster & chest your sister saw.”
.3d envelope addressed to Margaret Brown, New
Rochelle, N.Y., with return address of R.M. Wagan & Co., Mt. Lebanon, N.Y.,
postmarked Oct. 15, 1927. Picture of
Shaker rocking chair on envelope.
.4a letter, [Sarah Collins], [Mt. Lebanon,
although the printed address on the stationery is New Rochelle], to “dear
friend,” [Miss Brown], Jan. 1930.
Repaired stool. Watching over
William Anderson, who is dying. He is a
good man.
.4b envelope addressed to Margaret Brown, New
Rochelle, postmarked Jan. 17, 1940.
.5a, c letter, Sarah Collins, R.M. Wagan & Co.,
Mount Lebanon, to Margaret Brown, New Rochelle, Jan. 1930, with envelope
postmarked Feb. 1, 1930. Death and
funeral of Brother William Anderson.
Busy in chair room.
.18a-b letter, Sarah Collins, R.M. Wagan & Co.,
Mount Lebanon, to Helen Bradley, New Rochelle, Feb. 11, 1930, with
envelope. Order received and will be
attended to. Elder Anderson died 2 weeks
ago, and Sister Sarah misses him.
Encloses a poem about a sister who died.
[This is probably SA 1410.5b, a printed poem about Sister Corinne
Bishop, who died Dec. 3, 1929.]
.6a-b letter, Sarah Collins, R.M. Wagan & Co.,
Mount Lebanon, to Margaret Brown, New Rochelle, Jan. 19, 1932, with
envelope. Encloses sample of tape [no
longer with letter]; recommends tape over rush, but Emma can do the latter is
she prefers that. Wants to sell high
bureau to Miss Brown as needs money for dental work.
.7a-j letter, Sarah Collins, R.M. Wagan &
Co., Mount Lebanon, to Margaret Brown, New Rochelle, Jan. 1932, with envelope
postmarked Jan. 21, 1932. Tape samples
are inside envelope. Mentions a school
opening in the big brick dwelling [Darrow School, still in operation]. Will fill order for dining room chairs. Tape samples enclosed [ten are in
envelope]. Saving rocking chair for her.
.8a-b letter, Sarah Collins, R.M. Wagan & Co.,
Mount Lebanon, to Margaret Brown, New Rochelle, Jan. 30, 1932, with envelope
postmarked Feb. 2, 1932. Dimensions of
bureau, information about a desk, working on chairs. Has a quilt for school. Hope the new school is a success.
.10a-d letter, Sarah Collins, R.M. Wagan & Co.,
Mount Lebanon, to Margaret Brown, New Rochelle, Feb. 16, 1932, with envelope
postmarked Feb. 17, 1932. Two tape
samples inside envelope. Encloses tape
samples for her to choose from. Chair
frames ready. With penciled note by Miss
Brown about having answered.
.9b note, Sarah Collins, R.M. Wagan & Co.,
Mount Lebanon, to Margaret Brown, New Rochelle, no date, but late winter or
early spring; written on a Wagan & Co. label. The stools will be shipped soon. Don’t have enough help. Recent snowfall.
9a, c letter, Sarah Collins, R.M. Wagan &
Co., Mount Lebanon, to Margaret Brown, New Rochelle, July 13 1932, with
envelope. Offering to sell some framed
engravings from 1845.
.11a-b letter, Sarah Collins, R.M. Wagan & Co.,
Mount Lebanon, to Margaret Brown, New Rochelle, Sept. 1932, with envelope
postmarked Sept. 26, 1932. The chair is
ready for her to pick up. Brother
Perkins feeling better. The new boys’ school has started [Darrow
School].
.19a, c letter, Sarah Collins, R.M. Wagan & Co.,
Mount Lebanon, to Miss [Pauline] Brown, April 14, 1933, with envelope. Chair is ready; could Miss Brown send the
money for it now? The money is
needed. Deaths of Sister Genieve[?] and
Brother Walter Shepard.
.14a letter, Sarah Collins, R.M. Wagan &
Co., Mount Lebanon, to Margaret Brown, New Rochelle, Dec. 6 1933. Chair has been ready. Sister Emma Neale wants her to move, but she
has been on the hill for 70 years and it
is home. Have had 7 deaths this year and
no young people about the place.
.14b letter, Sarah Collins, R.M. Wagan &
Co., Mount Lebanon, to Margaret Brown, New Rochelle, no date. About cookbooks for sale.
.14c envelope addressed to Margaret Brown,
postmarked May 5, 1933; perhaps for letter .14b.
.15a-b letter, Sarah Collins, R.M. Wagan & Co.,
Mount Lebanon, to Margaret Brown, New Rochelle, no date, with envelope
postmarked Dec. 11, 1935. New Year’s
greetings. Has received many
letters. Celebrated 80th
birthday by working in chair shop.
Misses the old days when community larger and more active.
.16a, c letter, Sarah Collins, R.M. Wagan & Co.,
Mount Lebanon, to Margaret Brown, New Rochelle, March 1936, with envelope
postmarked Mar. 19, 1936. Still busy
with chairs and braided rugs.
Letters from others (SA 1410.1a, .3a-b, .12a-b,
.17a-c):
.1a letter, R.M. Wagaon & Co., Mount Lebanon,
N.Y., to Miss M. Brown, May 22, 1924.
Cannot furnish any chairs now; have not made any since the fall.
.3a letter, William Anderson for R.M. Wagaon
& Co., Mount Lebanon, N.Y., to Margaret Brown, Feb. 26, 1927. Enclosing bills and charges for stools for
her and Mrs. Gilbert. Brother William
added a note that he was in his 87th year and had been in community
over 71 years. Picture of Shaker rocking
chair on stationery.
.3b letter, William Anderson for R.M. Wagaon
& Co., Mount Lebanon, N.Y., to Margaret Brown, Oct. 12, 1927. Photo received and Miss Brown’s sister had
stopped by. Brother William added a
note: “87 years young and written without glasses.” Picture of Shaker rocking chair on
stationery.
.12a-b letter, Emma J. Neale, Mount Lebanon, N.Y., to
Margaret Brown, New Rochelle, Dec. 8, 1933, with envelope printed with Sister
Emma’s return address. Sister Sarah is
doing some work and hopes Sarah will write Miss Brown. School has 21 boys. “It is uphill work in all things or kinds of
business in these days.”
.17a-c letter, Emma J. Neale, New Lebanon, N.Y., to
Margaret Brown, New Rochelle, June 24, 1939, with envelope. About a basket marked EPW, which probably
belonged to Emily Wilkinson. Death of
leading brother in Canterbury community.
Other items (SA 1410.5b, .13a-d, .16b, .19b,
.20-.22):
.5b printed poem, “Sister Corinne,” written
by Sister Grace Ada Brown in memory of Sister Corinne Bishop, who passed to her
spirit home Dec. 3, 1929. Printed by Lew
Ney in his Type Shop, New York, N.Y.
.13a-b, d Christmas card, not signed, but
containing photo of a Shaker sister standing in a doorway. The photo is glued to business card of R.M.
Wagan & Co., and is printed with the note “presented by Sister Sarah
Collins.” Also the R.M. Wagan & Co. envelope
which held this card and photo, addressed to Miss Brown, New Rochelle. Written in pencil on the envelope: Sarah
Collins picture. The envelope is
postmarked Dec. 28, 1934.
.13c printed poem, “Love Leaflet No. 5, ‘The
Blessed Life,’ by Belle Bush.
.16b printed poem, “To Sister Sarah Collins on
Her 80th Birthday,” written by Elizabeth Easton, Mount Lebanon.
.19b postcard sending birthday greetings, not
signed by or addressed to anyone.
.20 label, probably for shipping, with area
for an address, with return address for R.M. Wagan & Co.
.21 photo postcard of the Shaker Church, Mt.
Lebanon, N.Y., # 18, with a number of buggies in front of the building
.22 photo of Sister Martha Anderson, sister
of William Anderson, taken at the studio of Sterry, Albany, N.Y.
small envelope
with the name Sister Emma Neale penciled on front, held the obituaries of
Sister Emma and Sister Sadie Neale
(.24-27)
Magazine and newspaper clippings (Sa 1410.23-.37):
.23 Magazine
Antiques notice about an exhibit of the Andrews’ collection at the
Berkshire Museum, 1940.
.24 obituary of Sister Emma J. Neale, New York Herald Tribune, Nov. 30, 1943.
.25 obituary of Sister Emma J. Neale, no
newspaper, no date
.26 obituary of Sister Emma J. Neale, New York Herald Tribune, Dec. 17, 1943.
.27 obituary of Sister Sadie Neale, New York Herald Tribune, Feb. 18, 1948
.28 “Mode of Shaker Life Preserved in
Museum,” from The Springfield Sunday
Union and Republican (Springfield, Mass.), Feb. 11, 1934.
.29, .37 “’New Horizons in American Art’
Evolve Under the Patronage of Uncle Same,” from The Springfield Sunday Union and Republican (Springfield, Mass.),
Sept. 20, 1936. Includes a photo of
“Sister Sarah.” [.37 is the continuation
of the main article.]
.30a-b “The Art of the American Shakers,” from New York Herald Tribune, Sept. 13, 1936.
(2 copies)
.31 “The Quester,” with a paragraph about a
Shaker repentance bed, from New York Sun,
Oct. 9, 1937.
.32 article, “Museum to Put Gift Sculpture on
View Today,” illustrated with picture of an engraving of the Shakers dancing,
from New York Herald Tribune, March
6, 1940. [another copy of this article
is in folder 1]
.33 “The Shakers Made Modern Furniture 100
Years Ago,” from New York Sun, March
29, 1943.
.34 B. Altman & Co. ad for “Our Shaker
Furniture,” from New York Herald Tribune,
Feb. 13, 1944.
.35 “Last Few Shakers Leave New York State,
Settle in Massachusetts,” ,” from New
York Herald Tribune, June 6, 1948.
.36 photo
of corner of Shaker room or exhibit, from unknown publication