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: Henry, John R.
Title: John R. Henry Papers on the Shakers
Dates: circa 1959-1990
Call No.: ASC 1393
Acc. No.: SA 2072
Quantity: 2 boxes
Location: 29 E 5
BIOGRAPHICAL
STATEMENT
John R. Henry was a United States Air Force officer
who retired to Ephrata, Pennsylvania. He
had a long time interest in Shakers and was concerned in preserving their
communities.
SCOPE AND
CONTENT
Assortment of books, articles, brochures, some
notes, and a little correspondence about the Shakers and their communities,
especially those which became museums.
Includes postcard views, mostly of museum spaces, but also a few from
the early 20th century.
Aerial photos of Pleasant Hill, Kentucky, were taken when the highway
still ran through the center of the community.
Publications include pamphlets written by the Shakers as well as books
about them. A little information about
other religious and communal societies is also found.
LANGUAGE OF
MATERIALS
The materials are in English.
RESTRICTIONS
ON ACCESS
Collection is open to the public. Copyright restrictions may apply.
PROVENANCE
Gift of Lt. Col. John R. Henry.
ACCESS POINTS
Topics:
Shakers.
Shakers - Kentucky - Pleasant Hill - Photographs.
Religious
communities - United States.
Postcards.
DETAILED
DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION
Location: 29 E 5
Box 1:
Folder 1: Articles
about Shakers and Shaker communities
Folder 2: Correspondence
and notes, chiefly 1959-1964
Folder 3: Postcards
of Shaker communities and exhibits
Folder 4: Postcards and photographs: chiefly
Sabbathday Lake, Maine, and Canterbury, New Hampshire, July 1959
Folder 5: Shaker
communities: Kentucky
Folder 6: Shaker
communities: Kentucky: Pleasant Hill: photos, circa 1962
Folder 7: Shaker
communities: Massachusetts
Folder 8: Shaker
communities: New Hampshire
Folder 9: Shaker
communities: New York
Folder 10: Shaker
communities: Ohio
Folder 11: Shaker
Museum (Old Chatham, N.Y.)
Folder 12: Other
communal and religious societies
Box 2:
Publications
Folder 1: Periodicals:
The Shaker Quarterly, v. 2, no. 1
(summer 1962);
Shaker Spirit, premier issue (May 1989)
Folder 2: New York State Museum publications: The New York State Museum’s Historical
Survey and Collection of the New York Shakers, by Charles C. Adams, 1941 (2
copies)
Folder 3: New York State Museum publications: The Community Industries of the Shakers,
by Edward D. Andrews, 1933
Folder 4: Recapturing
Wisdom’s Valley: The Watervliet Shaker Heritage, 1775-1975, by Dorothy M. Filley, 1975
Folder 5: We
Make You Kindly Welcome, by Elizabeth C. Kremer, copyright 1970, printed
1988 [recipe book]
Folder 6: Assorted pamphlets:
“The
American Shakers,” no date (2 copies; same text as ASC 19, perhaps a reprint of
that as these do not seem to have been printed as early as 1910);
“The
Canterbury Shakers,” by Aida Elam, June 1959;
“About the
Shakers,” by Marguerite Frost, Canterbury, N.H., 1958; same text as ASC 242,
but with date printed on cover;
“A Shaker’s
Viewpoint,” by Eldress Emma B. King, June 1959 (3 copies; same as ASC 298);
“Who are the
Shakers?” by B. Lillian Phelps, 1959 (2 copies);
“How I Came
to be a Shaker,” by George M. Wickersham, reprint of 1891 pamphlet, done in
1952 by the Shaker Village Work Camp, Mount Lebanon.