Who are the Shakers? A Basic Shaker Reading List
Shaker Workshops recommends the following books as the core of a well stocked library on the Shakers.
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Carr, Sister Frances A. Growing Up Shaker.
Sabbathday Lake: ME, The United Society of Shakers, 1994. Not listed in Amazon.com
Morse, Flo The Shakers and the World’s People. New York: Dodd,
Mead & Co., 1980. (reprinted by University Press of New England, Hanover,
NH, 1987).
Stein, Stephen J. The Shaker Experience in America: A History of the United Society
of Believers . New Haven: Yale University Press, 1992.
Architecture and Material Culture
Andrews, Edward Deming Shaker
Furniture: The Craftsmanship of an American Communal Sect . New
Haven: Yale University Press, 1937 (reprinted by Dover Publications, Inc., New
York, 1950).
Becksvoort, Christian The Shaker Legacy : Perspectives on an Enduring Furniture Style
. Taunton Press, 1998.
Nicoletta, Julie The Architecture of the Shakers. Woodstock, VT: The
Countryman Press, Inc, 1995.
Rieman, Timothy D. and Jean M. Burks
The Complete Book of Shaker Furniture. New York: Harry
N. Abrams, Inc, 1993
Sprigg, June, and Jim Johnson
Shaker Woodenware: A Field Guide. Volume I. Great
Barrington, MA: Berkshire House, 1991. (Oval boxes, dippers, buckets, and
sieves)
Weatherbee, Martha, and Nathan Taylor Shaker Baskets. Sanbornton, NH: Martha Weatherbee
Basket Shop, 1988.
Art and Music
Patterson, Daniel W. Gift Drawing and Gift Song: A Study of Two Forms of Shaker
Inspiration. Sabbathday Lake, ME: The United Society of Shakers,
1983.
Patterson, Daniel W. The Shaker Spiritual. Princeton, NJ: Princeton
University Press, 1979. (Shaker music)
Other
Murray, Stuart Shaker Heritage Guidebook: Exploring the Historic
Sites. Museums & Collections. Spencertown, NY: Golden Hill
Press, Inc., 1994
Pearson, Elmer R., and Julia Heal The Shaker Image. Second and Annotated Edition.
Pittsfield, MA: Hancock Shaker Village, Inc., 1994. (Historic photographs of
the Shakers).
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