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Collective settlements Films for the hearing impaired Guiteau, Charles J. (Charles Julius) 1841-1882 HISTORY / United States / 19th Century HISTORY / United States / State & Local / New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT) Oneida Community. Shakers. Sullivan Institute/Fourth Wall Community (New York, N.Y.) Tableware United States History 20th century United StatesFilter By Subjects
Collective settlements Films for the hearing impaired Guiteau, Charles J. (Charles Julius) 1841-1882 HISTORY / United States / 19th Century HISTORY / United States / State & Local / New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT) Oneida Community. Shakers. Sullivan Institute/Fourth Wall Community (New York, N.Y.) Tableware United States History 20th century United StatesSummary: They called themselves the United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing, but because of their ecstatic dancing, the world called them Shakers. Through diaries, archival photographs, music and stunning cinematography, Ken Burns creates a moving portrait of this group.
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Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Video 2002
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV SHAWels, Susan
Summary: "It was heaven on earth--and, some whispered, the devil's garden. Thousands came by trains and carriages to see this new Eden, carved from hundreds of acres of wild woodland. They marveled at orchards bursting with fruit, thick herds of Ayrshire cattle and Cotswold sheep, and whizzing mills. They gaped at the people who lived in this place -- especially the women, with their queer cropped hair...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 307.77 WEIStille, Alexander
Summary: "The shocking story of the Sullivan Institute, a psychoanalytic organization of artists and intellectuals that devolved into a dangerous cult on Manhattan's Upper West Side"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 307.77 STIFoerstner, Abigail
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Iowa Press 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 779.99 FOEWayland-Smith, Ellen.
Summary: "Amidst the religious fervor of the Second Great Awakening, John Humphrey Noyes, a spirited but socially awkward young man, attracted a group of devoted followers with his fiery sermons about creating Jesus'' millennial kingdom here on earth. Noyes and his followers built a large communal house in rural New York where they engaged in what Noyes called "complex marriage," an elaborate system of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picador 2016