Ross, Nan Thayer - Purple on Silk: A Shaker Eldress and her Dye Journal.


Forty dyeing recipes used in the Community during the 1850s, a glossary of terms and a biography of Eldress Hester Ann the compiler and a most remarkable Shaker are all included in this new offering.
(75 pp., paper) $9.95
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Shaker Herbal Teas: Uses, Taxonomy, Growing Cycle.

Forty herbs, their properties and uses are explained in this pamphlet prepared by our own Herb Department.
(7 pp., paper) $1.00
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Wagan, Elder Robert - An Illustrated Catalogue and Price-List of the Shakers' Chairs. [Facsimile reprint]

Eleven pages of steel engravings showing chairs in all sizes as well as a three page history of the chair industry at Mount Lebanon and price list.
(16 pp., illustrations, paper) $2.00
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White, Eldress Anna & Sr. Leila Taylor - Shakerism: Its Meaning and Message.

The definitive history of the Shakers originally published in 1905.
The authors were both highly committed members and leaders of the North Family at Mount Lebanon, NY. The book contains insights and first hand information not accessible to those outside of the Community. Thirty-one photographs complement the text.
(417 pp., illustrations, hard) $22.95
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Whitcher, Sister Mary - Mary Whitcher's Shaker House-Keeper.
[Facsimile reprint]

This is a reprint of the 1882 edition. This booklet
contains countless recipes, household hints and endorsements for Corbett's Shaker Sarsaparilla.
(32 pp., illustrations, paper) $2.00
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The Youth's Guide in Zion and Holy Mother's Promises.

First published in 1842 this title was republished in the Shaker Quarterly in 1963. This was a vision given to Brother Elisha Blakeman at New Lebanon, NY and printed at Canterbury, NH for use within the various Shaker Communities.
(31 pp., paper) $3.00
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