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Research & Databases History & Genealogy Collections The Shaker Collection
Shaker Collection
Introduction The Shakers Collection, both of national and local interest, covers the period 1808-1983. The Collection includes many rare and valuable books, pamphlets, diaries, photographs and correspondence. The Collection was built and enriched by the efforts of Mr. William J. Hamilton, a previous director of the Dayton and Montgomery County Public Library. It is apparent from his correspondence that much of the material was donated by Mr. and Mrs. John Stevens, who were formerly members of the Whitewater Shaker Community at New Haven in Hamilton County, Ohio. This material, however, had been given to them by Andrew Barrett, a traveling Shaker minister, after the Whitewater Community was disbanded in 1911. They regretted that much similar material had been burned when the community ceased. Mr. Hamilton thought that the Library had a responsibility to locate material about the local Shaker community in Watervliet, since it formed an important part of Dayton history. He wrote a bibliography along with a short biography of Richard McNemar.
The Shaker Collection
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Linear feet on shelf occupied: 2 linear feet in manuscripts and 42 rare books.