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This page is part of Shaker
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The
first Shaker communities in America were established in New England at the time
of the Revolutionary War. In 1805, three missionaries were sent from the
Eastern lead community, New Lebanon, N.Y., to establish Shaker communities in
the West. At that time, Ohio and Indiana were part of the Northwest Territory
while Kentucky was known as the Southwest. Great religious revivals had spread
through these areas in the West and the Shakers hoped to make inroads with
those who attended the revivals.
Seven Western Shaker communities
were established. There were four in Ohio: Union Village, west of Lebanon;
Watervliet, southeast of Dayton; White Water in western Hamilton County; North
Union near Cleveland, now Shaker Heights. In Kentucky, Pleasant Hill is located
south of Lexington while South Union is near Bowling Green. In Indiana, West
Union was north of Vincennes along the Wabash River.
In 1985/86 the Western Shaker
Study Group was founded, an area-wide group, with the stated purpose of
learning about and sharing the history and heritage of all the Shaker
communities west of the Alleghenies.
WESTERN SHAKER STUDY GROUP
Programs are held the first Friday of every other month at 7:30 at Otterbein
Lebanon Campus Center (Phillippi Hall) or other announced locations.
The Western Shaker Study Group
Presents Its August Program!
Saturday, August 8
Shaker Treasures of the Warren County Historical Society
We’ll go on a guided tour of the
museum’s Shaker treasures and learn about the research resources. Members are
encouraged to enjoy a meal at the nearby Golden Lamb Inn and visit their
recently refreshed Shaker exhibits.
Join us on Saturday, August 8, at 1:00 P.M.
1 p.m., Warren County History Center, 105 S. Broadway, Lebanon, Ohio
*Note change of location and time
.Call Cheryl Bauer at (513) 868-9910 for details.
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Directions: Otterbein-Lebanon is located on Rt. 741, one mile north of the junction of Rt. 741 and US 63, between Lebanon, OH, and I-75. From I-75, take Exit 29 (US 63), head east on US 63 to Rt. 741. Turn left at the traffic light. |
Mark your calendar for these upcoming programs.
October 2
Western and Eastern Shaker Furniture Styles
Woodworker and author Kerry Pierce of
Lancaster, Ohio, will discuss design differences between Eastern and Western
Shaker furniture. The author of 18 books, Pierce recently published Pleasant
Hill Shaker Furniture, the first book-length study of that community’s
melding of the Shaker aesthetic and rural traditions of Kentucky furniture.
7:30 p.m., Phillippi Hall,
Otterbein Retirement Community
December 4
Holiday Concert with the Western Shaker Singers
Our beloved Western Shaker Singers
return for an annual concert of Western (and a few Eastern) holiday songs.
Share in the holiday spirit as the Singers perform some old favorites as well
as newly uncovered Shaker pieces. Bring a sweet treat to share for our
traditional dessert buffet.
7:30 p.m., Chapel, Otterbein
Retirement Community
WSSG OFFICERS
- Chair, Lois Madden
- Program Co-Chair for Programs - Cheryl Bauer and Mary Lue Warner
- Treasurer, Amy Luncan
- Secretary, Elizabeth Pursley and Martha Boice
For information, contact: jbshaker@gmail.com
BETHANY HALL AT
OTTERBEIN
The April 11, 2009 Dayton
Daily News
reported that three sites are on the short list for the site of a Warren County
Arts and Culture Center. Kingswood
Park, a former golf course located in Deerfield Township, Historic Bethany Hall
at Otterbein Homes, and the Countryside YMCA in Lebanon are under
consideration.
It
would help the cause of Bethany Hall if Otterbein Homes, Inc. would pursue
getting a National Register of Historic Places application organized for the
Shaker buildings and archaeology resources. Any volunteers? Please call me at (937) 433-2592.
Thanks! Martha Boice
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OUR APRIL MEETING
What
a pleasure it was to hear Dr. Bruce Aument review his 2005 work with the Ohio
Department of Transportation when an archaeology study was completed for the Union
Village North Family before Route 73 was moved. A dangerous curve was
ameliorated.
Dr.
Aument completed a four volume report in January 2009. He brought maps and
aerial views, focused on a white dot and showed how that dot became a house
when enlarged, etc. He created excitement about the opportunity provided by the
dig. We truly appreciate his interest and knowledge about the Union Village
site.
Dr.
Aument four-volume work available on the web at http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/TransSysDev/Environment/Cultural_Resources/Pages/Shakers.aspx
Here you can find all the volumes as well as feature lists, artifact
tables, mapping data and project photos. You can e-mail: bruce.aument@dot.state.oh.us. He’ll be glad to hear
from you.
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A SHAKER EXHIBIT
“The
Shakers: Abiding Inspiration in Faith and Design” will be presented at the Ohio
Decorative Arts Center in Lancaster from October 3, 2009, through January 3,
2010. The exhibition will have three focal points: articles produced by the
Shakers in Ohio, selections from Ohio collections, and Shaker innovations that
touch us today. If you know of items that might be included in such an
exhibition, please contact Charles Muller, 7891 Pontius Road, Groveport, OH
45125; also muller@soaphollow.net.
Martha
Boice edits this flyer. Notices are due for the next flyer by July 8. E-mail marthaboice@aol.com. Thanks.
Cheryl Bauer, Program Chair
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MARK YOUR CALENDAR
HANCOCK SHAKER SEMINAR
July 22-26
The New Hampshire Bishopric will be featured this summer with visits to
Enfield and Canterbury. Early registrants will be able to stay in the original
Shaker retiring room in the 1841 Great Stone Dwelling at Enfield. The Seminar
will end after lunch on Sunday, July 26. Speakers include Rob Emlen, Jo
Grewell, Lauren Stiles and Vern Squire. A registration sheet is available at www.hancockshakervillage.org.
Or call Laura Wolf at (413) 443-0188, Ext. 213.
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OUR DUES
Our dues cover the calendar year and are due now for 2009. Individual dues
are $15 or family dues, $25. Please send your dues to Amy Luncan, 133 Clark
Ave., Waynesville, OH 45068. Thanks.
DAYTON HISTORY ANNOUNCES PLANS FOR THE KETTERING-MORAINE MUSEUM
The Kettering-Moraine Museum, where many Watervliet Shaker items are
located, will be moving to Carillon Park. Kettering and Moraine have agreed to
bear the expense of moving four buildings: the two Shaker buildings, the Newcom
House and the original Deeds Barn where the self-starting engine was invented.
The collections and archives have been moved to a warehouse for safe-keeping
until they can be incorporated into the Dayton History collections. When
everything is moved, the remaining buildings will be demolished.
Alex Heckman, the Director of Education and Museum Operations, is
contemplating programming that will help to interpret to the community the
impact of the Watervliet community. As a first step, wouldn’t it be wonderful
if they realized that the Miller House should be called the Richard McNemar
Print Shop? Alex was thinking about the Shaker dancers that Melba Hunt, the
founder and director of the Kettering-Moraine Museum, organized for her Shaker
Festivals, hoping they could come into being again. He writes, “We are
interested in your thoughts and ideas for bringing the Shaker story to life.
Please contact me with your suggestions at (937) 293-2841, ext. 101, or through
email at: aheckman@daytonhistory.org.”
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Map and legend reproduced from page
viii of "Maps of the Shaker West" by Martha Boice,
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WESTERN SHAKER WEBSITES
Western Shaker Study Group - http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohwarren/Shaker/wssg.htm
Western Shaker Singers - http://www.westernshakersingers.org/index.htm
Friends of White Water - http://whitewatershakervillage.org/
Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill - http://www.shakervillageky.org/
Shaker Museum at South Union - http://www.shakermuseum.com/
Historical Society of Shaker Heights - http://www.shakerhistory.com/
Union Village and Shakers of Warren County,OH- http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohwarren/Shaker/
Otterbein Lebanon Retirement Community - http://www.otterbein.org/leb/Leb_home.htm
Western
Shaker titles: Maps of the Shaker
West, Shaker Paper Dolls, a reprint of an 1850 Wholesale Herb Catalogue from
Union Village and the list of Watervliet, Ohio, names. http://www.knotgardenpress.com
Contact Jennifer
Bornemann (jbshaker@gmail.com)
if you would like to contribute any material to this page
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This page created 17 January 2005 and last updated
6 July, 2009
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