Main entry:

Stechler, Amy, 1955-

Title & Author:

The Shakers : hands to work, hearts to God : the history and visions of the United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing from 1774 to the Present / text, Amy Stechler Burns ; photographs, Ken Burns, Langdon Clay, Jerome Liebling ; foreword, Eldress Bertha Lindsay.

Publication:

New York, N.Y. : Aperture Foundation, ©1987.

Description:

127 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm

Series:

Aperture book

Notes:
"Aperture book."
Historical photographs from the collections of Fruitlands Museum, Harvard, Massachusetts, Hancock Shaker Village, Massachusetts, New York State Museum, Albany, Shaker Museum, Old Chatham, New York, Shaker Village at Canterbury, New Hampshire, United Society of Shakers at Sabbathday Lake, Maine, Henry Francis du Pont Wintherthur Museum Library, Delaware.
Includes bibliographical references (page 126) and index.

Summary:

"The Shakers: Hands to Work, Hearts to God includes exquisite photography by Ken Burns, Langdon Clay and Jerome Liebling, along with archival photographs from the Shakers' own collections and a historical text by Amy Stechler Burns. The book provides a deeper understanding of the architecture, craft accomplishments and lives of the Shakers."--Amazon.

ISBN:

0893812676
9780893812676
0893818607
9780893818609

Subject:

Shakers United States History.
Shakers United States Pictorial works.
Shakers
Hank und die Shakers Musikgruppe
Geschichte
United States

Form/genre:

History
Illustrated works

Added entries:

Burns, Ken, 1953-
Clay, Langdon, 1949-
Liebling, Jerome.

Holdings:

Location: Library main m 30587
Call No.: IDM; ID:88-B2575
Status: Available