American Communal Societies Quarterly Publications

July and October 2019

• From the Editor
• A Short History of the Columbian Phalanx by Julieanna Frost
• Document: "A Journal of a Journey from Canterbury to Enfield [Connecticut]" introduced and edited by Stephen J. Paterwic
• Why Historians Should Examine Shaker Novels and Short Stories: Exposing Century-Old Misconceptions of Shaker Life by Richard Marshall
• Personal Visits and Observations: Charles Nordhoff's Remarkable Tour of American Communal Societies by Peter Hoehnle

Front and back cover illustrations from: J.F. Witherell, ed., The Anti-Millerite and Scriptural Expositor (Concord, N.H.: 1843).

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• From the Editor
• Shaker Brothers in the Spirit: The Exchange of Ideas and Spiritual Gifts between Seth Youngs Wells and Calvin Green by Jane F. Crosthwaite
• Document: "A Beautiful Box of Gifts and Emblems of Presence Given to Calvin Green as a Token of Eternal Blessings....Copied November 25th 1847"
• "Blacksmith by Trade" : The Journey of African- American Shaker Justinian Cartwright by Rebekah Brummett
• Document: An Account of an American Commune in the Soviet Union during the 1920s by Arthur B. Ruhl

Front and back cover illustrations: "A Beautiful Box of Gifts and Emblems of Presence Given to Calvin Green as a Token of Eternal Blessings....Copied November 25th 1847." Canterbury Shaker Village Archives, #788.

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• From the Editor
• Utopia, Ohio, 1844-1847: Seedbed for Three Experiments in Communal Living by Cori L. Flatt and Peter A. Hoehnle
• From Württemberg to Zoar: Origins of a Separatist Community by Eberhard Fritz
• Document: Questioning of the Separatists of Rottenacker after the Quartering of a Military Command, May 1804
• Document: Visitor's Account of the Shaker Community at Pleasant Hill, Kentucky, by Clara von Gerstner

Front cover illustration: A Separatist star, the only one known to exist in Württemberg. It is attached to a document in the Hauptstaatsarchiv Stuttgart. Courtesy of the Hauptstaatsarchiv Stuttgart A 213 Bü 3091 Back cover illustration: Clermont Phalanx, as painted by A.J. MacDonald. Courtesy of the Beinecke Library, Yale University, GEN MSS 1394.

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• July and October 2018

• Gentile's Invitation to Shiloh, House of David by Henry M. Yaple
• Descriptive Bibliography of Imprints in the House of David Collection by Shannon McRae and Brian Ziebart
• The Quest for 392 by Brian Ziebart

Front cover illustration: The Star of Bethlehem. 2nd. ed. Book 1. 1903 M-048. Collection of the Israelite House of David Back cover illustration: Information for Excurstionists!. ca. 1910. M-007. Collection of the Israelite House of David.

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• “Hope on - work ever”: The Valley Forge Community and the Shakers by Stephen Paterwic
• List of People from the Valley Forge Community who Joined the Shakers compiled by Stephen Paterwic
• Natural Man Illumined: Johann Gichtel’s Mystical Figures at Ephrata by Nick Siegert

Front cover illustration: Jacob Martin, Mystical Figure (ca. 1760’s?) (Courtesy of Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Ephrata Cloister.)

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• From the Editor
• The Success and Failure of Oneida Community Architecture by Kevin Coffee
• Document: Reasons For Uniting with the people called Shakers: Comprised in a short sketch of the Author’s Religious Exercises, and a brief Statement of the Peculiar Doctrines and Practices of that People, by Proctor Sampson
• Hamilton College Library “Home Notes” Communal Societies Collection New Acquisitions, by Mark Tillson

Front cover illustration: The Oneida Community Mansion House. (Courtesy of the Oneida Community Mansion House.)

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• From the Editor
• Perils, Gold and Yellow: Cyrus Teed’s The Great Red Dragon by Adam Morris
• Shrill Echoes from the Hollow Earth: Transgressive Intellectualism and Inner Earth Utopia by Holly Folk
• Document: Diary of Virginia H. Andrews of a visit to Mount Lebanon, New York, Shaker community, 1892
• Document: Certificate of Ordination of Cyrus Reed Teed in the Mount Lebanon, New York, Shaker community, 1892

Front cover illustration: Koreshans posing on the set of their play “The Yellow Peril,” 1908. Koreshan Unity collection N2009- 3, Papers, ca 1887-1990; Box 15, KOR1985A, State Library and Archives of Florida.

Rear cover illustration: Koreshan Unity Sculpture. Koreshan Unity collection N2009- 3, Papers, ca 1887-1990; Box 6, folder 2, KOR2259A, State Library and Archives of Florida.

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• From the Editor
• Abijah Alley of Long Hollow: Preacher, Shaker Apostate, and Backwoods Prophet of the American South by Nancy Gray Schoonmaker and Christian Goodwillie
• Hamilton College Library “Home Notes”

Front cover illustration: Know Thyself! Lectures on Phrenology by Dr. J. P. M’Lean… [New York]: Office of the “Phrenological Journal,” 389 Broadway. S. R. Wells, Publisher, [c. 1870]. See Home Notes section for more information.
Rear cover illustration: The front wrapper of the February 1879 issue of Phrenological Journal and Science of Health.

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• From the Editor  
• One Bound Volume, Two Shaker Sisters, and a  Liberal Preacher by Sandra A. Soule
• Awaiting the Second Coming in the Piney Woods:  The New House of Israel by Julieanna Frost 
• Hamilton College Library “Home Notes” 

Front cover illustration: Mazdaznan 14, no. 8 (August 1915). Communal Societies Collection, Hamilton College.

Back cover illustration: Otoman Zar-Adusht Ha’nish (born Otto Hanisch), founder of the Mazdaznan movement. Communal Societies Collection, Hamilton College.

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• From the Editor
• Our Thriving Neighbors. A Shaker Elder Tells of the Success of His Colony Adjoining St. Cloud. By Ezra J. Stewart 
• Shaker Testimony. 
• Pineapples in Florida. The Shakers Have Made a Great Success with This Delicious Fruit. By Ezra J. Stewart
• Banana Culture. The Splendid Fruit Grows Naturally in Florida–How to Cultivate.
• St. Cloud. Plat of the Surveys and Lines for the Town and Farming Tracts.
• The Five-Acre Tracts.
• The Subdivision.
• Stop the Seining. Our Lakes are Being Depleted and Future Profits Discounted. By Ezra J. Stewart
• The Pineapple. Destined to Be a Leading Crop of Florida. 
• The American Eagle…. 
• The Shakers…. 
• A Tribute to Benjamin Gates. By Ezra J. Stewart
• There are openings…. 
• Hunting and Fishing. South Florida a Paradise for Hunters and Fishermen. By Ezra J. Stewart
• Pineapples.
• Citrus Groves in Florida. Practical Information Relating to Planting, Cultivating, Gathering and Marketing Oranges, Grapefruit, etc. By Ezra J. Stewart
• The Shaker Community.
• Cassava and Arrowroot. Two Prolific Plants Which Promise Great Profits in the Coming Industrial Development of Florida. By Ezra J. Stewart
• Yule-tide Meditations. By Ezra J. Stewart
• The Shakers….
• Nut-Bearing Trees. Pecans, Walnuts, Chestnuts and Almonds of Many Varieties Can Be Profitably Produced in Florida. by Ezra J. Stewart.
• News from the Shaker Colony.
• Winter Strawberries. A Great Money Crop, but One Requiring Care, Skill and Industry. By Ezra J. Stewart

Front cover illustration: “Shaker Orange Grove. St. Cloud, Fla.” Postcard, Communal Societies Collection, Hamilton College.

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