Newsletter Winter 2015

VOLUME 40
ISSUE 1 WINTER 2015
Communiqué
The Communal Studies Association Newsletter
UPCOMING
CONFERENCES
2015
Pleasant Hill, KY
October 1-3, 2015
2016
Salt Lake City, UT
October 6-9, 2016
2017
Zoar, OH
Sept. 29-Oct. 1, 2017
2018
Bishop Hill, IL
Amana Conference Wrap-Up
After eighteen years, the
Communal Studies Association returned to Amana,
Iowa for our forty-first annual conference, October 9-11,
2014. The Amana Heritage
Society and the Amana
Church Society were honored to welcome conference
participants to help celebrate
the 300 year anniversary of
the founding of the Community of True Inspiration
(Amana Church).
Conference venues included
Date TBD
Emilie Hoppe addresses attendees at the opening session
at the Amana Church.
Inside this issue:
President’s Col umn
2
Executive Director ’s
Column
3
Communal News
4
Calendar of Events
5
CSA Award Wi nners
6
New Books
7
the Amana Heritage Museum, the Amana church building (one of the largest communal meeting halls in America), the Amana woolen mill,
and some of Amana's wellknown restaurants. Tours of
the church, cemetery, industrial buildings, and more acquainted participants with
both the cultural and natural
heritage of the Amanas.
We thank Jonathan Andelson, Program Chair, and his
committee for creating an
exciting conference. Many
presentations focused on the
program theme of "Form
Follows Faith: the influence
of belief on the architecture
Larry Foster leads folk dancing
at the Woolen Mill after Friday
night’s dinner and auction.
and crafts of American Communal Societies."
The Amana Heritage Museum
mounted two special exhibits
during the conference. "300
Years of the Printed Word: the
History of the Amana Church
through Print" featured numerous publications, photographs
and documents that trace the
evolution of the community.
"Telephones in Communal Amana" displayed telephones,
switchboards and other hardware, some manufactured in
Amana, which demonstrates the
quick adoption of new technology by the Amana colonists.
Two pre-conference tours
gave conference attendees the
opportunity to visit other interesting sites in the area. On
Wednesday October 8, we visit-
Josh Lockyer of Arkansas Tech
University at a session at the
Amana Church.
ed Bishop Hill, Illinois, the site
of the Swedish Pietist communal society of Erik Janson.
The tour included several
historic buildings just recently
renovated and opened to the
public. On Thursday October
9 we traveled to Fairfield,
Iowa, home to the Maharishi
University Sustainability Center, Abundant Ecovillage, and
the planned community of
Vedic City.
Conferees enjoyed a traditional Amana meal on Saturday
prepared by the Amana
Church’s youth group. Photos
by Peter Hoehnle.
Many Amana residents attended conference sessions
and the community was excited to have the Communal
Studies Association share in
the commemoration of the
founding of the Amana
Church
See
Page 2
for information
about
the 2015
Conference at
Pleasant Hill, KY
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A MESSAGE FROM
President
Denise Seachrist
Happy New Year, dear members
of the CSA! I hope that all of you
had a most wonderful holiday season and are looking forward to all
the possibilities that 2015 brings.
It is both an honor and privilege to
be serving as the president of the
Communal Studies Association.
My thanks to all of you who helped
make our 2014 conference such a
success. After an eighteen-year
hiatus, it was delightful to return
to Amana and help celebrate the
300 year anniversary of the founding of the Community of True
Inspiration (Amana Church). Congratulations to Jonathan Andelson, program chair, and his committee for their efforts in crafting
such a fine program. I extend special thanks to two CSA board
members for their tireless efforts
working behind the scenes before,
during, and after our visit; treasurer Lanny Haldy and past president Peter Hoehnle kept things
running smoothly. (And I have it
on good authority that they are
still speaking to one another!)
In assuming the leadership of this
organization, I have been reflecting
on just how very special the CSA
is. We are fortunate to have
board members who are dedicated
and caring. Each brings enthusiasm
and good humor to the meetings.
Each is willing to serve this group
to the very best of his or her ability. Our conferences, journal,
newsletter, and website can serve
as models for best practices for
other organizations. Our strength
lies in a membership that is both
academic and communal. All are
welcome, and the relationships and
friendships – both old and new –
resulting from our interactions
make each of us better as a consequence.
2015 brings some other transitions within the CSA. After several years serving ably as our journal
editor, Peter Hoehnle will be
handing the reins to associate editor Carol Medlicott, and
Heather Van Wormer will join
Josh Fleer as our two associate
editors. Additionally, after many
years as serving as our book review editor, Ruth Lambach will
be stepping down from those duties. Susan Love Brown will be
taking over that role from Ruth.
These transitions will occur following the publication of the Fall 2014
issue, which is due soon.
On the Board, Peter will be serving as past-president, and Marc
Rhorer has been elected our vice
president. Marc also has graciously
agreed to assume the editorial
duties of the newsletter. Finally, I
am pleased to announce that
Thomas A. Guiler III, a graduate
student at Syracuse University, will
be joining the board. Yet, with all
these transitions, it pleases me
greatly that our CSA executive
director, Kathy Fernandez,
remains a constant for our organization. I know I speak for many in
stating that it was such a great
moment to see Kathy recognized
for her tireless contributions to
the CSA with this year’s Distinguished Service Award. Congratulations, Kathy!
In closing, I believe a goal all of
us should have in the coming years
is to work toward increasing our
membership. I look forward to
hearing your ideas about how to
grow our ranks. New members
bring new ideas and perspectives
to a group; new members bring
new energy and vitality. Let all of
us work toward sharing our commitment and enthusiasm with others who benefit by “communing”
with us!
Warmest regards,
Denise
ISSUE 1 WINTER, 2015
2015 CSA Conference at the
Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill
This year the annual conference of
the Communal Studies Association
will be held at the Shaker Village of
Pleasant Hill, Kentucky. The relatively central location, approximately
400 miles east of the mean center of
the US population, should ease
transportation and access for many.
At Pleasant Hill, whose slogan is,
"We make you kindly welcome,"
CSA members will find hospitable
surroundings conducive to productive discussions of community and
the renewal of friendships alike.
Strategically located near the Kentucky River on the edge of the
famed Bluegrass region, Pleasant
Hill's location was in the midst of
Shakers at the West Family
Dwelling at Plesant Hill circa
1885.
religious revivals when Shaker missionaries first arrived there in 1806.
The missionaries’ efforts at the historic frontier settlement of Shawnee
Run led to the establishment of the
Shaker village of Pleasant Hill. By
the 1820s, Pleasant Hill was one of
the largest Shaker communities in
America and the village played an
integral role in the religious movement.
Pleasant Hill Shaker Village is approximately 24 miles southwest of
Lexington, Kentucky. Lodging and
meals will be provided in original
Shaker structures of the village. Our
accommodations will be within the
fifteen beautifully restored buildings
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FROM YOUR CSA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
As you have read elsewhere in
this newsletter, the CSA has long
sponsored awards of all sorts, and,
for the last few years, has funded a
Research Fellowship, where individuals receive a $1200 stipend to
research a communal topic, with
the resulting research presented at
a CSA conference.
However, the Fellowship is for
an individual scholar, not a group.
At its last two meetings, the CSA
board has been discussing how we
might help the other part of the
equation, historic communal sites –
those entities that preserve the
heritage of communal groups and
host our yearly conferences. A
subcommittee of then-President
Peter Hoehnle, Past President
Christian Goodwillie, Board members Carol Medlicott, Holly Folk,
Laura Kohl, and myself met via
video conference last summer.
After some discussion, we
thought: why limit our help to
historic sites – we could include
current ones as well. We knew
we could not grant a large amount
of money, so what could we fund
that wouldn’t cost a lot, but would
also help our members as well as
the site? We decided that helping
to preserve “Hidden Collections”
of manuscripts would be our aim.
“Hidden” collections are typically
defined one that has not been cataloged, processed, or accessioned,
leaving researchers either unaware
of its existence or not able to access it through the Internet. Such
collections could be manuscripts,
printed materials, film, audio tapes
and/or photographs.
Institutions, be they historic or
current, would apply online via our
website for a $2,000 stipend to
make all or part of their manuscript
collection permanently accessible to
scholars through the Internet. The
online application process is still
under discussion, but applicants
would have to have a budget, a timeline and demonstrate their understanding of the process of digitization involved. Applicants would
have to have a federal tax ID number. After completion of the digitization, groups will be encouraged to
present an overview of the digital
materials at a CSA conference.
So, be on the lookout for the announcement late this spring of the
CSA’s newest award, the Hidden
Collections grant.
— Kathy Fernandez
CSA Journal Author/
Title Index Available
Thanks to the generosity of member Lyman Tower Sargent, an index
of the authors and titles of all 34
volumes of the CSA’s journal Communal Societies is now available on
our website as a PDF. Included also
are all book reviews, both by the
author of the review, the title of the
book and the author of the book. It
is searchable using the Adobe Acrobat “find” command.
This index has been a long-time
labor of love for Lyman Tower Sargent, and the CSA thanks him for
allowing us to post it on our site. It
will be updated as new issues of the
journal appear.
Pleasant Hill Conference 2015
Continued from page 2
spread throughout Shaker Village. Most
rooms feature relaxing rocking chairs
and quiet sitting areas and all are furnished with reproduction Shaker furniture. Pleasant Hill is known throughout
the region for its unparalleled architectural charm, its restored agricultural
landscape, and its natural vistas. In
addition to enjoying the historic Shaker
buildings, attendees will be able to take
in the network of nature trails, affording wildlife viewing and bird watching in
the early autumn weather.
Pleasant Hill is easily accessible from
several regional airports. The closest
airport is Lexington, Kentucky (LEX),
approximately 35 minutes away via U.S.
68. The Louisville, Kentucky airport
(SDF) is somewhat farther to the
northwest, about 1 hour and 15
minutes away via U.S. 127 and I-68.
Another option is the Northern Kentucky/Cincinnati airport (CVG), which
is approximately 1 hour and 40
minutes north of the village, via U.S. 68
and I-75. Specific driving directions
from these airports will be provided in
conference registration information
later this year.
Our 2015 conference theme is
"Marking the Land: How Intentional
Communities Shape Their Surrounding
Physical and Social Landscapes." By
concentrating on the geographic impacts, the meeting theme is open to
various topics applicable to community
and place. The Shakers at Pleasant Hill
actively shaped a landscape that was
somewhat distinct from the physical
and social landscapes of the surrounding region, making the Shaker village a
Kentucky showpiece. Intentional communities make their mark on the places
they inhabit. That mark might be in the
physical transformation of the landscape that sustains the community. It
might be the design or transformation
of the structures that shelter the community. Or it might be the creation or
reorganization of a distinct social landscape. Landscape transformation lies
close to the heart of the communal
impulse.
Over the years, the Pleasant Hill
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ISSUE 1 WINTER, 2015
COMMUNAL NEWS
The Fellowship for Intentional Community announces
that nominations are now open
for the 2016 Kozeny Communitarian Award. This honors the
indomitable spirit of Geoph
Kozeny, who devoted his adult life
to creating community in the
world. This Award is intended to
celebrate the accomplishments of
a person or organization in one or
more of the following ways: Networker (strengthening relationships between two or more organizations); Media Relations
(representing intentional communities to the press or writing and/
or speaking successfully about
community); Good Neighbor
(helping communities cope with
major challenges); Community
Builder (helping fledgling communities find success); Creating
Community in Place (helping
existing organizations find a greater sense of community); Cooperative Leadership (providing exemplary leadership); and Historian/Preservationist.
Anyone may submit nominations
for this award. The nomination
deadline is April 1. Nominees
may not be current FIC board
members, committee volunteers
or paid staff. Nominators should
submit a letter outlining the nominee’s qualifications (including web
links) for any of the above accomplishments, plus contact information for both the nominee and
nominator. Send this or any questions to Laird Schaub,
[email protected] . A decision will be
made at the FIC board meeting in
May.
~~~
Utopia and the End of the City
Is the them for the European
Utopian Studies Association’s
2015 conference.
As its physical and social limits
expand, the city can seem endless,
intruding into every aspect of global life. And the voracious growth
of the urban also invites us to reexamine the meanings of the natural beyond city-country and nature
-culture binaries. Utopian studies
offers a wealth of approaches for
thinking and re-thinking the dilemmas and desires of an urban age,
for exploring what is next for - or
after - the city.
The 2015 16th Annual International Conference of the European
Utopian Studeis Society, July 1-4,
2015 at Newcastle University, U.
K., is dedicated to exploring these
issues and their relationship to
utopian thought, theory and practice. Newcastle-Upon-Tyne in the
Northeast of England is uniquely
situated to consider the city and its
end(s). Hadrian’s wall, the ruins of
which pass through Newcastle,
demarcated the limit of the Roman
Empire and apparent civilization, an
idea that continues to shape conceptions of inclusion and exclusion
in Britain and elsewhere. Particularly encouraged are proposals
relating to this theme, but they
welcome proposals on any other
aspect of the utopian tradition in
its broadest sense from all fields of
research and practice. Closing
date for paper and closed panel
proposals, and posters March 1st
2015. Please send all proposals
and correspondence to [email protected]
Communities Magazine is
seeking articles about: creating
community in your neighborhood;
starting a new community; process
and communication issues in com-
munity; and seeking community to
join.
Suggested submission length is
from 300 to 2500 words. They
invite submissions ranging from
short vignettes to extensivelydeveloped articles, and also seek
suggestions of recommended resources and article leads. Articles
should bewritten in a readerfriendly, popular-magazine style.
Check www.ic.org/submissions-tocommunities-magazine for Writers' Guidelines---and let them
know your article idea so that they
can give feedback on how it may fit
into Communities. Contact Chris
Roth at [email protected]. To submit
photos, please check www.ic.org/
submissions-to-communitiesmagazine or contact Yulia Zarubina at [email protected] for Photo
Guidelines.
~~~
A blog “Community Life in
Findhorn” about this community
in Scotland has been created by
Graham Meltzer. It's written from
a personal perspective but contains
interpretation and analysis to appeal to academics. The address iis
http://
findhornblog.wordpress.com/
Communiqué, the Newsletter of
The Communal Studies Association,
P. O. Box 122, Amana, IA 52203,
[email protected],
www.communalstudies.org
Send news iitems to Editor Marc
Rhorer, [email protected]
VOLUME 40
ISSUE 1 WINTER, 2014
PAGE 5
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
January
10– Feb. 1
16-18
The Civil War in Pennsylvania, Historic Harmony
Introduction to Beekeeping Weekend, Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill
February
4
6-8
7
13-15
14
14
18
20-22
21
21
27-March 1
28
Weaving Class, Historic Zoar Village
Landscape Management Weekend, Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill
Speaker Series, Historic Zoar Village
Getaway Weekend, Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill
Harmoniefest Dinner, Historic Harmony
Valentine’s Day Dinner, Canterbury Shaker Village
Weaving Class, Historic Zoar Village
Friends Weekend, Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill
Spirited Bourbon Dinner, Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill
Weaving Class, Historic Zoar Village
Wildlife Conservation Weekend, Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill
Knitting Workshop, Historic Zoar Village
March
6
6-8
7
13-15
20-22
Zoar Store opens for the season
Primitive Skills and Survival Weekend, Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill
Weaving Class, Historic Zoar Village
Journalism, Literature and Art Weekend, Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill
Shaker Simplicity Weekend, Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill
May
7
9
26
Heifer Parade with Food & Fiddle, Opening Weekend, Canterbury Shaker Village
Canterbury Shaker Village XC 5K Run, Canterbury Shaker Village
Quilt in a Day program, Historic Harmony
June
13
24
Herb and Garden Fair, Historic Harmony
Star Spangled Summer Gathering, Canterbury Shaker Village
Take Time to Recognize Excellence through CSA Awards
An important component of the mission
of the Communal Studies Association
(CSA) is to recognize quality in scholarship,
service, and practice. Every year the CSA
solicits nominations for awards from the
membership and the community at large.
Submitting a nomination is an important
task that CSA members can take pride in,
as it contributes to the visibility and
strength of our organization and scholarship as a whole. The nomination process is
easy. Some nominations can be completed
in less than twenty minutes, and the entire
process can be completed electronically.
Here are the major awards the CSA seeks
nominations for each year.
Distinguished Scholar – honors a person
who has contributed greatly to the study of
communal societies.
Donald Durnbaugh Starting Scholar –
encourages and recognizes new authors in
the field of communal studies.
Donald Pitzer Distinguished Service –
recognizes persons who have contributed,
through service, to the CSA and/or the field
of communal studies.
Gina Walker Outstanding Project –
honors non-print projects, or other contributions, related to communal studies. The projects are usually attributed to multiple partici-
pants, and must be completed within the past
two years.
Outstanding Book - honors a single published book, popular or scholarly, related to
communal studies.
Outstanding Article - honors a single published book, popular or scholarly, related to
communal studies.
For details on the awards or to submit a
nomination, visit www.communalstudies.org/
awards . If you have questions concerning
the awards, contact Marc Rhorer at
[email protected]. The awards deadline is
June 1, 2015.
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Pleasant Hill Conference 2015
Continued from page 3
community buildings evolved as
several entities: a thriving Shaker
village, a religious community in
decay, farms, gas stations, mechanic
shops, private homes, a girls’
school, a Baptist Church, and storage facility for Goodwill Industries.
Most conference sessions will be
held in buildings that were part of
the West Family, though supplemental activities may be held
throughout the village.
Plans are underway to arrange
pre-conference optional excursions
for participants. Though the exact
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exhibits that are broadly related to
the conference theme, but also on
other more general aspects of intentional and communal life. For consideration, please submit your presentation title, a 150-word maximum abstract, a brief (100 word) biographical
statement and contact information via
the Communal Studies Association
website at http://
www.communalstudies.org/
annualconference. If you have questions about the conference or would
like to discuss a session idea, please
feel free to email Carol Medlicott,
Conference Chair, at [email protected]. You may also
phone her at 859-572-5316.
Enfield Shaker Forum
Plesant Hill’s Centre Family House.
excursions have not been finalized,
two candidates include Berea College and the Abbey of Our Lady of
Gethsemani. Berea College is a
unique institution with a communal
tradition and an emphasis on sustaining a range of handicraft traditions. Students, most economically
disadvantaged, pay no tuition, but
instead work for the intuition to
cover the cost of their tuition,
room, and board. The Abbey of
Our Lady of Gethsemani is a Trappist monastery located about 90
minutes west of Pleasant Hill. The
monastery was home to Thomas
Merton, prolific writer and mystic,
who frequently visited Pleasant Hill
and wrote of the Shakers. Today,
the Trappist Monks practice a life of
prayer, devotion and service at the
site and have a long history of welcoming visitors. Registration information for these excursions will be
available in the late spring.
Session and paper proposals are
being accepted through May 15,
2015. We welcome papers, panel
discussions, films, and alternative
ISSUE 1 WINTER, 2016
The Enfield Shaker Museum’s Annual Forum on the Shakers will be held
on April 24 – 26, 2015. The Museum is seeking proposals for papers
and presentations for Saturday, April
25 from 9 am – 4 pm. Preference will
be given to proposals based on primary sources such as, but not limited to,
journals, ledger books, oral histories,
newspapers, artifacts, correspondence
and maps. Shaker Workshops will once
again award a $500 cash prize to the
presenter demonstrating the highest
standard in
new, outstanding
scholarship.
All presenters will receive a free
weekend package.
The Forum will include lectures,
tours, receptions and meals. The audience will be 75 – 100 people, primarily from New England, having a general
interest in Shaker studies. A welcome
reception, dinner and program will be
held on Friday, April 24. Programs,
presentations, tours and performances will be held all day on Saturday,
April 25. A dinner and program will
be held on Saturday evening. Siterelated programs and tours will be
held on Sunday morning following
breakfast.
To Submit a Proposal: Send an
abstract of 500 words or fewer and a
CV or resume by February 16 to
Enfield Shaker Museum, 447 NH
Route 4A, Enfield, NH 03748, or email
to [email protected]. Please
include your name, address and a
phone number in your email. Applicants will be notified of the presenting
schedule by February 23. Those
eligible for receipt of the Shaker
Workshops’ Award will be asked to
submit their papers (preferably by
email) by April 6. The winner will be
announced on Saturday, April 25.
Applicants with Abstracts not chosen,
may participate in a poster session
shown throughout the weekend.
General Registration: Weekend
package rates for the general audience
are double occupancy $265 per person and single occupancy $340 per
person, including all meals and programs. Saturday overnight package
double occupancy is $150 per person;
single occupancy is $190 per person,
including all meals and programs for
Saturday and Sunday. Register by calling the Enfield Shaker Museum (603)
632-4346 or emailing [email protected].
2014 CSA Award Winners
Jeff Bach, Elizabethtown
College, Distinguished
Scholar
Carol Medlicott,
Northern Kentucky
University, Book,
Issachar Bates.
Kathy Fernandez, CSA
Executive Director,
Service Award
Thomas A. Guiler III,
Syracuse University,
Research Felllowship
Not Pictured: Caroline Clarke, Starting Scholar;
Eva Jane Baxter, Article; and Steve Schiffer,
Research Fellowship
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ISSUE 1 SUMMER, 2015
CSA Members Attend
Jonestown Memorial
Attendees at the Jonestown Memorial
included CSA Board Member Holly
Folk, third from right.
On November 18, 2014, two CSA
board members attended the memorial service for the 36th anniversary of
Jonestown, at Evergreen Cemetery in
Oakland, California. Laura Kohl, a
Jonestown survivor, traveled up from
San Diego to help coordinate the
event. Holly Folk, who teaches about
People’s Temple in classes in comparative religion, flew down from Bellingham, Washington. Laura shared, “We
all arrived at Evergreen Cemetery
around 2 p.m., and spent time together. At about 2:45, we gathered in a
circle around the graves of the five
new cremains from Dover, Delaware.
We set sunflowers on the new grave
of the five who were buried on October 20, 2014. The five were Irene Mason, Tony Walker, Wanda Bonita King,
Ottie Mese Guy, and Ruth Atkins.
Then, we each shared our names and
why we felt moved to come to the
cemetery on this day. It was very intimate and loving. We spent more time
with friends at the site before heading
off to a dinner together at Harry's
Hofbrau.”
Have you paid your
2015
CSA Membership?
If you haven’t, there is a
form enclosed in this
newsletter.
PLEASE RENEW TODAY!
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NEW BOOKS FROM COUPER PRESS
The Shakers of White Water,
Ohio, 1823-1916, edited by James R.
Innis, Jr., and Thomas Sakmyster, 311
pp., with 90 b/w illustrations, 22 music
scores, 9 poems, and 9 maps, paperback binding, 26 cm., 2014. ISBN: 9781-937370-12-1 ($30)
This work is a comprehensive examination of the history and life of White
Water Village by
leading experts on
the community.
As an offshoot of
Union Village, the
“mother” of Ohio
Shaker communities, White Water
has received scant
attention in the
past. This work rectifies the situation
and serves as an example of what
should be done for all of the Shaker
communities.
~~~
Shaker Cut-and-Fold Booklets:
Unfolding the Gift Drawings of
Emily Babcock, by Sandra A. Soule,
97 pages, illustrations, 28 cm., 2014.
ISBN: 978-1-937370-09-1 ($35)
Cut-and-fold
booklets is one of
the more unusual
forms of gift drawings created in the
early 1840s during
the Shakers' internal revival known
as Mother's
Work. This study
unfolds some of
the puzzling aspects of these heavenly
communications.
~~~
The Shaker
Spiritual Notices of Eleanor Potter, by
Jane F. Crosthwaite, 45 pages,
illustrations, 31
cm., 2013. ISBN:
978-1-937370-10
-7 ($30)
Reproduces four sixteen-page manuscript books by Eleanor Potter which
record her spirit messages for the
leaders of the Shaker Ministry. These
manuscripts include spirit drawings as
well as text. Crosthwaite provides an
introductory essay setting the context
for the messages and an analysis of
them.
~~~
A Descriptive Bibliography of
Imprints from the Israelite House
of David and
Mary's City of
David, 19022010, by Henry
M. Yaple. (ACSS,
no. 10) 457 pp.,
with 93 color
illustrations, paperback binding.2014. ISBN:
978-1-937370-138 ($75)
A comprehensive illustrated bibliography of the printed literature issued
by the two Michigan communities famous for their bearded baseball
teams! 93 color illustrations.
~~~
The Worthy Virgins: Mary Purnell and Her City of David, by Julieanna Frost. (ACSS, no. 9) 161 pp.,
with 19 b/w illustrations, paperback
binding, 2014. ISBN: 978-1-937370-145 ($15)
The first biography of Mary Purnell
who along with her husband Benjamin,
led the Israelite House
of David in Benton
Harbor, Michigan. Mary
later formed her own
community, Mary's City
of David. Both communities are functioning
today. The communities are best known for
their bearded baseball teams, but, as
Frost's book shows, they were only a
small part of the story. 19 illustrations.
All books available from
www.hamilton.edu/library/
couperpress or from Amazon.
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