The Amana Society collection contains materials of the Community of True Inspiration held by the Special Collections Department of Hamilton College. The Community of True Inspiration, today's Amana Society, is a Pietist sect that began in south central Germany in 1714. The Inspirationists, like the Shakers, were influenced by the "French Prophets,"…
The Amana Society collection contains materials of the Community of True Inspiration held by the Special Collections Department of Hamilton College. The Community of True…
Genre: Ephemera, Visual Materials
Language: English
Collection Membership: Hamilton College Library Digital Collections, Communal Societies
The Bishop Hill Colony was founded in western Illinois in 1846 by dissenters from the Swedish Lutheran Church. Known as lasare (or readers), they read the Bible for themselves and followed the preaching of their leader Erik Janson. Many of the settlers perished during a difficult first winter at their new home in the United States. Additionally,…
The Bishop Hill Colony was founded in western Illinois in 1846 by dissenters from the Swedish Lutheran Church. Known as lasare (or readers), they read the Bible for themselves…
Genre: Ephemera, Manuscripts
Language: English, Swedish
Collection Membership: Hamilton College Library Digital Collections, Communal Societies
Materials related to The Israelite's House of David and Mary's City of David.
Materials related to The Israelite's House of David and Mary's City of David.
Genre: Ephemera, Manuscripts, Publications, Visual Materials
Language: English
Collection Membership: Communal Societies, Hamilton College Library Digital Collections
The Kerista commune existed in the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood of San Francisco, California, from 1971 to 1991. The Kerista religion was founded in 1956 in New York City by World War II veteran John Peltz Presmont, who became known as Bro Jud Presmont. The Keristans practiced polyfidelity, in which up to twenty-four or thirty-six partners (an even…
The Kerista commune existed in the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood of San Francisco, California, from 1971 to 1991. The Kerista religion was founded in 1956 in New York City by…
Genre: Ephemera
Language: English
Collection Membership: Communal Societies, Hamilton College Library Digital Collections
The collection consists of digitized materials related to the Shakers.
The collection consists of digitized materials related to the Shakers.
Genre: Ephemera, Manuscripts, Publications, Visual Materials
Language: English
Collection Membership: Communal Societies, Hamilton College Library Digital Collections