SVWG: Shaker Village Work Group A/V Materials
Scope and content
This subseries contains photographs of Shaker buildings, the Counts, a large collection of slides donated by Robert Opdahl featuring the Work Group villagers, two films about Shaker ceremonies, a record of Shaker songs sung by villagers, and cassette tapes featuring songs and oral histories. Digitized video of 10 minute performance from 1957 here: https://www.shakermuseum.us/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/SVWG-film-of-performance-1957.mp4. Digitized audio of performances of Shaker songs here: https://www.shakermuseum.us/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/SVWG-performing-Shaker-songs.mp3. Digitized audio of oral history interviews and more songs here: https://www.shakermuseum.us/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/SVWG-audio-interviews-and-Shaker-songs.mp3
Arrangement
6.1 Belden, Brother Ricardo photographs. 6.2 Center House - negative. 6.3 Count, Jerome photographs. 6.4 Count, Sybil photographs. 6.5 Hancock Shaker Village (snowy landscape) photographs. 6.6 Furniture (photocopies). 6.7 Mt. Lebanon: Shaker Village photographs. 6.8 Mt. Lebanon: Wash house/Sister and Brother workshops. OV-2 Research for Shaker ceremony - reel tape (sound). 1957. OV-2 Research tape for Shaker ceremony - reel tape (film). 1957. OV-2 Shaker service: Aug 1965 (C.B.S). dance. (film). 6.9 Shaker Village Work Group - villager photographs. 6.10 Shaker Village Work Group - Museum Festival 1958. OV-2 Shaker Village Work Group - Oral history interviews, Shaker (song and dance) and school interview cassette tapes (2). OV-2 Shaker Village Work Group - Shaker songs, record. OV-2 Shaker Village Work Group - Slides. Various 1951-1955. 6.11 South Family Mt. Lebanon - Dwelling house (2). 6.12 Unidentified people.
