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How the Shakers kept union remotely
Jun 16, 2020
Many of us seek to experience with others what the Shakers call union, or the feeling of being deeply connected and on equal footing, and it was a central aspect to the longevity of the Shakers’ communal living. They found a variety of ways to keep in union remotely,...
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Mutual aid: Recovering after a devastating fire
Jun 3, 2020
The bell sounded at 11:30 AM on Friday, February 5, 1875, just before the Shakers were called to dinner. As the bell continued to toll, they realized it signified fire rather than the meal. As Sister Anna Dodgson described it in a journal kept by the Church Family deaconesses,...
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Sharon Koomler

Collections Manager

Sharon Duane Koomler is a Shaker scholar and traditional letterpress printer living in upstate New York. She has academic degrees in American Folklore from Indiana University and Western Kentucky University. Sharon has worked at Shaker Museums from Kentucky to New Hampshire as an educator, curator, consultant, and director. She has written and published on Shaker material culture and spirituality, and lectured widely on Shaker art, life, and belief. Sharon has a particular interest in the under-researched social aspects of Shaker life and ways in which Shakers practiced inclusion and intentionality.