News and Notes

Authors

Walter A. Brumm

Abstract

News and notes related to:

1. the Communal Studies Association annual meeting in Kirtland, Ohio;
2. the Shelburne Museum’s exhibition: "Out of this World: Shaker Design, Past, Present, and Future";
3. an interview of ninety-one year old Owen Edgington (a direct descendant of West Union Shakers William Edgington and Jane Johnson) by Dorothy Jones and Carol Medlicottin;
4. a report on the signing of preservation and conservation easements by Shakers at Sabbathday Lake, Maine, to preserve nineteen community buildings and prevent future development of the property;
5. an update on Koinonia Farm.

Date

January 2008

Volume

2

Number

1

First Page

32

Last Page

41

Journal Title

American Communal Societies Quarterly

ISSN

1939-473X