David Proper Shaker Manuscript Collection. 1782-
The David Proper Shaker Manuscript Collection contains over 200 titles of primary and secondary materials, pamphlets, serials, articles, broadsides, and posters, as well as over 50 works on utopian-communal life. The collection also contains Proper's personal files with correspondence from six Shakers, catalogs, trustees' reports, and information from various Shaker organizations. In addition to the Manuscript Collection, the David Proper Shaker Book Collection comprises approximately 150 books on the Shakers, both primary and secondary, and 100 books about utopian communities
Archival Material, English, 1782