Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Publication Date
8-25-2012
Abstract
Finding aid and scans of selected items (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 406. Correspondence, research notes and manuscript articles of Francis J. “Thomas” Whitaker, a Benedictine monk who lived and worked at St. Maur’s Priory, formerly the South Union Shaker Village in Logan County, Kentucky, from 1954-1988. He amassed a large collection of photocopied research material on the South Union community as well as other Shaker villages and museums in the United States. Also includes his research on various Catholic topics.
Disciplines
American Material Culture | American Popular Culture | History | History of Religion | Religion | United States History
Recommended Citation
Folklife Archives, Manuscripts &, "Whitaker, Francis J., 1916-1994 (MSS 406)" (2012). Manuscript Collection Finding Aids. Paper 2244.
https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_mss_fin_aid/2244
South Union Shaker farm plats
Included in
American Material Culture Commons, American Popular Culture Commons, History of Religion Commons, Religion Commons, United States History Commons
Comments
This collection is archived in the Manuscripts & Folklife Archives at Western Kentucky University; 270-745-5083, mssfa@wku.edu