Title: Shaker cut-and-fold booklets : unfolding the gift drawings of Emily Babcock /
Authors: Soule, Sandra A.
Year: 2014
Subjects: Babcock, Emily,; Shakers United States History; Shaker drawing History; Spirit writings History; Spirit art History; Paper folding (Graphic design) History; Shaker women United States Biography.
Abstract: "Stark images and inspired messages appear in Shaker cut-and-fold booklets, one of the more unusual forms of gift drawings created in the early 1840s during the Shakers' internal revival known as Mother's Work. This study unfolds some of the puzzling aspects of these heavenly communications. The Shaker concept of union is embodied in the mysteriously decorated, interleaved sheets bearing prophetic spiritual messages. New findings about the visionary activities of Emily Babcock point to her as the instrument for these uniquely constructed gift drawings."--Back cover.
Contents: Unfolding the Shakers' inspired cut-and-fold booklets -- Appendix 1. Transcription of the booklet, "Power" ; Transcription of the booklet, "Spirit" ; Transcription of NYPL 102, one sheet of the booklet "Truth" -- Appendix 2. Unfolding the pages of the "Spirit" and "Power" booklets.