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document "Revival in Pittsfield" article from the Franklin Herald newspaper
Oct 30, 1821
L05.051
Revival meetings were held in many towns with the aim of bringing people into the church.
Cover "The Day-Star: A Monthly Magazine devoted The Revival of Religion"
1852
L05.060
Though discouraged from participating in public activities, women employed various measures to influence their communities.
Page 1 Letter to Aaron Fuller from brother John Emery regarding religious revival
Feb 6, 1838
L05.062
John Emery Fuller expresses his hopes that a recent religious revival will spur his father to join the church.
Page 1 Two pages from diary of Sophronia Grout on Religious Revival
c. 1825
L05.073
Sophronia Grout writes about religious revivals which by 1830, had a long history in America
front "Lyman Street, Lake Pleasant, Mass."
c. 1910
M.81
The Spiritualists who came to Lake Pleasant were but one group of Americans in the 19th century seeking to re-connect with nature through camping and other outdoor pursuits.
front Gospel Meeting Tent
1907
1996.12.2618
The gospel meetings of the early 20th century sought to meet the religious needs of the common man.
front Camp Northfield, East Northfield, Mass
1904
1997.08.01.0014
Beginning in the 1880s, the Northfield schools hosted an annual student and Christian workers conference.
front The Bridge, Lake Pleasant, Mass.
1906
1997.08.01.0070
Like many other Americans in this period, the Spiritualists who spent their summers at Lake Pleasant wished to immerse themselves in natural surroundings.
front Lake Pleasant

1997.08.01.0071
The Spiritualists who came to Lake Pleasant were but one group of Americans in the 19th century seeking to re-connect with nature through camping and other outdoor pursuits.
front Boat landing
c. 1900
1999.03.0036
Spiritualists wishing to escape from the stresses of an increasingly industrial world came to Lake Pleasant in Montague, Massachusetts. There they could witness seers, clairvoyants, trance mediums, psychics and healers who themselves had been lured to the village by the Lake's sparkling glacial waters.

 

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