The Maxham Daguerreotype of 1856: Image taken on 18 June 1856 at the "Daguerrean Palace" of  Benjamin D. Maxham of Worcester, Massachusetts. Three images were taken at this time. The Thoreau Society's image was originally given to Thoreau's friend, Theophilus Brown. Of the other two images: one is in the Berg Collection of the New York Public Library and the other is in the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. [The Thoreau Society Archives]

For more information about daguerreotypes, visit The Daguerreian Society

From the Birthplace:

• Board from the birth room wall [The Raymond Adams Collection]

• Hearth tiles [The Raymond Adams Collection]

• Joist [The Thoreau Society Archives]

For more information about the birthplace, visit The Thoreau Farm Trust

From the "Texas" House:

• Rock from cellar wall

• Roof beam, charred [The Raymond Adams Collection]

From Walden:

• Bricks [The Raymond Adams Collection; The Roland Robbins Collection; The Thoreau Society Archives]

• Mortar [The Roland Robbins Collection]

• Lathe [The Raymond Adams Collection]

• Nails

• Glass fragments

Pencils:

• Individual pencils

• Uncut pencil

• Dozen in original wrapper (John Thoreau and Co.) [The Thoreau Institute Archives]

• John Thoreau and Co. pencil box [The Walter Harding Collection]

Other:

• Henry and Sophia Thoreau's Herbarium [The Thoreau Society Archives]

• Arrowhead found by Thoreau [The Thoreau Society Archives]

• Daguerreotype of John Thoreau [The Thoreau Society Archives]

• Daguerreotype of Sophia Thoreau [The Thoreau Society Archives]

• Sewall shell collection [The Thoreau Society Archives]

• Thoreau family knife [The Thoreau Society Archives]

• Scrapbook (watercolors by Prudence Ward and Sophia Thoreau) [The Thoreau Society Archives]

• Pine "Summer" beam from the birthplace of Thoreau's mother, Cynthia Dunbar

• Brick fragment from Brook Farm [The Thoreau Society Archives]