The Walden Woods Project

Hours of Operation and Contact Information

Monday-Friday, 10:00 - 4:00 by appointment: please call ahead

The Thoreau Institute at Walden Woods is closed on:

New Year’s Eve Day and New Year’s Day; Martin Luther King, Jr. Day; Presidents Day; Patriots Day; Memorial Day; Independence Day; Labor Day; Columbus Day; Veterans Day; Thanksgiving Day and the Friday following Thanksgiving Day; Christmas Eve Day and Christmas Day.

Contact: Curator of Collections, Jeffrey S. Cramer
E-Mail: curator@walden.org
Telephone/Fax: (781) 259-4730
Mailing address: 44 Baker Farm, Lincoln, MA 01773-3004

Thoreau Institute Library Catalog

Guidelines for Using the Collections

"It ought not to need to print in a reading-room a caution to strangers not to speak loud; nor to persons who look over fine engravings, that they should be handled like cobwebs and butterflies' wings; nor to persons who look at marble statues, that they shall not smite them with canes. But, even in the perfect civilization of this city, such cautions are not quite needless in the Athenaeum and City Library."
— Ralph Waldo Emerson "Behavior"

Guidelines

Volunteers

The Thoreau Institute at Walden Woods Library welcomes and encourages volunteers. Volunteers expand and supplement the services the Library is able to offer to the public.

You are invited to join our dedicated group of volunteers! Volunteers may donate their time for short or long term projects. By sharing your time and talent with us, you can make a big difference in the quality of service the Thoreau Institute is able to provide.

In an effort to ensure a positive experience with us, the Library has defined some criteria for successful volunteering. These include individual responsibility and commitment, maturity, and attention to detail. Volunteers must be personally invested in working with us to provide good service in a professional manner. The Library is unable to provide a one-to-one mentoring relationship. Individuals must be able to work independently after initial training.

Some of the many volunteer opportunities available are:

Scanning historical documents or photographs

Clerical work: photocopying, de-stapling, alphabetizing, arranging, filing

Shelf-reading

Indexing

Creating finding aids

Transcribing manuscript material

If you are interested in lending a helping hand to various projects
in the Thoreau Institute at Walden Woods Library,
please the Curator at curator@walden.org

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Conservation Education Research About us News Calendar Search Support Contact Home Thoreau's Writings: The Digital Collection Library Info and Catalogs The Collections E-mail the Library Copyright © 2008 The Walden Woods Project. For personal, educational or noncommercial use only.	Hours of Operation and Contact Information Monday-Friday, 10:00 - 4:00 by appointment: please call ahead The Thoreau Institute at Walden Woods is closed on: New Year’s Eve Day and New Year’s Day; Martin Luther King, Jr. Day; Presidents Day; Patriots Day; Memorial Day; Independence Day; Labor Day; Columbus Day; Veterans Day; Thanksgiving Day and the Friday following Thanksgiving Day; Christmas Eve Day and Christmas Day. Contact: Curator of Collections, Jeffrey S. Cramer E-Mail: curator@walden.org Telephone/Fax: (781) 259-4730 Mailing address: 44 Baker Farm, Lincoln, MA 01773-3004 Thoreau Institute Library Catalog Guidelines for Using the Collections "It ought not to need to print in a reading-room a caution to strangers not to speak loud; nor to persons who look over fine engravings, that they should be handled like cobwebs and butterflies' wings; nor to persons who look at marble statues, that they shall not smite them with canes. But, even in the perfect civilization of this city, such cautions are not quite needless in the Athenaeum and City Library." — Ralph Waldo Emerson "Behavior" Guidelines Volunteers The Thoreau Institute at Walden Woods Library welcomes and encourages volunteers. Volunteers expand and supplement the services the Library is able to offer to the public. You are invited to join our dedicated group of volunteers! Volunteers may donate their time for short or long term projects. By sharing your time and talent with us, you can make a big difference in the quality of service the Thoreau Institute is able to provide. In an effort to ensure a positive experience with us, the Library has defined some criteria for successful volunteering. These include individual responsibility and commitment, maturity, and attention to detail. Volunteers must be personally invested in working with us to provide good service in a professional manner. The Library is unable to provide a one-to-one mentoring relationship. Individuals must be able to work independently after initial training. Some of the many volunteer opportunities available are: Scanning historical documents or photographs Clerical work: photocopying, de-stapling, alphabetizing, arranging, filing Shelf-reading Indexing Creating finding aids Transcribing manuscript material If you are interested in lending a helping hand to various projects in the Thoreau Institute at Walden Woods Library, please the Curator at curator@walden.org