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The Mary Sherwood Collection


Mary Sherwood (1906-2001)


 

 

The papers of Mary Elizabeth Pasco Sherwood, environmentalist, America's first woman forester, founder of Walden Forever Wild, a Concord, Massachusetts, organization devoted to turning Walden Pond State Reservation into a national or state sanctuary in memory of Henry David Thoreau, restricting public access to protect Walden Pond and its surrounding area, and founder of The Thoreau Fellowship (Old Town, Maine).


  • The Mary Sherwood Papers: A Finding Aid (under construction)



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