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The Thoreau Institute
at Walden Woods Library
About Thoreau's Life and Writings
Texts and Links
including Thoreau's contemporaries, his readings, current
scholarship and
related documents
Thoreau's Lecturing Activities
Credit
Commentary on Lectures before 6 August
1854 (publication of Walden)
Commentary on Lectures after 6 August 1854
Calendar of Lectures:
Dialogue; 13 July 1835;
Cambridge, MA
Lecture 1; 30 August 1837; "Commercial Spirit";
Cambridge, MA
Lecture 2; 11 April 1838; "Society"; Concord, MA
Debate; 27 January 1841;
Concord, MA
Lecture 3; 8 February 1843; "Sir Walter Raleigh";
Concord, MA
Lecture 4; 29 November 1843; "Ancient Poets";
Concord, MA
Lecture 5; 10 March 1844; "Conservatives and
Reformers" (I); Boston, MA
Lecture 6; 10 March 1844; "Conservatives and
Reformers" (II); Boston, MA
Lecture 7; 25 March 1845; "Concord River"; Concord,
MA
Lecture 8; 4 February 1846; " Thomas Carlyle";
Concord, MA
Lecture 9; 19 January 1847; "History of Myself"
(?); Lincoln, MA
Spurious; 3 February 1847
Lecture 10; 10 February 1847; "History of Myself"
(I); Concord, MA
Lecture 11; 17 February 1847; "History of Myself"
(II); Concord, MA
Lecture 12; 3 January 1848; "Excursion to Ktaadn";
Concord, MA
Lecture 13; 26 January 1848; "Relation of Individual to
State"; Concord, MA
Reading; 14 February 1848;
Concord, MA
Lecture 14; 16 February 1848; "Rights and Duties of
Individual"; Concord, MA
Possible Lecture; March 1848;
Lexington, MA
Lecture 15; 22 November 1848; "Economy"; Salem, MA
Lecture 16; 20 December 1848; "Economy";
Gloucester, MA
Lecture 17; 3 January 1849; "White Beans"; Concord,
MA
Lecture 18; 28 February 1849; "Student Life";
Salem, MA
Lecture 19; 6 March 1849; "White Beans"; Lincoln,
MA
Lecture 20; 21 March 1849; "Economy"; Portland, Me.
Lecture 21; 20 April 1849; "Economy"; Worcester, MA
Lecture 22; 27 April 1849; "Life in Woods" (II);
Worcester, MA
Lecture 23; 3 May 1849; "White Beans"; Worcester,
MA
Lecture 24; 23 January 1850; "Excursion to Cape
Cod" (I); Concord, MA
Lecture 25; 30 January 1850; "Excursion to Cape
Cod" (II); Concord, MA
Lecture 26; 18 February 1850; "Excursion to Cape
Cod"; So. Danvers, MA
Lecture 27; 6 February 1850; "Excursion to Cape
Cod"; Newburyport, MA
Possible Lecture; 1 June
1850; Worcester, MA
Lecture 28; 1 January 1851; "Excursion to Cape
Cod"; Clinton, MA
Lecture 29; 15 January 1851; "Excursion to Cape
Cod"; Portland, Me.
Lecture 30; 22 January 1851; "Economy"; Medford, MA
Lecture 31; 23 April 1851; "Walking, or the Wild";
Concord, MA
Possible Lecture; April
1851; Bedford, MA
Lecture 32; 31 May 1851; "Walking, or the Wild";
Worcester, MA
Reading; 10 August 1851;
Concord, MA
Lecture 33; 30 December 1851; "Excursion to
Canada"; Lincoln, MA
Reading; 31 December
1851; Concord, MA
Spurious; 6 January
1852; Lincoln, MA
Lecture 34; 7 January 1852; "Excursion to Canada"
(I); Concord, MA
Reading; 8 January 1852;
Concord, MA
Lecture 35; 22 February 1852; "Life in the Woods"
(I); Plymouth, MA
Lecture 36; 22 February 1852; "Life in the Woods"
(II); Plymouth, MA
Lecture 37; 17 March 1852; "Excursion to Canada"
(II); Concord, MA
Lecture 38; 22 March 1852; "Economy"; Boston, MA
Lecture 39; 6 April 1852; "Life in the Woods" (II);
Boston, MA
Lecture 40; 23 May 1852; "Walking"; Plymouth, MA
Lecture 41; 23 May 1852; "The Wild"; Plymouth, MA
Spurious; 1 August 1852;
Framingham, MA
Reading; 28 March 1853;
Concord, MA
Lecture 42; 14 December 1853; "Excursion to Moosehead
Lake"; Concord, MA
Reading; December 1853;
Concord, MA
Lecture 43; 4 July 1854; "Slavery in
Massachusetts"; Framingham, MA
Lecture 44; 8 October 1854; "Moonlight"; Plymouth,
MA
Reading; October 1854;
Concord, MA
Lecture 45; 21 November 1854; "The Wild";
Philadelphia, PA
Possible Lecture; 5
December 1854
Lecture 46; 6 December 1854; "What Shall It
Profit"; Providence, RI
Lecture 47; 26 December 1854; "What Shall It
Profit"; New Bedford, MA
Lecture 48; 28 December 1854; "What Shall It
Profit"; Nantucket, MA
Lecture 49; 4 January 1855; "What Shall It Profit";
Worcester, MA
Lecture 50; 14 February 1855; "What Shall It
Profit"; Concord, MA
Possible Lecture; June
1856; Worcester, MA
Informal Talk; 26
October 1856; Perth Amboy, NJ
Lecture 51; 26 October 1856; "Moosehunting"; Perth
Amboy, NJ
Lecture 52; 2 November 1856; "Walking, or the
Wild"; Perth Amboy, NJ
Lecture 53; 16 November 1856; "What Shall It
Profit"; Perth Amboy, NJ
Spurious; November 1856
Lecture 54; 18 December 1856; "Walking, or the
Wild"; Amherst, NH
Lecture 55; 3 February 1857; "Walking, or the
Wild"; Fitchburg, MA
Lecture 56; 13 February 1857; "Walking, or the
Wild"; Worcester, MA
Lecture 57; 13 January 1858; "Excursion to Maine
Woods" (?); Lynn, MA
Lecture 58; 25 February 1858; "An Excursion to the Maine
Woods"; Concord, MA
Possible Lecture;
September 1858; Salem or Gloucester, MA
Lecture 59; 22 February 1859; "Autumnal Tints";
Worcester, MA
Lecture 60; 23 February 1859; "Excursion to Maine
Woods" (?); Worcester, MA
Lecture 61; 2 March 1859; "Autumnal Tints" (I);
Concord, MA
Lecture 62; 9 March 1859; "Autumnal Tints" (II);
Concord, MA
Lecture 63; 26 April 1859; "Autumnal Tints"; Lynn,
MA
Lecture 64; 9 October 1859; "Life Misspent";
Boston, MA
Lecture 65; 30 October 1859; "Capt. John Brown";
Concord, MA
Lecture 66; 1 November 1859; "Capt. John Brown";
Boston, MA
Lecture 67; 3 November 1859; "Capt. John Brown";
Worcester, MA
Informal Talk; 28
November 1859; Concord, MA
Lecture 68; 2 December 1859; "Martrydom of John
Brown"; Concord, MA
Lecture 69; 8 February 1860; "Wild Apples";
Concord, MA
Lecture 70; 14 February 1860; "Wild Apples";
Bedford, MA
Informal Talk; 4 April
1860; Concord, MA
Lecture 71; 4 July 1860; "Last Days of John Brown";
No. Elba, NY
Lecture 72; 9 September 1860; "Walking"; Lowell, MA
Lecture 73; 9 September 1860; "Life Misspent";
Lowell, MA
Lecture 74; 20 September 1860; "Succession of Forest
Trees"; Concord, MA
Lecture 75; 11 December 1860; "Autumnal Tints";
Waterbury, CT
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