Of Interest
The Ralph Waldo Emerson Society

The Thoreau Institute at Walden Woods houses the collections of the Ralph Waldo Emerson Society, which include monographs, offprints, maps, and Society business records, as well as handbooks, notes, and other items used by scholars in preparing various editions of writings by Emerson. Included in this collection are donations of the Emerson Collections of scholars Ralph H. Orth and Merton M. Sealts, Jr.

Archives of the Ralph Waldo Emerson Society: A Finding Aid — in progress
The Merton M. Sealts, Jr. Collection: A Finding Aid — in progress
Title list to the Emerson Library of Merton M. Sealts, Jr. — in progress
Title list to the Emerson Library of Ralph H. Orth — in progress
 

 

 

 

 

Thoreau Institute Library Reading Room

I am convinced, both by faith and experience, that to maintain one’s self on this earth is not a hardship but a pastime, if we will live simply and wisely. — Walden

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