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 |