Emerson, Ellen Tucker, 1839-1909
Americans,
English,
Biographical notes:
Second child and elder daughter of philosopher, essayist, poet, and lecturer Ralph Waldo Emerson and his wife Lidian (Lydia Jackson) Emerson, Ellen Tucker Emerson (1839-1909) was a resident of Concord, Massachusetts. She was born at Bush (the Emerson home on the Cambridge Turnpike) and named for her father’s first wife. She attended Elizabeth Sedgwick’s school for girls in Lenox, Massachusetts, the Agassiz School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Frank Sanborn’s school in Concord. Never married, Ellen Emerson was an active community member in her home town—she served on Concord’s School Committee and belonged to the First Parish in Concord (where she taught Sunday school for over forty years) and to other local organizations. She planned and hosted social events, including public dances held in the Town Hall in Concord’s Town House on Monument Square, and looked after her parents as they aged. She traveled to Britain, Europe, and Egypt with her father after Bush burned in 1872, helped him keep his place in his notes as he lectured during his declining years, and assisted James Elliot Cabot (Emerson’s literary executor and biographer) in editing his manuscripts. Her manuscript biography of her mother was edited by Dolores Bird Carpenter and published in 1980; a two-volume edition of her letters edited by Edith E. W. Gregg was published in 1982. Ellen Emerson’s siblings were Edith Emerson Forbes (Mrs. William Hathaway Forbes) of Milton, Massachusetts, and Dr. Edward Waldo Emerson of Concord, both of whom survived her. (Her older brother Waldo, born in 1836, died in 1842.) Ellen Emerson died in Milton early in 1909.
Links to collections
Brown, John, 1800-1859. Selection from the Wisdom of Solomon read at the John Brown memorial meeting : manuscript copy in three hands : [Concord, Mass.], [1859 Dec. 2].
Pierpont Morgan Library.
Emerson, Ellen Tucker,. Autograph letter signed from Ellen T. Emerson, Concord, to [Selina] Flower [manuscript], 1873 September 19.
Folger Shakespeare Library
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882. Collection of manuscript and printed documents related to the John Brown relief and memorial meetings : Boston, Salem, and Concord, Mass., 1859-1860.
Pierpont Morgan Library.
Emerson, Ellen Tucker. Letters, 1863-1865.
Gadsden Public Library
Emerson, Ellen Tucker. Autograph letter signed : Concord, to Mr. Channing, 1882 Aug. 21.
Pierpont Morgan Library.
First Parish in Concord (Concord, Mass.). First Parish in Concord records, 1695-1985.
Concord Free Public Library, Special Collection
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882. Selections from Brown's last words read by R.W. Emerson : autograph manuscript : [Concord, Mass.], [1859 Dec. 2].
Pierpont Morgan Library.
Cotton, John, 1712-1789. John Cotton sermon : holograph, 1734.
Concord Free Public Library, Special Collection
Emerson, Ellen Tucker. What I can remember about father : manuscript, 1902.
HCL Technical Services, Harvard College Library
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882. Papers, 1822-1930 (bulk: 1830-1877).
University of Virginia. Library
Emerson family. Letters, 1848-1889.
Massachusetts Historical Society
Ward, Lydia Avery Coonley, 1845-1924. Autographs collected and letters received by Lydia Avery Coonley Ward, 1705, 1785, 1848, 1861-1922 (bulk 1861-1922).
University of Virginia. Library
Emerson, Ellen Tucker,. Ellen Tucker Emerson music collection, 1855-1894.
Concord Free Public Library, Special Collection
Grimm, Herman Friedrich, 1828-1901. Papers concerning the Emerson family, 1858-1882.
HCL Technical Services, Harvard College Library
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882. Ralph Waldo Emerson collection, 1793-1937.
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Emerson family. Emerson family correspondence, 1827-1957.
Concord Free Public Library, Special Collection
Ralph Waldo Emerson additional papers, 1852-1898.
Houghton Library
Hedge, Frederic Henry, 1805-1890. Papers, 1819-1932 (inclusive).
Harvard University, Divinity School Library
Letters, 1839-1924 (inclusive), 1839-1891 (bulk).
Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America
Bartlett, Sarah R. (Sarah Ripley), 1883-1976. Miss Ellen as I remember her : typescript, [1960].
Concord Free Public Library, Special Collection
Almy family. Papers, 1649-1984 (inclusive), 1832-1984 (bulk).
Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America
Legate, Helen Augusta, 1858-1945. Helen Legate papers, 1898-1923.
Concord Free Public Library, Special Collection
Ralph Waldo Emerson additional papers, ca.1835-1891.
Houghton Library
Emerson family correspondence, ca. 1725-1900.
Houghton Library
Ralph Waldo Emerson miscellaneous correspondence, 1825-1881.
Houghton Library
Sears, Edmund H. (Edmund Hamilton), 1810-1876. Papers, 1837-1875 (inclusive).
Harvard University, Divinity School Library
Emerson family papers, 1699-1939.
Houghton Library
Moore, Aubertine Woodward, 1841-1929. Papers, 1781-1928.
Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
Clark, Gladys R. (Gladys Rowe), 1892-1989. Ellen Emerson : holograph and typed transcript / Gladys R. Clark.
Concord Free Public Library, Special Collection
Related names in SNAC
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Almy family.
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Bartlett, Sarah R. (Sarah Ripley), 1883-1976.
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Channing, William Ellery, 1817-1901,
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Clark, Gladys R. (Gladys Rowe), 1892-1989.
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Cotton, John, 1712-1789.
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Davidson, Edith.
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Emerson, Edward Waldo, 1844-1930.
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Emerson, John Haven, b. 1840.
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Emerson, Lidian Jackson, 1802-1892.
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Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882.
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Flower, Selina, d. 1884
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Forbes, Edith Emerson, 1841-1928.
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Forbes, Edward W. (Edward Waldo), 1873-1969.
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Grimm, Herman Friedrich, 1828-1901.
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Hawthorne, Julian, 1846-1934.
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Hawthorne, Sophia Peabody, 1809-1871.
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Hawthorne, Una, 1844-1877.
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Hedge, Frederic Henry, 1805-1890.
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Hoar, Elizabeth.
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Legate, Helen Augusta, 1858-1945.
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Lowell, Charles Russell, 1835-1864.
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Moore, Aubertine Woodward, 1841-1929.
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Prescott, George L. (George Lincoln), 1829-1864.
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Ripley, Sarah Alden, 1793-1867.
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Sears, Edmund H. (Edmund Hamilton), 1810-1876.
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Ward, Anna.
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Ward, Lydia Avery Coonley, 1845-1924.
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Emerson family.
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Emerson family.
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Emerson family.
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Emerson family.
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Emerson family.
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Emerson family.
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First Parish in Concord (Concord, Mass.)
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Harvard College (1780- )
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Subjects:
- Authors, American
- Christmas music
- Church music
- Dance music
- Hydrotherapy
- Hymns, English
- Instrumental music
- Music
- Popular music
- School music
- Patriotic music
- School songbooks
- Singing
- Songbooks
- Songs
- Vocal music
- Women
Occupations:
- Sunday school teachers
Places:
- MA, US
- Concord (Mass.) (as recorded)
- Massachusetts (as recorded)
- United States (as recorded)
- Massachusetts--Concord (as recorded)
- United States (as recorded)
- Fort Wagner (S.C.) (as recorded)
Variant Names
Emerson, Ellen Tucker.
Emerson, Ellen Tucker, 1812-1831
Ellen Tucker Emerson