Charles Lane Papers (1842-1959)

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Charles Lane Papers (1842-1959)

1842-1959

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The papers are divided into two series: the Charles Lane Papers and the William Oldham Photographs. Series I, the Charles Lane Papers, primarily cover the years 1842 to 1851 and consist chiefly of correspondence. The bulk of the correspondence is addressed to William Oldham at Alcott House. These letters (available in typescript form only) detail the planning for the Fruitlands community and its short existence very well. Lane discusses his acquaintance with Ralph Waldo Emerson, Margaret Fuller, and the daily routine at Fruitlands, as well as the experiment's participants. Other correspondents include Abba May Alcott, Junius Alcott (Amos Bronson Alcott’s brother), Joseph Palmer, and Henry David Thoreau. Series II, the William Oldham Photographs, has been placed here due to the connections between Lane and Oldham: the correspondence from Lane to Oldham during the Fruitlands era, and the fact that Lane lived at Alcott House before coming to the United States and returned there in 1846 after leaving Fruitlands and the Shaker community in Harvard, Mass. This series includes a photograph of Oldham, a photograph of his gravestone, and several photographs of Alcott House.

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Lane, Charles, 1800-1870

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Charles Lane was born on 31 Mar 1800 in England. Very little is known about the first 30 years of his life. During the 1830s he worked in London as a commercial journalist and as editor and manager of the London Mercantile Price Current. During this time Lane met John Pierrepont Greaves and became part of the reform circle led by Greaves. The group was interested in spiritual affairs and communal education. In 1838, Greaves opened an experimental school at Ham Common in Surrey; he named the scho...