Amos Bronson Alcott papers, 1799-1888.

Tappan, Caroline Sturgis, 1819-1888

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Caroline Sturgis Tappan was a Transcendentalist poet and friend of Ralph Waldo Emerson and Margaret Fuller. Together with her sister Ellen Sturgis Hooper, she contributed verse to the Transcendentalist literary magazine, The Dial. ...

Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888

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Louisa May Alcott (November 29, 1832 – March 6, 1888) was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet best known as the for her novel Little Women (1868) and the sequels Little Men (1871) and Jo's Boys (1886). Born in Germantown (Philadelphia), Pennsylvania, Louisa May Alcott was the daughter of transcendentalist and educator Amos Bronson Alcott and social worker Abby May. Like her famous literary counterpart, Jo March, she was the second of four daughters. The eldest, Anna Bronson (Al...

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...

Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882

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Ralph Waldo Emerson (May 25, 1803, Boston, Massachusetts– April 27, 1882, Concord, Massachusetts), American essayist, lecturer, philosopher, and poet who led the transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century.Epithet: American essayist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000621.0x000365 ...

Alcott, Abigail May, 1800-1877

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Abigail "Abba" Alcott (née May; October 8, 1800 – November 25, 1877) was an American activist for several causes and one of the first paid social workers in the state of Massachusetts. She was the wife of Transcendentalist Amos Bronson Alcott and mother of four daughters, including Civil War novelist Louisa May Alcott. Abigail May came from a prominent New England family. On her mother's side, she was born into the families of Sewall and Quincy. Her mother, Dorothy Sewall, was the great-grand...

Nieriker, Abigail May Alcott, 1840-1879

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Abigail May Alcott Nieriker (July 26, 1840 – December 29, 1879) was an American artist and the youngest sister of Louisa May Alcott. She was the basis for the character Amy (an anagram of May) in her sister's semi-autobiographical novel Little Women (1868). She was named after her mother, Abigail May, and first called Abba, then Abby, and finally May, which she asked to be called in November 1863 when in her twenties. Abigail May Alcott was born July 26, 1840, in Concord, Massachusetts, the y...

Temple School (Boston, Mass.)

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The Temple School (1834-ca.1841), in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, was established by Amos Bronson Alcott and Elizabeth Palmer Peabody in 1834, and featured a teaching style based on conversation. Teachers working at the school included Elizabeth Peabody and Margaret Fuller. Alcott was fundamentally and philosophically opposed to corporal punishment as a means of disciplining his students; instead, he offered his own hand for an offending student to strike, saying that any failing was the teach...

Alcott, William A. (William Andrus), 1798-1859

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William Andrus Alcott (August 6, 1798 – March 29, 1859), also known as William Alexander Alcott, was an American educator, educational reformer, physician, vegetarian and author of 108 books. His works, which include a wide range of topics including educational reform, physical education, school house design, family life, and diet, are still widely cited today. William Alcott was born in Wolcott, Connecticut. His father was a farmer, Obedience Alcott (1776–1847); in the 1820s, like many membe...

Alcott family (Louisa May Alcott, 1832-1888)

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Part of the family papers of the Alcott family of Concord (Mass.). Parents were Amos Bronson Alcott (1799-1888), the New England transcendentalist, and Abigail [Abba] May Alcott (1800-1877). Their four daughters were: Anna Bronson Alcott Pratt (1831-1893) [who married John Bridge Pratt (1833-1870)], the writer Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888), Elizabeth Sewall [Lizzie] Alcott (1835-1858), and Abigail May Alcott Nieriker (1840-1879), an American artist [who married Ernest Nieriker (1856-1935)]. Chil...

Harris, William Torrey, 1835-1909

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Philosopher and educator. Born Sept. 10, 1835, near North Killingly, Conn.; died Nov. 5, 1909, in Providence, R.I. Resident of Concord, Mass., 1880-1889. Began teaching in St. Louis public schools in 1857. Became Assistant Superintendent of Schools in St. Louis in 1866, Superintendent in 1868. Student and scholar of German philosophy, particularly of Hegel. Founded Journal of Speculative Philosophy in 1867. In 1880, resigned position in St. Louis to assist Bronson Alcott and F. B. ...

Concord Summer School.

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Fruitlands

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Orchard House

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Hildreth, Caroline

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Pratt, Theresa L. Winsor, 1904-1985

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The Town and Country Club.

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W. H. Furness

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May, Samuel J. (Samuel Joseph), 1797-1871

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Samuel May was a Unitarian clergyman of Syracuse, New York with connections to national organizations related to anti-Slavery, temperance, and suffrage, among others. From the description of Samuel J. May diary, 1867. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 64691611 Samuel May was a Unitarian Clergyman of Syracuse, New York with connections to national organizations related to Freedman's Relief, Temperance, and Suffrage, among others. From the descripti...

Ellen A. Chandler

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Fruitlands library

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Sumner

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Morgan, Charles Waln, 1796-1861

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Russell, William

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Epithet: of Stowe MS 185 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000244.0x0002ba Epithet: son of G Russell British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000244.0x000279 Epithet: of Birmingham; of Add MS 44992 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000244.0x000276 Epithet...

J. P. Greaves

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John Sullivan Dwight

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Peabody, Elizabeth Palmer, 1804-1894

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Elizabeth Palmer Peabody was at the center of the Transcendentalist movement in New England. Although she wrote and published many works, she is best remembered for her support and friendship of Emerson, Hawthorne, Margaret Fuller and many others. She published the journal Dial, founded the famous West Street Book Shop and Publishing House, and introduced kindergarten to America. From the description of Elizabeth Palmer Peabody letters, 1846-1854. (Pennsylvania State University Libra...

A. B. A.

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Germantown Academy

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Peabody, Elizabeth P.

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Very, Jones

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Lowell, John, 1769-1840

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Lowell graduated from Harvard College (1786) and studied law with his father until 1789 when he was admitted to the Suffolk bar. He left for Europe in 1803 and upon his return devoted himself exclusively to humanitarian endeavors and federalist politics. From the description of Statement to the jury, ca. 1803. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 236087815 Lawyer and political writer. From the description of Letters, 1833-1834. (Boston Athenaeum). Wo...

Hawthorne, Sophia

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Keagy, John M. (John Miller), 1795-1837

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O. W. Holmes

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Town and Country Club.

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Town & Country Club

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Sewall, Samuel E. (Samuel Edmund), 1799-1888

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Elizabeth W. Lewis

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Concord Summer School of Philosophy

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