Much instruction from little reading : books and libraries in Thoreau's Concord : typescript / Robert A. Gross. 1985.

Thoreau Society. Meeting (1985 : Concord, Mass.)

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Concord Social Library (Concord, Mass.)

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Proprietary library (library owned jointly and used by shareholders) in Concord, Mass. Formed 1821. Absorbed membership and collection of earlier Charitable Library Society. Proprietors over the years included Nathan Barrett, Josiah Bartlett, Nathan Brooks, Reuben Brown (Sr. and Jr.), Ralph Waldo Emerson, Barzillai Frost, Hersey B. Goodwin, Francis Gourgas, Abiel Heywood, Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar, Samuel Hoar (Jr.), Nathan S. Hosmer, Phineas How, Isaac Hurd, Edward Jarvis, Francis Jar...

Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862

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Henry David Thoreau (b. July 12, 1817, Concord, Massachusetts-d. May 6, 1862, Concord, Massachusetts), American author, lecturer, naturalist, student of Native American artifacts and life, transcendentalist, land surveyor, and life-long resident of Concord, Massachusetts. He was an active opponent of slavery and a social critic. He graduated from Harvard College in 1837....

Charitable Library Society (Concord, Mass.)

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Society formed May 25, 1795, in Concord, Mass., "for the promotion of useful knowledge" and the encouragement of virtue. Established under the name Charitable Society in Concord; by 1801, referred to in the records as Charitable Library Society in Concord. Similar to a subscription library (that is, a library the members of which pay dues entitling them to use the library collection), but with an added, constitutionally-stated benevolent function. The Society provided books from its...

Gross, Robert A., 1945-....

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Historian and academic. Undergraduate education at the University of Pennsylvania; MA and Ph. D at Columbia University; author of numerous articles; lecturer; American Studies Professor at Amherst College; Director of American Studies at College of William and Mary. From the description of Robert A. Gross papers, [ca. 1974]-1977. (Concord Public Library). WorldCat record id: 38051758 ...