Collection of misc. materials issued by or relating to Walden Forever Wild (Concord, Mass.) or to its founder Mary Sherwood, <1980-1993>

Sherwood, Mary P.

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Forester and environmentalist. Founder in 1980 and director until 1993 of Walden Forever Wild, a Concord, Mass., organization devoted to turning Walden Pond State Reservation into a national or state sanctuary in memory of Henry David Thoreau in order to restrict public access and to protect Walden Pond and the surrounding area. Born Mary Elizabeth Pasco in Hartford, Conn., 1906. Graduate of University of Connecticut, 1935, later of Cornell. Nursery keeper. Plant researcher at Unive...

Lang, Joel (Joel Manfred), 1945-

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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....

Walden Forever Wild Committee (Concord, Mass.)

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Organization in Concord, Mass., devoted to turning Walden Pond State Reservation into a national or state sanctuary in memory of Henry David Thoreau, to restricting public access, and to protecting the landscape and ecology of the pond and the surrounding area. Founded in 1980 and directed until 1993 by environmentalist Mary P. Sherwood. Between 1986 and 1990, the organization collected thousands of signatures in support of creating a sanctuary and of returning Walden to its natural state, to be...