Records of Concord (Mass.) Ralph Waldo Emerson Statue Committee, 1896-1914.

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Records of Concord (Mass.) Ralph Waldo Emerson Statue Committee, 1896-1914.

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Records include: typed transcript of vote to appoint committee, Apr. 1896, and of votes at 1905 committee meeting; correspondence (most to George A. King, some to Henry Lee Higginson, Moorfield Storey, or George S. Keyes) relating to fund-raising, 1905-1910 and 1914; correspondence from Daniel Chester French (primarily to George A. King), 1896-1910; printed ephemera (circulars, invitation), 1906-1914; items relating to the unveiling of the statue in 1914; financial records, 1910-1914.

.17 linear ft.7 folders

Concord Free Public Library, Special Collection

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SNAC Resource ID: 7364171

Concord Free Public Library, Special Collection

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Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882

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Keyes, George Shepard, 1869-1942

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Storey, Moorfield, 1845-1929

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King, George A. (George Augustus), 1834-1919

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Concord Free Public Library was incorporated March 24, 1873 for statutory purpose of forming and maintaining a public library in Concord, Mass. Corporation organized and adopted by-laws March 28, 1873. Preceding Concord Town Library, founded in 1851, was transferred to Corporation by vote of inhabitants of Concord March 31, 1873. These transactions resulted from proposed gift to town of public library building by successful Concord native William Munroe (1806-1877). He presented to ...