Collection of materials distributed at the grand opening ceremonies of the Thoreau Institute, Lincoln, Mass., June 5, 1998, 1998.

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Collection of materials distributed at the grand opening ceremonies of the Thoreau Institute, Lincoln, Mass., June 5, 1998, 1998.

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Thoreau Institute grand opening commemorative items distributed in brown paper bag with handles, include: commemorative booklet containing background and historical information on the formation, purpose, function, and administration of the Institute, its building construction, facilities, research collections, holdings, and Walden Woods property; schedule of events; tied bundle of pencils; metal decorative pin; spiral bound, blank journal; screen saver (Great American thought: Henry David Thoreau). (Cont.) booklet, Plants of the Thoreau Institute: a sampling of Thoreau's favorites, compiled by Edmund A. Schofield and Mary Bush-Brown; handout, concerning Pine Hill and Walden; invitation to a booksigning by Lawrence Millman and John Hanson Mitchell, June 7, 1998, Littleton, Mass.; and information card to accompany Walden Woods red maple tree seedling (seedling removed from collection).

10 items ; 25 cm. or smaller.

Concord Free Public Library, Special Collection

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Concord Free Public Library, Special Collection

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Thoreau Institute (Lincoln, Mass.)

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Thoreau Institute was founded in 1998 by the Walden Woods Project and the Thoreau Society to promote (through its collections, media center, and education programs) opportunities for learning about the life, work and influence (literary, environmental and social) of Henry David Thoreau. Located in Lincoln, Mass. on 18 acres of land, formerly the property of Jacob Baker. Acquired in 1994 by the Walden Woods Project. The Project was begun in 1990 by Don Henley to preserve the historic...

Henley, Don

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Thoreau Society

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Walden Woods Project

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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....