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The Concord Free Public Library's special
collections are indexed on this searchable database.
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The home page for the historical museum of
Thoreau's hometown. The museum contains the largest collection of
Thoreauviana, including
the furnishings of his Walden cabin. As Thoreau writes in his Journal, "I think I
could write a poem to be called Concord. For argument I should have the River--the
Woods--the Ponds--the Hills--the Fields--the Swamps and Meadows--the Streets and
Buildings--and the Villagers" (Journal 1: 1837-1844, ed. Elizabeth Hall
Witherell, et al. [Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1981], p. 330; September 4,
1841).
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The home page for Thoreau's hometown. All the
latest news and information.
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This "portrait of a village," part of
the PBS Web site, "Thomas Hampson: I Hear America Singing," includes a good
chronology of Concord history.
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University of Toledo Libraries - "Soon
after Thoreau’s death in 1862, friends, admirers, and critics sought to shape and
define the Concordian’s image through books and other publications. By the end of the
nineteenth-century, Thoreau and his works were much more popular and widely-known than
when he was alive."
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A virtual visit to the home of the Alcott
family, now a historic house museum owned and operated by the Louisa May Alcott Memorial
Association in Concord. Credits: Elizabeth
Witherell and Louisa Dennis, University
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