4 10 2124 https://www.sc.concordlibrary.org/files/original/c1d4c7b693d2b6a38ab4776217eff26f.jpeg 350ad95f8c4a9ad57cd5dc927ab823ae Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Emerson in Concord Subject The topic of the resource Ralph Waldo Emerson Description An account of the resource Materials for the exhibit Emerson in Concord Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Concord Free Public Library Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived CFPL web exhibit: Emerson in Concord Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2020 Language A language of the resource English Middlesex Hotel A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. 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Title A name given to the resource Emerson's Study Subject The topic of the resource Ralph Waldo Emerson Description An account of the resource Photo of Emerson's study in his Concord, Massachusetts residence taken by Alfred Winslow Hosmer Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Alfred Winslow Hosmer Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Concord Free Public Library Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Undated Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All materials courtesy of the William Munroe Special Collections at the Concord Free Public Library Concord Emerson https://www.sc.concordlibrary.org/files/original/7e4a7efe3e0baba0718480d280a45438.jpeg 9eb0967d6dbc7c1b465d323082901b07 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Emerson in Concord Subject The topic of the resource Ralph Waldo Emerson Description An account of the resource Materials for the exhibit Emerson in Concord Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Concord Free Public Library Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived CFPL web exhibit: Emerson in Concord Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2020 Language A language of the resource English Middlesex Hotel A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Ellery Channing Subject The topic of the resource Ellery Channing Description An account of the resource Poet William Ellery Channing (1817-1901)—nephew of minister William Ellery Channing, the “father of Unitarianism”—was one of those bright young men in whom Emerson found genius and whose writing he published in The Dial in the 1840s. The two became friends in 1842, when Channing stayed with the Emersons while looking for a home in Concord for himself and his wife Ellen (Margaret Fuller’s sister). After the Channings moved to Concord and became Emerson’s neighbors in 1843, Ellery and Waldo grew close. Channing also became a particular friend of Thoreau, the first biography of whom he would later write (Thoreau, the Poet-Naturalist, published in 1873) and a friend of Bronson Alcott and Hawthorne. Emerson was an early champion of Channing’s poetry. He wrote on June 21, 1840, to Margaret Fuller, “Ellery Channing has granted the verses [for The Dial], which fills me with joy. They are what I wanted the Journal for.” He soon saw Channing’s inconsistency and weaknesses as a poet, but continued to admire his talent. He wrote to Margaret Fuller on December 12, 1842, “A true poet that child is, and nothing proves it so much as his worst verses: sink or swim,—hit or miss, he writes on, & is never responsible.” To Caroline Sturgis, he wrote in August of 1842, “He (Ellery) has great selfpossession, great simplicity & mastery of manner, very good sense, & seems to me to be very good company to live with … If he could only master his negligent impatient way of writing—this impatience of finishing, his sweet wise vein of thought & music would have no rival.” Others were not so generous in their estimation of Channing’s work. Edgar Allan Poe cuttingly reviewed his first published volume of poetry (Poems, 1843): “His book contains about sixty-three things, which he calls poems, and which he no doubt seriously supposes them to be. They are full of all kinds of mistakes, of which the most important is that of their having been printed at all.” Even Channing’s good friend and traveling companion Thoreau characterized his work as “sublimo-slipshod.” Son of physician and Harvard Medical School professor Walter Channing, Ellery lost his mother when he was five. He was raised by an aunt in Milton, sent to the Round Hill School in Northampton, and later to the Boston Latin School. He entered Harvard in 1834 but, unable to submit himself to college regulations, left after a few months. His father’s continuing financial support made it unnecessary for Channing actively to pursue a career. He wrote poetry, homesteaded for a while in Illinois, and moved to Cincinnati, where he met and married Ellen Fuller. The Channings settled in Concord in 1843 specifically to be near Emerson, who had already seen some of Ellery’s work into print in The Dial. Channing was as unwilling to accept the financial and emotional responsibilities of marriage and fatherhood as he had earlier been to fit into life at Harvard. Although he and Ellen had five children, he was absent from the family for long periods of time. In 1844 and 1845, he lived in New York and worked at the Tribune. In 1845, he traveled to Europe through the largesse of friends. In Concord, the Channings lived first on the Cambridge Turnpike, then moved to Lexington Road, later to Punkatasset Hill, and after that to Main Street. From 1855, while Channing edited the New Bedford Mercury, they lived away from Concord. Ellen died in 1856, not long after the birth of their fifth child. Channing returned to Concord after his connection with the Mercury ended in 1858. He lived here for the rest of his life, spending his final years in Frank Sanborn’s home. He remained intimate with Emerson, who never ceased to value his friend’s judgment of literature and character. On April 11, 1850, Emerson expressed his feelings for Channing in a letter to Margaret Fuller: “I go home tomorrow & the next day … I shall find, I trust, Ellery full of thoughts, if fitful & moody as ever. I could only wish he were born as much for his own happiness, & for yours, as he is for mine. To me, he is from month to month, from year to year, an incomparable companion, inexhaustible even if it be, & more’s the pity, the finest luxury, rather than a necessity of life.” Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Alfred Winslow Hosmer Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Concord Free Public Library Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1896 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All materials courtesy of the William Munroe Special Collections at the Concord Free Public Library Channing Concord Emerson https://www.sc.concordlibrary.org/files/original/3603f051d95395e5890f862a97b66ddd.jpeg 56d611a9a9d3a1d8338bb572d8bedec1 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Emerson in Concord Subject The topic of the resource Ralph Waldo Emerson Description An account of the resource Materials for the exhibit Emerson in Concord Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Concord Free Public Library Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived CFPL web exhibit: Emerson in Concord Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2020 Language A language of the resource English Middlesex Hotel A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Margaret Fuller Subject The topic of the resource Margaret Fuller Description An account of the resource Emerson’s relationship with Margaret Fuller (1810-1850)—writer, conversationalist, journalist, feminist, social reformer, and original editor of The Dial—was complex. The two met in August of 1835. When Fuller first stayed in Concord with the Emersons in 1836, Emerson responded to the qualities that so distinguished her. He wrote to his brother William on August 8, 1836, “An accomplished lady is staying with Lidian now[,] Miss Margaret Fuller … She is quite an extraordinary person for her apprehensiveness her acquisitions & her powers of conversation. It is always a great refreshment to see a very intelligent person. It is like being set in a large place. You stretch your limits & dilate to your utmost size.” Fuller visited the Emersons frequently in the 1830s and early 1840s, sometimes staying for weeks at a time. She and Emerson corresponded as well, with particular frequency in 1839 and 1840. There is no doubt that Emerson appreciated and benefited from Fuller’s learning, brilliance in conversation, sense of humor, and affectionate nature. Elizabeth Hoar commented on Fuller’s influence on him, “ … her power of bringing out Mr. Emerson has doubled my enjoyment of that blessing to be in one house and room with him.” At several points, Emerson expressed the hope that Fuller would live in Concord and help create the ideal intellectual community he envisioned. But he also had difficulty in dealing with her intensity and her demands for intellectual and personal reassurance. Sarah Margaret Fuller was born in Cambridgeport, Massachusetts, the first child of Timothy and Margarett Crane Fuller. Her demanding father—a lawyer and congressman—provided her with an education well beyond the standard for girls at the time. Early on, she developed disciplined habits of reading and study that allowed her to learn and grow independently throughout the rest of her life. As a young child, she learned Latin from her father, later studied Greek, German, classics of English and European literature, and philosophy. Frederic Henry Hedge, William Henry Channing, James Freeman Clarke, and others who would later be identified with Transcendentalism formed part of her early social life and helped shape the course of her thought and learning. The Fullers moved to Groton, Massachusetts, in 1833. Timothy Fuller died of cholera in 1835, making it necessary for Margaret to contribute to the support of her younger siblings. She turned to teaching, and wrote for periodical publication. In 1836, after Elizabeth Peabody’s departure from Alcott’s Temple School, Fuller took her place as Alcott’s assistant. Margaret Fuller enjoyed the intellectual respect of Emerson and his associates. She attended Emerson’s Phi Beta Kappa address in 1837 and meetings of the Transcendental Club. In 1840, she became the first editor of The Dial—a position for which she was never paid and which she passed on to Emerson in 1842—and a major contributor to it as well. Her “The Great Lawsuit: Man versus Men, Woman versus Women” appeared in the July, 1843 issue. She later expanded it into Woman in the Nineteenth Century, which sold out within a week of its publication in 1845. Fuller also published works that she had translated from the German. Emerson and others observed that Fuller’s powers of conversation surpassed her ability to write effectively. He noted in his journal on May 4, 1837, “Miss Edgeworth has not genius, nor Miss Fuller; but the one has genius-in-narrative, & the other genius-in-conversation.” Beginning in 1839, following the lead of Elizabeth Peabody, she held series of conversations at Peabody’s circulating library and bookstore on West Street in Boston, and elsewhere. Her audiences—largely although not exclusively women—included Peabody and her sister Sophia, Lidian Emerson, Elizabeth Hoar, Sarah Clarke (sister of James Freeman Clarke), Sophia Ripley (Mrs. George), Lydia Maria Child, and Ann Phillips (Mrs. Wendell). The conversations showcased her learning and her ability to stimulate others to meaningful thought and communication. At the same time, they provided income. In the summer of 1843, Fuller traveled west. She wrote about what she saw on the trip—including the shameful treatment of Native Americans—in Summer on the Lakes, in 1843 (1844). This book impressed Horace Greeley, editor of the New York Tribune, who subsequently offered Fuller the position of literary editor for his paper. Fuller worked for Greeley in New York from 1844 to 1846. Among the books she reviewed was Emerson’s Essays: Second Series (1844). In addition to book reviews, she wrote pieces on a variety of social issues. For much of her editorship, she lived with the Greeleys. In 1846, Fuller seized the opportunity to accompany textile merchant Marcus Spring and his wife Rebecca to Europe. Greeley paid her in advance to serve as foreign correspondent for the Tribune. Emerson wrote her a letter of introduction to Thomas Carlyle and joined her family and friends in saying farewell in Cambridgeport. It was the last time they would see one another. Fuller met with Harriet Martineau, Carlyle, Wordsworth, Matthew Arnold, and exiled Italian patriot Giuseppe Mazzini in England, and in Paris visited George Sand. She went on to Italy, where, living in Rome from 1847, she was caught up in the cause of Italian independence and unification. She recorded her observations on the democratic uprising and the ultimate fall of Rome to French forces fighting on behalf of the pope. In 1847, she met and fell in love with Giovanni Angelo, marchese d’Ossoli, an impoverished Italian nobleman ten years her junior. They had a son (Angelino) in 1848 and married at an undetermined point. Fuller assisted the revolutionary cause with hospital work; Ossoli served with the Civic Guard. After Rome fell, the couple and their child went to Florence. In July of 1850, the Ossolis boarded the Elizabeth, bound for New York. The voyage was disastrous. The captain died of smallpox. Angelino came down with the disease and had to be tended constantly. Finally, the ship was wrecked in a hurricane off Fire Island, New York. Fuller, her husband, and her child all drowned, and her manuscript-in-progress on the Roman revolution was lost. When he learned of Fuller’s death, Emerson sent Thoreau to New York to look for her body—in vain, it turned out—and to see if any of her papers might be salvaged. Within a few weeks of the shipwreck, William Henry Channing initiated the preparation of a biography. Written and edited by Channing, Emerson, and James Freeman Clarke, the two-volume Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli was assembled quickly and published in 1852. By all assessments an incomplete, loosely seamed piece of work incorporating heavily and sometimes misleadingly edited primary material, the Memoirs presented to the world a more acceptable, less complicated woman than the real Fuller had been. In his initial shock over Fuller’s death, Emerson mourned her in his journal: “On Friday, 19 July, Margaret dies on rocks of Fire Island Beach within sight of … the shore. To the last her country proves inhospitable to her; brave, eloquent, subtle, accomplished, devoted, constant soul! If nature availed in America to give birth to many such as she, freedom & honour & letters & art too were safe in this new world. She bound in the belt of her sympathy and friendship all whom I know and love … ” Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Alfred Winslow Hosmer Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Concord Free Public Library Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1896 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All materials courtesy of the William Munroe Special Collections at the Concord Free Public Library Concord Emerson Fuller https://www.sc.concordlibrary.org/files/original/c37dda48e155eb37da01039b49852511.jpeg 4e2be3e966c6c0a48d27772f17c3a9fc Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Earth's Eye Subject The topic of the resource Walden Pond Description An account of the resource A collection of images representing Walden Pond in Concord, MA Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Concord Free Public Library Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All materials courtesy of the William Munroe Special Collections at the Concord Free Public Library Middlesex Hotel A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Photograph Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Walden Pond (Winter) Subject The topic of the resource Walden Pond Description An account of the resource Photograph of Walden Pond during the winter Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Alfred Winslow Hosmer Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Concord Free Public Library Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1890s Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All materials courtesy of the William Munroe Special Collections at the Concord Free Public Library Concord Hosmer Walden Pond Winter https://www.sc.concordlibrary.org/files/original/0df45031dc5ee06c8eec86dd6370572f.jpeg 265159b213119f57a97ac9825823b2c9 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Earth's Eye Subject The topic of the resource Walden Pond Description An account of the resource A collection of images representing Walden Pond in Concord, MA Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Concord Free Public Library Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All materials courtesy of the William Munroe Special Collections at the Concord Free Public Library Middlesex Hotel A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Photograph Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Walden Pond and Cairn Subject The topic of the resource Walden Pond Description An account of the resource Photograph of Walden Pond and the cairn (rock pile) near Thoreau's cabin site Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Alfred Winslow Hosmer Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived CFPL Collection of Hosmer glass plate negatives Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Concord Free Public Library Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1890s Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All materials courtesy of the William Munroe Special Collections at the Concord Free Public Library Concord Hosmer Walden Pond https://www.sc.concordlibrary.org/files/original/4094/324_Sudbury_Road.jpg 2d6d7f3f9ab50ab4d056765b43af4f61 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 324 Sudbury Road, Concord, MA Subject The topic of the resource 324 Sudbury Road, Concord, MA Description An account of the resource 324 Sudbury Road in Concord . Photograph by Alfred Winslow Hosmer. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All material courtesy of the William Munroe Special Collections at the Concord Free Public Library Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource JPG Type The nature or genre of the resource Still Image Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Alfred Winslow Hosmer https://www.sc.concordlibrary.org/files/original/4948/11_DamonMill.jpg 79b36c86a46264411df79eb15653e4d9 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Damon Mill Rebuilt Subject The topic of the resource Damon Mill Exhibit Description An account of the resource Edward Damon’s rebuilt mill building in the late nineteenth century. Image description: A black-and-white photograph of Damon Mill. The photograph is taken from the opposite side of the street. Damon Mill, a large building with many windows and a large smokestack, is visible slightly down the road from where the photographer stands. Several trees, phone lines, and a house next to the mill are visible. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource William Munroe Special Collections, The Concord Free Public Library Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available William Munroe Special Collections, The Concord Free Public Library Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource jpeg Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource image Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Alfred Winslow Hosmer https://www.sc.concordlibrary.org/files/original/23/2180/20201130-JEC_5564.jpg c53f034113155597cd4d247e7dadc4d7 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Art Collection Subject The topic of the resource Art Description An account of the resource The Art Collection of the William Munroe Special Collections at the Concord Free Public Library and items associated with the creation and growth of the collection. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All materials courtesy of the William Munroe Special Collections at the Concord Free Public Library Type The nature or genre of the resource Art Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Art Collection Physical Object An inanimate, three-dimensional object or substance. Note that digital representations of, or surrogates for, these objects should use Moving Image, Still Image, Text or one of the other types. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Adventures of Quentin Description An account of the resource Ink on Paper Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Alice Briggs Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Undated Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 2020-001-052 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Concord Free Public Library Subject The topic of the resource Children's Art Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Art created on site by the artist for the library Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Drawing Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Images © 2020 James E. Coutré Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 17 7/8" x 23 7/8" Art Collection Briggs Children's Art Drawing https://www.sc.concordlibrary.org/files/original/23/2132/20201130-JEC_5629.jpg 0cbd05d6123207f1d7cde6bb1897d6c5 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Art Collection Subject The topic of the resource Art Description An account of the resource The Art Collection of the William Munroe Special Collections at the Concord Free Public Library and items associated with the creation and growth of the collection. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All materials courtesy of the William Munroe Special Collections at the Concord Free Public Library Type The nature or genre of the resource Art Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Art Collection Physical Object An inanimate, three-dimensional object or substance. Note that digital representations of, or surrogates for, these objects should use Moving Image, Still Image, Text or one of the other types. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Still Life Description An account of the resource Oil on Canvas Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Alice Ruggles Sohier Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Undated Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 2020-001-004 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Concord Free Public Library Subject The topic of the resource Still life Painting Type The nature or genre of the resource Painting Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Images © 2020 James E. Coutré Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 18 1/2" x 22 5/8" Alice Ruggles Sohier Art Collection Painting Still Life https://www.sc.concordlibrary.org/files/original/23/2156/20201130-JEC_5600.jpg aefc62c403002ea81f074524868fa6b4 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Art Collection Subject The topic of the resource Art Description An account of the resource The Art Collection of the William Munroe Special Collections at the Concord Free Public Library and items associated with the creation and growth of the collection. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All materials courtesy of the William Munroe Special Collections at the Concord Free Public Library Type The nature or genre of the resource Art Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Art Collection Physical Object An inanimate, three-dimensional object or substance. Note that digital representations of, or surrogates for, these objects should use Moving Image, Still Image, Text or one of the other types. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Monadnock Description An account of the resource Oil on Canvas Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Alicia M. Keyes Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1893 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 2020-001-028 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Concord Free Public Library Subject The topic of the resource Painting of Monadnock Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Gift of the artist Type The nature or genre of the resource Painting Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Images © 2020 James E. Coutré Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 13 1/2" x 19 3/4" Alicia Keyes Art Collection Landscape Monadnock Painting