8 10 2124 https://www.sc.concordlibrary.org/files/original/e2bd85a96f37641b5165c74706a1364d.jpeg 15e3f9a435013db5ab2098ea283ce1d7 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. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Sculpture 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 Bust of Emerson Subject The topic of the resource Ralph Waldo Emerson Description An account of the resource Concord sculptor Daniel Chester French (1850-1931) was born in 1850 in Exeter, New Hampshire. His father was Henry Flagg French, a lawyer, judge, and, later, Assistant Secretary of the United States Treasury. The Frenches moved to Cambridge when Dan was six, then to Concord in the 1860s, to a house on Sudbury Road (now 342). French’s artistic talent was first noticed by his stepmother, who was impressed by the little figures he carved out of turnips and pieces of wood. Artist May Alcott (Louisa May’s youngest sister) took an active interest in helping him develop his skills. She gave him her modeling clay and tools, and advice on how to use them. French learned quickly. He studied with William Morris Hunt and William Rimmer in Boston and worked in the New York studio of John Quincy Adams Ward. His earliest subjects were his family and friends, who sat for portrait busts. Concord’s award to French of the commission for the Minute Man statue established him as a public artist. When the Minute Man was unveiled at the 1875 centennial celebration of the Concord Fight, French was in Florence. On his return in 1876, he set up a studio in Washington, resettled in Concord in 1878, and in 1879 built a studio next to his family’s home on Sudbury Road. This bust of Emerson was created early in French’s career. Because Emerson was a French family friend and had encouraged Dan in his work, there was a warm personal connection between the sculptor and his subject. French began work on the bust in March of 1879. He went daily to Bush, where Emerson sat for him, and had the piece done by the end of April. The bust was first modeled in clay. Plaster casts were made from the clay model and, later, two marble carvings. One of the first plaster casts from the master mold was presented to Emerson on July 26, 1879. Emerson is reported to have commented on seeing it, “Dan, that’s the face I shave.” Within a few years, French had a marble version of the bust carved in Italy. This first marble carving was given to Harvard in 1883 by the Higginson family. In 1884, a second marble carving, slightly different from the first, was presented to the Concord Free Public Library by one hundred and thirty-five contributors, including French himself. By 1886, bronze copies of the Emerson bust were available for sale. The piece was one of French’s dependable money-makers. Later, French described how difficult it had been to see beyond the failings of the elderly Emerson—he was seventy-six when he sat for the piece—and to capture the personality and the intellect of the man. He referred to Emerson’s “almost child-like mobility that admitted of an infinite variety of expression, and made possible that wonderful ‘lighting-up’ of the face, so often spoken of by those who knew him. It was the attempt to catch that glorifying expression that made me despair of my bust. At the time I made it … Mr. Emerson had failed somewhat, and it was only now and then that I could see, even for an instant, the expression that I sought.” Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Daniel Chester French Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Gift of 135 contributors 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 1883-4 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 Art Collection Concord Free Public Library Emerson French Sculpture https://www.sc.concordlibrary.org/files/original/96bbd94771870b9bac1ca98825aaea36.jpeg 9972c6eadde7b879fa0a7e4e28f3c7a6 https://www.sc.concordlibrary.org/files/original/6d7503d45acc21684ca2dbe0b95ffcf9.jpeg 4f07d092524a0ed5be7d2492e14fcd17 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. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Photographs 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 Photographic Portraits Subject The topic of the resource Ralph Waldo Emerson Description An account of the resource Photographs as well as works of art form part of the Emerson iconography in the Concord Free Public Library. These two images of Emerson are drawn from the library’s extensive photographic holdings, which document Emerson’s appearance at various times in his life, his home, his family and friends, and the Concord landscape that he knew. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Black Getekunst Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Amelia Forbes Emerson 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 Photograph https://www.sc.concordlibrary.org/files/original/2c7f00fc65c353cb1aec74bda38af976.jpeg 4f55d33f3db80733cbbf3af56e3c4b74 https://www.sc.concordlibrary.org/files/original/516be7d6d9763b4c0b763474bc208f99.jpeg 83b85d7a98976b3c40b10da8f127896f https://www.sc.concordlibrary.org/files/original/c01da57d8e4d6f8e04d1a4e627026579.jpeg 6ee1d749225539de8aec35d2b5b1fed8 https://www.sc.concordlibrary.org/files/original/8ac299707b9431b60318638aeecf1b4e.jpeg 5b6e2dd075c7640fea1f22dcf20a23f8 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. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Sculpture 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 French's seated Emerson statue Subject The topic of the resource Ralph Waldo Emerson Description An account of the resource In contrast with the more intimate bust sculpted in 1879, Daniel Chester French’s impressive marble statue of Emerson seated is a clear example of the artist’s public work. Bearing more than a little resemblance to his seated Lincoln in the Lincoln Memorial at Washington, D.C. (unveiled in 1922), the seated Emerson was designed to be viewed from a distance. It depicts Emerson as the personification of the idealistic philosopher, thoughtful, serene, benevolent. While French’s earlier bust was sculpted from life, the seated Emerson was carved long after the death of its subject. The statue presents a middle-aged Emerson, at the height of his powers, sitting in a chair, wearing his favorite dressing gown. The folds of fabric over the back of the chair are beautifully worked. There are pine branches on the side of the base—symbolic in Emerson’s writings of the majesty and mystery of nature. The seated Emerson was commissioned by a Concord committee appointed at town meeting in 1896 to erect a memorial statue to Emerson at some suitable public place in town. The committee was not authorized to spend any town money—all funds had to be raised through private donation. The fund-raising proceeded slowly. French didn’t really start work on the piece until after 1910. The statue was ceremonially unveiled on May 23, 1914, and has dominated what is now the Concord Free Public Library lobby ever since. Originally placed where the entrance to the circulation area is currently located, the seated Emerson was moved to its present position as a consequence of library expansion and renovation in the 1960s. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Daniel Chester French 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 1914 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 Art Collection Concord Concord Free Public Library Emerson French Sculpture https://www.sc.concordlibrary.org/files/original/4707c580c09eea43aa0b2bb55686660a.jpeg 7b51dbef007afad35bbc0b3a99de2148 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 Map 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 manuscript survey Subject The topic of the resource Walden Pond Description An account of the resource Thoreau's manuscript survey of Walden Pond done in ink on paper. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Henry David Thoreau Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Thoreau Survey Collection 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 1846 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 Map Thoreau Walden Pond https://www.sc.concordlibrary.org/files/original/027c2ebd362884d0342e4300d951801b.jpeg 4ef50e5c9b4bbe98444283f680a8aa12 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 Map 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 (Close up section of map) Subject The topic of the resource Walden Pond Description An account of the resource Section of map of Town of Concord from surveys done by Thoreau contained in Walling's Map of the Town of Concord Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Henry David Throeau Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived H. F. Walling's Map of the Town of Concord, Middlesex County Mass. Surveyed by Authority of the Town. 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 1852 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 Thoreau Walden Pond https://www.sc.concordlibrary.org/files/original/6d72cbbf6e5a117790231682eab83f03.jpeg 548020a673d70e949efe5bf220c72fcf 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 Map 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 - A Reduced Plan Subject The topic of the resource Walden Pond Description An account of the resource A reduced plan of Walden Pond from a plate in Thoreau's Walden: or, Life in the Woods Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Henry David Thoreau Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Walden: or, Life in the Woods 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 1854 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 Thoreau Walden Walden Pond https://www.sc.concordlibrary.org/files/original/e5ae186c791d8a35c9a29256c3150b49.jpeg 8a368567c68373084e8d0a3d59e42ead 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 Map 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 RWE Lot By Walden Subject The topic of the resource Walden Pond Description An account of the resource Manuscript survey of Ralph Waldo Emerson's lot by Walden Pond. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Henry David Thoreau Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived CFPL Thoreau Survey Collection 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 1857 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 Thoreau Walden Pond https://www.sc.concordlibrary.org/files/original/e59cfe92963e0b4072b1aeb1df528a81.jpeg c7e5d8bdb04b85ce0c80ca401ce04677 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 Card Stereograph 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 Pic-Nic Grounds at Walden Pond (looking west) Subject The topic of the resource Walden Pond Description An account of the resource Picture taken for the Fitchburg Railroad of the amusement park buildings at Walden Pond from across the railroad tracks Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource D. W. Butterfield 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 1860s 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 Railroad Walden Pond https://www.sc.concordlibrary.org/files/original/6cf9b37829e123f44414e513da513d63.jpeg fe541d2e0323201bc68fe71828b9bfd9 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 Card Stereograph photo 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 Pic-Nic Grounds at Walden (looking east) Subject The topic of the resource Walden Pond Description An account of the resource Card stereograph showing the railroad tracks (looking east), Walden, and the swings at the amusement park Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource D.W. Butterfield Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Fitchburg Railroad 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 1860s 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 Railroad Walden Pond https://www.sc.concordlibrary.org/files/original/b34f5c1bfa8691bd3d8f74e7b06ff762.jpeg 519dc112d60d90c622643502194c32cc 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. 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 Entrance gate at Walden Amusement Park Subject The topic of the resource Walden Pond Description An account of the resource entrance gate at Walden Pond's Amusement Park 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 1870s 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 Walden Pond