https://www.sc.concordlibrary.org/files/original/a2ea40d18a721fc6acca76438478b289.jpeg 6b86fc8ea8e87cfdbc6d547962f1deca 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 Report of the Standing Committee of the Concord Social Library Subject The topic of the resource Concord Social Library Description An account of the resource Proprietary libraries—libraries owned jointly and used by shareholders—served the reading needs of many New England towns before the public library movement gathered momentum in the 19th century. The Concord Social Library was established in 1821, absorbing the collection of the earlier Charitable Library Society. In 1851, the Social Library transferred its collection to the Concord Town Library, the town’s first public library. Emerson was connected with the succession of libraries in Concord from the 1830s until his death. He was a member of the Standing Committee of the Social Library, and served one term as its president. Bookseller and stationer John Stacy was librarian. The Social Library was housed in Stacy’s store on the Mill Dam; much of the collection was purchased through Stacy. The January 6, 1851 report of the Standing Committee—written in Emerson’s hand—suggests that the Social Library didn’t pander to lowbrow tastes. Among the books added over the course of the previous year were Humboldt’s Aspects of Nature, Ledyard’s Nineveh and Its Remains, Dickens’s Pickwick Papers, Hawthorne’s Scarlet Letter, and a selection of British and American journals. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Standing Committee of the Concord Social Library 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 1851 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 Library