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Finding Aid:
The Fred S. Piper Collection
Cary Memorial Library
Lexington, Massachusetts
August 2012
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About the Collection
Title The Fred S. Piper Collection, 1846-2000 Creator Fred Smith Piper (1867-1962) Dates 1846-2000; bulk 1936-1962
Quantity 8 Boxes 40 Linear feet Plus 330+ cataloged books housed separately
Processed by Jennifer Prentice, 2012 (Simmons College, GSLIS)
Abstract
The Fred S. Piper Collection consists of two main components: (1) a cataloged collection of more than 330 published books and bibliographies by, about, or related to nineteenth-century American writer and philosopher Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862); and (2) uncataloged materials that include additional monographs and bibliographies about Thoreau, as well as related correspondence, periodicals, clippings, images, and ephemera. A small subset of the uncataloged material is focused on the life of Thoreau’s English biographer Henry S. Salt (1851-1939). The collection was donated to Cary Memorial Library in 1961 by Dr. Piper (1867-1962), a Lexington resident, physician, and Thoreau enthusiast. The library continued to add material to the collection until the year 2000.
Biographical History
Dr. Fred S. Piper (1867-1962), was a native of rural New Hampshire and a long-time resident of Lexington, Massachusetts. He worked briefly as a public school teacher and then at a pharmacy before entering the Boston University School of Medicine in 1887. In 1897 he moved his seven-year family medical practice from Hillsboro, NH, to Lexington, MA. His familiarity with medicinal herbs broadened into a lifelong, avid interest in botany, which led him to study plants at home and abroad and to keep a record of more than 300 wildflowers. He admired the distinguished botanist Asa Gray, whose Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States had encouraged Henry David Thoreau’s interest in botany. Dr. Piper was also a skilled photographer and carpenter and a passionate collector of books on a wide variety of subjects, including philosophy, literature, astronomy, and geology. In addition to his Thoreau collection, he owned a large collection of books by and about Walt Whitman. In 1881 Dr. Piper married Mabel Marion Scott, who gave birth to their daughter, Dorothy Gertrude, in 1893. The couple divorced in 1897, and Dr. Piper married Grace Elise Judkins in 1900. Their son, Randolph Piper, was born in 1906. Dorothy Piper married Walter Herbert Neaves in 1913.
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Some of Dr. Piper’s activities and affiliations included the following:
Election to Lexington School Committee, 1902.
Instructor in Theory and Practice of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, 1906-1910.
President, Lexington Historical Society, 1909-1910.
Member, committee for the revision of the Bi-Centenary Edition (1913) of Charles Hudson’s History of the Town of Lexington. Dr. Piper wrote some of the revised material, prepared all of the illustrations, and supervised the work at the Riverside Press.
President, Lexington Field and Garden Club, 1917-1918.
Among his activities in Freemasonry: Order of Knighthood in Gethsemane No. 35, Newtonville, Mass, Knight of Malta, January 23, 1906. Scottish Rite degrees in Boston, October 1916. Life membership in Boston Council, Royal and Select Masters, November 18, 1919. Degrees and life membership in Aleppo Temple, AAON Mystic Shrine, December 30, 1919.
Associate Medical Examiner, Fourth Middlesex District of Massachusetts, December 28, 1927.
In addition to these activities, Dr. Piper was the first Vice President of the Thoreau Society, an international society based in Concord, MA, dedicated to the life, writing, and legacy of Henry David Thoreau. He was elected in 1942, one year after the society’s founding.
Publications by Fred S. Piper
Piper, Fred S. “Architectural Yesterdays in Lexington: A Fragmentary Account of Some of the Older Buildings and Their Builders.” Read October 13, 1908. Proceedings of the Lexington Historical Society, 4 (1912): 114-126. [974.44L L5913p]
------. The Boulder. [LEX ROOM 973.331 P] ------. “Historical Sketch of Simon W. Robinson Lodge.” History of Simon W. Robinson Lodge and Its
Temple, 1870-1945. Cambridge, MA: Cosmos, 1945. [LEX ROOM 974.44L P661h] ------. “In Memory of Laura Muzzey Brigham.” Read before the Lexington Historical Society, Lexington,
MA, October 12, 1915. [LEX ROOM B B768pii] ------. Lexington Historical Society: A Sketch of Its Origin, Purposes, and Achievements, 1886-1912. [LEX
ROOM 974.44L L5913p] ------. Lexington, the Birthplace of American Liberty: A Handbook. Lexington, MA: Lexington Historical
Society, 1902. Updated and reprinted by the Lexington Historical Society 1904, 1910, 1915, 1920, 1923, 1928, 1956, 1963, circa 1971.[LEX ROOM 974.44L P661L; WORTHEN 974.44L P661L]
------. Nathaniel Piper of Ipswich, Massachusetts and Some of His Descendants, 1653-1934. Lexington, MA:
Privately printed, 1935. [LEX ROOM 929.2 P661pin]
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Publications about Fred S. Piper
Greeley, William Roger. Biography of the Late Dr. Fred S. Piper. n.d. [LEX ROOM B P661grb (Piper)] Nason, Ralph A. Doctor Fred Smith Piper: A Biography. Lexington, MA, 1959. [LEX ROOM B P661nad]
Related Collections
The Thoreau Institute in Lincoln, MA, and the Concord Free Public Library in Concord, MA, hold extensive and complementary collections of books and archival materials related to Henry David Thoreau. Among the most relevant to the Fred S. Piper collection are the Raymond Adams and Walter Harding collections at the Thoreau Institute and the Henry David Thoreau papers and the collection of books from Thoreau’s library at the Concord Free Public Library. Harding’s collection contains a fragment of wood from Thoreau’s cabin given to him by Dr. Piper.
Provenance
Dr. Piper donated his collection to the Cary Memorial Library on August 16, 1961. For nearly forty years after the donation, the library staff accepted additional donations and actively sought new publications about Thoreau to add to the collection. The practice ended around the time of a major renovation of the library building in 2000, when the collection was moved to storage. Books, periodicals, and other items published after Piper’s death in June 1962 are known to have been added by the library, as are a copy of Joseph Hosmer’s Concord Freeman: Thoreau Annex and an LP of a WBZ Radio program on the environmental conditions at Walden Pond. However, there may be some library additions that were undocumented and are consequently unidentified here. The majority of the collection is believed to be Dr. Piper’s original donation.
Scope and Content of the Collection
The collection includes correspondence, books, pamphlets, periodicals, clippings, manuscripts, photographs, sketches, and ephemera containing content primarily about the life and writing of nineteenth-century author, philosopher, naturalist, and Concord native Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862). Other, closely related, subjects include Thoreau’s friend and mentor Ralph Waldo Emerson, the site of Walden Pond, where Thoreau lived for two years in a cabin of his own construction, and events commemorating Thoreau and Concord, MA. Although Dr. Piper’s collection at one time included some artifacts and a complete set of first editions of the writings of Thoreau, the current collection contains few first editions and no original Thoreau manuscripts or artifacts. The focus is on books, articles, and poetry written about or inspired by Thoreau. There also is a small collection of material honoring the life and work of Thoreau’s English biographer Henry S. Salt (1851-1939).
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Organization and Arrangement
Series 1. Cataloged book collection Series 2. Material related to Henry David Thoreau
A. Monographs B. Periodicals and clippings C. Bibliographies and catalogs D. Images E. Unpublished documents F. Ephemera
Series 3. Fred S. Piper correspondence Series 4. Material about Henry S. Salt Series 5. Material about Fred S. Piper In this finding aid, locations are given in the following format: Box#. Folder#. Images, for example, have the location 8.1, which means they can be found in the first folder of Box 8.
Series 1. Cataloged book collection
The cataloged book collection consists of over 330 books and bibliographies by, about, or related to Henry David Thoreau. Nearly half of the books in the series contain the writings of Thoreau, though only two of these were published during Thoreau’s lifetime: Elizabeth Peabody’s 1849 Aesthetic Papers, containing Thoreau’s lecture “Resistance to Civil Government,” and the 1853 poetry collection Thalatta: A Book for the Seaside, containing Thoreau’s poem “My life is like a stroll.” Items not by Thoreau are primarily about Thoreau’s life and writings. Items in this series have been cataloged by the library and are housed separately from the rest of the collection. They can be found in the library’s catalog by searching for items with “PIPER” in the Dewey call number. See also uncataloged monographs in Series 2A, Thoreau Society Booklets in Series 2B, and uncataloged bibliographies in Series 2C. Location Description Dates See Catalog Cataloged books and bibliographies 1846-2000
Series 2. Material related to Henry David Thoreau
This series represents the bulk of uncataloged materials and includes books and articles about Thoreau and closely related subjects, as well as bibliographies, images, manuscripts, and ephemera. 2A. Monographs
This subseries consists of a small collection of books, pamphlets, and one phonograph about Thoreau and related subjects. They are arranged alphabetically by creator or by title where creator is unknown. A complete list is provided as Appendix A. See also the cataloged book collection in Series 1 and the Thoreau Society Booklets in Series 2B. Location Description Dates 1.1-1.4 Uncataloged monographs (A-O) 1880-1954, undated 2.1-2.3 Uncataloged monographs (P-W) 1882-1962, undated
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2B. Periodicals and clippings
This subseries contains a variety of newspapers, newsletters, journals, magazines, and clippings primarily from the 1930s to 1950s. Articles about Thoreau’s life and writing predominate. Other content includes poetry, reviews of books and music about Thoreau, a few depictions of Thoreau in illustrations and advertisements, and articles on Emerson, Walden, the Thoreau Society, and other relevant subjects. Of particular interest is an original copy of the 1862 Atlantic Monthly in which Thoreau’s essay “Walking” was first published. In addition, the November 5, 1933, issue of the New York Herald Tribune Books features a letter to the editor by Dr. Piper and a response by the criticized reviewer, Burton Rascoe (page 20). Among the reviews are several of Henry Seidel Canby’s 1939 Thoreau biography. Full issues are arranged chronologically by periodical. Reprints and clippings are arranged chronologically, with the exception of clippings from the Concord Journal, which are filed chronologically with the full issues of that newspaper. For additional details, including an itemized list of reprints and clippings, see Appendix B. Location Description Dates 2.4 The Concord Journal 1930-1952 2.5 The Concord Journal 1953-1981 2.6 The Concord Saunterer 1966-1975 3.1 The Concord Saunterer 1976-1981 3.2 The Concord Saunterer 1982-1988 3.3 Thoreau Newsletters 1936-1944 3.4 The Thoreau Quarterly 1984-1985 3.5 Thoreau Society Booklets (1-10) 1942-1955 3.6 Thoreau Society Booklets (11-31) 1957-1981 4.1 Thoreau Society Bulletins (1-73 hardcover bound) 1941-1960 4.2 Thoreau Society Bulletins (4-106) 1943-1969 4.3 Thoreau Society Bulletins (107-139) 1969-1977 4.4 Thoreau Society Bulletins (141-168) 1977-1984 4.5 Thoreau Society Bulletins (169-189) 1984-1989 4.6 Various periodicals (A) 1862-1956 5.1-5.5 Various periodicals (A-L) 1830-1962 6.1-6.5 Various periodicals (N-Y) 1899-1991 6.6 Reprints 1862-1912 7.1 Reprints 1917-1965, undated 7.2 Clippings 1862-1981 7.3 Clippings undated 2C. Bibliographies and catalogs
This subseries contains scholarly bibliographies, library and collection catalogs, booklists, and bookseller’s catalogs listing materials of relevance to the study of Henry David Thoreau. The bookseller’s catalogs include Goodspeed’s catalog number 214 with a handwritten list of “Thoreau items” corresponding to a list of Thoreau’s editions in a letter from Raymond Adams dated April 11, 1932 (See Adams correspondence in Series 3) and a catalog published by Ye Bibliophile containing an annotated version of Raymond Adams’s Thoreau checklist. Bibliographies and catalogs are arranged alphabetically by creator. See also the Thoreau Society Bulletins and Thoreau Society Booklet Number 11 in Series 2B and cataloged bibliographies is Series 1.
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Location Description Dates 7.4-7.7 Bibliographies and collection catalogs 1923-1949, undated 7.8 Booksellers’ catalogs 1934-1955, undated 2D. Images
The images in this subseries include portraits of Thoreau and his contemporaries; etchings by Sidney L. Smith illustrating Thoreau the Poet-Naturalist; photographs of Walden by Edwin Way Teale; and photographs and sketches of various buildings and sites of relevance to Thoreau, including Walden, Thoreau’s Walden cabin, Thoreau’s birthplace, and the houses of Ralph Waldo Emerson and Nathaniel Hawthorne.
Location Description Dates 8.1 Images undated
2E. Unpublished documents
This subseries includes typescript essays about Thoreau by Raymond Adams and Anton Kamp, two manuscript drafts of a paper about Thoreau by Piper, as well as notes and transcriptions on various topics related to Thoreau, including genealogical charts and quoted poetry. For additional genealogical charts, see the letter from Raymond Adams, May 8, 1939, in Series 3. Location Description Dates 8.2 Typescripts and transcription by others 1859-1951 8.3 Manuscript by Piper 1933 8.4 Manuscript by Piper 1934 8.5 Notes undated
2F. Ephemera
This subseries contains programs, tickets, and an invitation for Concord’s Tercentenary celebration, publishers’ prospectuses and advertisements, a small number of flyers, reports, and correspondence relating to the Thoreau Society, and an assortment of miscellaneous items, including an admission ticket to Bronson Alcott’s Concord School of Philosophy, additional programs and event advertisements, and the 1967 commemorative Thoreau stamp. Location Description Dates 8.6 Material related to Concord Tercentenary 1935 8.7 Prospectuses and advertisements 1947-1957 8.8 Thoreau Society records 1944-1960 8.9 Miscellaneous items circa 1883-2009
Series 3. Fred S. Piper correspondence
Dr. Piper’s correspondence reveals his interest in sharing articles, books, and ideas about Thoreau with others. Recurring topics include new publications about Thoreau, rare books available for purchase, the Thoreau collections of Piper and others, and the passing of the English Thoreau biographer Henry S. Salt. Roughly half of the correspondence is from Raymond Adams, a professor of English and influential Thoreau scholar, who was the first and long-time president of the Thoreau Society. There are also small collections of extended correspondence from Thoreau scholar and bibliographer Walter Harding, fellow Thoreau enthusiast Helen Packard, and Henry S. Salt. Items are arranged chronologically by correspondent.
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For Raymond Adams’s Thoreau Newsletter, see Series 2B. Location Description Dates 8.10 Adams, Raymond 1931-1956 8.11 Harding, Walter 1941-1944 8.12 Packard, Helen undated 8.13 Salt, Henry S. and Catherine 1936-1939 8.14 Various correspondents 1920-1955
Includes the following: Allen, Frances H. Bernstein, Daniel J. Broderick, John C. Cook, Reginald L. Cooley, John L. Davies, John French, Allen Fuller, Elizabeth Channing Gleason, Herbert W. Goddard, [Mina Keyes] Griffith, Smith, Wade & Riley (law office handling
Henry S. Salt’s estate) Guérard, Albert Guild, Barbara T. (daughter of George Thatcher) Hill, Edwin B. Hubbel, A. M. Kent, Marian E. Macdonald, Loren B. Sawyer, Roland D. Teale, Edwin Way Wade, Joseph S. White, Viola C. (Middlebury College Library) White, William
Series 4. Material about Henry S. Salt
Dr. Piper’s small collection of material honoring the life of Henry S. Salt contains biographical articles in vegetarian magazines and other periodicals, a bibliography prepared by Raymond Adams, a remembrance by the wife of John Davies, and a typescript of Salt’s funeral speech, written by Salt himself. Salt was a Socialist, a pacifist, a vegetarian, and an advocate for animal rights, as well as a literary biographer. He was also a friend and great admirer of Mahatma Ghandi, who credited Salt’s book A Plea for Vegetarianism with convincing him of the moral basis of vegetarianism. Salt’s Life of Henry David Thoreau is mentioned only in passing in most of the material. For a photograph of Salt, see the Salt correspondence in Series 3. Location Description Dates 8.15 Periodicals 1951-1954 8.16 Clippings 1939-1951 8.17 Documents 1939, undated
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Series 5. Material about Fred S. Piper
This series consists of two items: an official document of the Lexington Historical Society recognizing the value of Fred S. Piper’s work on its revised history of Lexington; and a funeral service booklet containing a photograph of Piper, biblical quotations, and funeral remarks. See also Thoreau Society Bulletin 31 in Series 2B. Location Description Dates 8.18 Lexington Historical Society report supplement 1913 8.18 Fred S. Piper funeral service 1962
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Appendix A: Uncataloged monographs
Adams, Raymond, ed. Harriette L. Tolman. Concord, MA: Privately printed, 1942.
Alcott, Amos Bronson. The Forester (Henry David Thoreau). Hamden, CT: Charlotte and Malcolm Sills,
1937.
Alcott, Louisa May. Thoreau’s Flute: A Poem. Berkeley Heights, NJ: Oriole, 1950.
By-Laws of Social Friends Lodge F. & A. M. with Histories of Rising Sun Lodge and Social Friends Lodge of
Keene, N.H. Keene, NH: Sentinel Printing, 1904. Written on enclosing envelope: “Thoreau’s mother’s
father / Asa Dunbar was Master / of Rising Sun Lodge 1784 / See page 69 – page 23”
Cook, Reginald Lansing. The Concord Saunterer. Middlebury, VT: Middlebury, 1940.
Derleth, August William. And You, Thoreau! New York: New Directions, 1944.
Concord: A Tourist’s Guide. Concord, MA: Erudite Press, n.d.
The Concord Freeman: Thoreau Annex. Marlboro, MA: Pratt Brothers; Concord, MA: Concord Freeman,
ca 1880.
Faulkner, Barry. Men of Monadnock: The Story of the Murals in the Keene National Bank. Keene, NH,
1950.
Finger, Charles Joseph. Henry David Thoreau: The Man Who Escaped from the Herd. Girard, Kansas:
Haldeman-Julius, ca. 1922.
Foerster, Norman. Ralph Waldo Emerson: His Appreciation of Nature. New York: Macmillan, 1924.
Hosmer, Alfred W. Chronology of the Life of Henry D. Thoreau 1817-1862. Concord, MA: Printed by
author, 1895. Inscription: “With compliments of Alfred W. Hosmer / May 26. 1898.”
Hosmer, Alfred W. Three Letters. Concord, MA: Printed by author, 1900. Hard cover with embroidered
flower. Inscription: “3.00 / only 40 copies / Author’s copy.” Inscription: “For / Misses Jane and Abby P.
Hosmer / With the regards of Alfred W. Hosmer. / Sept 21. 1900.”
Ishill, Joseph. Thoreau: The Cosmic Yankee (With Gleanings from His Writings). Berkeley Heights, NJ:
Oriole, 1954.
Ives, Charles. Second Pianoforte Sonata “Concord, Mass., 1840-60.” [Redding, CT: C. E. Ives, 1920?]
Roughly two thirds missing, including sheet music for Emerson and Hawthorne. Handwritten quote
from The Musical Scene by Virgil Thompson glued to front page.
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Ives, Charles. Second Pianoforte Sonata “Concord, Mass., 1840-1860. 2nd ed. New York: Arrow Music,
1947.
Kane, Henry Bugbee. Thoreau’s Walden: A Photographic Register. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1946.
Keyes, Prescott. “Henry D. Thoreau.” Disquisition for Harvard Commencement, Cambridge, MA, April
14, 1879. Concord, MA, 1917.
Kleinfeld, Leonard, comp. Henry David Thoreau Chronology. Forest Hills, Long Island, N.Y.: Printed by
compiler, 1950.
LeBrun, Jean Munro. Henry Thoreau’s Mother. Ysleta, TX: Edwin B. Hill, 1940.
Lyman, Emily R. Thoreau. Concord, MA: Privately printed, 1902.
O’Brien, Harriet E. Lost Utopias: A brief description of three quests for happiness, Alcott’s Fruitlands, Old
Shaker House, and American Indian Museum Rescued from oblivion, recorded and preserved by Clara
Endicott Sears on Prospect Hill in the old township of Harvard Massachusetts. Boston: Perry Walton,
1929.
Phelps, William Lyon. Henry David Thoreau: A Study. New York: Macmillan, 1924.
Roman Forum Magazine, ed. Thoreau “The Cosmic Yankee”: Centennial Appreciations. Los Angeles: The
Roman Forum; Rocker Publications Committee, 1946.
Sawyer, Roland D. Chirps from the Woods.
Sawyer, Roland D. Simplification – My Personal Gospel. Farmington, ME: D. H. Knowlton, 1922.
Sawyer, Roland D. Thoreau: New England Philosopher. Inscription: “Roland D. Sawyer / This is No 38 /
for / Fred S. Piper, M.D. / of / Lexington.”
Stewart, George, Jr. “Thoreau: The Hermit of Walden.” Paper read before the Literary and Historical
Society of Quebec, Quebec, March 7, 1882.
Stowell, Robert F. A Thoreau Gazetteer. Calais, VT: Poor Farm, 1948.
Thoreau, Henry David. Civil Disobedience. Boonton, N.J.: Liberty Library, 1946.
Thoreau, Henry David. Friendship and Other Essays. New York: Little Leather Library, ca. 1920.
Thoreau, Henry David. The Seasons. Ysleta, TX: Edwin B. Hill, n.d.
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Thoreau, Henry David. The Transmigration of the Seven Brahmans: A Translation from the Harivansa of
Langlois. Edited by Arthur Christy. New York: William Edwin Rudge, 1932.
Thoreau, Henry David. Henry David Thoreau to George William Curtis, March 11, 1853. Ysleta, TX:
Edwin B. Hill, 1942.
Thoreau, Henry David. Two Extracts from the Concluding Chapter of Walden or, Life in the Woods: and
My Prayer. Chappaqua: Bibliophile, 1930.
Walden: 1962. Boston: WBZ Radio, ca. 1962. Inscription: “WBZ Radio / gift. / Jan. 18, 1963.”
Watts-Dunton, Theodore. Henry Thoreau and Other Children of the Open Air. Cedar Rapids, IA, Torch,
1910.
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Appendix B: Periodical content
Collections of periodicals about Thoreau or Concord, 1936-1989
Arranged chronologically by publication.
The Concord Journal, 1930-1981
Twenty nine full issues and clippings (some duplicates) primarily from the 1930s-50s. Relevant articles discuss, among other things, Thoreau, Walden, and Concord events celebrating Thoreau’s birthday and the Concord tercentenary.
The Concord Saunterer, 1966-1988
All issues and supplements of the first series of the Concord Saunterer, except 7.1, 8.1, 8.2, 11.3, and 11.4. Issue 15.2 is missing its front cover. A index to the first series of the Concord Saunterer is available as an Excel spreadsheet on the Thoreau Society website at http://www.thoreausociety.org/cs1stindex.xls.
Thoreau Newsletters, 1936-1944
Fifteen issues of Raymond Adams’s Thoreau Newsletter from February 1936 to October 1944.
The Thoreau Quarterly, 1984-1985
Three items covering 16.1, 16.2, 16.3, 16.4, 17.1, and 17.2.
Thoreau Society Booklets, 1942-1981
Thoreau Society Booklets 1-15, 18, 24, 27, 30, and 31. A listing of all Booklets published from 1942-1981 is available on the Thoreau Society website at http://www.thoreausociety.org/_activities_booklets.htm.
Thoreau Society Bulletins, 1941-1989
Issues of all numbers 1-189, except 114, 125, 138, 140, 145, 183, 186, and 187. Also includes two reprints published circa 1946 as supplements. A note instructing Cary Memorial Library reference staff to scan Bulletin bibliographies for items to purchase for the Piper collection is filed ahead of the first loose issue. Some Bulletins bear library annotations.
Articles in various other full issue periodicals, 1830-1991
Arranged chronologically by publication.
Author Title Periodical Vol No Date Page
"Henry David Thoreau." Analysis 2 1 Nov 1945
1
McKee, Christopher.
“Thoreau’s First Visit to the White Mountains.”
Appalachia 31 2 Dec 1956
199-209
Thoreau, Henry David.
"Walking." The Atlantic Monthly 9 56 June 1862
657-674
Thoreau, Henry David.
"April Days: Extracts from the Journal of Henry D. Thoreau."
The Atlantic Monthly 41 246 April 1878
445-454
Stewart, Charles D.
"A Word for Thoreau." The Atlantic 156 1 July 1935
110-116
Hyman, "Henry Thoreau in Our The Atlantic 178 5 Nov 137-
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Stanley Edgar.
Time." 1946 146
Wilder, Thornton.
“The American Loneliness.” The Atlantic 190 2 Aug 1952
65-69
Harding, Walter.
"Thoreau and Bird Songs Celestial."
Audubon Magazine 46 4 July-Aug 1944
234-236
Harding, Walter.
"A Century of Thoreau." Audubon Magazine 47 2 March-April 1945
80-84
Briton, Eric. "Henry David Thoreau." The Bookman 52 309 June 1917
87
Emerson, Edward Waldo.
"Personal Recollections" The Bookman 52 309 June 1917
81-84
Haydon, Walter T.
"Thoreau: Philosopher, Poet, Naturalist."
The Bookman 52 309 June 1917
84-87
Harding, Walter.
“Franklin B. Sanborn and Thoreau’s Letters.”
The Boston Public Library Quarterly
3 4 Oct 1951
288-293
Harding, Walter.
“Thoreau’s Fame Abroad.” The Boston Public Library Quarterly
11 2 April 1959
94-101
Armstrong, Robert Grenville.
"Measuring Life—I: A Study of the Message of Thoreau."
The Christian Leader: A Journal of the Universalist Fellowship
36 37 Sept 16, 1933
1158-1160
Armstrong, Robert Grenville.
"Measuring Life—II: A Study of the Message of Thoreau."
The Christian Leader: A Journal of the Universalist Fellowship
36 38 Sept 23, 1933
1198-1200
Armstrong, Robert Grenville.
"Cruising on the Merrimack." The Christian Leader: A Journal of the Universalist Fellowship
39 50 Dec 12, 1936
1574-1577
Gray, Leonard B.
"Thoreau—Great Individualist."
The Christian Leader: A Journal of the Universalist Fellowship
124 2 Jan 17, 1942
40-41
Eaton, Walter Prichard.
"Thoreau and April." The Christian Register: A Journal of Free Churches
112 17 April 27, 1933
266-267
Adams, Raymond.
"Thoreau's Growth at Walden."
The Christian Register: A Journal of Free Churches
124 7 July 1945
268-270
Gohdes, Clarence.
"Henry Thoreau, Bachelor of Arts."
The Classical Journal 23 5 Feb 1928
323-336
“National Thoreau Meeting in Concord Saturday.”
Concord Herald July 13, 1944
“Thoreau Widely Read.” Concord Herald July 13, 1944
Humphrey, Hubert H.
“The Thoreau Society.” Congressional Record Aug 1957
1-11
Daily Evening Transcript July 24, 1830
Hurd, Harry Elmore.
"Henry David Thoreau—A Pioneer in the Field of Education."
Education 49 6 Feb 1929
372-376
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Smith, Edmund Ware.
“Along Thoreau’s Canoe Trail.”
Ford Times 51 3 March 1959
2-8
Thoreau, Henry David.
"Henry David Thoreau Says a Word About Philosophy."
The Golden Door: A Magazine Anthology for Bookish Folk
1 1 Jan 1939
22
“Henry’s ‘Neighbors.’” Harvard Alumni Bulletin 61 12 April 4, 1959
496-498
Thoreau, Henry David.
“Cape Cod Revisited.” Harvard Alumni Bulletin 62 4 Nov 7, 1959
163-173
Thoreau, Henry David.
“Poem About Concord.” Harvard Alumni Bulletin 65 1 Sept 29, 1962
19-28
Adams, Raymond.
"Thoreau, Pioneer in Adult Education
The Institute Magazine 3 2 Nov 1930
6-7
Hubbard, Elbert.
"Thoreau." Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Philosophers
15 6 Dec 1904
155-189
“News Items of Interest.” The Living Wilderness 23 64 Spring 1958
20-22
Broome, Harvey.
“Single-mindedness in Concord.”
The Living Wilderness 23 67 Winter 1959
15-18
Hinckley, Edward B.
"Thoreau and Beston: Two Observers of Cape Cod."
The New England Quarterly 4 2 April 1931
216-229
Cole, Charles William.
"Jeremy Belknap: Pioneer Nationalist"
The New England Quarterly 10 4 Dec 1937
743-751
Loomis, Grant.
"Thoreau and Zimmerman." The New England Quarterly 10 4 Dec 1937
789-792
Smart, George K.
"A Note on 'Emerson and Communism.'"
The New England Quarterly 10 4 Dec 1937
772-773
Adams, Raymond.
"Thoreau at Harvard: Some Unpublished Records."
The New England Quarterly 13 1 March 1940
24-33
Carpenter, Frederic I.
"Bronson Alcott: Genteel Transcendentalist."
The New England Quarterly 13 1 March 1940
34-48
Carpenter, Frederic I.
"Thoreau. By Henry Seidel Canby."
The New England Quarterly 13 1 March 1940
145-146
Buckley, Frank.
"Thoreau and the Irish." The New England Quarterly 13 3 Sept 1940
389-400
Gafford, Lucile.
"The Transcendentalist Attitudes Toward Drama and the Theatre."
The New England Quarterly 13 3 Sept 1940
442-466
Ladu, Arthur I.
"Emerson: Whig or Democrat."
The New England Quarterly 13 3 Sept 1940
419-441
Pyarelal. “Thoreau, Tolstoy and Gandhiji.”
New Outlook. 10 5 May 1957
3-11
Stone, Vida Reed.
“Emerson: Revealer of Truth.”
New Outlook. 10 5 May 1957
12-16
Piper, Fred. S.
[Letter to the Editor] New York Herald Tribune Books
Nov 5, 1933
20
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Atkinson, Brooks.
“The Full Stature of Thoreau: Dr. Canby’s Illuminating Biography of a Great American.”
The New York Times Book Review
Oct 8, 1939
Lewis, Sinclair.
"One Man Revolution." Newsweek 10 21 Nov 22, 1937
33
Howitt, William.
"The Wind in a Frolic." Parker's Lessons in Literature
67
Howitt, William.
"The Month of August." Parker's Supplementary Reader
96 Aug 1899
Brooks, Van Wick.
"Thoreau—Master of Simplicity: Condensed from The Flowering of New England."
Readers Digest 30 181 May 1937
25-29
Krastin, Alexandra.
"He Took to the Woods 100 Years Ago."
The Saturday Evening Post 217 53 June 30, 1945
26-27, 79
Canby, Henry Seidel.
"The Man Who Did What He Wanted: A Proposed Definition of Thoreau."
The Saturday Review of Literature
15 9 Dec 26, 1936
3-4, 15
Edman, Irwin.
“‘Eccentric of the First Magnitude’: ‘Thoreau’ by Henry Seidel Canby.”
The Saturday Review of Literature
20 24 Oct 7, 1939
5
Canby, Henry Seidel.
“‘Walden’ One Hundred Years Later.”
The Saturday Review of Literature
Aug 7, 1954
7-8, 40-41
Krutch, Joseph Wood.
“Thoreau on Madison Avenue.”
The Saturday Review of Literature
Jan 29, 1955
9-10, 30-33
Raysor, T. M.
"The Love Story of Thoreau." Studies in Philology 23 4 Oct 1926
457-463
Davies, John.
The Vegetarian Messenger 44 2 Feb 1947
Allison, Elliott S.
“Thoreau in Vermont.” Vermont Life 9 1 Fall 1954
11-13
Center for Information on America
"Our Great Outdoors--What Are We Doing About It?
Vital Issues 7 3 1957
Sherwood, Mary P.
"Plant Succession at Walden."
The Voice of Walden 30 Winter 1990-1991
"1991 Walden Sanctuary Bill Filed."
The Voice of Walden 30 Winter 1990-1991
"Marcia Moss Walden Photography Exhibit."
The Voice of Walden 30 Winter 1990-1991
"Walden Slide Collection." The Voice of Walden 30 Winter 1990-1991
Merrifield, Richard.
“100 Years After: Thoreauvians Celebrate Walden’s Centennial.”
Yankee 18 7 July 1954
68-71
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Reprints, 1862-1965 and undated
Arranged chronologically. Author Title Periodical Vol No Date Page
Higginson, Storms.
"Henry D. Thoreau." The Harvard Magazine May 1862
Curtis, George Wiliam.
"Reminiscences of Thoreau." Harper's New Monthly Magazine
25 July 1862
270-271.
Palmer, Joseph.
"David Henry Thoreau." Necrology of Alumni of Harvard College, 1851-52 to 1862-63
1864 430-432
Barton, W.G. “Thoreau, Flagg, and Bourroughs.”
Historical Collections of the Essex Institute
22 [1885] 53
Walter T. Haydon.
"Henry David Thoreau: Poet-Naturalist."
Proceedings of the Liverpool Botanical Society
April 17, 1912
Hoover, Ira. "The Centennial of Henry David Thoreau."
New York Call July 8, 1917
Moore, J. B. "Crèvecoeur and Thoreau." Papers of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts and Letters
5 1925 309-333
Adams, Raymond.
"Thoreau and Immortality." Studies in Philology 26 1 1929 58-66
Adams, Raymond.
"A Bibliographical Note on Walden."
American Literature 2 2 May 1930
166-168
Adams, Raymond.
"Thoreau's Literary Apprenticeship."
Studies in Philology 29 4 Oct 1932
617-629
Adams, Raymond.
"Thoreau at Harvard: Some Unpublished Records."
The New England Quarterly 13 1 1940 24-33
Adams, Raymond.
"Thoreau's Burials." American Literature 12 1 March 1940
105-107
Adams, Raymond.
"Thoreau. By Henry Seidel Canby."
American Literature 12 1 March 1940
112-115
Adams, Raymond.
"An Irishman on Thoreau: A Stillborn Review of Walden." (Typescript copy)
The New England Quarterly Dec 1940
Adams, Raymond.
"Thoreau at Walden." University of North Carolina Extension Bulletin
34 4 Nov 1944
Adams, Raymond.
"Thoreau's Diploma." American Literature 17 2 May 1945
174-175
Adams, Raymond.
"Thoreau's Science." The Scientific Monthly 60 May 1945
379-382
Allen, Francis.
"Thoreau's Collected Poems" American Literature 17 3 Nov 1945
260-267
Harding, Walter.
"Thoreau and the Negro." The Negro History Bulletin Oct 1946
Adams, Raymond.
"The Bibliographical History of Thoreau's A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers."
Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America
43 First Quarter 1949
Broderick, John C.
"Imagery in Walden." Studies in English 33 1954 80-89
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White, E. B. "Walden—1954." The Yale Review Sept
1954 14-22
Adams, Raymond.
"Thoreau's Mock-Heroics and the American Natural History Writers."
Studies in Philology 52 1 1955 86-97
Nelson, Truman.
"Walden on Trial." The Nation July 19, 1958
"Walden Decision: Protection Comes at Last to Historic Landscape."
Landscape Architecture Fall 1960
Taylor, J. Golden.
"Thoreau's Sour Grapes" Proceedings of the Utah Academy of Arts and Sciences
42 1 1965 38-49
Clippings, 1862-1981 and undated
Arranged chronologically. Author Title Periodical Vol No Date Page
"May 21, 1862." Boston Society of Natural History Proceedings
9 1862 70-72
Lowell, James R.
"Thoreau and the New Engaland Transcendentalists."
Oct 14, 1865
"Famous Old Landmark: The Thoreau House, Prince Street."
Boston [--?] 1893
"The Nomad." July 12, 1917
"Thoreau--One Hundred Years."
[July 12, 1917]
Bulkeley, Benjamin R.
"Nature's Lover." Boston Herald July 12, 1917
Sawyer, Roland D.
"A Lesson for Today." Boston Herald July 12, 1917
Salt, Henry S. "Thoreau as Pioneer." The Humanitarian Sept 1917
59-60
"The Cent[…] of Thoreau." Christian Science Monitor Oct 5, 1917
"Thoreau Enlarges His Library."
The New York Times Book Review
Feb 24, 1929
"On Thoreau's Birthday." [1931]
Holmes, J. Albert.
[Letter to the Editor] The Saturday Review of Literature
Oct 3, 1931
"Thoreau--Will His Ideas Be Accepted at Last?"
[1931]
Tomlinson, H. M.
"Thoreau's Dream Endures, Says Tomlinson, Visiting Concord."
Boston Herald July 5, 1931
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Shepard, Odell.
"The Hermit of Walden." Christian Science Monitor March 15, 1932
Safed the Sage.
"Parables of Safed the Sage: The Great Men of Concord."
Christian Science Monitor [Jan 8, 1933]
"Thoreau Stopped to Empty Shoes."
Christian Science Monitor June 1, 1936
Uncle Dudley. "Potato and Culture." Boston Sunday Globe Sept 18, 1938
Old Colony Trust Company.
"A Man is Rich . . ." Boston [Globe] Dec 28, 1938
Shepard, Odell.
"Thoreau for Our Time." The Nation [1939] 388
Arvin, Newton.
"Thoreau Plain." [1939]
Gilman, Lawrence.
"A Masterpiece of American Music Heard Here for the First Time."
[1939]
Guérard Albert.
"Sayings of Masters." New York Herald Tribune Books
April 9, 1939
Francis, Robert.
"Thoreau's Search." [Christian Science Monitor] May 10, 1939
Jones, Howard Mumford.
"May Win Prize: New Life of Thoreau Foretold Strong Contender for Award."
Boston Evening Transcript Oct 7, 1939
Lee, Charles. "Seidel Canby Pens Illuminating Biography of Henry David Thoreau: Revealing Light Thrown on His Attitude Toward Women."
Boston Herald Oct 7, 1939
Fadiman, Clifton.
"Thoreau's Secret." The New Yorker Oct 7, 1939
65-68
Whicher, George F.
"Thoreau, 'Bookkeeper to all Outdoors': Broadcloth Biography of a Homespun Rambler in Concord."
New York Herald Tribune Books
Oct 8, 1939
"Realometer." Time Oct 16, 1939
"Dr. Canby's Notable Biography."
Forum Nov 1939
James, Elizabeth Coates.
"Reading: By Henry David Thoreau."
Boston Daily Globe Jan 8, 1942
Bernstein, Daniel J.
[Letter to the Editor] "Unpublished Thoreau Letter."
The Saturday Review May 30, 1942
15
Longstreth, T. Morris.
"Our Most Famous Hill." Christian Science Monitor Nov 5, 1943
Ripley "Believe It or Not!" Daily Mirror Aug 15, 194[4]
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Longstreth, T. Morris.
"On Thoreau's Coldness." Christian Science Monitor Aug 25, 1944
"Simple Walden Centenary Rite."
[1945]
Longstreth, T. Morris.
"Thoreau as Writing Instructor."
Christian Science Monitor July 12, 1945
Paterson, Isabel.
"Henry David Thoreau, Native of Concord: After a Hundred Years, Still a Natural Figure in the Landscape."
New York Herald Tribune Weekly Book Review
Oct 28, 1945
"Thoreau Cabin Hearth Found."
Christian Science Monitor June 13, 1946
The Travelers Insurance Company.
"The Man Who Lived on 27 Cents a Week."
The Saturday Evening Post Feb 28, 1948
Byron, Gilbert.
[Open letter to Henry D. Thoreau]
The Saturday Review June 5, 1948
Whicher, George F.
"Values and Legend of Thoreau" Joseph Wood Krutch Offers Fresh, Sensitive Appraisal of Concord Rebel."
New York Herald Tribune Weekly Book Review
Oct 3, 1948
"Thoreau and the Joy of Life." Christian Science Monitor Oct 21, 1948
Davies, John. "Centennial of Thoreau's 'Walden.'"
[Unidentified vegetarian magazine]
[1954] 60-61
Frank, Waldo. "Thoreau's 'Walden': One Hundred Years."
[1954]
"Centenary of Thoreau's 'Walden.'"
Radio Times Aug 6, 1954
9
Willard, Donald B.
"Thoreau's Walden Pond Unchanged After Century."
Boston Daily Globe Aug 9, 1954
Isaacs, J. "Thoreau's 'Walden': Discussion between Robert Frost and Reginald Cook, introduced by J. Isaacs."
The Listener Aug 26, 1954
319-320
Krutch, Joseph Wood.
"Thoreau on Madison Avenue."
The Saturday Review Jan 29, 1955
9-10
Van de Water, Frederic F.
"A Concord Original." [1956]
Hanley, Wayne.
"Geologist Thinks Walden Pond Born Almost as Indians Thought."
Boston Sunday Herald Jan 15, 1956
Stoke, Thomas L.
"Hungary Spurred by Thoreau Idea."
Boston Traveler Nov 15, 1956
Schofield, Edmund.
"Henry David Thoreau and His Worcester Friends."
[1958]
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"Thoreau's Plants." Boston Sunday Herald April 5,
1959
Hughes, Albert D.
"Walden Ruling Applauded by Antiquarians."
Christian Science Monitor May 4, 1960
"Walden's Beauty Ordered Preserved."
Christian Science Monitor May 4, 1960
Adams, Thomas Boylston.
"Meditation at Walden." Boston Sunday Globe Dec 15, 1963
Martin, Mary. "Woman Finds Thoreau Manuscript."
The Middlesex News Nov 6, 1981
"An Idyl Out of Season." Christian Science Monitor
"Of Walden and Innisfree." Christian Science Monitor
Glick, Wendell.
"Yeats's Early Reading of Walden."
The Boston Public Library Quarterly
164-166
Harding, Walter.
"Thoreau and Timothy Dwight."
The Boston Public Library Quarterly
109-115
Gleason, Herbert W.
"Winter Rambles in Thoreau's Country."
The National Geographic Magazine
165-180
Ballou, Adin. "Concord River by Moonlight (After reading Thoreau)"
Buckle, Grace Wight.
"Birds, Flowers and Fields Around Lowell."
"Emerson and Thoreau."
Francis, R. C. "Two Brothers." 48-53
McSorley, Medb.
"Hillside Herd of Ayrshires Big Producers."
Winslow, Grace Sewell.
"Seeds from Shipwrecks Took Root on Cape Cod."
"Easy for Thoreau."
"Thoreau Anniversary and Keene's Connection with That Distinguished Philosopher and Nature Writer."
"Thoreau: 'We Seek only Reality.'"
"Ives' Concord Sonata."
[Brief extract from a book review of Frederick B. Fisher’s That Strange Little Brown Man, Gandhi]