Finding Aid: the Fred S. Piper Collection Cary Memorial Library

Finding Aid:

The Fred S. Piper Collection Cary Memorial Library Lexington, Massachusetts

August 2012

Finding Aid – Fred. S. Piper Collection Cary Memorial Library

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. g:\piper collection\piper collection finding aid.docx 6 Finding Aid – Fred. S. Piper Collection Cary Memorial Library

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 1 1945 McKee, “Thoreau’s First Visit to the Appalachia 31 2 Dec 199- Christopher. White Mountains.” 1956 209 Thoreau, "Walking." The Atlantic Monthly 9 56 June 657- Henry 1862 674 David. Thoreau, "April Days: Extracts from The Atlantic Monthly 41 246 April 445- Henry the Journal of Henry D. 1878 454 David. Thoreau." Stewart, "A Word for Thoreau." The Atlantic 156 1 July 110- Charles D. 1935 116 Hyman, "Henry Thoreau in Our The Atlantic 178 5 Nov 137- g:\piper collection\piper collection finding aid.docx 12 Finding Aid – Fred. S. Piper Collection Cary Memorial Library

Stanley Time." 1946 146 Edgar. Wilder, “The American Loneliness.” The Atlantic 190 2 Aug 65-69 Thornton. 1952 Harding, "Thoreau and Bird Songs Audubon Magazine 46 4 July- 234- Walter. Celestial." Aug 236 1944 Harding, "A Century of Thoreau." Audubon Magazine 47 2 March- 80-84 Walter. April 1945 Briton, Eric. "Henry David Thoreau." The Bookman 52 309 June 87 1917 Emerson, "Personal Recollections" The Bookman 52 309 June 81-84 Edward 1917 Waldo. Haydon, "Thoreau: Philosopher, Poet, The Bookman 52 309 June 84-87 Walter T. Naturalist." 1917 Harding, “Franklin B. Sanborn and The Boston Public Library 3 4 Oct 288- Walter. Thoreau’s Letters.” Quarterly 1951 293 Harding, “Thoreau’s Fame Abroad.” The Boston Public Library 11 2 April 94- Walter. Quarterly 1959 101 Armstrong, "Measuring Life—I: A Study The Christian Leader: A 36 37 Sept 16, 1158- Robert of the Message of Thoreau." Journal of the Universalist 1933 1160 Grenville. Fellowship Armstrong, "Measuring Life—II: A Study The Christian Leader: A 36 38 Sept 23, 1198- Robert of the Message of Thoreau." Journal of the Universalist 1933 1200 Grenville. Fellowship Armstrong, "Cruising on the Merrimack." The Christian Leader: A 39 50 Dec 12, 1574- Robert Journal of the Universalist 1936 1577 Grenville. Fellowship Gray, "Thoreau—Great The Christian Leader: A 124 2 Jan 17, 40-41 Leonard B. Individualist." Journal of the Universalist 1942 Fellowship Eaton, "Thoreau and April." The Christian Register: A 112 17 April 266- Walter Journal of Free Churches 27, 267 Prichard. 1933 Adams, "Thoreau's Growth at The Christian Register: A 124 7 July 268- Raymond. Walden." Journal of Free Churches 1945 270 Gohdes, "Henry Thoreau, Bachelor of The Classical Journal 23 5 Feb 323- Clarence. Arts." 1928 336 “National Thoreau Meeting Concord Herald July 13, in Concord Saturday.” 1944 “Thoreau Widely Read.” Concord Herald July 13, 1944 Humphrey, “The Thoreau Society.” Congressional Record Aug 1-11 Hubert H. 1957 Daily Evening Transcript July 24, 1830 Hurd, Harry "Henry David Thoreau—A Education 49 6 Feb 372- Elmore. Pioneer in the Field of 1929 376 Education."

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Smith, “Along Thoreau’s Canoe Ford Times 51 3 March 2-8 Edmund Trail.” 1959 Ware. Thoreau, "Henry David Thoreau Says The Golden Door: A 1 1 Jan 22 Henry a Word About Philosophy." Magazine Anthology for 1939 David. Bookish Folk “Henry’s ‘Neighbors.’” Harvard Alumni Bulletin 61 12 April 4, 496- 1959 498 Thoreau, “Cape Cod Revisited.” Harvard Alumni Bulletin 62 4 Nov 7, 163- Henry 1959 173 David. Thoreau, “Poem About Concord.” Harvard Alumni Bulletin 65 1 Sept 29, 19-28 Henry 1962 David. Adams, "Thoreau, Pioneer in Adult The Institute Magazine 3 2 Nov 6-7 Raymond. Education 1930 Hubbard, "Thoreau." Little Journeys to the Homes 15 6 Dec 155- Elbert. of Great Philosophers 1904 189 “News Items of Interest.” The Living Wilderness 23 64 Spring 20-22 1958 Broome, “Single-mindedness in The Living Wilderness 23 67 Winter 15-18 Harvey. Concord.” 1959 Hinckley, "Thoreau and Beston: Two The New England Quarterly 4 2 April 216- Edward B. Observers of Cape Cod." 1931 229 Cole, "Jeremy Belknap: Pioneer The New England Quarterly 10 4 Dec 743- Charles Nationalist" 1937 751 William. Loomis, "Thoreau and Zimmerman." The New England Quarterly 10 4 Dec 789- Grant. 1937 792 Smart, "A Note on 'Emerson and The New England Quarterly 10 4 Dec 772- George K. Communism.'" 1937 773 Adams, "Thoreau at Harvard: Some The New England Quarterly 13 1 March 24-33 Raymond. Unpublished Records." 1940 Carpenter, "Bronson Alcott: Genteel The New England Quarterly 13 1 March 34-48 Frederic I. Transcendentalist." 1940 Carpenter, "Thoreau. By Henry Seidel The New England Quarterly 13 1 March 145- Frederic I. Canby." 1940 146 Buckley, "Thoreau and the Irish." The New England Quarterly 13 3 Sept 389- Frank. 1940 400 Gafford, "The Transcendentalist The New England Quarterly 13 3 Sept 442- Lucile. Attitudes Toward Drama 1940 466 and the Theatre." Ladu, "Emerson: Whig or The New England Quarterly 13 3 Sept 419- Arthur I. Democrat." 1940 441 Pyarelal. “Thoreau, Tolstoy and New Outlook. 10 5 May 3-11 Gandhiji.” 1957 Stone, Vida “Emerson: Revealer of New Outlook. 10 5 May 12-16 Reed. Truth.” 1957 Piper, Fred. [Letter to the Editor] New York Herald Tribune Nov 5, 20 S. Books 1933

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Atkinson, “The Full Stature of Thoreau: The New York Times Book Oct 8, Brooks. Dr. Canby’s Illuminating Review 1939 Biography of a Great American.” Lewis, "One Man Revolution." Newsweek 10 21 Nov 22, 33 Sinclair. 1937 Howitt, "The Wind in a Frolic." Parker's Lessons in 67 William. Literature Howitt, "The Month of August." Parker's Supplementary 96 Aug William. Reader 1899 Brooks, Van "Thoreau—Master of Readers Digest 30 181 May 25-29 Wick. Simplicity: Condensed from 1937 The Flowering of New England." Krastin, "He Took to the Woods 100 The Saturday Evening Post 217 53 June 26- Alexandra. Years Ago." 30, 27, 1945 79 Canby, "The Man Who Did What He The Saturday Review of 15 9 Dec 26, 3-4, Henry Wanted: A Proposed Literature 1936 15 Seidel. Definition of Thoreau." Edman, “‘Eccentric of the First The Saturday Review of 20 24 Oct 7, 5 Irwin. Magnitude’: ‘Thoreau’ by Literature 1939 Henry Seidel Canby.” Canby, “‘Walden’ One Hundred The Saturday Review of Aug 7, 7-8, Henry Years Later.” Literature 1954 40-41 Seidel. Krutch, “Thoreau on Madison The Saturday Review of Jan 29, 9-10, Joseph Avenue.” Literature 1955 30-33 Wood. Raysor, T. "The Love Story of Thoreau." Studies in Philology 23 4 Oct 457- M. 1926 463 Davies, The Vegetarian Messenger 44 2 Feb John. 1947 Allison, “Thoreau in Vermont.” Vermont Life 9 1 Fall 11-13 Elliott S. 1954 Center for "Our Great Outdoors--What Vital Issues 7 3 1957 Information Are We Doing About It? on America Sherwood, "Plant Succession at The Voice of Walden 30 Winter Mary P. Walden." 1990- 1991 "1991 Walden Sanctuary Bill The Voice of Walden 30 Winter Filed." 1990- 1991 "Marcia Moss Walden The Voice of Walden 30 Winter Photography Exhibit." 1990- 1991 "Walden Slide Collection." The Voice of Walden 30 Winter 1990- 1991 Merrifield, “100 Years After: Yankee 18 7 July 68-71 Richard. Thoreauvians Celebrate 1954 Walden’s Centennial.” g:\piper collection\piper collection finding aid.docx 15 Finding Aid – Fred. S. Piper Collection Cary Memorial Library

Reprints, 1862-1965 and undated Arranged chronologically.

Author Title Periodical Vol No Date Page Higginson, "Henry D. Thoreau." The Harvard Magazine May Storms. 1862 Curtis, "Reminiscences of Thoreau." Harper's New Monthly 25 July 270- George Magazine 1862 271. Wiliam. Palmer, "David Henry Thoreau." Necrology of Alumni of 1864 430- Joseph. Harvard College, 1851-52 to 432 1862-63 Barton, W.G. “Thoreau, Flagg, and Historical Collections of the 22 [1885] 53 Bourroughs.” Essex Institute Walter T. "Henry David Thoreau: Poet- Proceedings of the Liverpool April Haydon. Naturalist." Botanical Society 17, 1912 Hoover, Ira. "The Centennial of Henry New York Call July 8, David Thoreau." 1917 Moore, J. B. "Crèvecoeur and Thoreau." Papers of the Michigan 5 1925 309- Academy of Science, Arts and 333 Letters Adams, "Thoreau and Immortality." Studies in Philology 26 1 1929 58-66 Raymond. Adams, "A Bibliographical Note on American Literature 2 2 May 166- Raymond. Walden." 1930 168 Adams, "Thoreau's Literary Studies in Philology 29 4 Oct 617- Raymond. Apprenticeship." 1932 629 Adams, "Thoreau at Harvard: Some The New England Quarterly 13 1 1940 24-33 Raymond. Unpublished Records." Adams, "Thoreau's Burials." American Literature 12 1 March 105- Raymond. 1940 107 Adams, "Thoreau. By Henry Seidel American Literature 12 1 March 112- Raymond. Canby." 1940 115 Adams, "An Irishman on Thoreau: A The New England Quarterly Dec Raymond. Stillborn Review of Walden." 1940 (Typescript copy) Adams, "Thoreau at Walden." University of North Carolina 34 4 Nov Raymond. Extension Bulletin 1944 Adams, "Thoreau's Diploma." American Literature 17 2 May 174- Raymond. 1945 175 Adams, "Thoreau's Science." The Scientific Monthly 60 May 379- Raymond. 1945 382 Allen, "Thoreau's Collected Poems" American Literature 17 3 Nov 260- Francis. 1945 267 Harding, "Thoreau and the Negro." The Negro History Bulletin Oct Walter. 1946 Adams, "The Bibliographical History Papers of the Bibliographical 43 First Raymond. of Thoreau's A Week on the Society of America Quarter Concord and Merrimack 1949 Rivers." Broderick, "Imagery in Walden." Studies in English 33 1954 80-89 John C. g:\piper collection\piper collection finding aid.docx 16 Finding Aid – Fred. S. Piper Collection Cary Memorial Library

White, E. B. "Walden—1954." The Yale Review Sept 14-22 1954 Adams, "Thoreau's Mock-Heroics and Studies in Philology 52 1 1955 86-97 Raymond. the American Natural History Writers." Nelson, "Walden on Trial." The Nation July 19, Truman. 1958 "Walden Decision: Protection Landscape Architecture Fall Comes at Last to Historic 1960 Landscape." Taylor, J. "Thoreau's Sour Grapes" Proceedings of the Utah 42 1 1965 38-49 Golden. Academy of Arts and Sciences

Clippings, 1862-1981 and undated Arranged chronologically.

Author Title Periodical Vol No Date Page "May 21, 1862." Boston Society of Natural 9 1862 70-72 History Proceedings Lowell, James "Thoreau and the New Oct 14, R. Engaland 1865 Transcendentalists." "Famous Old Landmark: The Boston [--?] 1893 Thoreau House, Prince Street." "The Nomad." July 12, 1917 "Thoreau--One Hundred [July 12, Years." 1917] Bulkeley, "Nature's Lover." Boston Herald July 12, Benjamin R. 1917 Sawyer, "A Lesson for Today." Boston Herald July 12, Roland D. 1917 Salt, Henry S. "Thoreau as Pioneer." The Humanitarian Sept 59-60 1917 "The Cent[…] of Thoreau." Christian Science Monitor Oct 5, 1917 "Thoreau Enlarges His The New York Times Book Feb 24, Library." Review 1929 "On Thoreau's Birthday." [1931] Holmes, J. [Letter to the Editor] The Saturday Review of Oct 3, Albert. Literature 1931 "Thoreau--Will His Ideas Be [1931] Accepted at Last?" Tomlinson, H. "Thoreau's Dream Endures, Boston Herald July 5, M. Says Tomlinson, Visiting 1931 Concord."

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Shepard, "The Hermit of Walden." Christian Science Monitor March Odell. 15, 1932 Safed the "Parables of Safed the Sage: Christian Science Monitor [Jan 8, Sage. The Great Men of Concord." 1933] "Thoreau Stopped to Empty Christian Science Monitor June 1, Shoes." 1936 Uncle Dudley. "Potato and Culture." Boston Sunday Globe Sept 18, 1938 Old Colony "A Man is Rich . . ." Boston [Globe] Dec 28, Trust 1938 Company. Shepard, "Thoreau for Our Time." The Nation [1939] 388 Odell. Arvin, "Thoreau Plain." [1939] Newton. Gilman, "A Masterpiece of American [1939] Lawrence. Music Heard Here for the First Time." Guérard "Sayings of Masters." New York Herald Tribune April 9, Albert. Books 1939 Francis, "Thoreau's Search." [Christian Science Monitor] May 10, Robert. 1939 Jones, "May Win Prize: New Life of Boston Evening Transcript Oct 7, Howard Thoreau Foretold Strong 1939 Mumford. Contender for Award." Lee, Charles. "Seidel Canby Pens Boston Herald Oct 7, Illuminating Biography of 1939 Henry David Thoreau: Revealing Light Thrown on His Attitude Toward Women." Fadiman, "Thoreau's Secret." The New Yorker Oct 7, 65-68 Clifton. 1939 Whicher, "Thoreau, 'Bookkeeper to all New York Herald Tribune Oct 8, George F. Outdoors': Broadcloth Books 1939 Biography of a Homespun Rambler in Concord." "Realometer." Time Oct 16, 1939 "Dr. Canby's Notable Forum Nov Biography." 1939 James, "Reading: By Henry David Boston Daily Globe Jan 8, Elizabeth Thoreau." 1942 Coates. Bernstein, [Letter to the Editor] The Saturday Review May 30, 15 Daniel J. "Unpublished Thoreau 1942 Letter." Longstreth, T. "Our Most Famous Hill." Christian Science Monitor Nov 5, Morris. 1943 Ripley "Believe It or Not!" Daily Mirror Aug 15, 194[4]

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Longstreth, T. "On Thoreau's Coldness." Christian Science Monitor Aug 25, Morris. 1944 "Simple Walden Centenary [1945] Rite." Longstreth, T. "Thoreau as Writing Christian Science Monitor July 12, Morris. Instructor." 1945 Paterson, "Henry David Thoreau, Native New York Herald Tribune Oct 28, Isabel. of Concord: After a Hundred Weekly Book Review 1945 Years, Still a Natural Figure in the Landscape." "Thoreau Cabin Hearth Christian Science Monitor June 13, Found." 1946 The Travelers "The Man Who Lived on 27 The Saturday Evening Post Feb 28, Insurance Cents a Week." 1948 Company. Byron, [Open letter to Henry D. The Saturday Review June 5, Gilbert. Thoreau] 1948 Whicher, "Values and Legend of New York Herald Tribune Oct 3, George F. Thoreau" Joseph Wood Weekly Book Review 1948 Krutch Offers Fresh, Sensitive Appraisal of Concord Rebel." "Thoreau and the Joy of Life." Christian Science Monitor Oct 21, 1948 Davies, John. "Centennial of Thoreau's [Unidentified vegetarian [1954] 60-61 'Walden.'" magazine] Frank, Waldo. "Thoreau's 'Walden': One [1954] Hundred Years." "Centenary of Thoreau's Radio Times Aug 6, 9 'Walden.'" 1954 Willard, "Thoreau's Walden Pond Boston Daily Globe Aug 9, Donald B. Unchanged After Century." 1954 Isaacs, J. "Thoreau's 'Walden': The Listener Aug 26, 319- Discussion between Robert 1954 320 Frost and Reginald Cook, introduced by J. Isaacs." Krutch, "Thoreau on Madison The Saturday Review Jan 29, 9-10 Joseph Wood. Avenue." 1955 Van de Water, "A Concord Original." [1956] Frederic F. Hanley, "Geologist Thinks Walden Boston Sunday Herald Jan 15, Wayne. Pond Born Almost as Indians 1956 Thought." Stoke, "Hungary Spurred by Boston Traveler Nov 15, Thomas L. Thoreau Idea." 1956 Schofield, "Henry David Thoreau and [1958] Edmund. His Worcester Friends."

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"Thoreau's Plants." Boston Sunday Herald April 5, 1959 Hughes, "Walden Ruling Applauded by Christian Science Monitor May 4, Albert D. Antiquarians." 1960 "Walden's Beauty Ordered Christian Science Monitor May 4, Preserved." 1960 Adams, "Meditation at Walden." Boston Sunday Globe Dec 15, Thomas 1963 Boylston. Martin, Mary. "Woman Finds Thoreau The Middlesex News Nov 6, Manuscript." 1981 "An Idyl Out of Season." Christian Science Monitor "Of Walden and Innisfree." Christian Science Monitor Glick, "Yeats's Early Reading of The Boston Public Library 164- Wendell. Walden." Quarterly 166 Harding, "Thoreau and Timothy The Boston Public Library 109- Walter. Dwight." Quarterly 115 Gleason, "Winter Rambles in The National Geographic 165- Herbert W. Thoreau's Country." Magazine 180 Ballou, Adin. "Concord River by Moonlight (After reading Thoreau)" Buckle, Grace "Birds, Flowers and Fields Wight. Around Lowell." "Emerson and Thoreau." Francis, R. C. "Two Brothers." 48-53 McSorley, "Hillside Herd of Ayrshires Medb. Big Producers." Winslow, "Seeds from Shipwrecks Took Grace Sewell. 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]

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