Annual Gathering 2002

"The Spiritual and Political Mind of Thoreau"

July 11-14, 2002

Concord, Massachusetts

The Dana Brigham Memorial Lecture

"Thoreau's Contending Voices:  Prophecy Versus History" by Lewis Hyde

Workshops included:

• "Building a Foundation: An Introduction to Thoreau" by Tom Potter
• "Henry David Thoreau and Taigu Ryokan" by Larry Smith
• "Thoreau and Racial Science" by Richard Schneider
• "The Artist of Kouroo and his Art" by Alan Hodder
• "Thoreau and Emerson Iconography in the Concord Free Public Library" by Leslie Perrin Wilson
• "Introducing Thoreau to Children" by D.B. Johnson
• "Walden Pond: Its Meaning, Past and Present" by W. Barksdale Maynard
• "Attending to Man: Thoreau on Freedom and Slavery" by Jeff Cramer
• "Thoreau's Puzzles" by Lewis Hyde
• "Thoreau's Sense of Place" by John Hanson Mitchell and Bradley P. Dean

Discussions included:

• "Thoreau Research in Progress" chaired by Sterling Delano
• "From Influx to Influence: Emerson, His Reading, His Readers" chaired by Len Gougeon
• "Thoreau's Framing Questions" chaired by Jayne Gordon
• "Preserving Thoreau Country" chaired by John Mack

Other Activities included:

• Interpretative Natural History Walk
• Walk to Heywood's Meadow
• Invasive Plant Species / Biodiversity Walk
• Walking Tour of Concord
• Walk to the Bean Field
• Memorial Walk at Walden Pond
• Tour of Brook Farm
• Canoeing on the Concord River
• Estabrook Woods Walk