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• Henry David Thoreau
• Thoreau's Writings and Works: Reading and Interpreting Them
• Thoreau's Writings and Works:  Where the Originals Are
• Quotes from Henry David Thoreau
• Concord, Massachusetts
• Preserving the places Thoreau cared about:  Thoreau Country
• The best sources for beginning Thoreau research
• Other organizations that the Thoreau Society collaborates with
• Periodicals that have been dedicated to Henry David Thoreau
• Life with Principle, the Thoreau educational DVD-ROM
• Join a Discussion on the Walden ListServ at Yahoo Groups

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Primary Resources:

The Thoreau Institute at Walden Woods

     Owned and operated by the Walden Woods Project, the Thoreau Institute provides the most comprehensive body of Thoreau-related material available in one place. Opening in 1998, the Thoreau Institute’s Library holds 8000 volumes, and upwards of 60,000 items that include manuscripts, correspondence, periodicals, pamphlets, music, graphic arts, maps, and personal histories. It is the mission of the Library to collect, preserve and make available research materials relating to Thoreau, his historical context, and his contemporary relevance to environmental and human-rights issues.

The Thoreau Institute’s increasing collections range from the unprecedented Thoreau Society’s collections, including the personal collection of the dean of Thoreau scholars, Walter Harding, to the environmental writings of Paul Brooks, and the social reform papers of Scott and Helen Nearing.

     The Institute continues to make many resources available on its web site -- not only writings by Thoreau, but also works about his life, work and philosophies.  Find out more by visiting these pages:

• Thoreau's Life and Writings
• The Collections at The Thoreau Institute
• Information about The Thoreau Institute at Walden Woods Library
  

The Thoreau Reader

The Thoreau Reader is part of the eserver project at Iowa State University. It offers e-texts of Thoreau's Walden, his travel books Cape Cod, and The Maine Woods, and the essays "Civil Disobedience," "Life without Principle," "Slavery in Massachusetts," and "Walking." The Thoreau Reader site also offers links to other scholarly and teaching materials.

Recommended for books for teachers and educators:

• Bickman, Martin, ed. Uncommon Learning: Henry David Thoreau on Education. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1999.
• Bode, Carl. The Portable Thoreau.
• Cain, William E. Historical Guide to Henry David Thoreau. New York: Oxford University Press, 2000.
• Meltzer, Milton and Harding, Walter. A Thoreau Profile. Lincoln, MA, The Thoreau Society, 1998.
• Myerson, Joel. The Cambridge Companion to Henry David Thoreau. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999.
• Thoreau, Henry David. Walden: An Annotated Edition (by Walter Harding). Boston: Houghton MIfflin, 1999.
• Thoreau, Henry David. Walking. Bedford, MA: Applewood Books, 1992.

Additional Online Links and Resources:

Beyond Twilight: Historic Walks of Old Concord, Massachusetts

  The area's only ghost walk, featuring spirits, legends and lore.

  (http://www.beyondtwilightwalks.com)  

Botanical Index to the Journal of Henry David Thoreau

 Ray Angelo's book, come to life online.

 (http://neatlas.huh.harvard.edu/ThoreauBotIdx/)

Brief Timeline of American Literature and Events, pre-1620-1920

A short chronology of events in American history and literature.

(http://www.wsu.edu/~campbelld/amlit/timefram.html)

Ecology Hall of Fame: Environmental Movement Timeline

(http://www.ecotopia.org/ehof/timeline.html)

Richard Smith as Henry D. Thoreau
Information about Richard's Living History portrayal of Henry D. Thoreau
http://web.mac.com/jessicaludlumwright/iWeb/RichardSmith/Welcome.html

Teaching Thoreau: Resources for Educators

From the Thoreau Project, a non-profit initiative of Calliope, Inc.

(http://www.calliope.org/thoreau/thoroteach.html)

Thoreau Mentioned in Van Morrison Song Lyrics

Part of the Van Morrison website.

(http://www.harbour.sfu.ca/%7Ehayward/van/glossary/thoreau.html)

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Life with Principle

In his essay, "Life without Principle," Thoreau mused: “Let us consider the way in which we spend our lives.”  This DVD package from the Thoreau Society helps teachers, students, and life-long learners do just that:  consider the ways they spend their lives.  For more information: