Workshop Overview

During these workshops, participants will have the opportunity to explore four major themes that reflect Concord’s enduring literary and historical importance.


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1. Transcendentalism and the Transcendentalists: The workshop focuses on the writings and activities of Emerson, Thoreau, Hawthorne, Margaret Fuller, and Louisa May Alcott.

 Ralph Waldo Emerson Society, Inc.

2. Three Transcendentalist Utopias: The Transcendentalist utopian experiments—Brook Farm, Fruitlands, and Walden—are carefully examined, and the sites of each experiment are visited.		 The Thoreau Society, Inc.

 

3. Social Reform and Social Action: The workshop explores Concord’s role in antebellum reform agitation, especially its involvement in antislavery and abolitionist activities and the women’s rights movement.

 Louisa May Alcott Orchard House

 

4. Material Culture, Manuscripts, and Historic Sites: The workshop stresses the importance of artifacts, historic sites, and manuscript preservation.

The Old Manse