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The Ralph Waldo Emerson Society is dedicated to fostering scholarship on and appreciation of the life and writings of one of America’s greatest authors. The Society publishes the biannual Emerson Society Papers (ESP), featuring original scholarly essays, book reviews, notes and queries, an annual Emerson bibliography, abstracts of conference papers, and announcements of interest to Emersonians. Since 1990, the Emerson Society annually has presented panels in May at the American Literature Association conference and in July at the Thoreau Society’s Annual Gathering in Concord, Massachusetts.
Our society has members in over eleven countries, a prominent newsletter, and an active presence at significant scholarly and cultural events. Annually we present two panels at the American Literature Association conference and a special session in Concord, Mass., in July—all furthering appreciation of the life and works of a major American writer of perennial value.
Your membership helps the Society to conduct its varied functions and brings you the semiannual Emerson Society Papers, with news of Emerson scholarship and activities of the Society. Remember, membership is on a calendar-year basis.
Concord 27 July 1835
Dear William
Has Charles told you that I have dodged the doom of building & have bought the Coolidge house in Concord with the expectation of entering it next September. It is a mean place & cannot be fine until trees & flowers give it a character of its own. But we shall crowd so many books & papers & if possible, wise friends, into it that it shall have as much wit as it can carry.
Waldo E
Emerson’s home is located in Concord, MA and is open for visitors. More information can be found here.