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William Condry Papers, Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862 Series
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Thoreau research papers

The series comprises loose, printed magazine articles, 1943-1995, newspaper articles 1944-1997, letters, 1952-1999, newsletters, circulars, information leaflets, notes relating to Thoreau's life, the Walden pond and woods, Condry's book on Thoreau (published in 1954) and a lecture which he gave to the Thoreau Society in Concord, Massachusetts, 1981. Recurrent themes include Thoreau's rejection of the conventional values of capitalist society, his life in a cabin by Walden Pond, his friendship with Ralph Waldo Emerson, his writing, admirers and imitators, activities of the Thoreau Society, environmental pressures and conservation of wildlife in Walden and Concord.