Transcendentalism.com is designed to make the ideas of Transcendentalism accessible to a general audience interested in attention, self-trust, nature, and related ideas.
If you're conducting academic research, or interested in studying Transcendentalism's history from a more scholarly perspective, here are a few good resources to explore.
Academic Research
- American Transcendental Web, Virginia Commonwealth University
- Transcendentalism, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
- American Transcendentalism, Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
- Transcendentalism and Social Reform, Philip F. Gura, The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
- Introduction, The Oxford Handbook of Transcendentalism
Archives and Collections
- Houghton Library, Harvard University
- Thoreau’s Writings, The Walden Woods Project
- Special Collections, Concord Free Public Library
- Henry David Thoreau collection, NYPL Digital Collections
- The Walter Harding Collection, The Thoreau Society Collections
Organizations
- Transcendentalism Initiative, Center for the Study of World Religions at Harvard Divinity School
- The Walden Woods Project
- The Thoreau Alliance
- Ralph Waldo Emerson Society
- Margaret Fuller Society
- Louisa May Alcott Society
- Concord Historical Society
Historic Sites
- Walden Pond State Reservation
- Ralph Waldo Emerson House
- The Old Manse, The Trustees of Reservations
- Louisa May Alcott's Orchard House
- Thoreau Farm
- Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
- The Wayside: Home of Authors, Minute Man National Historical Park
- Concord Museum
- Fruitlands Museum, The Trustees of Reservations
- The Robbins House