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Scholars' Forum - Life & Times
Family
- "Hawthorne and 'The Sphere of Ordinary Womanhood.'" Lecture by Dr. Melinda Ponder, Pine Manor College, delivered at Phillips Library, the Peabody Essex Museum on October 14, 2000.
- "Salem and Hawthorne." Lecture by Ms. Margaret Moore, independent scholar, delivered at North Shore Community College on August 31, 2000.
- From letters and papers of Mary Cate, neighbor and friend of Rebecca Manning, made available by David B. Gavenda, park guide, Salem Maritime National Historic Site.
- "To Be My Own Human Child: Parenting and Romance." Paper delivered by Dr. Karen Sanchez-Eppler, Professor of American Studies and English, Amherst College, Amherst, MA, at the American Literature Association Conference on May 24, 2003.
- "'Defy All Hell': Rappers in the Maison Rouge." Paper by Patricia Dunlavy Valenti, delivered at the Nathaniel Hawthorne Society Conference, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, North Adams, MA, June 13, 2014.
Literary Career
- "Dark Romantics: Hawthorne and Poe." Paper delivered by Rob Velella at the Wayside, Minuteman National Park , Concord, MA on July 2, 2009.
- "Figurations of Salem in 'Young Goodman Brown' and 'The Custom-House.'" Lecture by Dr. Rita K. Gollin, SUNY, Geneseo, delivered at Phillips Library, Peabody Essex Museum on September 23, 2000. "Salem and Hawthorne," lecture by Ms. Margaret Moore, independent scholar, delivered at North Shore Community College on August 31, 2000.
- "Illustrations of The House of the Seven Gables: A Help Or a Hindrance?" Lecture by Dr. John L. Idol, Jr., Professor emeritus, Clemson University, delivered at The House of the Seven Gables Site on September 15, 2000.
- Article entitled "The Scarlet Letter's Angry Eagle and the Salem Custom House" by Hugh J.Dawson on the eagle of the Salem Custom House from the January, 1986 , vol. 122 issue of The Essex Institute Historical Collection (30-34).
- "The Mystery of Old Moodie." Paper delivered at Nathaniel Hawthorne Society Summer Meeting, Northampton, Massachusetts, June 21-23, 2002 by Ms. Margaret B. Moore, Athens, independent scholar and author of The Salem World of Nathaniel Hawthorne.
- "Hawthorne's Repudiation of His Autobiographical Self in Our Old Home." Paper delivered at the American Literature Association Conference on May 24, 2003 by Dr. James Bense, Department of English, Minnesota State University Moorhead, MN.
- "Hawthorne and Longfellow: A Literary Friendship." Report from a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Institute at Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, July 17- August 4, 2006, by John W. Stuart, Ph.D., Chairman, English Department Manchester Essex Regional High School, Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts, submitted September 25, 2006.
- "Hawthorne and Transcendentalism." Lecture by Robert Todd Felton, author of A Journey Into the Transcendentalists' New England, delivered at The House of the Seven Gables Historic Site, Salem, MA on October 4, 2006. (courtesy of R.T. Felton and Roaring Forties Press)
- "Hawthorne as Early Icon: The Mystery of Silence." Paper by Samuel Coale, Wheaton College, Norton, MA, delivered at the Nathaniel Hawthorne Society Conference, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME, June 13, 2008.
- "The Dream of Undying Fame: Hawthorne's First Novel Fanshawe." Paper by William R. Heath, Professor Emeritus, Mount Saint Mary's University, Emmitsburg, Maryland, delivered at Nathaniel Hawthorne Society Meeting, Bowdoin College, June 14, 2008.
Biographical Information
- "Hawthorne in the Berkshires: 'The World Must Be Made to Mean.'" Paper by Samuel Chase Coale, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, North Adams, MA, June 13, 2014.
- "Nathaniel Hawthorne: The Morning of His Life His Boyhood Years and Emergence as an Artist Part One. Images: The Worlds of Hawthorne's Childhood" by Melinda M. Ponder, September, 1981. Essay submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Master's degree in American Studies at Boston College (courtesy of Dr. Melinda M. Ponder)
- "Hawthorne's Salem." Lecture by Professor David Goss, Gordon College, delivered at the Phillips Library, Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA on November 14, 2002. (courtesy of Professor David Goss)
- "Salem and Hawthorne." Lecture by Ms. Margaret Moore, independent scholar, delivered at North Shore Community College on August 31, 2000.
- "To Be My Own Human Child: Parenting and Romance." Paper delivered by Dr. Karen Sanchez-Eppler, Professor of American Studies and English, Amherst College, Amherst, MA, at the American Literature Association Conference on May 24, 2003.
- "The 'W' in Hawthorne's Name" by Edward C. Sampson from the Essex Institute Historical Collections, vol. 100, 1964,(pp. 297-299).
- "Hawthorne in Concord." Lecture by Philip McFarland, Teacher Emeritus, Concord Academy, delivered at The House of the Seven Gables Historic Site on April 6, 2005.
- Home [Un]Sweet Home: Hawthorne's Fear and Loathing of Home in Our Old Home."Paper by Mark Dunphy, Lindsey Wilson College, Columbia, KY, delivered at the American Literature Conference, Boston, May 24-27, 2007.
- "Nathaniel Hawthorne as Bronson Alcott's 'Coy Maiden'." Paper delivered by Karen English, San Jose State University, at the conference of the Nathaniel Hawthorne Society, in Concord, MA, June 11, 2010.
Influences
- "Hawthorne and Melville." Lecture by Dr. David Kesterson, University of North Texas, delivered at Phillips Library, the Peabody Essex Museum on September 23, 2000.
- "The Persecution of Quakers and Witches in 'The Gentle Boy,' 'Young Goodman Brown,' and Related Works." Lecture by Dr. Buford Jones, Duke University, delivered at The House of the Seven Gables Historic Site on October 13, 2000.
- "Salem and Hawthorne." Lecture by Ms. Margaret Moore, independent scholar, delivered at North Shore Community College on August 31, 2000.