The library in Ralph Waldo Emerson house has a wall of bookshelves filled with books. Two side chairs and a folding table sit along the bookshelves. A round table sits in the center of the room in front of the fireplace with a door on either side. Rolled maps lean against the wall to the right of the bookshelves. A fan-back rocking chair sits by the round table. The carved mantle has a marble inset above the fireplace. Conch shells and other items sit on the fireplace. A large painting hangs above the mantle.
April 28, 1940
Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.
Handwritten on back, "Emerson room. Antiquarian house - Concord, Mass. In the antiquarian house, one of the most important and interesting museums in Concord is Emerson's study with its furnishings kept just as they were when he died. Please return to: Massachusetts WPA Writers' Project. Commonwealth Pier, South Boston, Mass. Please return to Ted Malone. #16 W 57. NYC."
