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Jim Aton interviews Walter Harding about his life, being a Thoreauvian, and Henry Thoreau

Walter Harding speaks of how "Wilderness is the preservation of the world" and Henry Thoreau in October 15, 1988.

Walter Harding writes about Thoreau and how he is credited with inventing raisin bread.

A discussion about Walter Harding's collection of Thoreauviana.

After 27 years Walter Harding retires from teaching English at SUNY Geneseo

In a paper that was published in the Diarists' Journal, Walter Harding speaks of his love and devotion to Thoreau and how it all started.

One of the last memoirs that Harding would write on the origins of the Thoreau Society, the decades of hindsight between Harding's account and the events he describe allow him to recount many events familiar to those who have read a great deal of…

Harding was highly involved in his role as secretary, and used the Thoreau Society Bulletin to talk about important contemporary events--such as the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi--through the lens of Thoreauvian thought.

What began as a summer course for Geneseo students became a wide-reaching retreat with many scholarly works stemming from the inspiration which Harding provided. The same drive which led him to found the Thoreau Society continued to drive other,…

In this document, up until the line break on the second column of this page, Harding explains how he became obsessed with Henry David Thoreau in high school. He goes on to discuss his fascination with Thoreau and what has become of it.