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…
Walter Harding made a checklist of letters between Sophia, Thoreau’s younger sister, and Marianna Dunbar, a maternal cousin, with small details about what the letters entail.
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,…
Dr, Harding, along with four other professors, is appointed to the position of Faculty Exchange Scholar of the State University of New York, a job that entails traveling to other college campuses to share knowledge.