All Lectures and Articles by Area and Topic

Note that some lectures explore several topics. If the lecture contains information on more than one topic, we have listed it under each relevant topic.

LITERATURE

The Custom-House

"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.

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)

Faith and Religion

"The Secular Calling and the Protestant Ethic in The Scarlet Letter and The House of the Seven Gables," lecture by Dr. Claudia Durst Johnson, Professor emeritus, University of Alabama, delivered at The House of the Seven Gables Historic Site on October 20, 2000.

"Salem and Hawthorne," lecture by Ms. Margaret Moore, independent scholar, delivered at North Shore Community College on August 31, 2000.

Full text of Anthony Trollope's article "The Genius of Nathaniel Hawthorne," The North American Review. Volume 129, Issue 274, September 1879 (courtesy of Library of Congress and Cornell University Library; the American Memory Project)

"Christian Imagery in Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter" by Dr. John W. Stuart, Department of English, Manchester-Essex Regional High School, Manchester, MA , prepared for the Hawthorne in Salem Website, November 2002.

"Thomas Morton and 'The May-Pole of Merry Mount,'" paper by Professor William R. Heath, Department of English, Mount Saint Mary's College. (Introduction by Hawthorne in Salem Website Contributor John W. Stuart, Ph.D)

Native Americans and Blacks

"Salem and Hawthorne," lecture by Ms. Margaret Moore, independent scholar, delivered at North Shore Community College on August 31, 2000.

"Thomas Morton and 'The May-Pole of Merry Mount,'" paper by Professor William R. Heath, Department of English, Mount Saint Mary's College.

"Playing with the (Birth) Mark: Aylmer's Failed Attempt to Achieve Perfect Whiteness," paper by Dr. John Gruesser, Department of English, Kean University, delivered at the American Literature Association Conference in May, 2001.

"Maine, Indian Land Speculation, and the Essex County Witchcraft Outbreak of 1692," article by Dr. Emerson W. Baker and Dr. James Kences from Maine History, volume 40, number 3, Fall 2001 (pp. 159-189).

"Thoreau's Last Words-- and America's First Literatures" by Jarold Ramsey, in Redefining American Literary History, Edited by A. LaVonne Brown Ruoff & Jerry W. Ward, Jr. The Modern Language Association, New York, 1990. pp. 52-61.

"The Story Of Hannah Duston: Cotton Mather To Thoreau," by Robert D. Arner. in American Transcendental Quarterly, 18 (1973). 19-23.

Who Scalped Whom? Historians Suggest Indians Were As Much Victims As Perpetrators by Diane E. Foulds

 

Women in Hawthorne

"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.

"The Meanings of Hawthorne's Women," lecture by Dr. Richard Millington, Smith College, delivered at The House of the Seven Gables Historic Site on September 8, 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.

"Subverting the Subversive: Hawthorne’s Containment of Hester Prynne in The Scarlet Letter," paper by Dr. Melissa Pennell ,University of Massachusetts, Lowell, delivered at Salem State College on March 10, 2004.

"The Missing Mother in The House of the Seven Gables - A study in Feminine Nature," paper delivered by Dr. Dominique Régis Claisse, Université de Valenciennes, France at the conference of the Nathaniel Hawthorne Society, celebrating the Hawthorne bicentennial in Salem, MA, July 1-4

" The Transatlantic Quest In Nathaniel Hawthorne's Romances," paper delivered by Dr. Dominique Régis Claisse, Université de Valenciennes, France

"Passions of Hawthorne's New Eve: Female Desire in The Scarlet Letter," paper delivered by Dr. David Greven, Assistant Professor of English, Connecticut College, New London, CT, at the American Literature Association Conference in 2006.

The Persecution of Quakers and Accused Witches

"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.

"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.

"Maine, Indian Land Speculation, and the Essex County Witchcraft Outbreak of 1692," article by Dr. Emerson W. Baker and Dr. James Kences from Maine History, volume 40, number 3, Fall 2001 (pp. 159-189). (Please do not cite or reproduce without permission of the authors; write to Professor Baker at: ebaker@maine.rr.com )

Hawthorne and Melville

Dr. David Kesterson, University of North Texas,"Hawthorne and Melville," lecture delivered at Phillips Library, the Peabody Essex Museum on September 23, 2000.

Dr. Richard Millington, Smith College: "The Meanings of Hawthorne's Women," lecture delivered at The House of the Seven Gables Historic Site on September 8, 2000.

Dr. Leland S. Person, University of Cincinnati, "The Scarlet Reader: Newton Arvin on Hawthorne and Melville," paper delivered at Nathaniel Hawthorne Society Summer Meeting, Northampton, Massachusetts, June 21-23, 2002.

Dr. John W. Stuart, Department of English, Manchester-Essex Regional High School, Manchester, MA, Echoes of Hawthorne in Melville's Billy Budd, an essay prepared by for the Hawthorne in Salem Website, November 2003.

Dr. John W. Stuart, Department of English, Manchester-Essex Regional High School, Manchester, MA, The Hawthorne-Melville Relationship, a paper presented at the Annual Convention of the National Council of Teachers of English, Indianapolis, IN, Friday, 19 November 2004

Alienation

"The Secular Calling and the Protestant Ethic in The Scarlet Letter and The House of the Seven Gables," lecture by Dr. Claudia Durst Johnson, Professor emeritus, University of Alabama, delivered at The House of the Seven Gables Historic Site on October 20, 2000. "Salem and Hawthorne," lecture by Ms. Margaret Moore, independent scholar, delivered at North Shore Community College on August 31, 2000.

"Playing with the (Birth) Mark: Aylmer's Failed Attempt to Achieve Perfect Whiteness," paper by Dr. John Gruesser, Department of English, Kean University, delivered at the American Literature Association Conference in May, 2001.

Dr. John W. Stuart, Department of English, Manchester-Essex Regional High School, Manchester, MA, Echoes of Hawthorne in Melville's Billy Budd, an essay prepared by for the Hawthorne in Salem Website, November 2003.

"Neoconservative Nathaniel: Bioethics and 'The Birth-Mark'",paper by Albert Keith Whitaker,Boston College, delivered at the conference of the Nathaniel Hawthorne Society, celebrating the Hawthorne bicentennial in Salem, MA, July 1-4, 2004

"In the Wake of Hawthorne's 'Wakefield': Breaking the Habit of Cohabitation and Ennui Redux in Daniel Stern's 'Wakefield' and Andrei Codrescu's Wakefield," paper by Mark Dunphy, Lindsey Wilson College, Columbia, KY, delivered at the conference of the Nathaniel Hawthorne Society, Bowdoin College, Brunswick ME, June 14, 2008.

Other

"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.

"Using Material Culture to Teach History and Literature," lecture by Dr. Emerson Baker, Salem State College, delivered at The House of the Seven Gables Historic Site on September 22, 2000.

"Why We Still Read Hawthorne 150 Years Later," lecture by Dr. Peter Walker, Department of English, Salem State College, delivered at Phillips Library of the Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA, on April 17, 2003.

"Different from Himself: Hawthorne and the Masks of Masculinity," paper by Dr. T. Walter Herbert, Department of English, Southwestern University, delivered at the American Literature Association Conference on May 23, 2003.

"Mechanization and Nationalism in 'Chiefly about War Matters,'"paper by Dr. James Hewitson, delivered at the Modern Language Association Conference in San Diego, CA, December 2003.

'Chiefly About War Matters' and the Problem of Human Rights paper by Dr. Arthur Riss, Salem State College, Salem MA.

"Villain, Goad, or Something Else: Chillingworth as Depicted by Hawthorne and Christopher Bigby," by Dr. John L. Idol, Jr., Professor emeritus, Clemson University: lecture delivered on July 15, 2004.

Celestial Hieroglyphics," paper by Dr. Hiroko Washizu, University of Tsukuba, Japan, delivered at the Nathaniel Hawthorne Society Meeting, Bowdoin College, June 14, 2008.

Hawthorne Bicentennial Celebration Papers

"Neoconservative Nathaniel: Bioethics and 'The Birth-Mark'",paper by Albert Keith Whitaker,Boston College, delivered at the conference of the Nathaniel Hawthorne Society, celebrating the Hawthorne bicentennial in Salem, MA, July 1-4, 2004

'Chiefly About War Matters' and the Problem of Human Rights paper by Dr. Arthur Riss, Salem State College, Salem MA.

"Symbol and Interpretation in The Scarlet Letter," paper by Dr. Stephanie Carrez, delivered at the conference of the Nathaniel Hawthorne Society, celebrating the Hawthorne bicentennial in Salem, MA, July 1-4

LIFE AND 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.

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.

 

Biographical Information

"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, an 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 10-13, 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.

BUILDINGS AND HOUSES

The Custom House

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)