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Tremont Temple, Boston. This is where Alcott's Temple School opened September 22, 1834. Regarded as the most famous of his educational experiments, Temple School allowed Alcott to put his progressive theories and teaching principles into…

A biography about American Transcendentalist Ralph Waldo Emerson is one of many published works by A. Bronson Alcott. He published everything from letters and journals to philosophies on education reform, but the publishing of this praise of Emerson,…

Bronson Alcott and Ralph Waldo Emerson were not just two of the leading thinkers of the American Transcendentalist movement, but they were also close friends. It was the genius of Emerson that attracted Alcott to Concord, Massachusetts.

This is…

The Healthian was a "journal of human physiology, diet, and regimen" that was written by the great thinkers living in the Alcott House. The Alcott House was created in London, England, and was based on the principles and philosophies which American…

This is the old house at Fruitlands which was established by Bronson Alcott in June 1843 in Harvard, Massachusetts. Charles Lane purchased 90 acres of land for $1800.

Here you can see where members of the Alcott and Lane families lived. Residents…

Little Women is a semi-autobiographical novel written by Louisa May Alcott. This American classic is loosely based on Louisa May's early years of "growing up Alcott." Her family, short-lived experience of life on the Utopian commune Fruitlands, and…

Observations on the Principles and Methods of Infant Instruction was the first standalone work published by A.B. Alcott.

The essay was issued in the form of a pamphlet in 1830 when Alcott was teaching in Boston, Massachusetts.

You can see in…