Talk:Franklin Benjamin Sanborn

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Greenacre

A proposal for integrating his involvement at Greenacre for an inclusion here:

Sanborn's first talk at Greenacre was “The Humane treatment of Mental and Spiritual Aberrations” in 1894,^[1] (ed - I believe his involvement in mental health issues in the US is substantial and worthy of expansion in the article) and was the beginning of a long collaboration at the institution founded as a summer vacation and encounter school for people interested in religions and spiritual or philosophical ideals. In 1896 Sanborn organized an "Emerson Day" (after Ralph Waldo Emerson), which continued for more than a decade, and that year he also organized a formal reunion of the Concord School of Philosophy,^[2]^{: pp.199–202} originally organized in 1879 to hallmark and develop transcendentalist ideas in America. Sanborn was working for a "creation of a new shrine" for transcendentalism akin to reforming the Concord School at Greenacre and used his coverage of the work at Greenacre in newspaper stories to frame that development. However the direction of development at Greenacre became a controversy largely between three factions - Sarah Farmer, the founder, who had become involved in the Bahá'í Faith, Professor Lewis G. Janes who ran the summer school's academically oriented comparative religions program, and Sanborn.^[3] Sanborn then sided with Janes against Farmer and the involvement of the Bahá'ís.^[4] Tensions began to peak around 1913 when a change in the by-laws was feared to take control of Greenacre through legalistic means.^[5] Sanborn published arguments over rights of access^[6] and Sanborn's wife was one of the proposed guardians of Farmer's interests while she was in ill-health, a position the courts ultimately ruled against in 1916,^[7] though after her death Sanborn also called for an official inquiry into the matter. However when Farmer died the legal basis for the Bahá'ís interests controlling Green Acre, as it was initially named in their orientation to the school, became a bitter epitath for the field of transcendentalism.^[8] However the mutual interest in race relations and advocacy for African-Americans continued at the institution.^[9]^[10]

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Smkolins (talk • contribs) 13:03, 22 September 2015 (UTC) [reply]

References

^ "Life in Boston". The Inter Ocean. Chicago, Illinois. 14 Jul 1894. p. 10. Retrieved July 27, 2015.
^ Leigh Eric Schmidt (6 August 2012). Restless Souls: The Making of American Spirituality. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-95411-3.
^ Laurie F. Maffly-Kipp; Leigh E. Schmidt; Mark Valeri (14 July 2006). Practicing Protestants: Histories of Christian Life in America, 1630–1965. JHU Press. p. 218. ISBN 978-0-8018-8361-3.
^ Richardson, Robert P. (March 1931). "The Rise and Fall of the Parliament of Religions at Greenacre". The Open Court. XLVI (3): 128–166. Retrieved Oct 22, 2013.
^ Anne Gordon Atkinson (1997). "Introduction to Green Acre Bahá'í School". Bahai-Library.com. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
^ "The Green Acre Conference". Boston Evening Transcript. Boston, Massachusetts. Jul 25, 1913. p. 8. Retrieved August 7, 2015.
^ "Sanborn would have inquiry". The Portsmouth Herald. Portsmouth, New Hampshire. 24 Nov 1916. p. 1. Retrieved August 7, 2015.
^ Kenneth Walter Cameron (1980). Transcendentalists in Transition: Popularization of Emerson, Thoreau, and the Concord School of Philosophy in the Greenacre Summer Conferences and the Monsalvat School (1894–1909) : the Roles of Charles Malloy and Franklin Benjamin Sanborn Before the Triumph of the Baha'i Movement in Eliot, Maine. Transcendental Books.
^ Christopher Buck (2005). Alain Locke: Faith and Philosophy. Kalimat Press. pp. 64, 119–120, 137–138, 143, 174, 198. ISBN 978-1-890688-38-7.
^ Gwendolyn Etter-Lewis; Richard Thomas; Richard Walter Thomas (2006). Lights of the Spirit: Historical Portraits of Black Bahá'ís in North America, 1898–2004. Baha'i Publishing Trust. pp. 33–36, 186–189, 251–256. ISBN 978-1-931847-26-1.

Colonial connections

Recently, a link has been established with F.B. and his ancestors who have pedigree back to Henry III of England. This post and site provides some information on the subject as well as provides two associations with Presidents of the U.S. ^[1].jmswtlk (talk) 16:58, 16 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Our interest in F.B. is quite varied. We ran into him while reading through the issues of The Massachusetts Magazine to which he contributed. He wrote about Col. T.W. Higginson, for instance. ^[2]. We started our research on the Col. T.W. after reading F.B.'s article. F.B. was one of the Secret Six.^[3]. There are many more connections. jmswtlk (talk) 22:58, 16 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ Royal Descents of 900 Immigrants ... G.B. Roberts, who is affiliated with the New England Historic Genealogical Society
^ Franklin Benjamin Sanborn -- summary post
^ Secret Six, the rest

[1] "Life in Boston". The Inter Ocean. Chicago, Illinois. 14 Jul 1894. p. 10. Retrieved July 27, 2015.

[Schmidt-2] Leigh Eric Schmidt (6 August 2012). Restless Souls: The Making of American Spirituality. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-95411-3.

[3] Laurie F. Maffly-Kipp; Leigh E. Schmidt; Mark Valeri (14 July 2006). Practicing Protestants: Histories of Christian Life in America, 1630–1965. JHU Press. p. 218. ISBN 978-0-8018-8361-3.

[RichardsonOC-4] Richardson, Robert P. (March 1931). "The Rise and Fall of the Parliament of Religions at Greenacre". The Open Court. XLVI (3): 128–166. Retrieved Oct 22, 2013.

[5] Anne Gordon Atkinson (1997). "Introduction to Green Acre Bahá'í School". Bahai-Library.com. Retrieved August 2, 2015.

[DET1913-6] "The Green Acre Conference". Boston Evening Transcript. Boston, Massachusetts. Jul 25, 1913. p. 8. Retrieved August 7, 2015.

[Sanborn1916-7] "Sanborn would have inquiry". The Portsmouth Herald. Portsmouth, New Hampshire. 24 Nov 1916. p. 1. Retrieved August 7, 2015.

[Walter-8] Kenneth Walter Cameron (1980). Transcendentalists in Transition: Popularization of Emerson, Thoreau, and the Concord School of Philosophy in the Greenacre Summer Conferences and the Monsalvat School (1894–1909) : the Roles of Charles Malloy and Franklin Benjamin Sanborn Before the Triumph of the Baha'i Movement in Eliot, Maine. Transcendental Books.

[Buck-Locke-9] Christopher Buck (2005). Alain Locke: Faith and Philosophy. Kalimat Press. pp. 64, 119–120, 137–138, 143, 174, 198. ISBN 978-1-890688-38-7.

[Etter-Lewis2006-10] Gwendolyn Etter-Lewis; Richard Thomas; Richard Walter Thomas (2006). Lights of the Spirit: Historical Portraits of Black Bahá'ís in North America, 1898–2004. Baha'i Publishing Trust. pp. 33–36, 186–189, 251–256. ISBN 978-1-931847-26-1.

[11] Royal Descents of 900 Immigrants ... G.B. Roberts, who is affiliated with the New England Historic Genealogical Society

[12] Franklin Benjamin Sanborn -- summary post

[13] Secret Six, the rest

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