Emerson, Ralph Waldo. The Collected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson. Edited by Alfred R. Ferguson, Jean Ferguson Carr, and Douglas Emory Wilson. Introductions and notes by Robert E. Spiller et al. 7 vols. Cambridge, MA: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1971 - .

• Vol. 1: Nature, Addresses, and Lectures. Edited by Alfred R. Ferguson. Introduction and notes by Robert E. Spiller. Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1971.
• Vol. 2: Essays, First Series. Edited by Alfred R. Ferguson and Jean Ferguson Carr. Introduction and Notes by Joseph Slater. Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1979.
• Vol. 3: Essays: Second Series. Edited by Alfred R. Ferguson and Jean Ferguson Carr. Historical Introduction and Notes by Joseph Slater. Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1983.
• Vol. 4: Representative Men: Seven Lectures. Edited by Douglas Emory Wilson. Historical Introduction and Notes by Wallace E. Williams. Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1987.
• Vol. 5: English Traits. Edited by Douglas Emory Wilson. Historical Introduction by Philip Nicoloff. Notes by Robert E. Burkholder. Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1994.
• Vol. 6: The Conduct of Life. Edited by Douglas Emory Wilson. Historical Introduction by Barbara L Packer. Notes by Joseph Slater. Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2003.
• Vol. 7: Society and Solitude. Edited by Douglas Emory Wilson. Historical Introduction, Notes, and Parallel Passages by Ronald A. Bosco. Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2007.