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Family correspondence and compositions of American writer Louisa May Alcott.

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Contains manuscripts of stories and correspondence of American author Louisa May Alcott.

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Correspondence, diaries, and compositions by Bronson Alcott, Louisa May Alcott, and other members of the Concord, Massachusetts based Alcott family.

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Papers pertaining primarily to the works of American author Louisa May Alcott.

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Letters to Frederic Alcott Pratt concerning the literary estate of Concord (Mass.) writer Louisa May Alcott. Includes receipts and invoices.

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Drawings and letters of artist, May Alcott, compositions of writer Louisa May Alcott, as well as family papers of the Alcott family of Concord, Massachusetts.

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Diaries, account books, financial records relating to publishing, and autograph compositions of the writer Louisa May Alcott.

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Part of the family papers of the Alcott family of Concord (Mass.). This family included the writer Louisa May Alcott, and the New England transcendentalist Amos Bronson Alcott. Papers include diaries, compositions, correspondence, business papers, and clippings.

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Letters from the Alcott family of Concord, Mass. to family friend, Anna Ricketson and others. Also includes poems by the writer Louisa May Alcott.

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Letters from the Alcott family of Concord, Massachusetts to Alfred Whitman and other materials.

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Letters from Thomas Niles, representing Roberts Brothers (Boston, Mass.), the publisher of the writer Louisa May Alcott. Also includes other materials relating to Alcott's publishing.

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A portion of the family papers (both letters and compositions) of the Alcott family of Concord, Mass. Includes papers of the writer Louisa May Alcott, her father Amos Bronson Alcott, and numerous other Alcott family members.

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Company records from Little, Brown and Company, Riverside Bindery, and Roberts Brothers.

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Papers of New England transcendentalist Amos Bronson Alcott, including letterbooks, manuscript compositions, journals, diaries, and other materials.

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Contains screenplays, background atmosphere and costume research, and a continuity outline for the RKO Pictures film Little Women.

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Letters to American journalist and author William Warland Clapp.

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The Autograph File is an alphabetically arranged collection of single letters, manuscripts, and drawings received from various sources at various times. Additions continue to be made.

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Correspondence of the New England-based Emerson family.

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Compositions, correspondence, notes, photographs, daguerreotypes, and other materials by and about Ralph Waldo Emerson and the Emerson family. Also includes secondary materials by Emerson scholars.

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A privately printed (New York) collection of approximately 8000 cartes-de-visite photographs of nineteenth century figures, including over a hundred photos of Abraham Lincoln, his famous contemporaries, both American and European, and photos of Union and Confederate Army officers from the collection of Frederick H. Meserve, a New York textile executive and photograph collector.

Scope and Contents: Collection pertains primarily to the works of Louisa May Alcott. Includes letters to her from publishers and fans; correspondence of her nephew, John Sewall Pratt Alcott, concerning royalty payments and dramatizations of her books after her death; and clippings about her life and writings. Also contains condolence letters on her death as well as the deaths of her parents; Abigail May Alcott's reports to women's societies on her visits to the poor of Boston; annotated proof sheets of "Letters...

Scope and Contents: Louisa May Alcott's papers consist of manuscripts of stories (many of which were later published in Lulu's Library or A Garland for Girls) plays, and poems; autobiographical notes and diary entries for 1852; a few notebooks including one of story ideas, "Hints for Tales"; as well as some correspondence with family, friends, and publishers. The papers of her sister, Abby May Alcott Nieriker, consist of diaries, the...

Scope and Contents: Louisa May Alcott's papers consist of manuscripts of stories (many of which were later published in Lulu's Library or A Garland for Girls) plays, and poems; autobiographical notes and diary entries for 1852; a few notebooks including one of story ideas, "Hints for Tales"; as well as some correspondence with family, friends, and publishers. The papers of her sister, Abby May Alcott Nieriker, consist of diaries, the...

Scope and Contents: Collection pertains primarily to the works of Louisa May Alcott. Includes letters to her from publishers and fans; correspondence of her nephew, John Sewall Pratt Alcott, concerning royalty payments and dramatizations of her books after her death; and clippings about her life and writings. Also contains condolence letters on her death as well as the deaths of her parents; Abigail May Alcott's reports to women's societies on her visits to the poor of Boston; annotated proof sheets of "Letters...

Scope and Contents: Collection of papers dealing with Louisa May Alcott's writing and details of her daily life. Letters from Bronson Alcott during her childhood contain some moral precepts and details of family life. Letters from Louisa's adulthood include a letter written to her mother, Abigail, describing her works in progress and rate of pay, and a letter from Anna Alcott Pratt (Louisa's sister) to Mary Walpole describing Louisa's involvement in daily chores. Louisa's last diary chiefly records the details...