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 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: Includes the correspondence of Abigail (May) Alcott, Amos Bronson Alcott, and Louisa May Alcott. Also includes diaries of Abigail (May) Alcott and Abigail May Alcott Nieriker, compositions and a drawing by Amos Bronson Alcott, and drawings by Frank Thayer Merrill possibly for a book by Louisa May Alcott. Compositions by Louisa May Alcott include The inheritance and The olive leaf, and there is a scrapbook compiled by her....

Scope and Contents: Includes books and articles written by Alcott and his daughter Louisa May Alcott. This list includes only those books that were acquired by the Library from the Pratt family in 1959; other books, from different sources, have been acquired. To find call numbers for the books in this list, as well as other books owned by Alcott, search HOLLIS, choosing "Other call number" and entering *AC85.Al191.Zz [Al (as in Alcott)] [last three digits of year of publication][first...

Scope and Contents: Alcott family papers (not ABA=Amos Bronson Alcott and LMA=Louisa May Alcott) include diaries of Abigail May Alcott and Anna Bronson Alcott Pratt; compositions by many members of the Alcott family, and early documents (beginning in 1707) of the Alcock-Alcox-Alcott and related families, especially the May family. Alcott family correspondence with others includes letters from various Alcott family members to and from friends and family, including letters from: Anna Bronson Alcott...

Scope and Contents: Alcott family papers (not ABA=Amos Bronson Alcott and LMA=Louisa May Alcott) include diaries of Abigail May Alcott and Anna Bronson Alcott Pratt; compositions by many members of the Alcott family, and early documents (beginning in 1707) of the Alcock-Alcox-Alcott and related families, especially the May family. Alcott family correspondence with others includes letters from various Alcott family members to and from friends and family, including letters from: Anna Bronson Alcott...

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...

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An album of letters and signatures, primarily those of nineteenth-century Americans.