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Finding Aid for Louisa May Alcott collection of papers, 1865-1884

Guide to the Louisa May Alcott collection of papers,1865-1884

Berg Coll MSS Alcott
The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature. New York Public Library. Room 320.
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Processed by:
Staff
Date Completed:
2006
Encoded By:
Lynn Lobash and Nina Schneider
Processed and encoded through a gift from Gladys Kreible Delmas Foundation.

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Table of Contents

Descriptive Summary Table of Contents

Title
Louisa May Alcott collection of papers, 1865-1884
Creator
Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888.
Call Number
Berg Coll MSS Alcott
Size
27 items
Repository
The New York Public Library. The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American LiteratureNew York, New York
Abstract
This is a synthetic collection consisting of manuscripts, correspondence by the author, and legal documents.

Administration Information Table of Contents

Source

This is a synthetic collection, created from materials acquired through gift and purchase from various sources.

Custodial History

Previous owners include Edward S. Adams, Lydia Stowe Adams, Sophia Ford, W. T. H. Howe, G. J. Whittlesbury, and the American Play Company.

Access

Collection is restricted to qualified scholars and researchers through the Office of Special Collections, Room 316

Restrictions on Use

For permission to publish, contact the Curator, The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature

Preferred Citation

[Identification of the item]. The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library.

Biography Table of Contents

Louisa May Alcott was an American novelist, short-story writer, and poet.

Scope and Content Note Table of Contents

This is a synthetic collection consisting of manuscripts, correspondence by the author, and legal documents. The manuscripts include essays, stories, and poems in holograph, as well as a manuscript copied in Anna Alcott Pratt's hand. The correspondence, dating from 1865 to 1884, includes letters from the author to Edward Henry and Bertie Barton, Moncure Daniel Conway, Dean Grey, Mary Elizabeth Channing Higginson, and others.

Series Descriptions Table of Contents

   
Manuscripts Table of Contents
    
Banner of Beaumanoir. Holograph n.d.
ms.
( 45 p. )

H.

Manuscript box     
Blind lark. Holograph. Original ms. title: "The prisoner," struck-out n.d.
ms.
( 47 p. )

H.

    
Early poems. Holograph n.d.
ms.
( 15 p. )

Presentation letter to Sophia Ford on p. 1 Sophia Ford; Lydia Stowe Adams; Edward S. Adams; Howe

    
Hawthorne. A poem. Holograph n.d.
ms.
( 1 item )

Signed "With thanks from neighbor Lu" H.

    
[Jack and Jill] Chapter X. The dramatic club. Holograph n.d.
ms.
( 17 p. )

H.

    
[Jack and Jill] Chapter X. Holograph n.d.
ms.
( 1 p. )

On page 59 of 1st edition H.

Manuscript box     
Lafayette Sherald; or, Voices from the deep [published aboard the Lafayette, April 1870]. Copy in Anna Alcott Pratt's hand of a humorous paper probably sent her by Louisa May Alcott n.d.
ms.
( 1 item )

H.

Manuscript box     
"Most women do whatever they can." Holograph poem n.d.
ms.
( 1 p. )

With accompanying envelope postmarked Boston, March 18, 1884 Sent to G. J. Whittlesbury; H.

    
Pickpick. No. 12, Nov. 30. Holograph [Authenticity of hand has been questioned] n.d.
ms.
( 1 item )

H.

    
Trudel's siege. Holograph n.d.
ms.
( 53 p. )

Inserted: 2 ALS to Miss Churchill, Dec. 27 [n.y.] 2 l.; Xmas day [n.y.] 2 l. H.

   
Correspondence Table of Contents
   
Outgoing Table of Contents
    
Anthony, Miss. ALS [n.y.] Mar. 21
corr. out
( 3 p. )

H.

Manuscript box     
Barton, Edward Henry and Bertie. ALS 1870 Mar. 31
corr. out
( 1 p. )

H.

Manuscript box     
Barton, Mrs. [Edward Henry]. ALS [1871] Jan. 9
corr. out
( 1 item )

H.

Manuscript box     
Barton, Mrs. [Edward Henry]. ALS [1873? Apr. 22]
corr. out
( 3 p. )

H.

Manuscript box     
Barton family, ALS [1870] June 17
corr. out
( 1 item )

H.

Inserted in: Alcott, L. M. Trudel's siege. Holograph     
Churchill, Miss. 2 ALS [n.y.] Dec. 27; [n.y Dec. 25]
corr. out
( 2 items )
    
Conway, [Moncure Daniel]. ALS 1865 Feb. 18
corr. out
( 1 item )

H.

Manscript box     
[Edie], [Mary E.]. ALS in the third person [n.y.] Jan. 11
corr. out
( 3 p. )

H.

    
Grey, Dean. ALS 1883 Feb. 7
corr. out
( 1 item )

H.

    
Higginson, Mary Elizabeth Channing. ALS [n.y.] Oct. 18
corr. out
( 1 item )

H.

Manuscript box     
Lewis, Mr. ALS [n.y.] Jan. 13
corr. out
( 2 p. )

B.

    
Munroe, Mr. ALS [1880] Oct. 7
corr. out
( 1 item )

H.

Manuscript box     
[Pratt], Nannie [Annie B.]. Copy in an unknown hand of portion of a letter [1870]
corr. out
( 1 p. )

H.

Manuscript box     
Whitaker, Mrs. ALS 1884 Oct. 10
corr. out
( 1 p. )

B.

Manuscript box     
Whitney, Miss. AN. On correspondence card [n.d.]
corr. out
( 1 item )

Sdigned with initials B.

   
Legal Documents Table of Contents
Manuscript box (Alcott)     
Agreements, correspondence, forms, statements from various theatrical agencies concerning Louisa May Alcott n.d.
legal docs.
( 1 folder )

From the files of the American Play Co.

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