Madeleine B. Stern papers 1944-1998

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Madeleine B. Stern papers 1944-1998

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The collection consists of Stern’s research and manuscript files including correspondence, photographs and photocopies, research notes, drafts and proofs, periodicals, etc., documenting her career between 1944 and 1998 as a biographer of assorted figures and aspects of 19th century American life and literature, most notably Louisa May Alcott, Margaret Fuller, feminists, Sherlock Holmes, phrenology and its founders, etc. It contains original manuscripts and printer’s proofs of such works as . A Double Life: Newly Discovered Thrillers of Louisa May Alcott; Old Books in the Old World; From Blood & Thunder to Hearth & Home; Antiquarian Bookselling; Critical Essays on Louisa May Alcott; The Game’s Ahead; A Phrenological Dictionary; and Publishers for Mass Entertainment in the Nineteenth Century

10 boxes, (5 linear ft.); 22 cartons, (22 linear ft.)

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Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888

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Louisa May Alcott (November 29, 1832 – March 6, 1888) was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet best known as the for her novel Little Women (1868) and the sequels Little Men (1871) and Jo's Boys (1886). Born in Germantown (Philadelphia), Pennsylvania, Louisa May Alcott was the daughter of transcendentalist and educator Amos Bronson Alcott and social worker Abby May. Like her famous literary counterpart, Jo March, she was the second of four daughters. The eldest, Anna Bronson (Al...

Fuller, Margaret, 1810-1850

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Sarah Margaret Fuller Ossoli (May 23, 1810 – July 19, 1850) was an American journalist, editor, critic, translator, and women's rights advocate associated with the American transcendentalism movement. She was the first American female war correspondent, writing for Horace Greeley's New-York Tribune, and full-time book reviewer in journalism. Her book Woman in the Nineteenth Century is considered the first major feminist work in the United States. Born Sarah Margaret Fuller in Cambridge, Massa...

Stern, Madeleine B., 1912-2007

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American children's author, born in New York City in 1912. Having written articles, stories, poems, and biographies, she loves literary and biographical detective work and exploring untraveled fields of the American past. From the description of Papers, 1932-1972, (bulk: 1942-1968). (University of Southern Mississippi, Regional Campus). WorldCat record id: 26838133 Madeleine Bettina Stern was born July 1, 1912, in New York, NY. She became a high school English teacher, an au...

Rostenburg, Leona

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