Collection of notes and letters by various people (including Mrs. Alcott Farrar Elwell, W.S. Pritchett, Esther Howe Wheeler Anderson, and Marian B. Miller) cocerning identification of models for Louisa May Alcott characters, 1955-1968.

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...

Anderson, Esther Howe.

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Pritchett, W. S.

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Miller, Marian Blackall, 1887-1987

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MBM was born in 1887? and received her A.B. from Radcliffe in 1911. After graduation, she studied at Royal University in Rome and at the School for Social Workers in Boston. In 1915 she married Hans William Miller. In later years she described herself as "housewife and merchant." She was a member of many organizations in Concord, Massachusetts, where she and her husband settled, and was very active in class affairs, serving as permanent secretary and chairing the Class's 60th reunion. She also s...

Elwell, Alcott Farrar, Mrs.

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