Louisa May Alcott additional papers, 1849-1887.

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Louisa May Alcott additional papers, 1849-1887.

Collection includes diaries, account books, financial records relating to publishing, and autograph compositions of the Concord (Mass.) writer Louisa May Alcott. Compositions by LMA include: poems; short stories; a novel: Jo's boys; chapters from "unpublished romances"; and fragments of verse and prose.

2 boxes and 14 volumes (1.5 linear ft.)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7795206

Houghton Library

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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...