Papers of Eleanor H. Porter [manuscript], 1903-1936 (bulk 1905-1920).

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Papers of Eleanor H. Porter [manuscript], 1903-1936 (bulk 1905-1920).

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The collection contains manuscript and typescript drafts, frequently with pencilled corrections, and/or printed versions of over 30 short stories and the serialized novel "Money, Love and Kate" as well as galley sheets for "Mary Marie." Topics in her correspondence include bookings for the play "Dawn"; royalties; Swedish translation of "Oh, Money! Money!" the dramatization of "Just David"; a controversy over property rights to the name "Pollyanna"; her books "A Minstrel of the Hills," "Money, Love and Kate," "The Nickel," and "The Story of Marco Polo"; copyright to her short stories; and motion picture rights to "Sister Sue." There is also correspondence of John Lyman Porter as executor of her estate. In addition the collection contains legal papers including book contracts and a copy of her will; photographs of Porter and of Fred C. Hodgman; photograph albums of vacation and nature scenes and printed miscellaney.

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University of Virginia. Library

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