Autograph file, A, 1518-1962.

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Autograph file, A, 1518-1962.

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The Autograph File is a collection of items received singly or in small groups from various sources at various times, and autograph collections, such as that of Evert J. Wendell, which were not kept together as a distinct collection. Items in this portion of the Autograph File include letters from the Abbott family, the Adams family, Louis Agassiz, Alan Francis Brooke viscount Alanbrooke, Bronson Alcott, and Louisa May Alcott, as well as compositions and letters of Conrad Aiken, among others.

9 boxes (4.5 linear ft.)

Houghton Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8316900

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...

Alcott, A. Bronson (Amos Bronson), 1799-1888

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Amos Bronson Alcott (November 29, 1799 – March 4, 1888) was an American teacher, writer, philosopher, and reformer. As an educator, Alcott pioneered new ways of interacting with young students, focusing on a conversational style, and avoided traditional punishment. He hoped to perfect the human spirit and, to that end, advocated a plant-based diet. He was also an abolitionist and an advocate for women's rights. Born in Wolcott, Connecticut in 1799, Alcott had only minimal formal schooling bef...

Agassiz, Louis, 1807-1873

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Swiss-American zoologist and geologist. Professor of zoology and geology at Harvard University. Louis Agassiz was born in Môtier-en-Vuly, Switzerland. He studied at the universities of Zürich, Erlangen (Ph.D., 1829), Heidelberg, and Munich (M.D., 1830). Agassiz studied medicine briefly but turned to zoology, with a special interest in fishes and fossils, while studying under the French naturalist Cuvier. In 1832 he became professor of natural history at the University of Neuchâtel, Sw...

Adams family.

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Abbott family.

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Alanbrooke, Alan Brooke, Viscount, 1883-1963

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Alan Francis Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke (b. July 23, 1883, Bagnères-de-Bigorre, France-d. June 17, 1963, Hartley Wintney, Hampshire, U.K.), Field Marshal in the British Army, was the foremost military advisor to Prime Minister Winston Churchill during World War II and is regarded as one of the chief architects of the Allies' victory. He was educated in France, and, after attending the Royal Military Academy, was commissioned into the Royal Regiment of Artillery. During World War I, this flu...

Aiken, Conrad Potter, 1889-1973

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Epithet: writer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000207.0x000343 American poet, short-story writer, novelist, and critic . From the description of Letter, 1969 January 26 (Johns Hopkins University). WorldCat record id: 148050827 Conrad Aiken was an American novelist, short-story writer, and poet. From the description of Conrad Aiken collection of papers, 1913-1963. (...