Women authors, American -- Biography -- Sources
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Collection on Louisa May Alcott and family
Collection — Box 2: [Barcode: 31197239135590]
Identifier: Vault MSS 503
Scope and Contents
Contains handwritten and signed letters of Louisa May Alcott and her sister, May Alcott Nieriker, and other family members, friends, and associates. The letters are of both a private and professional nature, and discuss social engagements, familial affairs, writing schedules, and upcoming publications. Also included are two photocopied portraits, a sound recording and transcript of a 1947 radio adaptation of "Little Women," and various other writings by Alcott. Materials dated 1837-1947,...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1837-1947; Majority of material found within 1837-1888
Helen Hunt Jackson papers
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197233293965]
Identifier: Vault MSS 664
Scope and Contents
Handwritten and signed letters, poem, and manuscripts. The letters deal with personal and business matters. The manuscripts are leather bound holographs of Jackson's works "Christmas in the Pink Boarding House," "Passion Play at Oberammergau," "The People's Choice," and "Parson Williams Sabbath Breaking." Also included are a signed poem titled "Lifted Over," and a book by Jackson titled "Colorado." Also includes an image of Helen Hunt Jackson.
Dates:
1873-1941