Novels
Subject
Subject Source: Genre Terms: A Thesaurus for Use in Rare Book and Special Collections Cataloguing
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Eight cousins manuscript fragment, approximately 1875
Item — Box 1: Series 1; Series 2 [Barcode: 31197232542891], Folder: 33
Identifier: Vault MSS 503 Series 1 Sub-Series 2 Item 4
Scope and Contents
Contains a fragment of an original manuscript of Louisa May Alcott's novel, "Eight Cousins." Has a note from her mother on the verso to Miss Day, Concord. Dated approximately 1875.
Dates:
approximately 1875
Jack and Jill manuscript fragment, 1880
Item — Box 1: Series 1; Series 2 [Barcode: 31197232542891], Folder: 34
Identifier: Vault MSS 503 Series 1 Sub-Series 2 Item 5
Scope and Contents
Contains one leaf of ink holograph manuscript, unsigned, from the text of Alcott's novel Jack and Jill. Two pages, quarto, on ruled paper. Numbered "7" at upper right, it is from chapter 1, "The Catastrophe." It contains four corrections in the author's hand which were incorporated into the published version. There are, however, a number of minor differences between this manuscript and published version and the major omission of an entire sentence --"Jill, of course, was not her real name,...
Dates:
1880
King Kong book photocopy, 1933
File — Box 9: Series 3; Series 5 [Barcode: 31197238104266], Folder: 22
Identifier: MSS 2008 Series 5 File 5
Louisa May Alcott writings, approximately 1840-1947, bulk: 1867-1888
Sub-Series
Identifier: Vault MSS 503 Series 1 Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents
Contains manuscripts of poems, short stories, and novels (including radio adaptations, and other material created by Louisa May Alcott and others between 1840 and 1947 (bulk dated 1867 to 1888).
Dates:
approximately 1840-1947; Majority of material found within 1867-1888
Preslav's adventures / by Mahonri Sharp Young, date of production not identified
Item — Box 1: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197231193480], Folder: 5-7
Identifier: MSS 4 Series 1
Dates:
date of production not identified