Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
MS, b
MS Am 1130.13
Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888.
Louisa May Alcott additional papers,
1849-1887.
2 boxes and 14 volumes (1.5 linear ft.)
Collection materials are in English.
Diaries, account books, financial records relating to publishing, and
autograph compositions of the writer Louisa May Alcott.
59M-309. Manuscripts presented by Mrs. F. Wolsey
Pratt, Indian Spring Road, Concord, Mass.; received as deposit, 1960; purchased with the Amy Lowell fund,
1992 June.
Item (18) returned to family, 1991; item (25) returned to family (1991), then
returned to Houghton in 1994: ON DEPOSIT.
There are no restrictions on physical access to this material.
Preferred Citation for Publication:
Louisa May Alcott Additional Papers, 1849-1887 (MS Am 1130.13): Houghton Library,
Harvard University.
Louisa May Alcott was an female American author.
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Jo's boys; chapters from "unpublished romances"; and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.
MS
(1)
Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888. [Journal entry
for 16 March 1861].
1s. (2p.) in 1 volume.
Part of the account of theConcord School exhibition on
that day; evidently cut from a journal.
MS
(2)
Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888. [Journal for]
1863 to 1867.
41f. (81p.) in 1 volume.
Includes at end accounts of work sold and earnings, 1863
-1869, including many titles.
MS
(3)
Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888. [Journal for]
1879 [-1886].
53f. (99p.) in 1 volume.
MS [shelved with item (6)]
(4)
Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888. Diary for
1885.
41f. (82p.) 1 volume.
MS
(5)
Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888. Diary for
1886.
79f. (66p.) in 1 volume.
MS [shelved with item (4)]
(6)
Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888. Diary for
1887.
217f. (386p.).
MS
(7)
Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888. [Fragments from two
diaries, 188- ]
5f. (9p.) in 1 volume.
MS
(8)
Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888. [Journal and
account book, 1850-1885].
26f. (34p.) plus numerous blanks in 1 volume.
Contains summary of family and personal activities, year by year; list of
articles, stories, and books sold; and receipts from work.
MS
(9)
Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888. [Notes on royalties, 1870-71].
1s (2p.) in 1 volume.
Torn from a notebook.
MS [shelved with item (11)]
(10)
Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888. Sums received & invested from
1869 [to 1886]
l volume.
In several hands, but mostly L.M.A.
MS [shelved with item (10)]
(11)
Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888. House accounts. 1875 [to 1887]
Mostly in L.M.A.'s hand.
MS [shelved with item (13)]
(12)
Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888. [Accounts, 1874 to 1879]
1 volume.
MS [shelved with item (12)]
(13)
Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888. Accounts, 1880 to 1885]
MS
(14)
Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888. Scenes and
charades.
86f. (76p.) in 1 volume.
Mostly scenes adapted by L.M.A. from Dickens, and
publicly performed at various times in the 1860's, often with
L.M.A. playing a part.
MS
(15)
Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888. Sentimental
stories written at fifteen & sixteen. [n.p.] 8 Oct
1849.
41f. (84p.) in 1 volume.
Contains
The double sacrifice; The mysterious pictures, and Aunt Nellie's story.
MS [shelved with item (17)]
(16)
Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888. [Poems,
1859-1878].
65f. (89p.) in 1 volume.
MS [shelved with item (16)]
(17)
Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888. [Poems].
24f. (34p.).
"These lines are preserved not because of any merit but for the record they
are of various events & moods which are of interest as parts of my life.
L.M.A."
MS
Returned to family:
(18)
Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888. A modern
Mephistopheles, or The fatal love chase.
270f. (287p.)
A completely different novel from that published as
A modern Mephistopheles in the No Name series,
1877. This novel
apparently unpublished. See next item.
NOTE: This item returned to family, 1991.
MS
(19)
Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888. Fair
Rosamond,
73f. (74p.) in 1 volume.
Partial transcript in another hand (Anna Alcott Pratt)
of no. 18 above. The last leaf is written on the verso of the cancelled
f.233 from the preceding MS.
bMS
(20)
Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888. For Russia
and the Czar.
96f. (96p.) in 1 folder.
A dramatization of Jules Verne's
Michael Strogoff.
bMS
(21)
Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888. [Diana and Persis].
137f. (138p.) in 1 folder.
Four chapters, the principal characters being two girl artists named
Diana and Percy (sic).
Manuscript is untitled, but the text was published in 1978
as
Diana and Persis by Sarah Elbert.
bMS
(22)
Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888. Jamie's
wonder book.
40f. (41p.) in 1 folder.
A story for children.
bMS
(23)
Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888. Goldfin and
Silvertail.
8f. (8p.) in 1 folder.
Poem by L.M.A. Transcribed by another hand.
bMS
(24)
Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888. The amber
amulet, A tale of India & England.
102f. (104p.) in 1 folder.
The first four chapters of an apparently unpublished romance.
bMS
(25)
Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888. Jo's boys.
315f. (330p.) in 1 box.
Lacks the following portions (paging from 1st edition, 1886): p. 1, 110-130, 270-329.
This item returned to family, 1991; returned to Houghton ON DEPOSIT, June 1994.
bMS
(26)
Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888. [Fragments of verse and prose].
13f. (23p.)