A Guide to the Eleanor H. Porter Collection Porter, Eleanor H. 11109

A Guide to the Eleanor H. Porter Collection

A Collection in the
Clifton Waller Barrett Library of American Literature
Accession number 11109


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Repository
University of Virginia. Library. Special Collections Dept. Alderman Library University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia 22903 USA
Collection Number
11109
Title
Eleanor H. Porter Collection 1903-1936
Extent
ca. 617 items
Creator
Location
Language
English

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Use Restrictions

See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

Preferred Citation

Papers of Eleanor H. Porter, Accession #11109, Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

Purchase 1993 October 20

Funding Note

Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities

Scope and Content

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.

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

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Item Listing

Manuscripts
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Correspondence
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Miscellaneous Papers & Photographs
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