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 Machine-readable finding aid derived from WordPerfect. [Date of source: 1997. Description is in English. Feb 17, 2004 PUBLIC "-//University of Virginia::Library::Special Collections Dept.//TEXT (US::ViU::00960::Eleanor H. Porter Collection)//EN" "ViU00960.sgm" converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02.xsl (sy2003-10-15). Feb 27, 2004 converted to conform to eadVIVA.dtd by vivastrict.xsl A Guide to the Eleanor H. Porter Collection A Collection in the Clifton Waller Barrett Library of American Literature 11109

Special Collections, University of Virginia Library 2004 Special Collections Staff Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, #11109 Descriptive Summary University of Virginia. Library. Special Collections Dept.
Alderman LibraryUniversity of VirginiaCharlottesville, Virginia 22903USA
 Eleanor H. Porter Collection 1903-1936 11109 ca. 617 items English Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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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.

Item Listing Manuscripts "According to Rule" by Eleanor H. Porter, 10 p., in The Housewife , with pencilled corrections and changes 1907 Box 1 TMsS "According to Rule" by Eleanor H. Porter, in The Housewife , pages 6-7 1907 Nov Box 1 Printed "An Accusative Suit Case" by Eleanor H. Porter, in 10 Story Book , pages 44-47 1908 Jan Box 1 Printed "As Tom Saw It" by Eleanor H. Porter, 9 p., in The Christian Herald , with pencilled corrections and changes 1904 Box 1 TMsS "As Tom Saw It" by Eleanor H. Porter, in The Christian Herald, pages 125-126 1904 Feb Box 1 Printed "The Atonement of Hustler Joe" by Eleanor H. Porter, in Tom Watson's Magazine , pages 145-179 1905 Apr Box 1 Printed "Because of Tiglath-Pileser" by Eleanor H. Porter, 9 p., with pencilled corrections and changes n.d. Box 1 TMsS "Beyond the Stars" by Eleanor H. Porter, 11 p., in Smith's Magazine , with pencilled corrections and changes 1909 Box 1 TMsS "Beyond the Stars" by Eleanor H. Porter, in Smith's Magazine , pages 833-838 1909 Aug Box 1 Printed "Bones of Contention" by Eleanor H. Porter, 7 p., in The Pittsburgh Bulletin , with pencilled corrections and changes 1904 Box 1 TMsS "Bones of Contention" by Eleanor H. Porter, in The Pittsburgh Bulletin , page 6 1904 Jan Box 1 Printed "By Aid of Helen Henrietta" by Eleanor H. Porter, in The Christian Herald , pages 752-753, 759-760 1913 Aug Box 1 Printed "The Cat That Played Cupid" by Eleanor H. Porter, 18 p., in New England Magazine , with pencilled corrections and changes 1905 Box 1 TMsS "The Cat That Played Cupid" by Eleanor H. Porter, in New England Magazine , pages 461-467 1905 Jun Box 1 Printed "The Cheering Up of Miss Dearing" by Eleanor H. Porter, in The Congregationalist and Christian World , pages 727-728 1913 Nov Box 1 Printed "The Difference" by Eleanor H. Porter, in Lippincott's Monthly Magazine , page 32, in the back of the magazine with the advertisements 1903 May Box 1 Printed "The Fall of a Kitchen Barometer" by Eleanor H. Porter n.d. Box 1 Printed "The Flagging of 688" by Eleanor H. Porter, in Young's Magazine , pages 352-357 1912 Jun Box 1 Printed "For Mikey" by Eleanor H. Porter, pages 11-19 n.d. Box 1 AMs "For Mikey" by Eleanor H. Porter n.d. Box 1 3 Printed "For Miss Rachel -- A Thanksgiving" by Eleanor H. Porter, in The Housewife , pages 3-4 1909 Nov Box 1 Printed "How Patsey Went to Mont-Lawn" by Eleanor H. Porter, in The Christian Herald , pages 795-796 1916 Jul 5 Box 1 Printed "Illustrated Proverbs" by Eleanor H. Porter n.d. Box 1 Printed "In the Face of Tradition" by Eleanor H. Porter, in Smith's Magazine , pages 78-84 1911 Apr Box 1 Printed "Keziah" by Eleanor H. Porter, in New England Magazine , pages 723-727 1904 Aug Box 1 Printed "Lily Ann" by Eleanor H. Porter, 11 p., with pencilled corrections and changes n.d. Box 1 TMsS "Little Pard" by Eleanor H. Porter, in Smith's Magazine , pages 411-418 1909 Jun Box 1 Printed "The Man Who Fought At Home" by Eleanor H. Porter, 12 p., with pencilled corrections and changes n.d. Box 1 TMsS Mary Marie by Eleanor H. Porter, 146 sheets 1920 Box 2 galleys Miss Billy Married by Eleanor H. Porter, Partial Draft, Miscellaneous Pages n.d. Box 2 AMs "Money, Love and Kate" by Eleanor H. Porter, 137 pages, published as a serial in The Modern Priscilla , formerly titled "A Snowball of the Fates," with pencilled corrections and changes ca. 1920 Box 2 TMs "On the Trail of the Intangible" by Eleanor H. Porter, 21 p., in Cosmopolitan, with pencilled corrections and changes 1906 Box 2 TMsS "On the Trail of the Intangible" by Eleanor H. Porter, in Cosmopolitan , pages 21-30 1906 May Box 2 Printed "Polly's Day of Fun" by Eleanor H. Porter, in The Congregationalist and Christian World , pages 195-196 1903 Aug 8 Box 2 Printed "Polly's Day of Fun" by Eleanor H. Porter, in The Congregationalist and Advance , page 265 1918 Sep Box 2 Printed "A Snowball of the Fates" by Eleanor H. Porter, published as a serial in 1920 in The Modern Priscilla under the title of Money, Love and Kate ca. 1920 Box 2 AMs & TMsS "Strayed" by Eleanor H. Porter, 8 p., in Pearson's , with pencilled corrections and changes 1905 Box 2 2 TMs "Strayed" by Eleanor H. Porter, in Pearson's , pages 302-304 1905 Box 2 Printed "Tangled" by Eleanor H. Porter, in The Blue Book Magazine , pages 1022-1046 1908 Mar Box 2 Printed "The Twins' Journey" by Eleanor H. Porter, in The Comrade , in six parts 1911-1912 Box 2 Printed "A Vacation Exchange" by Eleanor H. Porter, in The Comrade , in seven chapters 1910 Jun-Jul Box 2 Printed "When Beth Came Home" by Eleanor H. Porter, in The Christian Herald , pages 217, 222, 225-226 1914 Mar Box 2 2 Printed "When Grandma Took to Tangoing" by Eleanor H. Porter, in The Ladies Home Journal , pages 5 and 55 1915 Aug Box 2 Printed Correspondence Correspondence re Dawn Bookings (with Houghton Mifflin Company) 1918-1920 Box 3 33 items

[the list of bookings includes the theater, city, and play date for Dawn ; other topics in this folder include royalties, dedication of the book, and requests for Porter's autograph from the publisher]

 Correspondence with Houghton Mifflin Company 1917-1920 Box 3 15 items

[includes a fan letter concerning Just David , letters from Eleanor H. Porter(carbons), R. N. Linscott, Roger L. Scaife, Ferris Greenslet, and letters about the Swedish translation of Oh, Money! Money! ]

 Correspondence re the Just David dramatization 1916-1924 Box 3 54 items

[includes letters from Eleanor H. Porter(carbons), Ferris Greenslet, Roger L. Scaife, A. F. Houghton(copy), George C. Tyler, Warren E. Benson, and Grace LaSalle; and also discusses sharing the cost of legal representation over the controversy with The L.C. Page and Companyinvolving property rights over the name "Pollyanna" (1916 Apr 21, 27, May 5, 6); and the success of Pollyanna as a play (1916 Jun 5)]

 Correspondence re "A Minstrel of the Hills" 1910 & 1915 Box 3 14 items

[includes letters from P. W. Hansl, editor of The Circle Magazine , Lewis E. Orcuttof The Thwing Company, Eric Schulerof The Author's League of America, and typed letter signed from Eleanor H. Porter, April 30, 1915, to Edward H. Warren, concerning the copyright to "A Minstrel of the Hills"]

 Correspondence re Money, Love and Kate , including Eleanor H. Porter's Early Records re the manuscript 1910-1911, 1919-1922 Box 3 34 items

[includes letters from Thomas Newell Metcalf, Lilian D. Rice, Perriton Maxwell, fiction editor of The Modern Priscilla , Eleanor H. Porter (carbons), John Lyman Porter, and Edward H. Warren, Henry W. Newhall; and discusses changing the title of "Snowball of the Fates" (1920 Mar 8 & 10; April 21) the magazine's error in describing the story as her final work (1920 Aug 3, 6, 23, 30); and the motion picture rights to the story (1922 Oct 16,21, 23 & 31)]

 Correspondence re "The Nickel" 1917-1920 Box 3 15 items

[includes letters from Leon E. Dadmun, Atlas Film Corporation, and Eleanor H. Porter (carbons) about making a serial picture based on her script which was prevented by war conditions]

 Correspondence with Publishers 1905-1915 Box 3 72 items

[includes letters from Frances V. Warner, John Phillips, Hollis Corbin, Lilian D. Rice, Elizabeth Jordan, Eleanor H. Porter (copy May 17, 1913), Frederick A. Stokes, Ralph T. Hale, Russell Doubleday, H. J. Jenkins, Robert Hardy, Rutger Jewett, Elizabeth Ansley, Christopher D. Morley(1915 Mar 6, May 26, Oct 1, 7; 1916 Mar 30), and Albert A. Boyden; and mentions the following short stories, "Because of Tiglath-Pileser," "The Man Who Fought At Home," "Angelus and Others," and "Lily Ann"]

 Correspondence with Publishers 1916-1936 Box 3 63 items

[includes letters from Lilian D. Rice, Robert J. Shores, Verne H. Porter, Lillian Soskin, Amos R. Wells, Walter H. Baker, James E. Tower, E. V. Durling, Webb Waldron, Ethel M. Colson, Elizabeth Jordan, Eleanor H. Porter(carbons), Erich Brandeis, John T. Faris, John F. Ancona, Frank Howard Clarkfor Willis & Inglis Motion Picture and Theatrical Enterprises, and Edward Hemmer; also includes correspondence of John Lyman Porterwith publishers and others as the executor of Eleanor Porter's estate following her death in 1920]

 Correspondence with Short Story Magazines re copyright to Eleanor H. Porter's stories (A-L) 1907-1919 Box 3 76 items

[letters to magazines arranged alphabetically according to the title of the magazine include The American Magazine , The Arena , The Argonaut , The Author's League of America, The Century , Christian Endeavor World , The Christian Herald , Collier's Weekly , The Comrade , The Congregationalist and Christian World , The Cosmopolitan Magazine , Countryside Magazine , The Criterion , The Designer , The Editor , The Farmer's Wife , Harper's Bazaar , Holland's Magazine , Home Progress Magazine , The Housewife , Judge , The Ladies Home Journal , Leslie's Weekly , and Lippincott's Magazine ]

 Correspondence with Short Story Magazines re copyright to Eleanor H. Porter's stories (M-Y) 1907-1918 Box 3 63 items

[letters to magazines include McBrides's Magazine , McCall's Magazine , The McClure Newspaper Syndicate, Metropolitan Magazine , Mother's Magazine , The Frank A. Munsey Company, Needlecraft , The New England Magazine , Pearson's Magazine , The People's Home Journal , Pictorial Review , The Pilgrim , The Pittsburgh Bulletin , Red Book Magazine , Scribner's Magazine , Short Stories , Smith's Magazine , The Springfield Republican , Street and Smith Publishers, The Suburban , Ten Story Book , Vogue , Watson's Magazine , Woman's Home Companion , The World , Young's Magazine , Youth's Companion ]

 Correspondence re Sister Sue 1920-1923 Box 3 24 items

[letters include those from Paul R. Reynolds, John Lyman Porter, Sol Lesser, Frederick H. Chase, and Edward H. Warren, all discussing the motion picture rights and possible deals concerning its production]

 Correspondence re The Story of Marco , including royalty statements from the Methodist Book Concernand a synopsis of the book 1911-1925 Box 3 46 items

[letters include a typed letter signed from Eleanor H. Porter, December 8, 1911, responding to a request for personal information]

 Miscellaneous Papers & Photographs Legal Papers of Eleanor H. Porter 1910-1921 Box 3 12 items

[includes book contracts, a printed copy of her will, and blank legal forms]

 Notes re the Publication of Eleanor H. Porter's Short Stories and Books, kept by the author n.d. Box 3 ca. 20 items Photographs of Eleanor H. Porter (sepia) n.d. 4 items Photographs of Fred C. Hodgman(sepia) n.d. 8 items Photograph Albums - Vacation & Nature Scenes n.d. 14 items Printed Material re Eleanor H. Porter 1902-1920 Box 3 7 items