Photos: Local scholar discovers stories and poems possibly written by Louisa May Alcott under a pseudonym
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Little Women Author-New Stories Elizabeth Pope, Curator of Books & Digital Collections, examines the writings of Louisa May Alcott, at the American Antiquarian Society, a national research library of pre-20th century American history and culture, Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024, in Worcester, Mass. Max Chapnick, a postdoctoral teaching associate at Northeastern University, believes he has found about 20 stories and poems at the library written by Louisa May Alcott under her own name as well as pseudonyms, including E. H. Gould, for local newspapers in Massachusetts in the late 1850s and early 1860s. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa) (Charles Krupa/AP)
Little Women Author-New Stories A selection of Louisa May Alcott books are archived at the American Antiquarian Society, a national research library of pre-20th century American history and culture, Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024, in Worcester, Mass. Max Chapnick, a postdoctoral teaching associate at Northeastern University, believes he has found about 20 stories and poems at the library written by Louisa May Alcott under her own name as well as pseudonyms, including E. H. Gould, for local newspapers in Massachusetts in the late 1850s and early 1860s. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa) (Charles Krupa/AP)
Little Women Author-New Stories Elizabeth Pope, Curator of Books & Digital Collections, points out a writing by "E. H. Gould" at the American Antiquarian Society, a national research library of pre-20th century American history and culture, Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024, in Worcester, Mass. Max Chapnick, a postdoctoral teaching associate at Northeastern University, believes he has found about 20 stories and poems at the library written by Louisa May Alcott under her own name as well as pseudonyms, including E. H. Gould, for local newspapers in Massachusetts in the late 1850s and early 1860s. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa) (Charles Krupa/AP)
Little Women Author-New Stories Max Chapnick, a postdoctoral teaching associate at Northeastern University, right, looks as Elizabeth Pope, Curator of Books & Digital Collections, points out a writing by "E. H. Gould" at the American Antiquarian Society, a national research library of pre-20th century American history and culture, Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024, in Worcester, Mass. Chapnick believes he has found about 20 stories and poems at the library written by Louisa May Alcott under her own name as well as pseudonyms, including E. H. Gould, for local newspapers in Massachusetts in the late 1850s and early 1860s. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa) (Charles Krupa/AP)
Little Women Author-New Stories A research walks across the main floor at the American Antiquarian Society, a national research library of pre-20th century American history and culture, Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024, in Worcester, Mass. Max Chapnick, a postdoctoral teaching associate at Northeastern University, believes he has found about 20 stories and poems at the library written by Louisa May Alcott under her own name as well as pseudonyms, including E. H. Gould, for local newspapers in Massachusetts in the late 1850s and early 1860s. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa) (Charles Krupa/AP)