Cornelia's middle name was Lynde. She died in 1973. The Bettendorf, Iowa public library named a study room after her.
Books:
Invincible Louisa: The Story of the Author of Little Women (1934 Newbery Award)
Swift Rivers
thanks to:
http://newbery.homepage.com/books/1934.html
http://www.library.sos.state.il.us/isl/reading/il_auth/il_au_m.htm
http://avatar.lib.usm.edu/~degrum/findaids/meigs.htm
www.amazon.com