Morley Family Papers, (1890 - 1986)

Ms. Coll. 807
(57 boxes)

Table of contents

• Background
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• Summary of collection
• Arrangement and description of collection

Background

Much of this collection concerns the life of Christopher Darlington Morley (1890-1957) who reached the pinnacle of his popularity as a writer in the 1930s and 1940s. Best known for his novel Kitty Foyle, he was, in fact, quintessentially versatile. Erudite and witty, he probed every literary genre and exhibited a style of substance and facility. Though he is perhaps best remembered as a novelist and literary columnist, he is also remembered as a dramatist, essayist, editor, especially in connection with the Book-of-the-Month Club, and anthologist of two editions of Bartlett's Quotations. Morley's poetry which he wrote in free verse and rhymed had a 17th century lilt to it. His Translations from the Chinese (1932) is considered some of his best poetry. Then again, his poetry was transduced into lyrics in collaboration with such song writers as Jerome Kern.

Christopher Morley will always hold a position of importance at Haverford, both as one of its august alumni (class of 1910), and as the son of its well-respected professor, Frank Morley and Lillian Morley, and brother of two other Haverford graduates, all three of whom were Rhodes scholars and one (Felix) who came back to Haverford to become its president. Chris was born in 1890 in neighboring Bryn Mawr, and moved with his family at an early age to a home on Haverford's campus situated between the library and observatory which the family named Westward Ho because of its exposure [Information from Isabel (Mrs. Felix Morley), ALS, 8/24/1985. Other sources include Rothman, Steve. "Kit & Kitty", Horizons, Summer, 1985 and from internal evidence by Diana Franzusoff Peterson]. In 1900, the family moved to Baltimore; Chris returned as a student to Haverford in 1906 where he studied literature. After his scholarship at Oxford University, he worked for Doubleday & Co., as editor for the Ladies' Home Journal, as a columnist for the Philadelphia Ledger and then writing his long-running colum "Bowling Green" for the New York Evening Post. In 1924, he helped start the Saturday Review of Literature. In 1927, Doubleday published the 12-volume Haverford Collected Edition of his works. He also became known as a member of the radio panel "Information Please" as a literature expert and founded the Baker Street Irregulars, a group dedicated to the life and work of Sherlock Holmes.

With all of his activities, Christopher Morley remained a devoted Haverfordian throughout his life. It is, thus, not surprising that Haverford has attempted to achieve a comprehensive collection of Christopher Morley's printed works, and has, next to the University of Texas, the largest collection (over 3,000 items) of Morley manuscript materials. Through the manuscript materials, the original aggregate of which was given by bequest to Haverford in 1959, it is possible to glean not only the events of Morley's life, but also, quite clearly, the way in which his mind worked. This is often most clear in the letters he wrote -- and he was a prolific letter writer.

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Snapshot of Morley family, Frank Sr., Lilian J., Christopher, Felix, and Frank. Prudence, R.I., Aug., 1913. (approx. 39K).

 

Sampler, unframed."When we on simple rations sup, How easy is the washing up, But heavy feeding complicates, The task by soiling many plates," Signed by C. M. (approx. 39K).

 

July 15, 1936, a libretto Christopher Morley has written to the tune of "The Vicar of Bray" as a Haverford College Song.] (approx. 98K).

Summary of collection

Letters, manuscripts, notebooks, clippings of published works, photographs, memorabilia, and much more concerning the Morley family and the personal and professional papers of Christopher Darlington Morley (1890-1957).

Arrangement and description of collection

The Morley Family Papers have been collected in twelve different groups of accessions. Much of the material overlaps by date and content. It is important to view all parts of the collection for items of interest.

• Accession #1 - 1890 - 1968 (Boxes 1 - 21)
• Accession #2 - 1908 - 1954 (Boxes 22 - 32)
• Accession #3 - 1919 - 1950 (Boxes 33 - 37)
• Accession #4 - 1910 - 1970 (Boxes 38 - 39)
• Accession #5 - 1906 - 1955 (Boxes 39 - 40)
• Accession #6 - 1923 - 1955 (Boxes 40 - 41)
• Accession #7 - 1915 - 1968 (Box 42)
• Accession #8 - 1938 - 1953 (Box 42)
• Accession #9 - 1906 - 1954 (Box 43)
• Accession #10 - 1918 - 1940 (Box 43)
• Accession #11 - 1882 - 1986 (Boxes 44 - 56)
• Accession #12 - 1939 - 1975 (Box 57)

Accession #1: 1900 - 1968 (Boxes 1 - 21)
MORLEY FAMILY PAPERS, 1900-1968, 21 boxes, ca. 1,406 items.

Table of Contents: Accession #1

• Boxes 1-10
  contain the papers of Christopher Darlington Morley, 1890-1957, covering his youth in Baltimore, his years at Haverford College and Oxford, and his young manhood in New York and Philadelphia. 1900-1929. Box 10 also contains a catalog of the University of Texas exhibition of Christopher Morley manuscripts and first editions.
• Boxes 11-15
  contain additions to the papers of Christopher Darlington Morley, 1902-1968, notably 296 letters and postcards, written by him to friends and family, 1904-1956.
• Box 16
  contains the memoirs of Lilian Janet (Bird) Morley, 1889-1911. Also 2 works by Frank Vigor Morley, An Analytical Treatment of the Three-Bar Curve and My One Contribution to Chess.
• Boxes 17 - 21
  contain Felix Morley's journal, (restricted).

Boxes 1-10

Christopher Darlington Morley, 1890-1957. Letters to and concerning; mss; ms. notebooks containing school exercises, notes on courses, poems, essays, memorabilia; clippings of published works and of reviews;photographs; other. Material divided into four periods: Baltimore, 1900-1906, Haverford College,1906-1910, Oxford, 1910-1913, Young manhood, New York and Philadelphia, 1913-1929. Material in each period chronologically arranged with additions.

Box 1

Baltimore, 1900-1906.

1. "The Adventures of John", in two parts. Nov. 1, 1900. 67p., A.D.S. See also Box 13. (written at the age of ten)
2. Letters: From C.D.M. to his mother. Woodbridge, Suffolk, April 13,1898. See also Box 11. (8 years old) A.L.S., 3p. To C.D.M. from grandparents, April 28, 1899, for his 9th. birthday. A.L.S., 2p. (In same folder) - Program for amateur theatricals. "The Mad Tea-Party", dramatized from 'Alice in Wonderland' by, and produced under the stage direction of C.D. Morley." Baltimore, Feb. 24, 1905. A.D.S. 3p.
3. Notebooks: V Class Latin Composition. M.U.S. [Marston University School] Geometry Exercises, Dec. 16, 1904. Exercises and Corollaries on the First Book of Plane Geometry, June 10, 1905. French Composition, Feb. 7, 1906.
4. Memorabilia: Notebook, "From Felix, May 5th., 1904," containing duplicates stamps. Removed to Morley Alcove, June, 1971. The Jeffersonian, of the Jefferson School for Boys, Baltimore,Vol. I, nos. 1,2,3,4, Dec., 1905-May, 1906, (C.D.M., business mgr.) Vol. II, nos. 1,2, Dec., 1906, Jan., 1907. Scrapbook, dated Jan.3, 1907, containing miscellaneous material, mostly from years 1904-1906 (a few items later) 2 class pictures, Marston University School, Apr. 1901, 16 x 20cm; Apr. 1904, 23 x 31cm. Mtd.

Box 2

Haverford College, 1906-1910.

1. Manuscripts: 5 undated mss., as follows: prayer, 1l; unfinished plot, "The Turtle and the Dove," 4p.; unfinished story about a prince, 5p.; unfinished story, "Cupid Waldbaum," 8p.; complete story, "The Fate of Nations," 4p., signed M.D.C., (Morley's initials backwards; also used in Jeffersonian) Unfinished poem beginning "Putts and the Woe I Sing -" Themes on American Literature, 1906-1907, English Literature, 1907-1908; 1 speech outline, 1910. 46 items. A.Ds.S.
2. Notebooks, ms. Notes on Biblical Literature, IV, 1906-1907. Latin Notes, 1906-1907. History I, 1906-1907. History: American Government, 3rd. Quarter, 1906-07. (In Box 3) - Memorabilia. February 20, 1907. Collection of favorite quotations, clippings, etc. Biblical Literature III, 1907-1908. Latin Literature, 1907, and Histoire de France, 1908. History of German Literature, 1908. Biblical Literature III, 1909. Greek I, and Philosophy V (continued), 1910. Contains 4 limericks, 2 of them famous. Notes for graduating thesis. Haverford College, 1910. Mainly used for history notes. Strictly Private. Mss. and clippings of C.D.M.'s poems; ms. of unfinished narrative, "Our Experiences at Sandy Hole," v.2; ms. of beginning of "The Memoirs of Ydepe Bunks." [Foreword, laid in] Laid in: ms. of poem, "Lake Champlain Tercentenary, 1909"; ms. of "An Irish Love Song", other, mon-ms. material.

Box 3

Haverford College, 1906-1910. (cont.)

3. (Box 3 removed to Morley Alcove June, 1971.) Printed works: "Great Caesar!" Junior class play, 1909, partly written by C.D.M.. His copy has ms. notes. (4 copies in all). See also Box 14. "To Her," poem in The Haverfordian, v. XXX, no. 1, Mar. 1909, p.1. "Episodes in the Life of an Irish Waitress," same issue, p.7. "A Grand Opera Incident," The Haverfordian, v. XXXI, no.2, Apr., 1909, p.36. "The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson," The Haverfordian, v. XXXI, no. 3, May, 1909, p.57. (4 copies) "Episodes in the Life of an Irish Waitress," The Haverfordian, v. XXXI, no.5, Oct., 1909. p.120. "The Stargazer." same issue, p.123. Editorial, same issue, p.128.
4. Letters: Letter to C.D.M. from his mother Lilian J. Morley, Baltimore, (See also Box 12). June 24, 1909. 27 testimonial letters concerning C.D.M., written to accompany application for Rhodes Scholarship, 1909. Writers include Oscar M. Chase, Wm. Wistar Comfort, Fabian Franklin, ed., N.Y. Eve. Post., Francis B. Gummere, Rufus M. Jones, Frank Dempster Sherman, Allen C. Thomas, James Whitall, others. (Carbons also here)
5. Memorabilia: "For the Guidance of fresh" Rules for freshman behavior, issued by sophomore class, fall, 1906. Rules for Freshman, 1907. Souvenir booklet of Maude Adams in "Peter Pan", dated by C.D.M. Feb. 13 and 19, 1907. Views of Old Philadelphia. Booklet commemorating 225th Anniversary of founding of Philadelphia, 1908. Transcript of marks for all four years at Haverford College, signed by O.W. Chase, registrar, Apr.11, 1910. B.A. Degree from Haverford, 6mo. 10, 1910. Stored in 910-I. Haverford, 1910. Record book of the Class of 1910. C.D.M.'s copy. Haverford College Views. [n.d.] (Removed to Morley Alcove, June, 1971). "Back to Haverford and -" Incomplete pamphlet: article by C.D.M. "Thinking about Haverford", missing. First Annual Class Letter of the Class of 1909. [pub. 1912] First Annual Class Letter of the Class of 1910. [pub. 1911] Pictures: 3 pictures of scenes from "Great Caesar!" Junior play, May 14, 1909. 28 x 36cm. Mtd. Picture of nine boys, C.D.M. in front row center, on steps of college building. [n.d.] 21 x 26cm. Mtd.

Box 4

Oxford, 1910-1913.

1. Lecture notes and examinations, ms. Lecture notes on Economics. 11p. [n.d.] "The 3 factors in Production..." Lecture notes on R.S.Rait: The History of Scotland. Jan. 24 and Feb. 2, 1912 Lecture notes on W. Buchanan Riddell: The Relations of England and Europe, 1815-1878. Hilary Term [Jan.-Mar.] 1912. Lecture notes on A. Hassall: European History, 1848-1878. Jan. 25- Mar. 12, 1912. Lecture notes on W.G.S.Adams: European Governments and Parties Since 1895. Apr. 30, May 7, 1912. Lecture notes on H.A.L.Fisher: European History. May l-May 24, 1912. Lecture notes on Grant Robertson: Lectures in Exeter College Hall on the Reign of Charles II. Jan.-Feb. 1913. 2 examination papers on Political Economy and Economic History, March 8, 1913.
2. Notebooks containing reading and lecture notes. Laid in: Examination questions, reading lists, a few lecture notes. Introduction to Political Science. University College, Oxford. (Dr. A.T.Carlyle) Oct., 1910. (Back of Book: Roman Law: The Institute of Gains) A.L.Smith (Balliol): Political and Social Questions. (Back of book: W.G.S.Adams, M.A.: The Principles of Pol. Sci. [Lectures, for which Seely's Introd. to Pol. Sci. used as text, dated Oct., 1910]) Thomas: Ateliers Nationaux (front of book) Political Science (back of book) Reading list, starting with Seeley: Introduction to Political Science, which corresponds to lecture notes starting in Oct., 1910, indicates this book used 1910-1911. English History. R.S.Rait, M.A., New College, Oxford. (Book used from both ends. List of reading to be done for exams in June, 1911, given on flyleaf, indicates notebook used 1910-1911.) Notes on English History, Book Two. Starts with William and Mary, 1689. Marginal note, p.35, indicates book used in 1911. C.D.Morley. Historical Essays. Oct. 21, 1911-Mar. 1, 1912. 16 essays, ca. 230 pages.

Box 5

Oxford, 1910-1913. (cont.)

Notebooks (cont.): English History. E.I.Carlyle. (Front of book: Ancient Britain. Oct., Nov. 1911. Back of book: Constitutional History. [1912]) Leviathan and Politics. Notes on Hobbes' Leviathan, XIII-XXX, and on Aristotle's Politics. June, 1912. Laid in: Notes on lecture by A.L.Smith, May 3, 1912. Notes: Miscellaneous notes and quotations. [1912?] Laid in: Examination paper [?] written June 21, 1912. Notes on French History: The Revolution; Napoleon. Oct. 19-Dec. 5, 1912. Notebook dated April 9, 1913: Louis Blanc: Historical Revelations. de Falloux: Memoires d'un Royaliste. Rapport de la Commission d'Enquete. Notes on English History, Tudor period. [n.d.] Laid in: Lecture notes on "The European Coalition, 1814-1822." dated May 1913. (Notebook labeled "C.D.Morley, E: Coll: Nov:"

3. Separate manuscripts: "R.L.S." Essay by C.D.M. on Robert Louis Stevenson, read to the Phi Beta Kappa Society at Oxford, May 14, 1912. T.D.S. 42p. "Oxford." Poem, written at Oxford, March, 1913, submitted (unsuccessfully) for Newdigate Prize. A.D. 12p. Ms note from C.D.M. and typed copy laid in.
4. 2 photographs: one of group of three men, including C.D.M., taken in London, Jan. 17, 1912; one of one man from 1st. picture, taken in Oxford, [n.d.] unidentified.

Box 6

Young Manhood, New York and Philadelphia, 1913-1929.

1. Manuscripts: See also Box 13.
   1. "Seventeenth Century Exercises," 6 sonnets. T.D. [n.d.]
   2. "Inward Ho!" Series of brief reflections. T.D., 5p. [n.d.]
   3. Notebook, dated Sept. 8, 1913, containing ideas for book of shortpieces, to be called "Insomnia": "The Poet's Pen," [72]p.; short story about Harold Underhill [4]p.; incomplete humorous poem, "To make it sell."
      Laid in: 3 poems by C.D.M.: "October, a Boy's Song," "On the Avenue," and "Woman's Heart, Man's Head"; story, "Omnia Vincit Amor," signed Andrew McGill [C.D.M.] A.D. 17p. [1909] "Is There a Cow?" essay. A.D. 3p., Short story about Ydepe Bunks. A.D. 20p.; Ms. fragment beginning, "Mr. Theodore Pink emerged from the tea shop..." Clipping from N.Y. Evening Sun, Nov. 12, 1915, "Taking Football Seriously, " by C.D.M.; Playbill of 1 Act play, "Getting Rid of Bill", by C.D.M.. Performed Jan. 17, 1919; List of publications, editors, and pieces sent out to them.
   4. Folder, marked "Unfinished," containing 10 poems and 22 miscellaneous prose pieces, dating from 1916-1918: Poems: "The house was warmed...", Parson's Pleasure (incomplete), "I spurned the weariness of the flesh..." , A Hymn of Love The Wound (2 copies), The Laughers, Morality, Ballade of an Ambrosial Evening, On First Looking Into a New Telephone Directory, To the Town of Tidaholm, Thanksgiving for Having Overslept, Recessional at 5 P.M., Prose pieces include notes of ideas for stories, ms.. of essays, humorous anecdotes; a love letter under heading, "The Love Letters of a Husband;" "To My Father and Mother;" "The Rainbow," incomplete essay on Haverford; essay on his childhood; "The Talcott House;" story (unfinished) about female reporter; others.
   5. Folder, "Fragmenta Disjecta," containing ms. of essay on Hilaire Belloc, "The Hilarity of Hilaire." A.D. 18p. [ca. 1916?] also ms of p.12 of essay, "Elbow Room." T.D. [ca. 1923?] also notes for 3 scenes of a play. [1923 or after]
   6. Folder entitled, "Youth, an anthology." Contains ms. preface and material for collection of passages C.D.M. most enjoyed in his youth. [1917-1918?]
   7. Ms. of translation from French, by C.D.M., of article, "Deported," by Mme. H. Celarie, from Revue des Deux Mondes. Paris, June 15, 1917. A.D. 75p. [1918]
   8. Typescript of short story, "Kathleen." T.D. 68p. (with envelope)
   9. Folder entitled, "Casual Ablutions." Contains tear sheets of article in The Haverfordian, Nov., 1913, "Advertising Haverford"; essay, "A Gossip About Humor," 1916; clipping of article, "Poetry," from N.Y.Eve.Post, Dec. 29, 1917 (2 copies); Ms. (incomplete) of play about the Kaiser [1918?]; tear sheets of 2 chapters of Parnassus at Home, from The Bookman: "A Meeting of the Corn Cob Club," June, 1919, and "Titania Arrives," March, 1919; ms. of humorous poem, "To an Irish Terrier, Enceinte;" proof and clipping of review by C.D.M. of book by Ralph Bergengren, "The Comforts of Home"; clipping of C.D.M.'s column in the Phila. Ledger, "The Chafing Dish," Jan. 31, 1920.
   10. Short story, "Referred to the Author." T.D. 35p. [ca. 1920]
   11. Short story, "Punch and Judy." T.D. 11p. [ca. 1920] (Last 2 pages, ms.)

Box 7

Young Manhood, New York and Philadelphia, 1913-1929. (cont.)

1. Manuscripts: See also Box 13. (cont.)
   12. " " "Gloria and the Garden of Sweden. " T.D. 16p. [ca. 1920]
   13. " " "Advice to the Lovelorn." T.D. 19p. [ca. 1920]
   14. 8 sonnets. T.Ds. [Envelope dated 1922]
   15. Ms. of account of C.D.M.'s meeting with Woodrow Wilson. A.D. 6p. (Incomplete) [early '20's]
   16. Biographical chart (As requested). T.D.S. 4p. 1921.
   17. Essay, "Books and Byplay in New York." T.D. [10]p. [ca. 1921?]
   18. Memoranda for a Sonnet Sequence. T.D. with ms. additions. [9]p. (Read at meeting of the Phi Beta Kappa Society, Harvard Chapter, June 22, 1923)
   19. Script of "3's a Crowd", dramatic version of "Kathleen." Signed by co-author, Earl Derr Biggers. T.D.S. [102]p., plus additional rewritings. [ca. 1923?]
   20. "Troja," roman par Fortunat Strowski [C.D.M.?] New York - Paris 1924. T.D. (in French) 118p.
   21. Notebook containing rough drafts of publicity for Lyric and Rialto Theaters, Hoboken, plus bits of dialogue; other notes. [ca. 1929]
2. Printed works: See also Box 14. (Removed to Morley Alcove on June, 1971.)
   1. Clippings, undated: Poems: "Hymn to the Dairymaids on Beacon Street", "Till Twiston Went", "The Cedar Chest", Humorous prose: "Literary Nightmares"
   2. Clippings, proofs, paste-ups, tear sheets, as follows:
      1. "Prefaces," from The Bellman, June 26, 1915.
      2. Poem: "Ars Dura," Boston Transcript, Aug, 4, 1916.
      3. Poem: "Two O'Clock," " " Sept. 13, 1916.
      4. Poem: "The Wakeful Husband," Minneapolis Tribune, Oct.6, 1916.
      5. Poem: " My House," (same poem as No.4) Minneapolis Journal, Oct. 13, 1916. Also in Duluth Herald, Nov. 7, 1916.
      6. Poem: "The Last Sonnet," Boston Transcript. Oct. 25, 1916.
      7. Short Story: "Housebroken," N.Y.Eve. Sun, Dec. 21, 1916.
      8. Article: "A Publisher's Adventure," Boston Transcript, Jan. 24, 1917.
      9. Poem: "The Young Mother," The National Weekly, Mar. 31, 1917.
      10. Essay: "Musings in Philadelphia," [Phila.Eve. Ledger?] June 9, 1917.
      11. Allegory: "But Above All Things, Truth," Boston Transcript, July 14, 1917. (Incomplete)
      12. Short Story: "From an American Port," Boston Transcript, Aug. 4, 1917.
      13. Article: "A Friend of FitzGerald," Boston Transcript, Dec. 29, 1917.
      14. 15 clippings from "The Chafing Dish," Phila. Eve. Ledger, 1918-1920.
      15. Short Story: "Urn Burial," Every Week, Apr. 27, 1918.
      16. Short Story: "The Climacteric," Smart Set, July, 1918.
      17. Letter to Editor of N.Y. Eve. Sun, headed, "They Do Not Concur." [l919?]
      18. Short Story: "The Pert Little Hat." Metropolitan, Jan. 1919.
      19. 2 proofs of material for "The Bowling Green," N.Y. Eve. Post, [ca. 1920]
      20. Short Story: "The Battle of Manila Envelopes," The Bookman, Nov., 1920.
      21. Article: "Books and By-Play in New York," signed, Andrew McGill [C.D.M.] [ca. 1918]
      22. Short Story: "The Prize Package," Collier's Weekly, Jan. 26, 1921.
      23. Short Story: "The Curious Case of Kenelm Digby," The Bookman, March, 1921. (Proofs)
      24. Short Story: "The Commutation Chophouse," [ca. 1921] (Paste-ups)
      25. Short Story: "Punch and Judy," The Outlook, Feb. 16, 1921. (Complete issue. See also Mss.)
      26. Essay: "Children as Copy," The Outlook, Nov. 16, 1921. (Complete issue)
      27. Article: "Confessions of an Amateur Lecturer," The Outlook, Jan. 24, 1923. (Complete)
      28. 1 Act Play: "Wagon-Lits," The American Sketch, June, 1928. (Complete issue)

Box 8

Young Manhood, New York and Philadelphia, 1913-1929. (cont.)

2. Printed works: See also Box 14. (cont.)
   2. Clippings, proofs, paste-ups, tear sheets, as follows: (cont.)
      29. Clippings of "The Bowling Green," C.D.M.'s column in N.Y. Eve. Post, 1920-1923. (Sorted according to years; incomplete; some undated.) Duplicates of some of the clippings mounted in notebooks, 975 C.

Box 9

Young Manhood, New York and Philadelphia, 1913-1929. (cont.)

3. Communications to and articles about C.D.M. and about his work: See also Box 14.
   1. Folder: Clippings, 1916-1917:
      1. From the [Tim]es Book Review, Jan. 9, 1916, mentioning C.D.M.'s "Hymn to the Dairymaids of Beacon Street;"
      2. From The Eve. Sun, April 13, 1916, quoting interview with C.D.M and telling about the new Doubleday, Page and Co. bookshop, organized by him;
      3. From The Bellman, Mar. 10, 1917, pp.270 and 271, containing mentions of C.D.M. and quoting his poem, "The Old Swimmer."
   2. Folder: Clippings, 1919: 20 on The Haunted Bookshop; 2 on "In the Sweet Dry and Dry; 1 on Mince Pie; 1 on "The Rocking Horse; 1 on C.D.M.; 1 on C.D.M. and Thomas Augustine Daly; The Living Age, Oct. 18, 1919, complete issue containing article, "America and the English Literary Tradition," by Vincent O'Sullivan, which mentions C.D.M., p.l70.
   3. Royalty and box office statements from American Play Company Inc., N.Y., Dec. 11, 1919. (In envelope)
   4. Folder, entitled, "Where the Blues Begin," containing 25 letters about and 21 reviews of book, Where the Blue Begins, 1922-1923. Correspondents include Bruce Bliven, John Haynes Holmes, Charles G. Norris, Angelo Patri, Jean Starr Untermeyer, and Louis Untermeyer.
   5. Folder re Thunder on the Left, containing 109 letters, 35 reviews, 4pp. of extracts from reviews, lp. ms. notes of suggested interpretations, 3pp. of quotations from famous authors [possibly related in spirit to book?]1925-1926. Correspondents include Edward Stanton Babcock, [Wm. Rose Benet?] Herschell Brickell, Louis Bromfield, Erskine Caldwell, Arthur Hamilton Gibbs, Alfred Harcourt, Malcolm Niebuhr, Charles G. Norris, Albert Bigelow Paine, W. Lyon Phelps, and Vincent Starrett.
   6. Envelope containing 3 articles (tear sheets) on C.D.M.'s experiment with the Rialto and Lyric Theaters in Hoboken: "How New York Was Sent to Hoboken," by Montrose J. Moses, Review of Reviews, May, 1929; "Broadway Crosses the Hudson," by James R. Crowell, Psychology, June, l929; " Hissing the Villains in Hoboken," The Literary Digest, Apr. 6, 1929.

Box 10

Young Manhood, New York and Philadelphia, 1913-1929. (cont.)

4. Personal communications and memorabilia:
   1. Personal communications:
      1. Note addressed to "C.M.", signed "J.A.F. [n.p., n.d.]
      2. Card, "To Kit with love from Georgianna." [n.p., n.d.]
      3. Christmas greeting - print of footman, carrying boar's head- card laid in, "To Mrs. Chris and Chris - from Charlotte and Hubert"[Rutherford Brown] [n.p., n.d.]
      4. Photograph of Mark Twain, sent as Christmas greeting by Alfred F. Goldsmith. [n.p., n.d.]
      5. Card with picture of twin beds; message beginning, "A Suggestion -" [n.p., n.d.]
      6. Letter to C.D.M. from D. Nichols. Wapakoneta, Ohio. Sept. 14. 19p.
      7. Post card to C.D.M. from Felix M. Morley. Army Post Office, N.Y., Oct. 12, 1915.
      8. 3 booklets of poetry by Albert J. Edmunds: "Fairmount Park and Other Poems," "Songs of Asia," and "A Duet with Omar," with inscriptions by author dated 1918. Also leaflet listing "Recent Articles by A.J. Edmunds." (Envelope)
      9. Article, "Linkages," by Frank M. Morley, reprinted from The Scientific Monthly, Oct., 1919, with ms. note from Frank Morley on cover. (Envelope)
      10. Letter to C.D.M. from L'Art Ancien S.A., Libraþrie et Maison d'AntiquitŸs. Lugano, Oct. 14, 1924. Regrets they no longer have rare book he wished to buy. (In French) (See also: Poem, Oct. 1, 1921, Haverford College. [About the "brotherhood of Scops"]. Letter, June 2, 1922, to Dean P. Lockwood, Haverford. N.Y.C. [Regrets cannot attend Scops meeting; sends poem, "Parson's Pleasure and Other Matters," about Haverford and Oxford]).
      11. Valentine's note to Mrs. [Dean] Lockwood. 1925. [gives permission to the Women's Faculty Club (of Haverford College) to use any of his plays without royalty]
   2. Memorabilia:
      1. Documents: Clearance papers of whaling ship "Addison," signed by Millard Fillmore, Pres. U.S., Sept. 20, 1852. (Envelope, laid in, indicates this was sent to C.D.M. by messenger from office of the president of the U.S. Steel Company)
      2. Card case, containing calling cards for both C.D.M. and "Andrew McGill."
      3. 2 clippings, one announcing birth of C.D.M.'s son.
      4. Print of Doubleday, Page and Co. building.
      5. Dust jacket proof for The Powder of Sympathy, by C.D.M.
      6. 4 sheets of engraver's proofs by Walter Jack Duncan of illustrations [for book by C.D.M.?]
      7. Itinerary of the Three Hours for Lunch Club, 1922-1923, with ms. notes.
      8. Receipted bill for accommodations at the Dysart Hotel, London, Sept., 1924.
      9. The Studio, Special winter number, 1896-7, featuring an article by Robert Louis Stevenson, plus some sketches by Stevenson.
      10. The Bookman, June, 1905, featuring an article about Edward Fitzgerald, Laid in: Photograph of Fitzgerald and two articles from the East Anglian Daily Times, March 29 and April 1, l909, telling of celebrations in Suffolk of Fitzgerald centenary [probably sent to him by grandparents, who lived in Woodbridge, Suffolk?]
5. Pictures: See also Box 15.
   1. People:
      1. 4 photos of unidentified men.
      2. 1 photo of unidentified woman. (Family resemblance indicates C.D.M.'s mother.)
      3. 1 snapshot of unidentified man and woman [mother, brother?]
      4. 1 studio photo of 3 men, one of whom is C.D.M. The Hague, July 3, 1912. (In Box 5, Oxford)
      5. Snapshot of Morley family, Frank Sr., Lilian J., Christopher, Felix, and Frank. Prudence, R.I., Aug., 1913. (approx. 39K).
      6. 1 studio portrait of Robert T. Morris, autographed to C.D.M., Sept. 27, 1917.
      7. Charcoal or conte crayon sketch of C.D.M. by Ivan Opffer, 1921. Removed to 812R
      8. Photograph of Stephen Leacock.
      9. Photograph of Fontaine Fox.
      10. Photograph of C.D.M. and E. Page Allinson. 1913. (Gift of Mrs. E. Page Allinson, 1968)
      11. Portrait of Christopher Morley by Richard Hood. n.d. etching. Signed by C.D.M.
   2. 5 mounted photographs of New York City in early morning, by Horace C. Shimeld.
   3. Miscellaneous:
      1. 2 photos of unidentified stage set.
      2. 1 print of etching of Woolworth Building, by Earl Horter.
      3. 1 print of scene of Medieval revelry, signed J. Nash, 1839.
      4. 1 pen and ink drawing (print from) of dog outside kennelin moonlight [has been retouched for engraving. Illustration for something of C.D.M.'s?]
      5. 1 mounted reproduction of pen and ink drawing of early English book seller.

Morleyana.

1. Oxford Poetry,1921, ed. by Alan Porter, Richard Hughes, and Robert Graves. C.D.M.'s copy.
2. Paste-up of The Baker Street Journal, vol. 1, no. 2, .N.Y., 1946, containing article by C.D.M., "Clinical Notes by a Resident Patient."
   Catalog of University of Texas exhibition of Christopher Morley manuscripts and first editions.
   Humanities Research Center, U. of Texas, Austin, Texas, Dec. 1961-Feb. 1962. 48 p. Catalog presented to Haverford College Library by the Humanities Research Center, U. of Texas.

Additions, 1964-1973.

• Folder l:
  1. Letters to, "Dear George." Roslyn Heights, N.Y., June l4 - Nov. 1, 1950. 2 items.
  2. Letters and post cards to Cyril Clemens, Webster Grove, Mo. New York, April l, 1927 - Oct. 5, 1954. 11 items.
  3. Letter to Miss Hall, Girls High School, Brooklyn, N.Y. New York, Feb. 1, 1923. [Sends his manuscript of Preface to Translations from the Chinese, plus a photograph of himself, for the School library; expresses pleasure in visit to the School.] 3 items.
  4. Letters to Harrison Hires (Haverford, '10), 1925-1954. 30 items. (Restricted: not to be used or quoted without librarian's permission.)
  5. Letter (with envelope) to John S. Van E. Kohn, New York City. Signed, "John Mistletoe." New York City, Feb. 19 [1932] Also filed here: rough draft of Mr. Kohn's letter to C. M., which elicited reply. 2 items.
  6. Letters to Dean P. Lockwood, Haverford College. New York City, April 21, 1943, and Roslyn Heights, N.Y., Jan. 31, 1955. 2 items. (From the Haverfordiana Coll.)
  7. Letter from Felix Morley; tribute by Violet Loder.
• Folder 2:
  1. Journal: The Weekly News. Baltimore, Feb. 22- June 22, 1902. 1 item. A.D.S. Also filed here, copy of Haverford College Horizons, Mar., 1963, containing, p. 14, article by Ralph M. Sargent about the journal.
• Folder 3:
  1. Letter and note from Christopher Morley to Archibald MacIntosh. Roslyn Heights, N.Y., Oct. 25, 1948.

Box 11

Additions, 1964-1973.
Letters and postcards from Christopher Morley to Felix M. Morley, 1904-1956. 145 items (plus enclosures)

Box 12

Additions, 1964-1973.

1. Excerpts from letters of C.D.M. to his mother. 1l. (Originals now in Morley Collection at University of Texas).
2. Letters and postcards from C.D.M. to E. Page Allinson, 1909-1954. 3 folders, 41 items including Nov. 8, 1912 [on women whose minds are less encompassing than men's, but unsullied, which allows men to worship them].
3. Letters and postcards from C.D.M. to Henry Tatnall Brown, 1934-1953. 106 items (xerox copies).
4. Letters, etc., from C.D.M. to John D. Kenderdine, 1913-1915. 6 items (plus enclosures).
5. Morley Alcove:
   1. Correspondence concerning it, 1963- 1970. 20 items.
   2. Remarks of Mrs. E. Page Allinson at dedication of Morley Alcove, May 5, 1968.
   3. Remarks of Frank V. Morley at dedication.
   4. Letter to J.P. Magill, Nov., 1970, concerning 4-poster bed used as a porch of Capt. Mayne Reid "An alcove should properly contain a bed." Photo.
6. Allinson, E. Page:
   1. Verses for Chris's fortieth birthday. (Copy, made from original now in U. of Texas Collection)
   2. Journal of bicycle trip in England with C.D.M., 1911.

Box 13

Additions, 1964-1973.
Manuscripts

1. The Adventures of Two Boys, 1902. 38 chapters [ca.42 p.].
2. Mr. Bowser's Trip to the Moon, 1903. 42 p. (plus incomplete copy, 20p.)
3. A Collection of Riddles, comp. and ed. by C.D.M., 1902. 12 p.
4. Ms. newspapers:
   1. The Sign of the Four Monthly, Jan., 1904. (Became the Triumvirate, Feb., 1904)
   2. The Weekly Herald, Oct. 31 - Nov. 21, 1903. The Herald (daily), Feb. 19, 1904 - Mar. 16, 1904. (a few gaps) 39 issues, in all.
   3. The Family News; Nov. 6, 1904 - Mar. 4, 1906. 19 issues.
   4. The Weekly News, 1902. 22 issues.
5. A Trip In Christophalia, 1904 [All empty but title page] 1 p. of drawings laid in. Also a photograph of Washington, D.C. T.L.S. of Frank Morley.
6. "To an Brother in the War," Jan. 16, 1916. Letter in verse, to Felix. (Rough draft and final ms.)
7. Ms. of talk by Christopher Morley, at the centennial celebration for Mark Twain, Columbia U., N.Y., 1935. (Bound, with reprint of this talk from Columbia University Quarterly, Dec., 1935, and letters (2) to and from C.D.M. about it.)
8. Typescript copies of two poems, "Re the Beard," and "Verses Written by Christopher Morley to thank Page for the gift of a tobacco pouch." now in Texas U. Collection.

Box 14

(Removed to Morley Alcove June, 1971)
Additions (cont.)

Printed works

1. Poems: "Secrets of the Library," "Ballade of Mr. Pepys," (clippings) and "A Grace Before Writing," pub. by the Christopher Morley Knothole Association [n.d.].
2. The Haverfordian, Mar., April, May, Oct., Dec., l909; Jan., 1910, containing poems, stories, and essay by C.D.M.
3. The Eighth Sin. Oxford, 1912. [1st. published work].
4. Making Books and Magazines, a commentary on the motion picture film taken at the Country Life Press. Doubleday, Page & Co., N.Y., 1916.
5. Back to Haverford and ---, containing essay, "Thinking About Haverford," by C.D.M. [ca.1920].
6. "To the Class of 1910: Fair warning," letter announcing 15th. reunion of the Class.
7. "An American Gentleman," essay printed in the Manchester Guardian Weekly, July l7, 1947 (clipping).
8. Poetry Package, booklet of poems published jointly by William Rose Benet and C.D.M., 1949. Inscribed to Page and Mary Allinson by Helen and Chris [Morley] Bucklers Hard, Hants. [195l?].
9. Saturday Review of Literature, vol. XXXIII, no. 20, May 20, 1950. Memorial issue for William Rose Benet, containing his last published work and "Ballade of William Rose Benet," by C.D.M., with accompanying letter.
10. Barometers and Bookshops. Booklet containing 2 narrative essays, "Barometers and Bookshops," and "Alms to Oblivion," by C.D.M. Madison, N.J., cop. 1952. Inscribed, "Mifflin from Andrew, 1951-1952."
11. Penny Poems from Amarillo College, vol. I, no. 1, May 5, 1963, featuring poem, "Ebb Tide," by C.D.M. Previously unpublished poem, composed May 6, 1953.

Material About or Connected With Christopher Morley

1. "The Last Seacoast of Bohemia," by Olga Collinson. Clipping of magazine article about Morley's revival of the Rialto Theater, Hoboken [n.p., 1928?] Plus program from Rialto Theater, week of Nov. 26th., 1928.
2. In Memoriam Christopher Morley. Memorial pamphlet issued by the Saturday Review of Literature [1957] Contains tributes to Morley by Clifton Fadiman, John P. Marquand, Norman Cousins, Harrison Smith, and J. Donald Adams.
3. "Christopher Morley as I Remember Him," by W.L.G Williams. Reprinted from The American Oxonian, vol. XLIV, no. 3, July, 1957. Inscribed,"To Page and Mary...Lloyd." Laid in, carbon of letter from Jack [Kenderdine?] to Lloyd [Williams] Nov. 5, praising the article and suggesting that he write a full book about C.D.M.
4. "Christopher Morley, or the Treasure of the Abandoned Mine," by Frank V. Morley cop. 1959. (Process copy) Talk given at Haverford College, Dec. 19, 1958.
5. The Library Chronicle, University of Texas, vol.VII, no. 2, summer, 1962. Contains articles, "The Christopher Morley Collection," by Jon Bracker. Plus catalog of U. of Texas exhibition of Morley's manuscripts and 1st. editions, Dec. 1961- Feb. 1962.
6. Material on the Christopher Morley Knothole Association:
   1. "Review and Report," solicitation for funds to set up the Knothole as a memorial [ca.1962]
   2. Leaflet and program about the opening ceremonies, May 21, 1967.
   3. "Christopher Morley on Long Island,'' a biographical sketch by Helen McK. Oakley, Roslyn, N.Y., 1967.
7. Two essays by John D. Kenderdine:
   1. "Living with Christopher Morley," (2 copies) 1968;
   2. "John Nicholas Beffel," 1968.

Box 15

Additions (cont.)
Pictures

1. Snapshots, 4 (mtd. on 1 page) of C.D.M. at Towns End, etc., ca.1910 - ca.1950.
2. Snapshot, enlarged and framed, of C.D.M. and E. Page Allinson at Hampstead Heath, 1913.
3. Snapshot, enlarged and framed, of E. Page and Mary S. Allinson, Hamptstead Heath, 1913.
4. Snapshot, autographed, enlarged and framed, of C.D.M. at typewriter [n.p., n.d.].
5. Snapshot, enlarged and framed, of E.P.A. and C.D.M aboard the Parthia, July 20, 195l.
6. REMOVED FROM 807 FROM STORAGE IN 989-A.
   Photograph of the Haverfordian Editorial Board [1910] with C.D. Morley as editor. Framed, under glass, 32 x 37cm.
7. The Art-Lover's New York, 12 post cards, paintings of New York City, originally sent to Mrs. Frank Morley, mother of C.D.M., Baltimore, by C.D.M., with brief comments on backs.
8. New College, Oxford. Color print, 1834, by F. Mackenzie and J. Le Keux.
9. Notes by Felix Morley and Mrs. E. Page Allinson, 1967-68, on foregoing material given to Haverford.
10. Silhouette of T. Mayne Reid, sketches of C. Morley and Don Marquis.

Box 16

Morley, Lilian Janet (Bird) ca.1866-1939. [mother of Christopher et al]

"Bygones:" Memoirs, 1889-1911. 191 p. Typescript.

Morley, Frank Vigor, 1899-

A. An Analytical Treatment of the Three-Bar Curve. Dissertation submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, New College, Oxford, Jan. 1923. Bound typescript, with ms. additions. 84 p.

B. My One Contribution to Chess, with introductory notes by Christopher D. Morley, 1945.

C. Letters primarily to his niece, Blythe Morley Brennan, 1936-1980. ca. 70 items. [Generally on family news, the letters are intellectual and humorous, and include: about writing a biography of CD Morley (1960, 1980); references to Buckminster Fuller (1979); writing about CD Morley, TS Eliot and Bruce Richmond (1979); lecturing on CD Morley at Haverford College (1971); math thoughts (1956); biography of CD Morley by Helen Oakley (1976); Knothole Assocation (1961)] Gift of Blythe M. Brennan, accession no. 6023.

Boxes 17-21

Morley, Felix Muskett, 1894-

Journal, vols. I-XV + 3 Additional, 1934 - 1970. RESTRICTED.

All inquiries concerning the use of these diaries are to be forwarded to Herbert Hoover library (where originals are). Restrictions now extended to the life of F.M.'s wife and children.

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