Guide to the Carlton E. Morse Oral history interview by Eugene D. Carlisle and related correspondence and reference material,
1936-1981
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Guide to the Carlton E. Morse Oral history interview by Eugene D. Carlisle and related correspondence and reference material,
1936-1981
Collection number: M0770
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Stanford University Libraries
Stanford, California
Contact Information
- Department of Special Collections
- Green Library
- Stanford University Libraries
- Stanford, CA 94305-6004
- Phone: (650) 725-1022
- Email: speccoll@sulmail.stanford.edu
- URL: http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/spc/
- Processed by:
- Special Collections staff
- Date Completed:
- ca. 1995
- Encoded by:
- Bill O'Hanlon
© 2002 The Board of Trustees of Stanford University. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Morse,Carlton E., Oral history interview by Eugene D. Carlisle and related correspondence and reference material,
Date (inclusive): 1936-1981
Collection number: M0770
Creator:
Morse, Carlton E.
Extent:
4 linear ft
Repository:
Stanford University. Libraries. Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives.
Abstract: Forty oral history interviews (tapes and transcripts) conducted between 1970 and 1975, legal releases, correspondence and
related materials. The collection also contains address and cast lists for ONE MAN'S FAMILY, original scripts for August 16
and 19, 1936, and program ephemera. There are newsclippings "Random reflections," written by Morse, 1972-1974, photographs
of Morse and his family, and a video "Good old days of radio," narrated by Steve Allen, n.d.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
None.
Publication Rights
Property rights reside with the repository. Literary rights
reside with the creators of the documents or their heirs. To
obtain permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the
Public Services Librarian of the Dept. of Special Collections.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Cypress College, 1995.
Preferred Citation
The Carlton E. Morse Oral history interview by Eugene D. Carlisle and related correspondence and reference material, 1936-1981.
M0770. Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Biography
A well-known radio dramatist, Carlton E. Morse joined production staff of NBC
in 1930. His scripting credits include One Man's Family (1932-1959),
I Love a Mystery (1939-1944), and other programs.
Eugene D. Carlisle was Professor of History at Cypress College, Cypress California, and conducted the interviews from 1970
through 1975.
Collection Scope and Content Summary
Forty oral history interviews (tapes and transcripts) conducted
between 1970 and 1975, legal releases, correspondence and related
materials. The collection also contains address and cast lists for ONE
MAN'S FAMILY, original scripts for August 16 and 19, 1936, and program
ephemera. There are newsclippings "Random reflections," written by Morse,
1972-1974, photographs of Morse and his family, and a video "Good old days
of radio," narrated by Steve Allen, n.d.
Access Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Allen, Steve.
Amerine, Maynard.
Andrews, William J.
Beeson, Ellis.
Berwin, Bernice.
Canfield, Roger.
Carlisle, Eugene D.
Carter, Wayne.
Christy, Helen E.
Conners, John L.
Dahlstead, Dresser.
Gilman, Page.
Hoag, Vinnie Sheer.
Loofbourow, Arlene.
Mallette, Margaret.
Merriam, Esther.
Morse, Anne.
Morse, Melvin M.
Morse, Patricia.
Peebler, Gladys.
Raffetto, Michael.
Bohemian Club.
Radio--History.
Radio plays--Production and direction.
Audiotapes.
Photoprints.
Video recordings.
Good Old Days of Radio.
One Man's Family.
aThe Women in my House.
Collection Contents
Box 1, Folder 1
Interview transcript (1): Helen E. Christy
Box 1, Folder 2
Interview transcript (2): Helen E. Christy
Box 1, Folder 3
Interview transcript (3): Helen E. Christy
Box 1, Folder 4
Interview transcript (4): Helen E. Christy
Box 1, Folder 5
Interview transcript (5): Dresser Dahlstead
Box 1, Folder 6
Interview transcript (6): Dresser Dahlstead
Box 1, Folder 7
Interview transcript (7): Dresser Dahlstead
Box 1, Folder 8
Interview transcript (8): Carlton E. Morse
Box 1, Folder 9
Interview transcript (9): Carlton E. Morse
Box 1, Folder 10
Interview transcript (10): Carlton E. Morse
Box 1, Folder 11
Interview transcript (11): Carlton E. Morse
Box 1, Folder 12
Interview transcript (12): Carlton E. Morse
Box 1, Folder 13
Interview transcript (13): Patricia A. Morse
Box 1, Folder 14
Interview transcript (14): Noel Morse Canfield, Roger Canfield
Box 1, Folder 15
Interview transcript (15): Prof. L. Loofbourow, Arlene Loofbourow
Box 1, Folder 16
Interview transcript (16): Jennings Historical Society - Bayhi, Hoag and Necessary
Box 1, Folder 17
Interview transcript (17): Vinnie Sheer Hoag
Box 1, Folder 18
Interview transcript (18): John L. Conners
Box 1, Folder 19
Interview transcripts (19): Margret Malette
Box 1, Folder 20
Interview transcript (20): Geo. Albert Morse
Box 1, Folder 21
Interview transcript (21): Wilmer W. Morse
Box 1, Folder 22
Interview transcripts (22): Geo. (Harry) Morse
Box 1, Folder 23
Interview transcript (23): Lucile (Morse) and Ernest Chastain
Box 1, Folder 24
Interview transcript (24): Michael Rafetto
Box 1, Folder 25
Interview transcript (25): Michael Rafetto
Box 2, Folder 1
Interview transcript (26): Ann Morse
Box 2, Folder 2
Interview transcript (27): Ann Morse
Box 2, Folder 3
Interview transcript (28): Page Gilman
Box 2, Folder 4
Interview transcript (29): Wm. J. Andrews
Box 2, Folder 5
Interview transcript (30): Wm. J. Andrews
Box 2, Folder 6
Interview transcript (31): Bernice Berwin
Box 2, Folder 7
Interview transcript (32): Carrie Morse Lloyd
Box 2, Folder 8
Interview transcript (33): Gladys Peebler
Box 2, Folder 9
Interview transcript (34): Jazz Harold Weise
Box 2, Folder 10
Interview transcript (36): Dr. Maynard Amerine
Box 2, Folder 11
Interview transcript (37): Ellis Beeson
Box 2, Folder 12
Interview transcript (38): Melvin E. Morse
Box 2, Folder 13
Interview transcript (39-40): Esther Merriam/ Wayne Carter
Box 2, Folder 14
Interview transcript (41): Esther Merriam/ Wayne Carter
Box 2, Folder 15
Master list
Scope and Content Note
Interviewee names, corresponding tape and transcript number and date of interview Master list -- length and recording quality
of tapes
Box 2, Folder 16
Letter of introduction for Eugene D. Carlisle from Carlton E. MorseMarch 26, 1972
Box 2, Folder 17
Interview agreement forms
Box 2, Folder 21
Correspondence of Eugene Carlisle: Outgoing correspondence 1971
Scope and Content Note
Carlton Morse, March 3
Box 2, Folder 22
Correspondence of Eugene Carlisle: Incoming correspondence1971
Scope and Content Note
Carlton Morse, November 10
Box 2, Folder 23
Correspondence of Eugene Carlisle: Outgoing correspondence1972
Scope and Content Note
Carlton Morse, March 3 -- Carlton Morse draft, June 29
Box 2, Folder 24
Correspondence of Eugene Carlisle: Incoming and outgoing correspondence 1972 regarding Jennings, Lousiana, Morse's birthplace1972
Scope and Content Note
Letter to Eugene D. Carlisle from Valerie Jean Conner July 11 -- Draft letter to Connor from Carlisle, n.d. -- Louisiana State
Department of Health, New Orleans: birth certificate forms for Morse -- Letter to Carlisle from Meredith Necessary, Board
President of Jennings Public Library, August 5 -- Letter to Meredith Necessary from L.L. Morse, August 30 -- Letter to Eugene
Carlisle from Hilda Bayhi and newsclippings from Jennings Daily News, 1972 -- Letter from Carlisle to Mayor of Jennings, July
6 -- List of members of Morse and Grubb families. -- Excerpts and copies from The Birth of Jennings, by Walter D. Morse
Box 2, Folder 25
Photographs of Morse and Grubb Jenning homes (4) -- Photographs of Jennings and Morse's mother as a young woman (9 4x5 and
9 duplicate 10x10)
Box 2, Folder 26
Correspondence of Eugene Carlisle: Outgoing correspondence1973
Scope and Content Note
Carlton Morse, March 16 -- Anne Morse, March 29 -- Michael Raffetto, March 29 -- Lucile Morse Chastain, March 29 -- Mrs. Brook
Berlin (Bernice Berwin), March 29 -- Harry Morse, March 29 -- Wilmer W. Morse, March 29 -- Patricia Morse, April 24 -- William
Andrew, May 8 -- Bernice Berwin, May 8 -- Page Gillman, May 17 -- Bernice Berwin, May 23
Box 2, Folder 27
Correspondence of Eugene Carlisle: Incoming correspondence 1973
Scope and Content Note
Carleton Morse, April 1 -- Wilmer Morse, April 3 -- Michael Raffetto, April 4 -- Lucile Morse Chastain, April 6 -- Anne Morse,
April 7 -- Bernice Berwin, April 26 -- William Andrew, May 16 -- Bernice Berwin, May 19 -- Page Gilman, May 21
Box 2, Folder 28
Correspondence of Eugene Carlisle: Outgoing correspondence1974
Scope and Content Note
Helen E. Christy, August 8 -- Maynard Amerine, September 13 -- Wilmer Morse, September 13 -- Anne Morse, September 16 -- Michael
Raffetto, September 16 -- Maynard Amerine, September 27 -- Michael Raffetto, September 27 -- Anne Morse, September 27 -- Jazz
Harold Weise, September 27 -- Jazz Harold Weise, October 4 -- William Andrew, October 4 -- Carlton Morse, October 14 -- Mrs.
H.P. Groesbeck, October 15 -- Mrs. Carrie Lloyd, October 15 -- Dr. Maynard Amerine, October 24 -- William Andrew, November
9 -- Jazz Weise, December 6 -- Michael Raffetto, December 6
Box 2, Folder 29
Correspondence of Eugene Carlisle: Incoming correspondence1974
Scope and Content Note
Anne Morse, September 17 -- Michael Raffetto, September 20 -- Maynard Amerine, Septmeber 25 -- Wilmer Morse, September 28
-- J. Harold Weise, September 30 -- Anne Morse, October 2 -- Michael Raffetto, October 3 -- Maynard Amerine, October 18 --
Leon T. Loofbourow, December 15
Box 3, Folder 1
Correspondence of Eugene Carlisle: Outgoing correspondence1975
Scope and Content Note
Michael Raffetto, January 8 -- Mrs. Jack Macdonald, January 8 -- Mrs. Jack Macdonald, February 7 -- Bernice Berlin Berwin,
April 4 -- George Harris Morse, April 4 -- Helen E. Christy, April 4 -- Carlton Morse, July 7 -- Mrs. Jack Macdonald, July
7 -- Esther Merriman, July 7 -- Melvin Morse, July 7 -- Melvin Morse, July 20
Box 3, Folder 2
Correspondence of Eugene Carlisle: Incoming correspondence1975
Scope and Content Note
Mrs. Jack Macdonald, January 15 -- Bernice Berwin, April 23 -- Melvin Morse, July 16 -- Esther Merriam, July 18 -- Melvin
Morse, July 28
Box 3, Folder 3
"One Man's Family " address listDecember 17, 1959
Box 3, Folder 4
"One Man's Family " cast listMay 21, 1959
Box 3, Folder 5
"The Women in My House" cast listMay 21, 1959
Box 3, Folder 6
Original script of "One Man's Family"August 16, 19, 1936
Scope and Content Note
With letter from Mrs. Macdonald to Michael Raffetto and letter from Raffetto to Carlisle
Box 3, Folder 7
Mother Barbour's (Minetta Ellen) Chatter with the Batter cookbook1948
Scope and Content Note
Promotional for "One Man's Family"
Box 3, Folder 8
Father Barbour's (J. Anthony Smythe) "This I Give"1948
Box 3, Folder 9
Photoslides (4) from "One Man's Family"n.d.
Box 3, Folder 10
Newspaper and magazine articles on Carlton E. Morse 1939-1951
Box 3, Folder 11
Newspaper and magazine articles on Carlton E. Morse 1966-1976 and n.d.
Box 3, Folder 12
Newspaper articles : The Country Almanac (Woodside, CA) "Random Reflections" by Carlton Morse (1972-1974)
Box 3, Folder 13
Newsclippings on "Old Radio"1977, 1978, 1981
Box 3, Folder 14
The North American Radio Archives...First Annual Tribute Dinner; Guest of Honor: Carlton Morse June 2 1973
Scope and Content Note
Photographs (11) taken at dinner with identifying list
Box 3, Folder 15
Photographs (7) of Carlton and family
Box 3, Folder 16
Bohemian Club memorabilia
Box 3, Folder 18
Michael Raffetto obituary
Box 3, Folder 19
Letters and receipt of donations to Oakland MuseumMay 9, 1974
Box 4
Audiotapes of interviews 1-31
Box 5
Audiotapes of interviews 32-41 and miscellaneous cassettes (4)
Box 6
Duplicate master tapes of interviews (closed) [1 of 2]
Box 7
Duplicate master tapes of interviews (closed) [2 of 2]
Box 8
Master 1/4 in. magnetic tapes of interviews [1 of 2]
Box 9
Master 1/4 in. magnetic tapes of interviews [2 of 2]
Box 10
"Good Old Days of Radio" narrated by Steve Allen, n.d. [1" video tape]
