Morse (Willard) collection on Edgar Lee Masters, 1914-1935

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Summary

Title:
Willard Morse collection on Edgar Lee Masters
Dates:
1914-1935
Creators:
Masters, Edgar Lee, 1868-1950 and Morse, Willard S. (Willard Samuel), 1856-1935
Abstract:
Book reviews, journal and newspaper (originals and photostats) by and about Edgar Lee Masters, and an extensive type- and handwritten bibliography of Morse's holdings on on Masters, author of the Spoon River Anthology. Willard S. Morse (1856-1935) was a mining executive in the West and Mexico. He was later made a director and member of the executive committee of the American Smelter Securities Company, Chilean Exploration Company, and Braden Copper Company. After retiring, Morse devoted much of this time to the collection of Americana.
Containers:
Box: 1
Extent:
1.0 Linear feet 1 box
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Box/folder# or item name], Willard Morse collection on Edgar Lee Masters, Collection no. 0139, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California

Background

Scope and content:

Book reviews, journal and newspaper (originals and photostats) by and about Edgar Lee Masters, and an extensive type- and handwritten bibliography of Morse's holdings on on Masters.

Biographical / historical:

Willard S. Morse (1856-1935) was a mining executive in the West and Mexico. He was later made a director and member of the executive committee of the American Smelter Securities Company, Chilean Exploration Company, and Braden Copper Company. After retiring, Morse devoted much of this time to the collection of Americana. He died on October 4, 1935 in Santa Monica, California.

Edgar Lee Masters (August 23, 1868–March 5, 1950) was an American poet, biographer, and dramatist. He was the author of Spoon River Anthology, The New Star Chamber and Other Essays, Songs and Satires, The Great Valley, The Serpent in the Wilderness An Obscure Tale, The Spleen, Mark Twain: A Portrait, Lincoln: The Man, and Illinois Poems. Masters published twelve plays, twenty-one books of poetry, six novels and six biographies, including those of Abraham Lincoln, Mark Twain, Vachel Lindsay, and Walt Whitman.

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About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Finding aid prepared by Sue Luftschein
Date Prepared:
2013 November
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2013-11-13T03:51-0800

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Restrictions:

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Terms of access:

All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Manuscripts Librarian. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.

Preferred citation:

[Box/folder# or item name], Willard Morse collection on Edgar Lee Masters, Collection no. 0139, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California

Location of this collection:
Special Collections
Doheny Memorial Library, Room 209
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189, US
Contact:
(213) 740-5900
specol@usc.edu
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