Morse (Willard) collection on William Dean Howells, 1860-1933

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Summary

Title:
Willard Morse collection on William Dean Howells
Dates:
1860-1933
Creators:
Morse, Willard S. (Willard Samuel), 1856-1935
Abstract:
Book reviews and periodical appearances (originals or photostats), and an extensive typewritten catalog of Morse's holdings on William Dean Howells, author, editor, and critic, who was widely acknowledged during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries as the "Dean of American Letters." 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: 3
Box: 4
Box: 1
Box: 2
Box: 7
Box: 5
Box: 6
Extent:
7.0 Linear feet 7 boxes
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Box/folder# or item name], Willard Morse collection on William Dean Howells, Collection no. 0137, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California

Background

Scope and content:

Book reviews, journal and newspaper (originals and photostats) articles by and about William Dean Howells, magazine illustrations and published portraits of Howells. Also includes a mutli- volume typed catalog of Morse's holdings of Howells materials.

Biographical / historical:

William Dean Howells was an author, editor, and critic, who was widely acknowledged during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries as the "Dean of American Letters."

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.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

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

Access and use

Restrictions:

COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE. Advance notice required for access.

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 William Dean Howells, Collection no. 0137, 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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