Finding aid for the Willard Morse collection on William Dean Howells 0137
Finding aid prepared by Sue Luftschein
USC Libraries Special Collections
2013 November
Doheny Memorial Library 206
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Los Angeles, California, 90089-0189
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Title: Willard Morse collection on William Dean Howells
Collection number: 0137
Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Language of Material:
English
Container: 3
Container: 4
Container: 1
Container: 2
Container: 7
Container: 5
Container: 6
Physical Description:
7.0 Linear feet
7 boxes
Date (inclusive): 1860-1933
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.
creator:
Morse, Willard S. (Willard Samuel), 1856-1935
[Box/folder# or item name], Willard Morse collection on William Dean Howells, Collection no. 0137, Special Collections, USC
Libraries, University of Southern California
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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.
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."
See also:
Willard Morse collection on Ambrose Bierce, Collection no. 0136 Willard Morse collection on Sinclair Lewis, Collection no.
0138 Willard Morse collection on Edgar Lee Masters, Collection no. 0139 Willard Morse collection on Thomas Nelson Page, Collection
no. 0140 Willard Morse collection on Vincent Starrett, Collection no. 0141 Willard Morse collection on Henry Van Dyke, Collection
no. 0142
Willard S. Morse Collection of Material About Bret Harte (Collection 1019). Department of Special Collections, Charles E.
Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
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.
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.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920 -- Archives
Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920 -- Bibliography
Morse, Willard S. (Willard Samuel), 1856-1935 -- Archives
American literature--19th century--Archival resources
American literature--20th century--Archival resources
Authors, American--19th century--Archival resources
Authors, American--20th century--Archival resources
Bibliographies
Clippings
Typescripts