Descriptive Summary
Collection Level Restriction
Additional Restrictions
Acquisition Information
Preferred Citation
Publication Rights
Historical Background
Scope and Content of Collection
Descriptive Summary
Languages:
English
Contributing Institution:
Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla 92093-0175
Title: Judith and Neil Morgan DR. SEUSS & MR. GEISEL Book Production Materials
Identifier/Call Number: MSS 0641
Physical Description:
4.2 Linear feet
(8 archives boxes and 3 card file boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1963-1999
Abstract: Papers of Judith and Neil Morgan for the production of
Dr. Seuss & Mr. Geisel (1995), the first published biography written about Ted Geisel.
Collection Level Restriction
THIS COLLECTION IS RESTRICTED UNTIL 2020.
Additional Restrictions
Research files containing personal information are restricted. Also, original cassette recordings are restricted; patrons
must request user copies be produced.
Acquisition Information
Acquired 1997.
Preferred Citation
Judith and Neil Morgan
Dr. Seuss & Mr. Geisel Book Production Materials, MSS 641. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.
Publication Rights
Publication rights are held by the creator of the collection.
Historical Background
California journalists Judith and Neil Morgan have written articles together for
National Geographic and other magazines. They began researching and writing
Dr. Seuss & Mr. Geisel in the early 1990s, having been close friends with Ted Geisel for over thirty years.
Scope and Content of Collection
Production materials for the book
Dr. Seuss & Mr. Geisel by Judith and Neil Morgan, a biography of Theodor Geisel. Materials include research files which contain newspaper clippings,
interviews, letters, and notes from Ted Geisel's personal and career life, audio cassette interviews with Audrey Geisel, friends,
and colleagues, typescript drafts of the manuscript, as well as the production proofs and edits. The collection also contains
a complete manuscript from Edward Connery Lathem's unpublished biography of Ted Geisel in 1992.
Arranged in two series: 1)
Dr. Seuss & Mr. Geisel and 2) ORIGINALS OF PRESERVATION PHOTOCOPIES.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Seuss, Dr.
Geisel, Theodor Seuss, 1904-1991