Finding aid for the Willard Morse collection on Ambrose Bierce 0136
Finding aid prepared by Sue Luftschein
USC Libraries Special Collections
2013 November
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Title: Willard Morse collection on Ambrose Bierce
Collection number: 0136
Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Language of Material:
English
Container: 4
Container: 3
Container: 1
Container: 2
Physical Description:
4.0 Linear feet
4 boxes
Date: 1870s-1930s
Abstract: Book reviews, journal and newspaper articles (originals and photostats) by and about Ambrose Bierce, journalist and author
of The Devil's Dictionary and Tales of Soldiers & Civilians (1891). 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:
Bierce, Ambrose, 1842-1914?
creator:
Morse, Willard S. (Willard Samuel), 1856-1935
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[Box/folder# or item name], Willard Morse collection on Ambrose Bierce, Collection no. 0136, Special Collections, USC Libraries,
University of Southern California
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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.
See also:
Willard Morse collection on William Dean Howells, Collection no. 0137 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.
Ambrose Bierce was an editorialist, journalist, short story writer, fabulist, and satirist, and the author of The Devil's
Dictionary and Tales of Soldiers & Civilians (1891).
Book reviews, journal and newspaper (originals and photostats) articles by and about Ambrose Bierce.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Bierce, Ambrose, 1842-1914? -- Archives
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
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