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  • Indexing Terms

  • Descriptive Summary

    Title: Melvin S. Morse papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1950-1957
    Collection Number: mssMorsepapers
    Creator OR Collector: Morse, Mevlin S.
    Extent: Approximately 95 items in two boxes
    Repository: The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens Manuscripts Department
    The Huntington Library
    1151 Oxford Road
    San Marino, California 91108
    Phone: (626) 405-2203
    Fax: (626) 449-5720
    Email: reference@huntington.org
    URL: http://www.huntington.org
    Abstract: The collection chiefly contains material related to Melvin S. Morse's campaign for election to the Pasadena Board of Education in 1953.
    Language of Material: The records are in English.

    Administration Information

    Access

    Collection is open to qualified researchers by prior application through the Reader Services Department. For more information, please go to following web site .

    Publication Rights

    The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item], Melvin S. Morse papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

    Acquisition Information

    Acquired through the Rare Books Department from Mrs. Janet Stanford, August 15, 2005.

    Scope and Content

    Collection of correspondence, speeches, notes, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, and ephemera primarily focused on Melvin S. Morse's campaign for election to the Pasadena Board of Education in 1953. Also included are some miscellaneous printed journals.

    Indexing Terms

    Personal Names

    Morse, Melvin S.

    Subjects

    Conservatism -- California -- History -- 20th century -- Sources
    Education -- California
    Political campaigns -- California -- History -- 20th century -- Sources
    School boards -- California

    Geographic Areas

    California -- History -- 20th century -- Sources
    Pasadena (Calif.) -- History

    Genre

    Ephemera -- California -- 20th century
    Letters (correspondence) -- California -- 20th century
    Speeches -- California -- 20th century