Melvin S. Morse papers

Finding aid prepared by Katrina Denman and Brooke M. Black

Manuscripts Department

The Huntington Library

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San Marino, California 91108

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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

Box 1

Correspondence, Speeches, Miscellaneous and Ephemera

Folder 1

[Chandler, -----]. Letter to Melvin S. Morse (1953, June 9)

1 item with envelope.

Folder 2

Davis, Victoria S. Letters to Melvin S. Morse (1953)

2 items with envelopes.

Folder 3

D---, Judy. Letter to Marty Morse (1953, May 2)

1 item with envelope.

Folder 4

Enches, Evelyn. Letter to Melvin S. Morse (1953, May 19)

1 item with envelope.

Folder 5

Fisher, Jerome Kearney, Jr., Mrs. Letter to Melvin S. Morse (1953, May 26)

1 item with envelope.

Folder 6

Fleming, Louis B. Letters to Melvin S. Morse (1953)

2 items.

Folder 7

F----, James. Letter to Melvin S. Morse (1953, May 21)

1 item.

Folder 7a

Gregg, Margie. Letter to Virginia Morse (1953, June 3)

1 item with envelope.

Folder 8

Hall, Giles and Em. Letter to Melvin S. Morse (1953, May 22)

1 item with envelope.

Folder 9

Knight, Mary Lamar. Letter to Melvin S. Morse (1953, May)

1 item.

Folder 9a

[K-P?] Letter to Virginia Morse (1953, June 18)

1 item with two envelopes.

Folder 10

Louise ? Letter to Melvin S. Morse (1953, May 7)

1 item with envelope.

Folder 11

McComb, Stuart F. Letter to Melvin S. Morse (1956, Jan. 11)

1 item.

Folder 12

Merriman, Lee M. Letter to Melvin S. Morse (1953, June 9)

1 item.

Folder 13

Morse, Gertrude. Letters to Melvin S. Morse (1953)

2 items with envelopes.

Folder 14

Morse, Melvin S. Letter to F. D. R. Democratic Club (1953, May 12)

1 item.

Folder 15

Morse, Melvin S. Letter to "Fellow Citizen." (1954, Sep. 14)

1 item.

Folder 16

Morse, Melvin S. Letters to Louis B. Fleming (1953)

2 items

Folder 17

Morse, Melvin S. Letter to Mary Lamar Knight (1953, May 16)

1 item.

Folder 18

Morse, Melvin S. Letter to Joseph T. McGucken (1953, May 23)

1 item.

Folder 19

[Morse, Melvin S.] Letters to James Francis Cardinal McIntyre (1953)

2 items.

Folder 20

Morse, Melvin S. Letter to James O. Scott (1953, May 25)

1 item.

Folder 21

Morse, Melvin S. Letter to David E. Walker (1953)

2 items.

Folder 22

M----? Letter to Melvin S. Morse (1953, May 30)

1 item with envelope.

Folder 23

Nash, Edith. Letter to Melvin S. Morse and Virginia Morse (1953, June 4)

1 item with envelope.

Folder 24

Poole, John H. Note to [Melvin S. Morse] (1953)

1 item.

Folder 25

Scatena, Jean C. Letter to Melvin S. Morse and Virginia Morse (1957, June 10)

1 item with envelope.

Folder 26

Walker, David E. Letters to Melvin S. Morse (1953)

2 items.

Folder 27

Envelopes

5 items.

Folder 28

Morse, Melvin S. Text of radio talk with KWKW (1953, May 22)

1 item.

Folder 29

Morse, Melvin S. Excerpts from speech at McKinley Auditorium (1953, June 1)

6 items.

Folder 30

Morse, Melvin S. "Conflicts in Education:" speech given at Willard School, Pasadena, Calif. (1953, June 5)

1 item.

Folder 31

Morse, Melvin S. "Let the Teachers Teach:" speech given at Eliot School, Altadena, Calif. (1953, June 5)

9 items.

Folder 32

Morse, Melvin S. Speech fragments [approximately 1953]

2 items.

Folder 33

Morse, Melvin S. Note cards for speeches [approximately 1953]

5 items.

Folder 34

Citizens' Fact Finding Committee. Election notes [approximately 1953]

2 items.

Folder 35

Committees on Public Education. Candidate endorsement form (1953, May 25)

1 item.

Folder 36

Hall, Giles, Jr. et al. Resolution of thanks - Citizens' Advisory Commmittee for the Study of Teachers' Salaries [approximately 1953]

1 item.

Folder 37

Morse, Melvin S. Candidate statements (1953)

8 items.

Folder 38

Newspaper clippings and ephemera (1951-1953)

5 items.

Folder 39

Printed journals (1951-1954)

5 items.

Folder 40

Oversize magazines (1952-1954)

3 items.

Box 2

Scrapbooks (1950-1957)

5 items