Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Jack Morrison Papers,
- Dates:
- 1940-1989
- Creators:
- Morrison, Jack, 1912-
- Abstract:
- Jack Sherman Morrison (1912-1997) was a theater arts professor, fine arts dean, theater director, advisor to the dean of the UCLA College of Fine Arts, and winner of the UCLA Life Achievement Award in 1980. The collection consists of Morrison's personal papers, letters, articles, photographs, memos, speeches, teaching materials, tapes, film, and costume sketches.
- Extent:
- 1 box (0.5 linear ft.) 24 cartons (24 linear ft.) 1 oversize box
- Language:
- English.
- Preferred citation:
-
[Identification of item], Jack Morrison Papers (Collection 290). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Collection consists of personal papers, letters, articles, photographs, memos, speeches, teaching materials, tapes, film, and costume sketches of theater arts professor, fine arts dean, and theater director, Jack Sherman Morrison. Contains material on Arts in Education, the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), the Cleveland Area Arts Council, American Theater Association, National Council on the Arts, Gulbenkian Foundation Advisory Committee on the Arts, and International Council of Fine Arts Deans.
- Biographical / historical:
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Jack Sherman Morrison was born on December 17, 1912 in Santa Barbara, California; BA (1934), MA (1951), UCLA; Ed.D., University of Southern California, 1962; director of theater activities (1938-47), associate professor of theatre arts (1957-66), UCLA; professor of theatre and dean of College of Fine Arts, Ohio University, 1966-71; associate director of arts in education for JDR 3rd fund, 1971-76; in 1976 appointed executive director, American Theatre Association; theater consultant to Arts and Humanities Branch, U.S. Office of Education; executive editor of Design; publications include The Rise of the Arts on the American Campus (1973) and The Maturing of the Arts on the American Campus: a Commentary (c. 1985); advisor to the dean, UCLA College of Fine Arts; winner of the UCLA Life Achievement Award in 1980; he died on February 20, 1997.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Jack Sherman Morrison, 1994.
- Physical location:
- Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- © 1998
- Date Encoded:
- Machine-readable finding aid derived from database containing container list structure and data, encoding added via MS Access or other database program, 1998 . Frontmatter gathered from MARC record. Supplementary encoding and revision supplied by Caroline Cubé.
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
- Terms of access:
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Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
- Preferred citation:
-
[Identification of item], Jack Morrison Papers (Collection 290). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
- Location of this collection:
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A1713 Charles E. Young Research LibraryBox 951575Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
- Contact:
- (310) 825-4988