Call Number:

003.153

Repository:

Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

Extent:

0.01 linear ft. (1 folder )

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

Christopher Morley and Robert E. Miller Correspondence (HCS.003.153) Quaker and Special Collections, Haverford College, Haverford, PA.

Date:

1915-1917 (inclusive)

Form:

letters (correspondence)

Abstract:

This collection contains letters from Christopher Morley to Robert E. Miller, dated 1915-1917, as well as a photograph of Miller, dated to the early 1920s.

Christopher Darlington Morley (1890-1957) was born in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, to Frank Morley and Lilian Janet Bird. Morley attended Haverford College (where his father taught mathematics from 1887-1900) and served as the editor of the Haverfordian while participating on the soccer and cricket teams. He graduated as valedictorian with a bachelor's degree in 1910. Morley received a Rhodes Scholarship to New College, Oxford, where he studied from 1910-1913. Upon his return to the U.S., Morley became involved in journalism, working on the editorial staff of Doubleday, Page and Co. and writing several novels and short stories. He died on March 28, 1957. Robert Everts Miller (1891-1974) was a member of the Haverford College Class of 1912.

This collection contains letters from Christopher Morley to Robert E. Miller, dated 1915-1917, as well as a photograph of Miller, dated to the early 1920s. The letters primarily cover the possibility of Miller, an employee of the Hamilton Watch Company, advertising in "The World's Work," an early 20th century business magazine. Morley often deviates from the subject of business to talk about personal affairs. Haverford College, the alma mater of both Morley and Miller, is also mentioned.

Materials are arranged chronologically