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Christopher Morley Collection
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Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]
This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.
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Christopher Morley was an American editor and author, and a Rhodes scholar. He was one of the founders of the Saturday Review of Literature, which he edited from 1924 to 1940. A prolific author, he wrote more than 50 books. His novels include Panassus on Wheels (1917), The Haunted Bookshop (1919), Thunder on the Left (1925), and Kitty Foyle (1939; filmed in1940). He also revised and enlarged Bartlett's Familiar Quotations (1937, 1948).
Morley, Christopher, 1890-1957Christopher Morley was an American editor and author, and a Rhodes scholar. He was one of the founders of the Saturday Review of Literature, which he edited from 1924 to 1940. A prolific author, he wrote more than 50 books. His novels include Panassus on Wheels (1917), The Haunted Bookshop (1919), Thunder on the Left (1925), and Kitty Foyle (1939; filmed in1940). He also revised and enlarged Bartlett's Familiar Quotations (1937, 1948).
The collection consists of selected manuscripts and correspondence of Christopher Morley. There are six autograph manuscripts and one typescript (with holograph corrections and annotations) of articles to be published in the Saturday Review of Literature: "The Bowling Green," "Cavu," "City of Cities," "Creative Writing," "Small Wares," "A Sonnet," and "Summer Reading." Also included are a Christmas card signed by Morley of a verse from Shakespeare's Hamlet, a letter to J. Castree Williams thanking him for a copy of the New England Weekly Journal, a letter to William S. Dix, a letter to Professor Carlton F. Wells about "Chinamen," and a letter from Charles Edward Montague, the British author, about journalism.
Folders are arranged by accession number.
The collection was formed as a result of a Departmental practice of combining into one collection material of various accessions relating to a particular person, family, or subject.
Letter to William S. Dix was a gift of William S. Dix on Dec. 8, 1970.
Letter to Castree Williams was a gift of Percy H. Williams, Princeton Class of 1897, in Oct. 1948.
Letter to Professor Wells was a gift of William H. Morris, Princeton Class of 1935, on Dec. 2, 1985.
Letter from C. E. Montague was a gift of Bruce C. Willsie, Princeton Class of 1986 in March 1990.
Manuscripts were a gift of Daniel Maggin on Nov. 5, 1956.
For preservation reasons, original analog and digital media may not be read or played back in the reading room. Users may visually inspect physical media but may not remove it from its enclosure. All analog audiovisual media must be digitized to preservation-quality standards prior to use. Audiovisual digitization requests are processed by an approved third-party vendor. Please note, the transfer time required can be as little as several weeks to as long as several months and there may be financial costs associated with the process. Requests should be directed through the Ask Us Form.
This collection was processed by Dina Britain on August 7, 2006. Finding aid written by Dina Britain in 2006. Folder inventory added by James Clark '14 in 2012.
No appraisal information is available.
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- 2006
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The collection is open for research.
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Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. No further photoduplication of copies of material in the collection can be made when Princeton University Library does not own the original. Inquiries regarding publishing material from the collection should be directed to RBSC Public Services staff through the Ask Us! form. The library has no information on the status of literary rights in the collection and researchers are responsible for determining any questions of copyright.
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