Scope and arrangement
The Morris Orans Papers consist of typescripts for three reference works Orans compiled from 1946 to 1952. These works, never published, are: "The Worker in World Literature, Art, and Music", the "International Handbook of Art and Music of Social Significance", and a "Bibliography of Worker-Socialist Literature, 1787-1948", All three are composed of short paragraphs on pertinent people, works, and subjects, written from a socialist point of view.