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{"value"=>"2065", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"MssCol 2065", "type"=>"local_call"}
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{"value"=>"1916-1954", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1916/1954"}
{"value"=>"1944-1954", "type"=>"bulk", "normal"=>"1944/1954"}
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1916
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1954
- keydate
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1916
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1916
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1954
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Lloyd Morris papers"}
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"2 linear feet (5 boxes)"}], "supress_display"=>true}
- repository
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{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.</span> <div class=\"address\"> <span class=\"addressline\">Stephen A. Schwarzman Building</span> <span class=\"addressline\">Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788</span></div>"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Lloyd R. Morris (1893-1954) was an American author and critic. He wrote critical studies, fiction, plays, and a series of books on American culture. Collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, legal and financial papers, photographs, and printed matter. Correspondence, 1916-1954, reflects Morris's involvement with literary and theatrical figures. Manuscripts contain a variety of works by Morris, generally in typescript, including book reviews, essays, plays, and his history of the theatre, Curtain Time. Also, appointment and address books, legal and financial papers relating mainly to royalties paid to Morris, photographs of Morris and his family, and clippings."}
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{"value"=>"Materials in English"}
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{"value"=>"<p>Lloyd Morris papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library</p>"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Morris, Lloyd R., 1893-1954", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Lloyd Morris (1893-1954), author and critic, was born in New York City on September 23rd. He was the son of Frederick and Eugenie Mayer Morris and was educated in New York, completing his A. B. at Columbia University in 1914. Morris's earliest works were critical studies and included: Celtic Dawn (1917), <em render=\"underline\">The Rebellious Puritan</em> (1927) and The <em render=\"underline\">Poetry of Edwin Arlington Robinson</em> (1923).</p> <p>He also wrote some fiction in this period and he contributed frequently to magazines and the book review sections of the <em render=\"underline\">New York Times</em> and the <em render=\"underline\">New York Herald Tribune</em> throughout his career. With John Van Druten, he co-authored the play <em render=\"underline\">The Damask Cheek</em>, which was produced in New York in 1942.</p> <p>In the years before his death, Morris wrote a series of books on changing American culture. These works of social history included: <em render=\"underline\">Postscript to Yesterday</em> (1947), Not So Long Ago (1949), <em render=\"underline\">William James: The Message of a Modern Mind</em> (1950), <em render=\"underline\">Incredible New York</em> (1951), <em render=\"underline\">Curtain Time</em> (1953) and <em render=\"underline\">Ceiling Unlimited: The Story of Aviation from Kitty Hawk to Supersonics</em>, written with Kendall Smith (1953).</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The papers of Lloyd Morris include correspondence, manuscripts, appointment books, legal and financial material, photographs, miscellany and clippings.</p> <p>Correspondence (1916-1954) reflects Morris's long involvement with many literary and theatrical figures. The early correspondence (1916-1938) is made up of a small number of letters from Edwin Arlington Robinson and two letters from Frank Swinnerton. The bulk of the correspondence (1944-1954) includes business and personal letters mostly written to Morris. Morris received many letters from the playwright John Van Druten. Other well-represented correspondents include: Robert N. Linscott, his editor at Random House, Joel S. Goldsmith, his friend and spiritual adviser, Nannine Joseph, his agent, Roger B. Dooley, George Dangerfield, Frank A. Manny and Grace M. Mayer. There are also several letters from Rebecca West, Cid Corman, Leon Edel, Edward Bernays and James Herlihy. The following individuals are represented by one or two brief letters/notes: Djuna Barnes, Katharine Cornell, Lillian Gish, Angna Enters, Sinclair Lewis, Mary Martin, John Dewey, John Erskine, William Shirer, Glenway Westcott and George Middleton.</p> <p>The manuscripts contain a variety of works by Morris, generally in type-script, including book reviews, essay plays and the entire typescript of <em render=\"underline\">Curtain Time</em>, his history of the theatre.</p> <p>Appointment books are for the years 1948, 1951 and 1954. The collection also includes a notebook listing titles pertaining to aviation and a telephone/ address book. Legal and financial papers relate mainly to royalties paid to Morris. Photographs include portraits of Morris, family photographs and a number of unidentified snapshots which may have been taken during one of Morris's trips to Europe in the 1920s.</p>"}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>4/8/1988, Received from Steven Radich</p>"}
- processinfo
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{"type"=>"processing", "value"=>"<p>Accessioned by FP, 6/2/1986</p>"}
- extent_statement
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2 linear feet (5 boxes)
- date_bulk_start
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1944
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1954