Morris Werner papers

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unitid

{"value"=>"3289", "type"=>"local_mss"}

{"value"=>"MssCol 3289", "type"=>"local_call"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1920-1981", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1920/1981"}

{"value"=>"1940-1950", "type"=>"bulk", "normal"=>"1940/1950"}

date_inclusive_start

1920

date_inclusive_end

1981

keydate

1920

date_start

1920

date_end

1981

unittitle

{"value"=>"Morris Werner papers"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"3.4 linear feet (9 boxes)"}], "supress_display"=>true}

repository

{"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

{"value"=>"Morris Robert Werner (1897-1981) was an American journalist and writer in the fields of history, biography and current events. He was a sales agent for chemical dyes in China and then became a foreign correspondent for a British newspaper and for the Paris edition of the New York Herald Tribune. His literary work included writing articles for various American periodicals, a biography of Fiorello H. La Guardia, and his autobiography. Collection consists of correspondence, writings of Werner, photographs, and printed matter. Bulk of the papers is correspondence, 1920-1981, with friends, family, colleagues, editors, and publishers. Most letters relate to Werner's literary contributions to various periodicals, his work as a foreign correspondent, and his books, especially his unpublished biography of La Guardia. Also included are historical manuscript letters collected by Werner. Writings contain typescripts, 1920-1966, of articles by Werner, of his biography of La Guardia, of his autobiography, of his diaries, 1920, 1935-1943, and of book reviews. Photographs are of Werner and his family and friends. Printed matter includes clippings of articles and copies of magazines and journals containing articles by Werner."}

langmaterial

{"value"=>"Materials in English"}

prefercite

{"value"=>"<p>Morris Werner papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library</p>"}

origination

{"value"=>"Werner, M. R. (Morris Robert), 1897-", "type"=>"persname"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>Morris R. Werner (1897-1981) was a journalist and writer in the fields of history, biography, and current events. He resided in New York City for many years.</p>"}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>The collection is composed largely of correspondence, but also includes some writings and printed material. The correspondence (1920-1981) consists of letters with friends, family, colleagues, editors and publishers in chronological order. Most letters relate to Werner's literary contributions to various periodicals including <em render=\"underline\">Colliers</em>, <em render=\"underline\">The New Yorker</em>, <em render=\"underline\">The New Republic</em> and <em render=\"underline\">The Saturday Evening Post</em>, his work as a foreign correspondent for <em render=\"underline\">The Yorkshire Post</em> (Leeds, England) and for the Paris edition of the <em render=\"underline\">New York Herald Tribune</em>, and his books, especially his unpublished biography of Fiorello H. LaGuardia. The correspondence for 1920 contains letters by Werner while he was a sales agent for chemical dyes at Shanghai, China, for the Lamie Chemical Company of New York, describing conditions in China at the outbreak of the Civil War, the Chinese national character, bargaining with local buyers and the difficulties of penetrating the Chinese market in the face of competition from German, Japanese and other foreign suppliers. There are also letters from George E. Sokolsky (columnist, author, lecturer) at Shanghai concerning conditions in China, journalistic and personal matters (1921-1923, 1927) and a few letters (1930) by Werner written from Moscow in which he gives his impressions of that city and its people. The correspondence for 1948-1949 contains letters by Geoffrey Parsons in Paris describing financial and journalistic problems of the <em render=\"underline\">New York Herald Tribune</em>, of which he was editor. Other correspondents include Sir William Linton Andrews, Bruce Bliven, Newbold Morris and William Shawn. Subsequent alphabetical additions of letters to Werner from literary figures including E(dward) E(stlin) Cummings, John Dos Passos, Harry Houdini Abraham Henry Hummel, George Bernard Shaw, Frank Sullivan and Edmund Wilson (cal922-1976) and a series of letters to Werner from writer and biographer, Gamaliel Bradford (1922-1931) are filed at the end of the collection, along with five folders of historical manuscript letters collected by Werner, which were purchased (in part) from The Anderson Galleries. The latter includes letters by Andrew Carnegie, August Belmont (Sr.), David B. Hill, Jacob Riis, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., William L. Stone and William Sulzer.</p> <p>The Writings consist of typescripts of articles by Werner (1920-1966) and a typescript in 13 chapters (chapter 11 missing) of his biography of LaGuardia. There is also a small amount of printed ephemera.</p>"}

arrangement

{"value"=>"<p>Three series: I. Correspondence; II. Writings; III. Printed Material</p>"}

acqinfo

{"value"=>"<p>Oct. 30, 1981, Mar. 30, 1982, June 9, 1982, Received from Mrs. Hazel R. Werner Mr. Thomas Whitehill</p>"}

separatedmaterial

{"value"=>"<p>The following papers were removed from the Morris R. Werner Papers and transferred to the Fiorello H. LaGuardia Papers (Box 76 - Addenda):</p> <p>1. Congressional correspondence (1919-21, 1925) of Fiorello H. La Guardia relating to aviation matters with a few collateral papers (in 2 folders)</p> <p>2, Flight logbook (1917-19) kept by La Guardia while a student pilot on the Italian front containing comments in Italian by La Guardia's flight instructor and brief notes by La Guardia of his combat missions Title on cover: \"Batt. Scuole Aviatori / Libretto Personale di Volo\". (in folder with above.)</p>"}

processinfo

{"type"=>"processing", "value"=>"<p>Accessioned by J. D. Stinson/S. E. Davis, August 4, 1982</p>"}

extent_statement

3.4 linear feet (9 boxes)

date_bulk_start

1940

date_bulk_end

1950

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1. Correspondence [3/1]
2. Writings [5/1]
3. Morris Werner. Additions (85M27)
4. Morris R Werner. Additional papers (83M9)
5. Morris R. Werner. Additional papers (83M10)
6. Morris R. Werner. Additional papers (83M54)