Morris, Harrison S. (Harrison Smith), 1856-1948

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Harrison Smith Morris was born in Philadelphia on October 4, 1856, the son of George Washington and Catharine (Harris) Morris. He had two younger sisters, Matilda Harris Morris and Jane Walters Morris, who never married. At the age of sixteen he went to work for the Reading Coal & Iron Company to help support his parents, who were in ill health. In 1893 he became the managing director of the Philadelphia Academy of the Fine Arts, a position which he held until 1905. Morris also served as editor of Lippincott's Magazine, art editor of the Ladies' Home Journal, and chairman of the Ways and Means Committee of the National Academy of Design. From 1909-1917 he was president of the Wharton Steel Company. His activities brought him in contact with leaders in the artistic and literary world. He also wrote and published his own works, in both English and Italian, on Roman history, literature, and culture, as well as at least seventeen volumes of poetry, fiction, and essays.

Morris married Anna, daughter of Joseph Wharton, on June 2, 1896. Their only child, Catherine Wharton Morris, nicknamed "Kit," was born on January 26, 1899. Harrison Smith Morris died on April 12, 1948. Anna Wharton Morris died on June 21, 1957, at the age of eighty-eight. Catharine "Kit" Morris Wright died in 1988.

From the guide to the Harrison S. Morris Papers, 1895-1935, 1784-1970, (Princeton University. Library. Dept. of Rare Books and Special Collections)
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creatorOf Morris, Harrison S. (Harrison Smith), 1856-1948. Correspondence with Theodore Dreiser, 1902. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
referencedIn Robert Underwood Johnson papers, 1875-1937 New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
creatorOf Haskell family. Haskell family papers, 1878-1951. UC Berkeley Libraries
creatorOf Morris, Harrison S. (Harrison Smith), 1856-1948. Letters to Horace Howard Furness, 1895-1917. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
creatorOf Johnson, Robert Underwood, 1853-1937. Robert Underwood Johnson papers, 1875-1937. New York Public Library System, NYPL
creatorOf Mitchell, S. Weir (Silas Weir), 1829-1914. Papers, 1854-1915 and undated. Duke University, Medical Center Library & Archives
referencedIn Horace Elisha Scudder correspondence Houghton Library
creatorOf National Institute of Arts and Letters (U.S.). Correspondence with Henry Charles Lea, 1905-1912. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
referencedIn Woodberry, George Edward, 1855-1930. Correspondence and compositions, 1859-1930. Houghton Library
creatorOf Morris, Harrison S. (Harrison Smith), 1856-1948. Correspondence with Henry Charles Lea, 1902-1904. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
creatorOf Reese, Lizette Woodworth, 1856-1935. Papers of Lizette Woodworth Reese [manuscript], 1893-1936. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Robert Underwood Johnson letters Archives of American Art
referencedIn Autograph File, M Houghton Library
creatorOf Morris, Harrison S. (Harrison Smith), 1856-1948. Correspondence with Henry Charles Lea, 1888-1901. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
creatorOf Morris, Anna Wharton, 1868-1957. Papers, 1729-1957. Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
referencedIn William Roscoe Thayer papers, 1762-1927 (inclusive), 1872-1921 (bulk) Houghton Library
referencedIn Howells family papers, 1850-1954 (inclusive). Houghton Library
referencedIn Robert Grant papers Houghton Library
referencedIn Monroe, W. S. (Will Seymour), 1863-1939. Will S. Monroe collection of Walt Whitman material, 1928-1930. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Autograph File, M Houghton Library
referencedIn Houghton Mifflin Company. Houghton Mifflin Company reader reports on manuscripts submitted for publication. 1882-1931. Houghton Library
referencedIn American Philosophical Society Archives. Record Group IIj, 1898-1988 American Philosophical Society
referencedIn Joseph and Elizabeth R. Pennell Papers TXRC97-A16., 1832-1951 Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
creatorOf Morris, Harrison S. (Harrison Smith), 1856-1948. Correspondence with May Sinclair, 1904. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
referencedIn Thomas Bailey Aldrich papers, 1837-1926. Houghton Library
referencedIn Pennell, Joseph, 1857-1926. Letters of Joseph Pennell [manuscript], 1922-1926. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Colles, William Morris, 1855-1926. William Morris Colles papers, 1888-1928. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
creatorOf Markham, Edwin, 1852-1940. Letter 1923 December 5, Staten Island, N.Y. [to] Harrison S. Morris, [Philadelphia, Pa.] / Harriosn S. Morris. Wagner College, Horrmann Library
creatorOf Morris, Harrison S. (Harrison Smith), 1856-1948. Letter to Agnes Repplier, 1902. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
creatorOf Morris, Harrison S. (Harrison Smith), 1856-1948. Letter 1923, Nov. 26, Philadelphia, Pa [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, [Staten Island] / Harrison Morris. Wagner College, Horrmann Library
creatorOf Morris, Harrison L. Correspondence to Van Wyck Brooks, 1946. University of Pennsylvania Library
creatorOf Morris, Harrison S. (Harrison Smith), 1856-1948. Letter, 1912, March 5, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [to] Mr. Edwin Markham, Staten Island, New York / Harrison S. Morris. Wagner College, Horrmann Library
referencedIn William Morris Colles Papers, 1888-1928. Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library
creatorOf William Roscoe Thayer papers, 1762-1927 (inclusive), 1872-1921 (bulk) Houghton Library
referencedIn Eastman, Max Forrester, 1883-1969. Eastman mss. 1892-1968 Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington)
creatorOf Pennell, Joseph, 1857-1926. Papers of Joseph and Elizabeth R. Pennell, 1832-1951 (bulk, 1854-1936). Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
referencedIn Bancroft, Mary R. Samuel and Mary R. Bancroft Pre-Raphaelite archives, 1850-1991. Delaware Art Museum
referencedIn Century Company records New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
creatorOf Harrison S. Morris Papers, 1895-1935, 1784-1970 Princeton University. Library. Dept. of Rare Books and Special CollectionsManuscripts Division
referencedIn Chapman, John Jay, 1862-1933. Additional papers, 1841-1940 Houghton Library
referencedIn John Jay Chapman papers Houghton Library
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