Morton, Richard L. (Richard Lee), 1889-1974

University of Virginia student; Phelps-Stokes fellow; William & Mary Professor of History; author of "The Negro in Virginia politics."

From the description of Photograph album of Richard Lee Morton, 1900-1920. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 49407447

Morton was a professor at the College of William and Mary.

From the description of Richard L. Morton, typescript, "History of Virginia" Vol. 3 20th century. (Colonial Williamsburg Foundation). WorldCat record id: 243467938

From the guide to the R.L. Morton Typescript, "History of Virginia", ca. 1924, (John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation)

Richard Lee Morton was born 20 September 1889 in Prince Edward County, Va. He received his B. A. from Hampden-Sydney College in 1910 and his M. A. and Ph. D. from University of Virginia. He also received an M. A. from Harvard. He came to the College of William and Mary as Associate Professor of History and Political Science and was made chairman of the History Department in 1921. Morton served as editor of the William and Mary Quarterly and wrote The Negro in Virginia Politics (1919), Virginia Since 1861 (1924) and Struggle Against Tyranny, Virginia 1677-1699 (1957) and Colonial Virginia (1960). Morton edited an edition of Hugh Jones' Present State of Virginia. He retired in 1959 and died in 1974.

From the description of Papers, 1756-1974, 1930-1969. (College of William & Mary). WorldCat record id: 23747485