Charles Morice papers 1862-1970

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Charles Morice papers 1862-1970

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Charles Morice was a prolific spokesman for the Symbolist movement. He was at times a poet, playwright, shipping clerk, literary critic, professor of literature, and lecturer. He collaborated in the founding of the “organ of the purest Symbolism.” He attended Stéphene Maliarmé’a “Tuesdays,” weekly social gatherings of Symbolist writers and painters. While writing for he was assigned to cover the death penalty debate. He corresponded with many famous artists on their thoughts on the death penalty. He also collaborated with the painter Paul Gauguin on his book , and with Auguste Rodin on his book . Morice wrote and had several unfinished manuscripts when he died on March 18, 1919. The collection of Morice’s papers comprises nine boxes and sixteen volumes. The collection is divided into printed material, his journals and notebooks which were called Petite Journaux, correspondence, and Morice manuscripts. Included in the correspondence are the letters sent to him concerning the death penalty. There are over 500 leaves of “fragments” that await a scholar knowledgeable in Morice’s career to identify the portions; many pages are readily indentified as belonging together Mercure de France, Le Matin Noa Noa Les Cathedrals des France

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Gauguin, Paul, 1848-1903

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Morice, Charles, 1861-1919

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Leclerc, Max, b. 1864

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Rodin, Auguste, 1840-1917

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