Morley family papers, 1882-1986.

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Morley family papers, 1882-1986.

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This addition to the collection consists of manuscripts, typescripts, lecture materials, notes for books and other writings of Frank Vigor Morley as well as his correspondence with his parents and others. A significant quantity of the correspondence relates to Haverford College. There is also biographical information on Frank V. Morley, Frank Morley Sr. and Lilian Morley and other family members. Included in the collection are mathematical and other writings by Frank Morley Sr., Lilian Morley, Christopher Morley, Felix Morley, Blythe Brennan and a few photographs. Correspondents include: Herman Abromson, Edgar Graves, James P. Magill, Cletus Oakley, Ralph Sargent, Walter Penn Shipley, Robert C. Smith, Craig Thompson and others.

6.5 linear ft. (13 boxes).

Haverford College Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7411523

Haverford College Library

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Brennan, Blythe.

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Oakley, Cletus O. (Cletus Odia), 1899-

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Abromson, Herman

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Morley, Frank, 1860-1937

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Graves, Edgar B.

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Shipley, Walter Penn, 1860-

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Walter Penn Shipley was born on June 20, 1860. He practiced law in Philadelphia during his entire professional life and resided in Germantown, Pennsylvania. Shipley had a lifelong interest in chess, competing at the amateur level and writing for many chess-related publications. From the description of Walter Penn Shipley papers, 1879-1951. (University of Delaware Library). WorldCat record id: 502285399 Walter Penn Shipley was a local Philadelphia chess talent who assisted in...

Morley, F. V. (Frank Vigor), 1899-1980

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Ezra Pound was an American poet, essayist, literary critic, and translator. From the guide to the Ezra Pound collection of papers, 1898-1986, 1914-1959, (The New York Public Library. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.) Correspondence to Lewis Mumford from F. V. Morley and his wife, Christina Morley. From the description of Letters, 1946-1983, to Lewis Mumford. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155873...

Morley, Christopher, 1890-1957

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American author and journalist. From the description of Letter to unidentified recipient [manuscript], 1940 October 25. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647810653 Christopher Morley was an American editor, an author, and a Rhodes scholar. Morley was one of the founders of the "Saturday Review of Literature," of which he was an editor from 1924 to 1940. A prolific author, he wrote more than 50 books. His novels include PANASSUS ON WHEELS (1917), THE HAUNTED BOOKS...

Morley, Felix, 1894-

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Felix Muskett Morley (1894-1982) was director of the Geneva office of League of Nations Association of the United States from 1929 to 1931. He served as editor of the Washington Post from 1933 to 1940. He was president of Haverford College from 1940 to 1945, and cofounder and editor of Human Events from 1945 to 1950. He was a columnist for Nation's Business from 1946 to 1969, and Washington correspondent for Barron's Weekly from 1950 to 1954. He authored Unemployment Relief in Great Britain in 1...

Morley, Lilian Janet Bird, approximately 1866-1939

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Magill, James Phineas, 1885-1974.

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Sargent, Ralph M. (Ralph Millard), 1904-

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Smith, R. C. (Robert C.), 1892-

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Haverford college

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Haverford College was founded in 1833 as a Quaker school for boys. Today it is a coeducational, non-sectarian college applying the Quaker values of consensus and honor code. From the description of Archival records, 1831-[ongoing]. (Haverford College Library). WorldCat record id: 60246925 ...

Thompson, Craig R. (Craig Ringwalt), 1911-

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