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Finding aid encoded by Library of Congress Manuscript Division, 2009
Finding aid URL: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009188
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Library's online catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically therein.
The papers of George Pope Morris, journalist, poet, and songwriter, were purchased by the Library of Congress in 1906 and 1928.
The papers of George Pope Morris were arranged and described in 1998. The finding aid was revised in 2009.
The status of copyright in the unpublished writings of George Pope Morris is governed by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.).
The papers of George Pope Morris are open to research. Researchers are advised to contact the Manuscript Reading Room prior to visiting. Many collections are stored off-site and advance notice is needed to retrieve these items for research use.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, George Pope Morris Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
The papers of George Pope Morris (1802-1864) span the years 1832-1862 and consist of correspondence, poems, invitations, calling cards, financial records, contracts, advertisements, publication subscriptions, and lithographs.
In 1823 Morris founded and edited the literary magazine, New-York Mirror and Ladies' Literary Gazette, which became a means of public expression for the early Knickerbocker school. Morris also edited a number of other literary magazines, the most important of which were Evening Mirror and Home Journal, both edited jointly with his close friend, Nathaniel Parker Willis. In addition to his literary career, Morris was also an officer in the Third Artillery Regiment of the New York state militia.
Correspondence in the collection chiefly concerns Morris's publishing and social affairs. Writers include his son, William Hopkins Morris, and W. H. C. Bartlett, Robert Bonner, James Shields, Grant Thorburn, and L. B. Wyman. The papers contain a lithograph of Morris and many of his poems, including his well-known work, "Woodman, Spare That Tree," as well as material concerning the Mercantile Library Association of Clinton Hall, New York, the New York Public School Society, and New York Samaritan Society.
This collection is arranged alphabetically by type of material.
| Container | Contents | ||||||||||||
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| BOX 1 | Correspondence, 1832-1862, undated | ||||||||||||
| BOX 1 | Miscellany, 1832-1860, undated | ||||||||||||
| BOX 1 | Poems, 1848, undated | ||||||||||||
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