Summary Information
At a Glance
| Bib ID: | 4079561 View CLIO record |
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| Creator(s): | Morris, Ivan I. |
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| Title: | Ivan Morris Papers,
1931-1976
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| Physical description: | 18 linear ft. (ca. 18,900 items in 47 boxes and 3 volumes).
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| Language(s): | In English
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| Access: |
The following boxes are located off-site: 2-47. You will need to request this material from the Rare Book and Manuscript Library at least twenty-four (24) hours in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.
Selected family correspondence is closed.
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Arrangement
Arrangement
This collection is arranged into 8 series:
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Description
Scope and Content
Correrspondence, manuscripts, notes, memoranda, documents, photographs and printed materials. In addition to personal correspondence and documents, there are files of Amnesty International, the human rights organization of which Morris was American Section chairman. Also included are notes and manuscripts of Morris' studies in Japanese literature and culture, particularly relating to his many books and translations. His interest in puzzles, and compilations of several volumes of them, are reflected in notes and correspondence. Among the major correspondence are Donald Keene, Anthony Powell, Sacheverell Sitwell and Arthur Waley.
1984 addition: Diaries, correspondence, manuscripts, and audio tapes
Series I: Personal Files
Subseries 1.1: Cataloged Correspondence
Subseries I.2: Uncataloged Correspondence
Subseries I.3: Manuscripts and Documents
Subseries I.4: Miscellaneous Files
Subseries I.5: Puzzles
Subseries I.6: Amnesty International
Subseries I.7: Japanese Literature and Culture
Series II: Miscellaneous Files
Subseries II.1: Photographs
Subseries II.2: Scrapbooks and Printed
Series III: Books
Series IV: Oversize
Series V: 1980 Addition
Subseries V.1: Personal Files
Subseries V.2: Amnesty International
Subseries V.3: Japanese Literature and Culture
Subseries V.4: Miscellaneous Files
Series VI: 1982 Addition
Series VII: 1984 Addition
Subseries VII.1: Diaries
Subseries VII.2: Personal Correspondence
Subseries VII.3: Family Correspondence
Subseries VII.4: Notes, etc.
Subseries VII.5: Audio
Series VIII: 2003 Addition
Includes materials from 1999 gift
Subseries VIII.7: Audio Recordings
Contents transcribed from label information provided on boxes for reel to reel audiotapes.
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Using the Collection
Partially Offsite
Access Restrictions
The following boxes are located off-site: 2-47. You will need to request this material from the Rare Book and Manuscript Library at least twenty-four (24) hours in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.
More information and link to off-site request form
Selected family correspondence is closed.
Restrictions on Use
Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. Permission to publish material from the collection must be requested from the Curator of Manuscripts/University Archivist, Rare Book and Manuscript Library (RBML). The RBML approves permission to publish that which it physically owns; the responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.
Preferred Citation
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Ivan Morris Papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
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About the Finding Aid / Processing Information
Columbia University Libraries. Rare Book and Manuscript Library; machine readable finding aid created by Columbia University Libraries Digital Library Program Division
Processing Information
Papers Entered in AMC 11/19/90
Machine readable finding aid generated from MARC-AMC source via XSLT conversion June 26, 2009
Finding aid written in English.
2010-02-18
Legacy finding aid created from Pro Cite.
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Subject Headings
The subject headings listed below are found in this collection. Links below allow searches at Columbia University through the Archival Collections Portal and through CLIO, the catalog for Columbia University Libraries, as well as ArchiveGRID, a catalog that allows users to search the holdings of multiple research libraries and archives.
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Genre/Form
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History / Biographical Note
Biographical Note
Ivan Ira Esme Morris, 1925-1976, was chairman of Columbia's East Asian Department from 1966-1969.
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