Ivan I. Morris papers, 1931-1976

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Series I: Personal Files


Subseries 1.1: Cataloged Correspondence



Box 1 Acton, Harold To Ivan Morris, Florence, 2 Jan. 1971, 4 page a.l.s.


Box 1 Baldwin, Roger Nash To Ivan Morris, [v.p.], May-Nov. 1974, 2 t.l.s. (with related correspondence)


Box 1 Barzun, Jacques To Ivan Morris, New York, 8 Nov. 1968, 1 page a.l.s.


Box 1 Boyle, Kay To Ivan Morris, San Francisco, Cal., 1975-1976, 1 a.l.s. 1, t.l.s.


Box 1 Compton-Burnett, Ivy To Ivan Morris, London, 27 Nov. 1967, 1 page a.l.s. (on card, with copy of related letter)


Box 1 Forster, E[dward] M[organ], 1879-1970 To Ivan Morris, Cambridge, U.K.,, 31 Nov. 1967, 1 page ms.l.s. (with autograph postscript; with copy of related letter)


Box 1 Gilliatt, Penelope To Ivan Morris, New York, 2 July 1976, 1 page t.l.s.


Box 1 [Hazzard], Shirley To Ivan Morris, [v.p.], 1975-1976, 1 t.l.s. 1, a.l.s. (with envelope)


Box 1 Janeway, Elizabeth To Ivan Morris, New York, 24 March 1976, 3 page t.l. (photostatic copy)


Box 1 Keene, Donald To Ivan Morris, [v.p.], [n.d.] & 1961-1975, 8 a.l.s. 3, t.l.s. (with related correspondence) 1, Christmas card


Box 1 Knopf, Alfred A. To Ivan Morris, New York, 24 Feb. 1967, 1 page t.l. (signed by secretary)


Box 1 Knopf, Blanche W. To Ivan Morris, New York, 28 Nov. 1955, 1 page t.l.s.


Box 1 Komroff, Manuel To Ivan Morris, Woodstock, N.Y., 27 Feb. 1968, 1 page t.l.s.


Box 1 Laughlin, James To Ivan Morris, New York, 25 June 1964, 1 page t.l.s.


Box 1 Mishima, Yukio To Ivan Morris, Tokyo, Jan.-Nov. 1970, 2 a.l.s. (with envelopes; photocopies)


Box 1 Mishima, Yukio To Harold, [n.p.], 17 Nov. 1970, 1 page a.l.s. (photocopy)


Box 1 Hiraoka, Yoko Sugiyama (Mrs. Yukio Mishima) To Ivan Morris, Tokyo, 21 June 1971, 3 page a.l.s. (written in Japanese with envelope; photocopy)

[Correspondence in Japanese]


Box 1 Morris, Ira To Ivan Morris, Agadir, Morocco, 2 March 1953, 3 page t.l.s. (with envelope)


Box 1 Morris, Ira and Edita To, Nesles, France, 1968, 1 Christmas card


Box 1 Powell, Anthony To Ivan Morris, Frome, U.K., 17 July 1964 & 6 Nov. 1967, 2 t.l.s.


Box 1 Riesman, David To Ivan Morris, Cambridge, Mass., 18 Aug. 1965, 1 page t.l.s.


Box 1 Shawn, William To Ivan Morris, New York, 25 July 1975, 1 page t.l.s. (photostatic copy)


Box 1 Sitwell, Sacheverell To Ivan Morris, Towcester, U.K., 1967-1968, 7 a.l.s. (with related correspondence) 3, a.p.c.s. (signed with initials; with related correspondence)


Box 1 Steegmuller, Francis To Ivan Morris, New York, 5 Dec. 1971, 2 page a.l.s.


Box 1 Stokes, Henry Scott To Ivan Morris, Tokyo, 28 Nov. 1970, 10 page t.l.s. (photocopy)

[Re: Yukio Mishima]


Box 1 [Trevor-Roper], Hugh [Redwald, 1914- ] To Ivan Morris, [n.p.],, [n.d.], 2 page a.l.s.


Box 1 [Trevor-Roper], Hugh [Redwald, 1914- ] To Roderick MacFarquhar, Oxford, U.K.,, 16 Nov. 1968, 1 page t.l.s.


Box 1 Waley, Arthur To Theodore de Bary, London, 13 Jan. 1962, 1 page t.l.


Box 1 Waley, Arthur [David] To Ivan Morris, [London], [n.d.], 3 a.l.s.


Box 1 Waley, Arthur David and Alison Grant Robinson To Ivan Morris, London,, ca. 26 May 1966, 1 page a.l.s. (on verso of marriage announcement; in hand of Alison Grant Robinson Waley; signed "A & A")


Box 1 Waugh, Alec To Ivan Morris, Tangier, Morocco, 23 July 1975, 1 page a.l.s. (with envelope)


Subseries I.2: Uncataloged Correspondence


Box 1 General, 2 folders


Box 1 Legal correspondence, 1964-1965


Box 1 Family correspondence (RESTRICTED)

[RESTRICTED]


Subseries I.3: Manuscripts and Documents


Box 1 Forrestal, James , Washington, D.C., 9 Dec. 1944, 1 page p.d.s. (commission of Ivan Ira Morris as Ensign in the U.S. Navy)


Box 1 Forrestal, James , Washington, D.C., 8 July 1946, 1 page p.d.s. (certificate of Satisfactory Service of Ivan Ira Morris in the U.S. Navy)


Box 1 Keene, Donald [In Your Distant Street Few Drums Were Heard], [n.p.],, ca. 1967, 12 page t.ms.s. (essay with autograph and manuscript corrections)

[Essay included inMadly Singing in the Mountainsby Ivan Morris]


Box 1 Keene, Donald , [n.p.], [ca. March 1968], 1 page t.d.s. (assignment of copyright)


Box 1 Morris, Ivan Misunderstandings re Mishima Suicide, [n.p.], [1970], 4 page a.ms. (essay; photocopy)


Box 1 Sitwell, Sacheverell Reminiscences of Arthur Waley, [n.p.], ca. 1968, 4 page a.ms.s. (with four page typed copy, with autograph corrections)


Box 1 Sitwell, Sacheverell , [n.p.], ca. 1968, 1 page t.d.s. (assignment of copyright)


Subseries I.4: Miscellaneous Files


Box 1 Academic Record Philips Academy and Harvard University


Box 1 Alexander, Annalita M. The Grinding Machine


Box 1 Curriculum Vitae and Obituary


Box 1 Jobs and Tenure



Box 2 Jordan, C. Manuscripts


Box 2 Memberships


Box 2 Nationality


Box 2 Notes, Manuscripts and Documents, Miscellaneous; 1975 Datebook


Box 2 Obituaries and Memorials


Box 2 Passports, 7


Box 2 School notebooks, Summerfields, Oxon, U.K., 3 volumes


Box 2 Travel


Box 2 U. S. Navy


Subseries I.5: Puzzles



Box 3 Correspondence, notes and drafts related primarily to Morris' books The Lonely Monk and Other Puzzles and Basil the Bookworm and Other Puzzles


Subseries I.6: Amnesty International



Box 4 Correspondence: General


Box 4 Correspondence, 1974


Box 4 General


Box 4 Board of Directors


Box 4 Board of Directors: Minutes


Box 4 Budget and Finances


Box 4 By-Laws, Statutes, Incorporation


Box 4 Executive Committee: Minutes


Box 4 Executive Director



Box 5 Fund-Raising


Box 5 Fund-Raising: Art for Amnesty


Box 5 Impartiality


Box 5 Index to Minutes of the Board and Executive Committee Meetings


Box 5 International Council and International Secretariat


Box 5 Lobbying


Box 5 Riverside Group


Box 5 Staff



Box 6 Missions and Investigations: China; Cuba; Dominican Republic; India; Iran; Japan; Syria/Israel; Urugay


Box 6 Missions: General


Box 6 Reports: General



Box 7 Printed material: General, 2 folders


Box 7 Printed material: Clippings


Box 7 Printed material: Periodicals


Subseries I.7: Japanese Literature and Culture



Box 8 Genji: Notes and Related material, 2 folders


Box 8 Madly Singing in the Mountains: Correspondence, Notes, and Related Material

[Book about Arthur Waley]



Box 9 Madly Singing in the Mountains: Correspondence, Notes, and Related Material



Box 10 Mishima, Yukio Correspondence and notes about, etc., 1 folder


Box 10 The Nobility of Failure , t.ms.



Box 11 The Nobility of Failure , t.ms.



Box 12 The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon: Notes, Manuscripts, and Related Material



Box 13 Politics: Notes, Manuscripts, Correspondence, and Related Material



Box 14 Morris, Ivan The Style of Murassaki Shikibu, Dissertation - 2 volumes



Box 15 Class Notes


Box 15 Notes on the 17th Century, 2 folders


Box 15 Notes on Women



Box 16 Notes, 10 volumes of manuscript notebooks



Box 17 Notes, 6 volumes of manuscript notebooks



Box 18 Book Reviews


Box 18 Nosca, Peter Manuscript


Box 18 Sakamoto, Mariai Manuscripts and notes


Box 18 Translations and miscellaneous notes


Box 18 Notebooks and miscellaneous notes

[Gift 1982]



Box 19 Translation: Notes and Correspondence, 1 folder


Box 19 Translation: Printed, 1 folder


Box 19 Morris, Ivan Articles and Lectures


Box 19 Morris, Ivan Miscellaneous notes and manuscripts



Box 20 Clippings and articles by Ivan Morris


Box 20 Clippings and articles - miscellaneous